Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S8
Appearance
Men's 400 metre freestyle S8 at the XV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 8 September 2016 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 12 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's 400 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 8 September, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
Two heats were held, both with six swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition[update], the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows.
World record | Oliver Hynd (GBR) | 4:23.76 | Sheffield, Great Britain | 30 July 2016 |
Paralympic record | Sam Hynd (GBR) | 4:26.25 | Beijing, China | 9 September 2008 |
2016 World leading | Oliver Hynd (GBR) | 4:23.76 | Sheffield, Great Britain | 30 July 2016 |
Heats
[edit]Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Wang Yinan | China | 4:41.10 | Q |
2 | 3 | Xu Haijiao | China | 4:41.18 | Q |
3 | 5 | Josef Craig | Great Britain | 4:41.93 | Q |
4 | 6 | Bohdan Hrynenko | Ukraine | 4:51.81 | |
5 | 2 | Ernie Gawilan | Philippines | 4:54.24 | |
6 | 7 | Evan Austin | United States | 4:56.85 |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Oliver Hynd | Great Britain | 4:31.90 | Q |
2 | 3 | Robert Griswold | United States | 4:38.46 | Q |
3 | 5 | Caio Oliveira | Brazil | 4:40.64 | Q |
4 | 6 | Blake Cochrane | Australia | 4:41.06 | Q |
5 | 2 | Jesse Aungles | Australia | 4:43.87 | Q |
6 | 7 | Torben Schmidtke | Germany | 4:56.29 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Oliver Hynd | Great Britain | 4:21.89 | WR | |
7 | Xu Haijiao | China | 4:25.65 | ||
2 | Wang Yinan | China | 4:32.78 | ||
4 | 3 | Caio Oliveria | Brazil | 4:33.97 | |
5 | 5 | Robert Griswold | United States | 4:36.26 | |
6 | 1 | Josef Craig | Great Britain | 4:39.04 | |
7 | 6 | Blake Cochrane | Australia | 4:39.79 | |
8 | 8 | Jesse Aungles | Australia | 4:48.23 |
References
[edit]- "Men's 400m Freestyle - S8". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.