Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T53

The Men's 400 metres T53 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange on 10 and 11 September.[1] It featured 19 athletes.

Men's 400 metres T53
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueRio Olympic Stadium
Dates10–11 September
Competitors19
Medalists
Pongsakorn Paeyo  Thailand
Brent Lakatos  Canada
Pierre Fairbank  France

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:

Worldrecord  Hong Sukman (KOR) 47.36 26 June 2010 Arbon, Switzerland
Paralympic record  Hong Sukman (KOR) 47.67 11 September 2008 Beijing, China

Results

Heats

Qualification rule: The first two finishers in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Heat 1

RankLaneAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1Brent Lakatos Canada50.47Q, PB
2Brian Siemann Netherlands51.30Q
3Yu Shiran China51.51SB
4Jung Dong Ho South Korea52.30
5Richard Colman Australia52.59
6Hamad Aladwani Kuwait52.97
-Pichet Krungget ThailandDNS

Heat 2

RankLaneAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1Pongsakorn Paeyo Thailand48.38Q PB
2Li Huzhao China49.48Q
3Joshua George United States50.11q
4Jean-Philippe Maranda Canada52.24
5Nicolas Brignone France53.01
6Mickey Bushell Great Britain54.02

Heat 3

RankLaneAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1Pierre Fairbank France49.06Q, SB
2Zhao Yufei China49.99Q, PB
3Moatez Jomni Great Britain51.14q
4Hitoshi Matsunaga Japan52.71
5Ariosvaldo Fernandes Silva BrazilDSQ
6Yoo Byung Hoon South KoreaDSQ

Final

RankLaneAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Pongsakorn Paeyo Thailand47.91
Brent Lakatos Canada48.53
Pierre Fairbank France49.00
4Li Huzhao China50.11
5Brian Siemann Netherlands50.20
6Zhao Yufei China50.42
7Joshua George United States50.80
8Moatez Jomni Great Britain51.53

References

  1. "Athletics – Schedule & Results". Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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