Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S6

Men's 400m Freestyle S6
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates14 September
Competitors11 from 9 nations
Winning time4:48.31
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anders Olsson  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Darragh McDonald  Ireland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matthew Whorwood  Great Britain
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The men's 400m freestyle S6 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 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 Darragh McDonald  Ireland 5:13.68 Q
2 Matthew Whorwood  Great Britain 5:20.03 Q
3 Tang Yuan  China 5:28.26 Q
4 Stian Helgeland  Norway 5:32.26 Q
5 Johnny Cummings  Ireland 5:50.54

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anders Olsson  Sweden 5:00.41 Q, PR
2 Adriano Lima  Brazil 5:27.10 Q
3 Swen Michaelis  Germany 5:27.35 Q
4 Kyosuke Oyama  Japan 5:38.86 Q
5 Jorgen Tadvin  Norway 6:03.36
6 Igor Plotnikov  Russia 6:24.21

Final

Competed at 18:07.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anders Olsson  Sweden 4:48.31 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Darragh McDonald  Ireland 5:09.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matthew Whorwood  Great Britain 5:20.45
4 Adriano Lima  Brazil 5:22.90
5 Swen Michaelis  Germany 5:26.17
6 Tang Yuan  China 5:27.16
7 Kyosuke Oyama  Japan 5:28.38
8 Stian Helgeland  Norway 5:32.24

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

References

  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S6". 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.