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

Event:	Athletics – Men's 400 metres
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates:	27 August – 4 September 2021
Competitors:	135
Nations:	55^[1]
Num Events:	12
Prev:	2016
Next:	2024

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

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.

T11	Gerard Descarrega Guide: Guillermo Rojo Gil	50.42	Ananias Shikongo Guide: Sem Shimanda	51.14	Gautier Makunda Guide: Lucas Mathonat	51.74
T12		47.59		47.93		48.93
T13		46.70		47.70		48.76
T20		47.63		47.71		47.81
T36		52.80		53.60		54.75
T37		49.34		50.26		50.44
T38		49.99		50.33		50.85
T47		47.38		47.87 =		48.04
T52		55.39		55.59		59.95
T53		46.61		46.75		49.41
T54		45.72		45.73		46.20
T62		45.85		47.95		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

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T11.

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

Rank	Lane	Time
	5	50.42
	3	51.14
	1	51.74
4	7	52.17

T12

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T12.

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

Rank	Lane	Time
	7	47.59
	3	47.93
	5	48.01
4	1	48.93

T13

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T13.

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

Rank	Lane	Time
	6	46.70
	7	47.70
	4	48.76
4	8	49.26
5	9	49.75
6	3	50.05
7	2	50.54
8	5	50.96

T20

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T20.

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

Rank	Lane	Time
	7	47.63
	6	47.71
	4	47.81
4	5	48.05
5	2	48.42
6	9	48.58
7	3	48.79
8	8	49.02

T36

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T36.

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

Rank	Lane	Time
	3	52.80
	6	53.60
	4	54.75
4	2	55.14
5	5	55.90
6	7	57.91
7	8	59.15

T37

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T37.

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

Rank	Lane	Time
	7	49.34
	3	50.26
	4	50.44
4	6	50.60
5	5	51.14
6	8	52.49

T38

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T38.

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

Rank	Lane	Time
	7	49.99
	9	50.33
	5	50.85
4	8	50.90
5	6	51.39
6	2	52.27
7	4	53.25
8	3	54.04

T47

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T47.

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

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	6	47.38
	7	47.87	=
	5	48.04
4	4	49.36
5	9	49.61
6	2	50.02
7	3	50.11
	8		WPA 18.5a

T52

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T52.

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

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	7	55.39
	4	55.59
	5	59.95
4	6	1:00.57
5	8	1:01.66
6	2	1:02.68
	3		WPA 18.5a
	9		WPA 18.5a

T53

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T53.

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

Rank	Lane	Time
	5	46.61
	4	46.75
	2	49.41
4	3	49.61
5	6	49.96
6	8	50.00
7	7	50.02
8	9	52.48

T54

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T54.

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

Rank	Lane	Time
	5	45.72
	4	45.73
	6	46.20
4	2	46.42
5	9	47.17
6	3	47.17
7	8	47.37
8	7	47.56

T62

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T62.

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

Rank	Lane	Time
	6	45.85
	4	47.95
	7	48.61
4	9	50.09
5	3	52.51
6	5	52.98
7	8	53.56
8	2	56.75

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics entries. 20 August 2021. 20 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210820172737/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/sport-entries.htm. dead.
Web site: Athletics Competition Schedule. 13 August 2021. 12 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210812150551/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/paralympics/schedule/para-athletics-schedule. dead.
Web site: T11 final results. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829104339/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----11010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
Web site: T12 final results. 30 August 2021. 2 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902004957/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----12010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
Web site: T13 final results. 31 August 2021. 2 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902010042/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----13010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
Web site: T20 final results. 29 August 2021. 31 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831122101/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----20010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
Web site: Final results. 30 August 2021. 31 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831023025/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----36010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
Web site: T37 final results. 31 August 2021. 1 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210901015710/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----37010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
Web site: T38 final results. 29 August 2021. 31 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831122847/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----38010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
Web site: T47 final results. 3 September 2021. 4 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210904162337/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----47030-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
Web site: T52 results. 27 August 2021. 27 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210827113708/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----52020-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
Web site: T53 final results. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829111417/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----53010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
Web site: T54 final results. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829115116/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----54010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
Web site: T62 final results. 3 September 2021. 3 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210903104940/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----62010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.