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Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S8

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Men's 400 metre freestyle S8
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates8 September 2016
Competitors12 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Oliver Hynd  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Xu Haijiao  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wang Yinan  China
2012
2020

The men's 400 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 8 September, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

Two heats were held, both with six swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Records

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

World record  Oliver Hynd (GBR) 4:23.76 Sheffield, Great Britain 30 July 2016
Paralympic record  Sam Hynd (GBR) 4:26.25 Beijing, China 9 September 2008
2016 World leading  Oliver Hynd (GBR) 4:23.76 Sheffield, Great Britain 30 July 2016

Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Wang Yinan  China 4:41.10 Q
2 3 Xu Haijiao  China 4:41.18 Q
3 5 Josef Craig  Great Britain 4:41.93 Q
4 6 Bohdan Hrynenko  Ukraine 4:51.81
5 2 Ernie Gawilan  Philippines 4:54.24
6 7 Evan Austin  United States 4:56.85

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Oliver Hynd  Great Britain 4:31.90 Q
2 3 Robert Griswold  United States 4:38.46 Q
3 5 Caio Oliveira  Brazil 4:40.64 Q
4 6 Blake Cochrane  Australia 4:41.06 Q
5 2 Jesse Aungles  Australia 4:43.87 Q
6 7 Torben Schmidtke  Germany 4:56.29

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Oliver Hynd  Great Britain 4:21.89 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Xu Haijiao  China 4:25.65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Wang Yinan  China 4:32.78
4 3 Caio Oliveria  Brazil 4:33.97
5 5 Robert Griswold  United States 4:36.26
6 1 Josef Craig  Great Britain 4:39.04
7 6 Blake Cochrane  Australia 4:39.79
8 8 Jesse Aungles  Australia 4:48.23

References

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  • "Men's 400m Freestyle - S8". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.