Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S6

Men's 400 metre freestyle S6 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates	13 September 2016
Competitors	11 from 9 nations
Medalists
Bocciardo, FrancescoFrancesco Bocciardo   Italy   van Hofweegen, ThijsThijs van Hofweegen   Netherlands   Perez Escalona, LorenzoLorenzo Perez Escalona   Cuba

Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7
	S8	S9	S10	S11	S12
	S13
100 m freestyle	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8
	S9	S10	S11	S13
200 m freestyle	S2	S3	S4	S5	S14
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S13
50 m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100 m backstroke	S1	S2	S6	S7	S8
	S9	S10	S11	S12	S13
	S14
50 m breaststroke	SB2	SB3
100 m breaststroke	SB4	SB5	SB6	SB7	SB8
	SB9	SB11	SB12	SB13	SB14
50 m butterfly	S5	S6	S7
100 m butterfly	S8	S9	S10	S11	S13
150 m medley	SM3	SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM13	SM14
Freestyle relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relay	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The men's 400 metre freestyle S6 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 13 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

9:30 13 September 2016: ^[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	van Hofweegen, ThijsThijs van Hofweegen	Netherlands	5:11.79	Q
2	4	Glock, TalissonTalisson Glock	Brazil	5:22.52	Q
3	3	McLean, HamishHamish McLean	New Zealand	5:22.88	Q
4	6	Yang, HongHong Yang	China	5:44.82	Q
5	2	Forsman, KarlKarl Forsman	Sweden	6:04.09

Heat 2

9:38 13 September 2016: ^[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Bocciardo, FrancescoFrancesco Bocciardo	Italy	5:18.61	Q
2	6	Luo, JinbiaoJinbiao Luo	China	5:20.77	Q
3	5	Perez Escalona, LorenzoLorenzo Perez Escalona	Cuba	5:20.79	Q
4	3	Haanappel, MatthewMatthew Haanappel	Australia	5:36.09	Q
5	2	Dolfin, Marco MariaMarco Maria Dolfin	Italy	6:00.87
6	7	Ngaimin, AgusAgus Ngaimin	Indonesia	6:42.71

Final

17:30 13 September 2016: ^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Bocciardo, FrancescoFrancesco Bocciardo	Italy	5:02.15
	4	van Hofweegen, ThijsThijs van Hofweegen	Netherlands	5:07.82
	6	Perez Escalona, LorenzoLorenzo Perez Escalona	Cuba	5:14.44
4	2	Glock, TalissonTalisson Glock	Brazil	5:17.24
5	3	Luo, JinbiaoJinbiao Luo	China	5:21.34
6	1	Haanappel, MatthewMatthew Haanappel	Australia	5:28.95
7	7	McLean, HamishHamish McLean	New Zealand	5:30.63
8	8	Yang, HongHong Yang	China	5:33.71

Notes

1. "Men's 400m Freestyle - S6 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
2. "Men's 400m Freestyle - S6 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 7 October 2016.