Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres

Athletics – Men's 400 metres
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Athletics – Men's 400 metres; at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates	27 August – 4 September 2021
No. of events	12
Competitors	135 from 55 nations
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The Men's 400m athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 27 to September 4, 2021. A total of 12 events were contested over this distance.

Schedule

R	Round 1	½	Semifinals	F	Final

Date^[2]	Fri 27		Sat 28		Sun 29		Mon 30		Tue 31		Wed 1		Thu 2		Fri 3		Sat 4
Event	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
T11 400m			R	½		F
T12 400m										R	½		F
T13 400m												R	F
T20 400m								R		F
T36 400m				R					F
T37 400m									R		F
T38 400m							R			F
T47 400m															R			F
T52 400m	R	F
T53 400m					R	F
T54 400m					R	F
T62 400m													R		F

Medal summary

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

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
T11 details	Spain Gerard Descarrega Guide: Guillermo Rojo Gil	50.42	Namibia Ananias Shikongo Guide: Sem Shimanda	51.14	France Gautier Makunda Guide: Lucas Mathonat	51.74
T12 details	Abdeslam Hili Morocco	47.59 WR	Noah Malone United States	47.93 AR	Rouay Jebabli Tunisia	48.93
T13 details	Skander Djamil Athmani Algeria	46.70 WR	Mohamed Amguoun Morocco	47.70	Johannes Nambala Namibia	48.76
T20 details	Charles-Antoine Kouakou France	47.63 AR	Luis Felipe Rodríguez Bolívar Venezuela	47.71	Columba Blango Great Britain	47.81
T36 details	James Turner Australia	52.80 GR	Evgenii Shvetcov RPC	53.60	William Stedman New Zealand	54.75
T37 details	Andrey Vdovin RPC	49.34 WR	Nick Mayhugh United States	50.26 AR	Chermen Kobesov RPC	50.44
T38 details	Jose Rodolfo Chessani Mexico	49.99 AR	Mohamed Farhat Chida Tunisia	50.33	Zachary Gingras Canada	50.85
T47 details	Ayoub Sadni Morocco	47.38 WR	Thomaz Ruan de Moraes Brazil	47.87 =AR	Petrúcio Ferreira Brazil	48.04
T52 details	Tomoki Sato Japan	55.39 GR	Raymond Martin United States	55.59	Hirokazu Ueyonabaru Japan	59.95
T53 details	Pongsakorn Paeyo Thailand	46.61 WR	Brent Lakatos Canada	46.75 AR	Vitalii Gritsenko RPC	49.41
T54 details	Daniel Romanchuk United States	45.72	Athiwat Paeng-Nuea Thailand	45.73	Dai Yunqiang China	46.20
T62 details	Johannes Floors Germany	45.85	Olivier Hendriks Netherlands	47.95	Hunter Woodhall United States	48.61

Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 400 metres 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.

T11

The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.

The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021, at 19:35:^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Gerard Descarrega	Spain	50.42	SB
	3	Ananias Shikongo	Namibia	51.14	SB
	1	Gautier Makunda	France	51.74	PB
4	7	Guillaume Junior Atangana	Cameroon	52.17	PB

T12

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.

The final in this classification took place on 2 September 2021, at 9:42:^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7	Abdeslam Hili	Morocco	47.59	WR
	3	Noah Malone	United States	47.93	AR
	5	Rouay Jebabli	Tunisia	48.01	PB
4	1	Mahdi Afri	Morocco	48.93

T13

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.

The final in this classification took place on 2 September 2021, at 9:54:^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Skander Djamil Athmani	Algeria	46.70	WR
	7	Mohamed Amguoun	Morocco	47.70	SB
	4	Johannes Nambala	Namibia	48.76	SB
4	8	Buinder Bermúdez	Colombia	49.26	AR
5	9	Aleksandr Shirin	RPC	49.75	SB
6	3	Hakan Cira	Turkey	50.05
7	2	Edwin Masuge	Botswana	50.54
8	5	Egor Sharov	RPC	50.96

T20

The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.

The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021, at 19:11:^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7	Charles-Antoine Kouakou	France	47.63	AR
	6	Luis Rodriguez Bolivar	Venezuela	47.71	PB
	4	Columba Blango	Great Britain	47.81	PB
4	5	Deliber Rodríguez Ramírez	Spain	48.05	PB
5	2	Ndiaga Dieng	Italy	48.42	PB
6	9	Anderson Alexander Colorado Mina	Ecuador	48.58	SB
7	3	Sandro Patrício Correia	Venezuela	48.79	PB
8	8	Damian Carcelen	Ecuador	49.02	SB

T36

The T36 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes do not have the capacity to remain still and they show involuntary movements with all four limbs affected. They usually walk without assistive devices.

The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021, at 11:20:^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	James Turner	Australia	52.80	GR
	6	Evgenii Shvetcov	RPC	53.60	SB
	4	William Stedman	New Zealand	54.75
4	2	Alexis Sebastian Chavez	Argentina	55.14	AR
5	5	Krzysztof Ciuksza	Poland	55.90	SB
6	7	Sid Ali Bouzourine	Algeria	57.91	AR
7	8	Takeru Matsumoto	Japan	59.15

T37

The T37 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes have movement and coordination problems on one half of their body. They have good ability in their dominant side of their body (ie hemiplegia).

The final in this classification took place on 1 September 2021, at 10:40:^[8]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7	Andrey Vdovin	RPC	49.34	WR
	3	Nick Mayhugh	United States	50.26	AR
	4	Chermen Kobesov	RPC	50.44	PB
4	6	Michał Kotkowski	Poland	50.60	PB
5	5	Charl du Toit	South Africa	51.14	SB
6	8	Yaroslav Okapinskyi	Ukraine	52.49	PB

T38

The T38 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. T38 athletes have the mildest form of impairment caused by cerebral palsy, often in only one limb, and not affecting the ability to run, walk or jump freely, although impairing performance. T38 athletes may suffer minor co-ordination difficulties.

The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021, at 19:31:^[9]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7	Jose Rodolfo Chessani	Mexico	49.99	AR
	9	Mohamed Farhat Chida	Tunisia	50.33	SB
	5	Zachary Gingras	Canada	50.85	PB
4	8	Ali Al-Rikabi	Iraq	50.90	PB
5	6	Dyan Buis	South Africa	51.39
6	2	Anton Feoktistov	RPC	52.27
7	4	Shaun Burrows	Great Britain	53.25
8	3	Dixon Hooker	Colombia	54.04	SB

T47

The T47 category is for athletes who have a single below elbow or wrist amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.

The final in this classification took place on 4 September 2021, at 21:01:^[10]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Ayoub Sadni	Morocco	47.38	WR
	7	Thomaz Ruan de Moraes	Brazil	47.87	=AR
	5	Petrúcio Ferreira	Brazil	48.04	SB
4	4	Tanner Wright	United States	49.36	PB
5	9	Luis Andrés Vásquez Segura	Dominican Republic	49.61	PB
6	2	Thomas Normandeau	Canada	50.02
7	3	Lucas de Sousa	Brazil	50.11
	8	Rayven Sample	United States	DQ	WPA 18.5a

T52

The T52 category is for wheelchair athletes with damage to spinal cord in the higher parts of the back, substantially impaired or no trunk function, and minimal or no leg function. Pushing power comes from elbow extensions, and appears close to normal except for use of modified gloves to compensate for grip.

The final in this classification took place on 27 August 2021, at 20:16:^[11]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7	Tomoki Sato	Japan	55.39	PR
	4	Raymond Martin	United States	55.59	SB
	5	Hirokazu Ueyonabaru	Japan	59.95
4	6	Gianfranco Iannotta	United States	1:00.57	PB
5	8	Leonardo De Jesus Perez Juarez	Mexico	1:01.66
6	2	Thomas Geierspichler	Austria	1:02.68	SB
	3	Jerrold Mangliwan	Philippines	DQ	WPA 18.5a
	9	Isaiah Rigo	United States	DQ	WPA 18.5a

T53

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021, at 20:01:^[12]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Pongsakorn Paeyo	Thailand	46.61	WR
	4	Brent Lakatos	Canada	46.75	AR
	2	Vitalii Gritsenko	RPC	49.41
4	3	Brian Siemann	United States	49.61	SB
5	6	Pichet Krungget	Thailand	49.96
6	8	Pierre Fairbank	France	50.00
7	7	Byunghoon Yoo	South Korea	50.02
8	9	Ariosvaldo Fernandes	Brazil	52.48

T54

The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021, at 20:21:^[13]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Daniel Romanchuk	United States	45.72
	4	Athiwat Paeng-Nuea	Thailand	45.73
	6	Dai Yunqiang	China	46.20
4	2	Saichon Konjen	Thailand	46.42	PB
5	9	Zhang Yong	China	47.17
6	3	Nathan Maguire	Great Britain	47.17
7	8	Richard Chiassaro	Great Britain	47.37	SB
8	7	Putharet Khongrak	Thailand	47.56

T62

The final in this classification took place on 3 September 2021, at 19:33:^[14]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Johannes Floors	Germany	45.85	SB
	4	Olivier Hendriks	Netherlands	47.95	PB
	7	Hunter Woodhall	United States	48.61	SB
4	9	Tebogo Mofokeng	South Africa	50.09	AR
5	3	Ioannis Sevdikalis	Greece	52.51	PB
6	5	Nick Rogers	United States	52.98	SB
7	8	Daniel du Plessis	South Africa	53.56
8	2	Stylianos Malakopoulos	Greece	56.75	PB

References

^ "Athletics entries". Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
^ "Athletics Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "T11 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ "T12 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "T13 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "T20 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "T37 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "T38 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ "T47 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^ "T52 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ "T53 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ "T54 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ "T62 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

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[2] "Athletics Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[3] "T11 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

[4] "T12 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[5] "T13 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[6] "T20 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.

[7] "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[8] "T37 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[9] "T38 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.

[10] "T47 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

[11] "T52 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

[12] "T53 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

[13] "T54 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

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