Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S9

Event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Men's 400m Freestyle S9
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
Dates4 September
Competitors11 from 10 nations
Winning time4:10.88
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brenden Hall  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tamás Sors  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Federico Morlacchi  Italy
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The men's 400m freestyle S9 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 4 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:05.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jose Antonio Mari Alcaraz  Spain 4:23.88 Q
2 6 Federico Morlacchi  Italy 4:24.06 Q
3 3 Tamás Sors  Hungary 4:24.34 Q
4 5 James Crisp  Great Britain 4:26.03 Q
5 2 Michael Prout  United States 4:33.91

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Brenden Hall  Australia 4:21.69 Q
2 5 Jesus Collado  Spain 4:23.57 Q
3 2 David Grachat  Portugal 4:24.10 Q
4 6 Kasper Zysek  Denmark 4:24.27 Q
5 3 Kristijan Vincetic  Croatia 4:37.39
6 7 Eduard Samarin  Russia 4:38.10

Final

Competed at 17:59.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Brenden Hall  Australia 4:10.88 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Tamás Sors  Hungary 4:17.95
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Federico Morlacchi  Italy 4:18.55
4 3 Jose Antonio Mari Alcaraz  Spain 4:18.98
5 5 Jesus Collado  Spain 4:19.06
6 2 David Grachat  Portugal 4:21.94
7 7 Kasper Zysek  Denmark 4:23.13
8 8 James Crisp  Great Britain 4:26.61

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Heats Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
Official London 2012 Paralympics Results: Final Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine