Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S8

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Men's 400 metre freestyle S8
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates31 August
Competitors12 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yinan Wang  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oliver Hynd  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sam Hynd  Great Britain
Swimming at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyleS2S4S5
S6S7S8S9S10
S11S12S13
100 m freestyleS2S4S5
S6S7S8S9S10
S11S12S13
200 m freestyleS2S4S5S14
400 m freestyleS6S7S8S9S10
S11S12S13
50 m backstrokeS1S2S3S4S5
100 m backstrokeS6S7S8S9S10
S11S12S13S14
50 m breaststrokeSB3
100 m breaststrokeSB4SB5
SB6SB7SB8SB9
SB11SB12SB13SB14
50 m butterflyS5
S6S7
100 m butterflyS8S9S10
S11S12S13
150 m medleySM4
200 m medleySM6SM7SM8SM9SM10
SM12SM13
Freestyle relays4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays4 × 100 m (34pts)

The men's 400 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 31 August, at the London Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park, London. The event was for athletes included in the S8 classification, which is for competitors with physical impairments.[1] Twelve swimmers took part, representing eight nations. China's Yinan Wang won the gold medal with British brothers Oliver and Sam Hynd taking silver and bronze respectively.

Results[edit]

Key
  •   Q   Qualified for next round
  • AS = Asian record
  • AM = America's record

Heats[edit]

Two heats were held, each with six swimmers; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final. The heats took place on 31 August starting at 9:30 BST.[2]

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Sam Hynd  Great Britain 4:33.25 Q
2 5 Yinan Wang  China 4:37.86 Q
3 3 Christoph Burkard  Germany 4:45.40 Q
4 6 Jonathan Mcgrath  Ireland 4:53.25
5 2 Torben Schmidtke  Germany 5:01.05
6 7 Ferenc Csuri  Hungary 5:13.88

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Thomas Young  Great Britain 4:34.16 Q
2 4 Oliver Hynd  Great Britain 4:36.40 Q
3 6 Caio Oliveira  Brazil 4:41.20 Q, AM
4 2 Zack McAllister  Canada 4:43.80 Q
5 3 Jiachao Wang  China 4:37.34 Q
6 7 Rudy Garcia-Tolson  United States 4:54.84

Final[edit]

China's Yinan Wang won the gold medal in a time of four minutes 27.11 seconds, setting a new Asian record.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Yinan Wang  China 4:27.11 AS
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Oliver Hynd  Great Britain 4:27.88
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Sam Hynd  Great Britain 4:32.93
4 5 Thomas Young  Great Britain 4:33.57
5 8 Jiachao Wang  China 4:39.08
6 7 Zack McAllister  Canada 4:39.81 AM
7 1 Caio Oliveira  Brazil 4:39.86
8 8 Christoph Burkard  Germany 4:44.23

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Swimming - Classification". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Men's 400m Freestyle - S8". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Men's 400m Freestyle - S8 (Final)". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.


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