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

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.

Men's 400 metre freestyle S8 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	31 August
Competitors	12 from 8 nations
Medalists
Yinan Wang  China Oliver Hynd  Great Britain Sam Hynd  Great Britain

Results

Key

•   Q   Qualified for next round
• AS = Asian record
• AM = 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	Great Britain	4:33.25	Q
2	5	Yinan Wang	China	4:37.86	Q
3	3	Christoph Burkard	Germany	4:45.40	Q
4	6	Jonathan Mcgrath	Ireland	4:53.25
5	2	Torben Schmidtke	Germany	5:01.05
6	7	Ferenc Csuri	Hungary	5:13.88

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Thomas Young	Great Britain	4:34.16	Q
2	4	Oliver Hynd	Great Britain	4:36.40	Q
3	6	Caio Oliveira	Brazil	4:41.20	Q, AM
4	2	Zack McAllister	Canada	4:43.80	Q
5	3	Jiachao Wang	China	4:37.34	Q
6	7	Rudy Garcia-Tolson	United States	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	China	4:27.11	AS
	3	Oliver Hynd	Great Britain	4:27.88
	4	Sam Hynd	Great Britain	4:32.93
4	5	Thomas Young	Great Britain	4:33.57
5	8	Jiachao Wang	China	4:39.08
6	7	Zack McAllister	Canada	4:39.81	AM
7	1	Caio Oliveira	Brazil	4:39.86
8	8	Christoph Burkard	Germany	4:44.23

References

1. "Swimming - Classification". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
2. "Men's 400m Freestyle - S8". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
3. "Men's 400m Freestyle - S8 (Final)". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 4 September 2012.