Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The Men's 400 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 25 to September 2, 2021. A total of seven events were contested over this distance.^[1]

Schedule

H	Heats	½	Semifinals	F	Final

Date^[2]	Wed 25		Thu 26		Fri 27		Sat 28		Sun 29		Mon 30		Tue 31		Wed 1		Thu 2
Event	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
S6 400m																	H	F
S7 400m									H	F
S8 400m													H	F
S9 400m	H	F
S10 400m															H	F
S11 400m			H	F
S13 400m					H	F

Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 400 metre freestyle events.

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
S6 details	Talisson Glock Brazil	4:54.42	Antonio Fantin Italy	4:55.70	Viacheslav Lenskii RPC	5:04.84
S7 details	Mark Malyar Israel	4:31.06 WR	Andrii Trusov Ukraine	4:35.56	Evan Austin United States	4:38.95
S8 details	Andrei Nikolaev RPC	4:25.16	Alberto Amodeo Italy	4:25.93	Matthew Torres United States	4:28.47
S9 details	William Martin Australia	4:10.25 PR	Ugo Didier France	4:11.33	Alexander Tuckfield Australia	4:13.54
S10 details	Maksym Krypak Ukraine	3:59.62	Bas Takken Netherlands	4:02.02	Thomas Gallagher Australia	4:03.91
S11 details	Rogier Dorsman Netherlands	4:28.47	Uchu Tomita Japan	4:31.69	Hua Dongdong China	4:34.89
S13 details	Ihar Boki Belarus	3:58.18	Kyrylo Garashchenko Ukraine	4:02.07	Alex Portal France	4:06.49

Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 400 metre freestyle events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.

S6

The S6 category is for swimmers who have short stature, arm amputations, or some form of coordination problem on one side of their body.

The final in this classification took place on 2 September 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Talisson Glock	Brazil	4.54.42
	3	Antonio Fantin	Italy	4.55.70
	5	Viacheslav Lenskii	RPC	5.04.84
4	2	Andrei Granichka	RPC	5.05.30
5	6	Juan Gutierrez Bermudez	Mexico	5:15.23
6	8	Daniel Videira	Portugal	5:24.92
7	7	Raul Gutierrez Bermudez	Mexico	5:28.62
8	1	Lorenzo Perez Escalona	Cuba	5:30.42

S7

The S7 category is for swimmers who have one leg and one arm amputation on opposite side or paralysis on one side of their body. These swimmers have full control of their arms and trunk but variable function in their legs.

The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Mark Malyar	Israel	4.31.06	WR
	6	Andrii Trusov	Ukraine	4.35.56
	2	Evan Austin	United States	4.38.95
4	3	Inaki Basiloff	Argentina	4.38.99
5	5	Federico Bicelli	Italy	4.43.67
6	7	Ernie Gawilan	Philippines	4.56.24
7	1	Wei Soong Toh	Singapore	5.06.39
8	8	Chen Liang-Da	Chinese Taipei	5.10.65

S8

The S8 category is for swimmers who have a single amputation, or restrictive movement in their hip, knee and ankle joints.

The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	5	Andrei Nikolaev	RPC	4.25.16
	7	Alberto Amodeo	Italy	4.25.93
	4	Matthew Torres	United States	4.28.47
4	6	Haijiao Xu	China	4.29.93
5	3	Robert Griswold	United States	4.31.96
6	2	Caio Amorim	Brazil	4.35.16
7	1	Iñigo Llopis Sanz	Spain	4.45.69
8	8	Ben Popham	Australia	4.49.32

S9

The S9 category is for swimmers who have joint restrictions in one leg or double below-the-knee amputations.

The final in this classification took place on 25 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	William Martin	Australia	4:10.25	PR
	5	Ugo Didier	France	4:11.33
	4	Alexander Tuckfield	Australia	4:13.54
4	2	Brenden Hall	Australia	4:14.48
5	7	Jacobo Garrido	Spain	4:17.41
6	3	Simone Barlaam	Italy	4:22.40
7	1	Federico Morlacchi	Italy	4:24.75
7	8	Igor Hrehorowicz	Poland	4:24.75

S10

The S10 category is for swimmers who have minor physical impairments, for example, loss of one hand.

The final in this classification took place on 1 September 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	6	Maksym Krypak	Ukraine	3.59.62
	4	Bas Takken	Netherlands	4.02.02
	3	Thomas Gallagher	Australia	4.03.91
4	8	Stefano Raimondi	Italy	4.07.38
5	5	Alexander Elliot	Canada	4.10.29
6	7	Florent Marais	France	4.14.98
7	1	Justin Kaps	Germany	4.15.85
8	2	Alan Ogorzalek	Poland	4.18.52

S11

The S11 category is for swimmers who have severe visual impairments and have very low or no light perception, such as blindness, they are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They use tappers when competing in swimming events.

The final in this classification took place on 26 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Rogier Dorsman	Netherlands	4:28.47
	5	Uchu Tomita	Japan	4:31.69
	3	Hua Dongdong	China	4:34.89
4	6	Mykhailo Serbin	Ukraine	4:41.21
5	2	Matheus Rheine Correa de Souza	Brazil	4:44.64
6	1	José Ramón Cantero Elvira	Spain	4:57.25
7	7	Matthew Cabraja	Canada	4:57.63
	8	Viktor Smyrnov	Ukraine	DNS

S13

The S13 category is for swimmers who have minor visual impairment and have high visual acuity. They are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They may wish to use a tapper.

The final in this classification took place on 27 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Ihar Boki	Belarus	3.58.18
	5	Kyrylo Garaschenko	Ukraine	4.02.07
	3	Alex Portal	France	4.06.49
4	7	Braedan Jason	Australia	4.12.75
5	6	Vladimir Sotnikov	RPC	4.15.93
6	2	Taliso Engel	Germany	4.20.73
7	1	Salguero Oteiza Ivan	Spain	4.21.56
8	8	Sergey Punko	RPC	4.28.52

References

^ "Swimming". Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
^ "Swimming Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[1] "Swimming". Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[2] "Swimming Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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