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

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

Key:

• Qualified for next round

AS = Asian recordAM = America's record

Heats

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

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

Heat 2

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

Final

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
	6	Yinan Wang		4:27.11	AS
	3	Oliver Hynd		4:27.88
	4	Sam Hynd		4:32.93
4	5	Thomas Young		4:33.57
5	8	Jiachao Wang		4:39.08
6	7	Zack McAllister		4:39.81	AM
7	1	Caio Oliveira		4:39.86
8	8	Christoph Burkard		4:44.23

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming - Classification. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. 30 August 2012. 30 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120830013140/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/swimming/classification/. dead.
2. Web site: Men's 400m Freestyle - S8. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. 4 September 2012. 5 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120905073607/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/swimming/event/men-400m-freestyle-s8/phase=swm168900/doc=summary.html. dead.
3. Web site: Men's 400m Freestyle - S8 (Final). The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. 4 September 2012. 2 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120902202406/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/swimming/event/men-400m-freestyle-s8/phase=swm168100/index.html. dead.