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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S8

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Men's 400m Freestyle S8
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates12 September
Competitors11 from 7 nations
Winning time4:26.25
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sam Hynd  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Leek  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wang Jiachao  China

The men's 400m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

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Heats

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Competed from 09:00.

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Peter Leek  Australia 4:35.87 Q, PR
2 Nikolai Willig  Germany 4:49.25 Q
3 Matt Levy  Australia 4:50.78 Q
4 Wang Xiaofu  China 5:01.05 Q
5 Drew Christensen  Canada 5:18.13

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sam Hynd  Great Britain 4:26.46 Q, WR
2 Wang Jiachao  China 4:43.75 Q
3 Christoph Burkard  Germany 4:45.97 Q
4 Rudy Garcia Tolson  United States 5:02.17 Q
5 Tom Miazga  United States 5:14.26
6 Yann Nouard  France 5:16.01

Final

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Competed at 17:00.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sam Hynd  Great Britain 4:26.25 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Leek  Australia 4:31.16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wang Jiachao  China 4:39.48
4 Christoph Burkard  Germany 4:40.60
5 Wang Xiaofu  China 4:50.04
6 Nikolai Willig  Germany 4:50.39
7 Matt Levy  Australia 4:51.77
8 Tom Miazga  United States 5:09.50

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

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  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S8". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  • "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2012.