Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres

Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
By Event
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
Field events
Long jump		men		women
High jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Club throw		men		women
By Classification
Classification Key
T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired
T/F20: Intellectual disability
T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy
F40-41: Les Autres
T/F42–47: Amputees
T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability
T11-13
T11/F11		men		women
T12/F12		men		women
T13/F13		men		women
T20
T20/F20		men		women
T32-38
T32/F32		men		women
T33/F33		men		women
T34/F34		men		women
T35/F35		men		women
T36/F36		men		women
T37/F37		men		women
T38/F38		men		women
T40-41
T40/F40		men		women
T41/F41		men		women
T42-47
T42/F42		men		women
T43/F43		men		women
T44/F44		men		women
T45/F45		men		women
T46/F46		men		women
T47/F47		men		women
T51-57
T51/F51		men		women
T52/F52		men		women
T53/F53		men		women
T54/F54		men		women
T55/F55		men		women
T56/F56		men		women
T57/F57		men		women

The Men's 400m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 16, 2016. A total of 15 events were contested over this distance for 19 different classifications.

Schedule

R	Round 1	½	Semifinals	F	Final

Event↓/Date →	Thu 8	Fri 9	Sat 10	Sun 11	Mon 12	Tue 13	Wed 14	Thu 15	Fri 16	Sat 17
T11 400 metres							R	F
T12 400 metres	R	F
T13 400 metres						R		F
T20 400 metres	R	F
T36 400 metres									F
T37 400 metres								R	F
T38 400 metres									R	F
T44 400 metres							R	F
T47 400 metres									R	F
T51 400 metres										F
T52 400 metres					R	F
T53 400 metres			R	F
T54 400 metres				R	F

Medal summary

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
T11	Gerard Descarrega Puigdevall guide : Blanquino Exposito  Spain	50.22	Felipe Gomes guide : Jonas De Lima Silva  Brazil	50.38 PB	Ananias Shikongo guide : Shimanda Sem  Namibia	50.63 PB
T12	Sun Qichao  China	48.57	Mahdi Afri  Morocco	49.00 PB	Luis Goncalves  Portugal	49.54 PB
T13	Mohamed Amguoun  Morocco	47.15 WR	Johannes Nambala  Namibia	47.21 PB	Mohamed Fouad Hamoumou  Algeria	48.04 PB
T20	Daniel Martins  Brazil	47.22 WR	Luis Arturo Paiva  Venezuela	47.83 PB	Gracelino Tavares Barbosa  Cape Verde	48.55
T36	Paul Blake  Great Britain	54.49 SB	Roman Pavlyk  Ukraine	55.67 SB	William Stedman  New Zealand	55.69
T37	Charl du Toit  South Africa	51.13 PR	Omar Monterola  Venezuela	52.93	Sofiane Hamdi  Algeria	53.01 SB
T38	Dyan Neille Buis  South Africa	49.46 PR	Hu Jianwen  China	50.27	Weiner Javier Diaz Mosquera  Colombia	51.44
T44	Liam Malone  New Zealand	46.20	David Behre  Germany	46.23	Hunter Woodhall  United States	46.70
T47	Ernesto Blanco  Cuba	48.79 PB	Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos  Brazil	48.87 PB	Gunther Matzinger  Austria	48.95 SB
T51	Peter Genyn  Belgium	1:20.82 PR	Edgar Cesareo Navarro Sanchez  Mexico	1:21.82 SB	Alvise de Vidi  Italy	1:22.38 PB
T52	Raymond Martin  United States	58.42	Tomoki Sato  Japan	58.88	Gianfranco Iannotta  United States	1:02.16
T53	Pongsakorn Paeyo  Thailand	47.91 PB	Brent Lakatos  Canada	48.53	Pierre Fairbank  France	49.00 SB
T54	Kenny van Weeghel  Netherlands	46.65	Liu Yang  China	46.79	Yassine Gharbi  Tunisia	47.07

Results

The following were the results of the finals of each of the Men's 400 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event are available on that event's dedicated page.

T11

The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.

18:49 17 September 2016: ^[1]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	3	1419	Descarrega Puigdevall, GerardGerard Descarrega Puigdevall	Spain	0.146	50.22
	5	1146	Gomes, FelipeFelipe Gomes	Brazil	0.175	50.38
	1	1911	Shikongo, AnaniasAnanias Shikongo	Namibia	0.202	50.63
4	7	1167	Silva, DanielDaniel Silva	Brazil	0.167	50.93

T12

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.

19:31 9 September 2016: ^[2]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	3	1258	Sun, QichaoQichao Sun	China	0.150	48.57
	7	1846	Afri, MahdiMahdi Afri	Morocco	0.138	49.00
	5	2046	Goncalves, LuisLuis Goncalves	Portugal	0.145	49.54
4	1	1422	Munar Martinez, JoanJoan Munar Martinez	Spain	0.173	50.08

T13

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.

12:12 15 September 2016: ^[3]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	5	1848	Amguoun, MohamedMohamed Amguoun	Morocco	0.183	47.15
	3	1909	Nambala, JohannesJohannes Nambala	Namibia	0.215	47.21
	6	1016	Hamoumou, Mohamed FouadMohamed Fouad Hamoumou	Algeria	0.132	48.04
4	8	1008	Baka, FouadFouad Baka	Algeria	0.183	49.09
5	1	2366	Price, MarkeithMarkeith Price	United States	0.208	49.96
6	2	1136	Araujo, Gustavo HenriqueGustavo Henrique Araujo	Brazil	0.129	50.06
7	7	2356	Gunter, TysonTyson Gunter	United States	0.197	50.36
	4	1007	Baka, AbdellatifAbdellatif Baka	Algeria			DSQ

T20

The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.

11:20 9 September 2016: ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	4	1149	Martins, DanielDaniel Martins	Brazil	0.157	47.22
	6	2411	Paiva, Luis ArturoLuis Arturo Paiva	Venezuela	0.148	47.83
	5	1316	Barbosa, Gracelino TavaresGracelino Tavares Barbosa	Cape Verde	0.181	48.55
4	8	1427	Rodriguez Rodriguez, DionibelDionibel Rodriguez Rodriguez	Spain	0.215	49.46
5	7	1426	Rodriguez Ramirez, DeliberDeliber Rodriguez Ramirez	Spain	0.208	49.56
6	3	1473	Massianga, RodrigueRodrigue Massianga	France	0.209	49.71
7	1	1709	Koutiki, Ruud Lorain FlovanyRuud Lorain Flovany Koutiki	Italy	0.135	51.14
8	2	1395	Carcelen, DamianDamian Carcelen	Ecuador	0.173	51.80

T36

The T36 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes do not have the capacity to remain still and they show involuntary movements with all four limbs affected. They usually walk without assistive devices.

10:15 16 September 2016: ^[5]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	8	1498	Blake, PaulPaul Blake	Great Britain		54.49
	2	2327	Pavlyk, RomanRoman Pavlyk	Ukraine		55.67
	7	1963	Stedman, WilliamWilliam Stedman	New Zealand		55.69
4	6	2020	Ciuksza, KrzysztofKrzysztof Ciuksza	Poland		55.97
5	3	1235	Che, MianMian Che	China		57.26
6	4	1919	Cuadra Holmann, Gabriel de JesusGabriel de Jesus Cuadra Holmann	Nicaragua		58.50
7	5	1013	Bouzourine, Sid AliSid Ali Bouzourine	Algeria		1:00.22

T37

The T37 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes have movement and coordination problems on one half of their body. They have good ability in their dominant side of their body (ie hemiplegia).

10:23 16 September 2016: ^[6]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	4	2081	du Toit, CharlCharl du Toit	South Africa		51.13
	6	2409	Monterola, OmarOmar Monterola	Venezuela		52.93
	7	1015	Hamdi, SofianeSofiane Hamdi	Algeria		53.01
4	3	1409	Mohamed, Mostafa FathallaMostafa Fathalla Mohamed	Egypt		53.43
5	1	1156	Pereira, PauloPaulo Pereira	Brazil		54.67
6	5	1263	Wu, JialongJialong Wu	China		55.51
7	8	1404	Abdellatef, MohamedMohamed Abdellatef	Egypt		55.61
8	2	1469	Bertrand, ValentinValentin Bertrand	France		55.72

T38

The T38 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. T38 athletes have the mildest form of impairment caused by cerebral palsy, often in only one limb, and not affecting the ability to run, walk or jump freely, although impairing performance. T38 athletes may suffer minor co-ordination difficulties.

17:59 17 September 2016: ^[7]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	5	2078	Buis, Dyan NeilleDyan Neille Buis	South Africa		49.46
	7	1245	Hu, JianwenJianwen Hu	China		50.27
	4	1304	Diaz Mosquera, Weiner JavierWeiner Javier Diaz Mosquera	Colombia		51.44
4	8	2273	Chida, Mohamed FarhatMohamed Farhat Chida	Tunisia		51.49
5	3	1274	Zhou, WenjunWenjun Zhou	China		52.43
6	6	1305	Hooker Velasquez, Dixon de JesusDixon de Jesus Hooker Velasquez	Colombia		54.80
7	2	1873	Enriquez Torres, Angel MoisesAngel Moises Enriquez Torres	Mexico		54.97
8	1	1272	Zhong, HuanghaoHuanghao Zhong	China		55.06

T44

The T44 category is for athletes who have a single below knee amputation or who can walk with moderately reduced function in one or both legs.

11:38 15 September 2016: ^[8]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	4	1960	Malone, LiamLiam Malone	New Zealand		46.20
	6	1537	Behre, DavidDavid Behre	Germany		46.23
	3	2386	Woodhall, HunterHunter Woodhall	United States		46.70
4	8	2350	Digby, AjAj Digby	United States		47.34
5	5	2371	Rogers, NickNick Rogers	United States		48.90
6	1	1573	Seitis, MichailMichail Seitis	Greece		49.66
7	7	2154	Hettiarachchi, Ajith Prasanna KumarAjith Prasanna Kumar Hettiarachchi	Sri Lanka		56.50
8	2	1902	Kyaw Win, KyawKyaw Kyaw Win	Myanmar		56.74

T47

The T47 category is for athletes who have a single below elbow or wrist amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.

18:05 17 September 2016: ^[9]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	4	1348	Blanco, ErnestoErnesto Blanco	Cuba		48.79
	5	1145	Ferreira dos Santos, PetrucioPetrucio Ferreira dos Santos	Brazil		48.87
	6	1076	Matzinger, GuntherGunther Matzinger	Austria		48.95
4	3	1718	Hudson, ShaneShane Hudson	Jamaica		49.07
5	2	2406	Colmenares, SamuelSamuel Colmenares	Venezuela		49.55
6	1	1360	Aresti, AntonisAntonis Aresti	Cyprus		50.07
	8	2098	Muvunyi, HermasHermas Muvunyi	Rwanda			DSQ
	7	1283	Noumbo, Kouame Jean-LucKouame Jean-Luc Noumbo	Ivory Coast			DSQ

T51

The T51 category is for wheelchair athletes having spinal cord injuries, with mild weakness in shoulders, limited ability in straightening elbows and wrist function, and no finger, trunk or leg function.

10:54 17 September 2016: ^[10]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	8	1101	Genyn, PeterPeter Genyn	Belgium		1:20.82
	2	1879	Navarro Sanchez, Edgar CesareoEdgar Cesareo Navarro Sanchez	Mexico		1:21.82
	7	1706	de Vidi, AlviseAlvise de Vidi	Italy		1:22.38
4	6	1011	Berrahal, MohamedMohamed Berrahal	Algeria		1:24.06
5	3	1515	Osborne, StephenStephen Osborne	Great Britain		1:25.05
6	4	1458	Piispanen, ToniToni Piispanen	Finland		1:30.27
7	5	2050	Mestre, HelderHelder Mestre	Portugal		1:30.82

T52

The T52 category is for wheelchair athletes with damage to spinal cord in the higher parts of the back, substantially impaired or no trunk function, and minimal or no leg function. Pushing power comes from elbow extensions, and appears close to normal except for use of modified gloves to compensate for grip.

10:20 13 September 2016: ^[11]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	3	2363	Martin, RaymondRaymond Martin	United States		58.42
	4	1741	Sato, TomokiTomoki Sato	Japan		58.88
	5	2359	Iannotta, GianfrancoGianfranco Iannotta	United States		1:02.16
4	6	1881	Perez Juarez, Leonardo de JesusLeonardo de Jesus Perez Juarez	Mexico		1:02.87
5	2	2231	Kurattanasiri, PichayaPichaya Kurattanasiri	Thailand		1:03.27
6	1	1745	Ueyonabaru, HirokazuHirokazu Ueyonabaru	Japan		1:04.72
7	8	2001	Mangliwan, Jerrold PeteJerrold Pete Mangliwan	Philippines		1:04.93
8	7	2053	Trindade, MarioMario Trindade	Portugal		1:05.35

T53

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

11:35 11 September 2016: ^[12]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
		Pongsakorn Paeyo	Thailand	47.91
		Brent Lakatos	Canada	48.53
		Pierre Fairbank	France	49.00
4		Li Huzhao	China	50.11
5		Brian Siemann	Netherlands	50.20
6		Zhao Yufei	China	50.42
7		Joshua George	United States	50.80
8		Moatez Jomni	Great Britain	51.53

T54

The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

10:16 12 September 2016: ^[13]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Kenny van Weeghel	Netherlands	46.65
	6	Liu Yang	China	46.79
	2	Yassine Gharbi	Tunisia	47.07
4	7	Richard Chiassaro	Great Britain	47.17
5	4	David Weir	Great Britain	47.30
6	8	Cui Yanfeng	China	47.63
7	1	Saichon Konjen	Thailand	47.66
8	3	Liu Chengming	China	47.69

References

1. "Men's 400m - T11 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
2. "Men's 400m - T12 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
3. "Men's 400m - T13 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
4. "Men's 400m - T20 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
5. "Men's 400m - T36 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
6. "Men's 400m - T37 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
7. "Men's 400m - T38 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
8. "Men's 400m - T44 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
9. "Men's 400m - T47 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
10. "Men's 400m - T51 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
11. "Men's 400m - T52 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
12. "Men's 400m - T53 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
13. "Men's 400m - T54 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 October 2016.