Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S13

Men's 400m Freestyle S13 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	9 from 7 nations
Winning time	4:14.02
Medalists
Charl Bouwer  South Africa Danylo Chufarov  Ukraine Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece

The men's 400m freestyle S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:34.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Devin Gotell	Canada	4:29.51	Q
2	Oleksii Fedyna	Ukraine	4:30.48	Q
3	Charalampos Taiganidis	Greece	4:31.17	Q
4	Luis Antonio Arevalo	Spain	4:46.03

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Charl Bouwer	South Africa	4:21.58	Q
2	Danylo Chufarov	Ukraine	4:25.48	Q
3	Carlos Farrenberg	Brazil	4:29.45	Q
4	Robert Doerries	Germany	4:34.71	Q
5	Kevin Mendez	Spain	4:35.29	Q

Final

Competed at 17:36.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Charl Bouwer	South Africa	4:14.02	WR
	Danylo Chufarov	Ukraine	4:14.84
	Charalampos Taiganidis	Greece	4:23.59
4	Robert Doerries	Germany	4:23.89
5	Carlos Farrenberg	Brazil	4:27.16
6	Oleksii Fedyna	Ukraine	4:27.66
7	Devin Gotell	Canada	4:28.73
8	Kevin Mendez	Spain	4:33.75

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S13". 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.