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

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Men's 400 metres T53
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueRio Olympic Stadium
Dates10–11 September
Competitors19
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pongsakorn Paeyo  Thailand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kenny van Weeghel  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pierre Fairbank  France

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.

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

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Brent Lakatos  Canada 50.47 Q, PB
2 Brian Siemann  Netherlands 51.30 Q
3 Yu Shiran  China 51.51 SB
4 Jung Dong Ho  South Korea 52.30
5 Richard Colman  Australia 52.59
6 Hamad Aladwani  Kuwait 52.97
- Pichet Krungget  Thailand DNS

Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Pongsakorn Paeyo  Thailand 48.38 Q PB
2 Li Huzhao  China 49.48 Q
3 Joshua George  United States 50.11 q
4 Jean-Philippe Maranda  Canada 52.24
5 Nicolas Brignone  France 53.01
6 Mickey Bushell  Great Britain 54.02

Heat 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 Pierre Fairbank  France 49.06 Q, SB
2 Zhao Yufei  China 49.99 Q, PB
3 Moatez Jomni  Great Britain 51.14 q
4 Hitoshi Matsunaga  Japan 52.71
5 Ariosvaldo Fernandes Silva  Brazil DSQ
6 Yoo Byung Hoon  South Korea DSQ

Final

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pongsakorn Paeyo  Thailand 47.91
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brent Lakatos  Canada 48.53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pierre Fairbank  France 49.00
4 Li Huzhao  China 50.11
5 Brian Siemann  Netherlands 50.20
6 Zhao Yufei  China 50.42
7 Joshua George  United States 50.80
8 Moatez Jomni  Great Britain 51.53

References

  1. ^ "Athletics – Schedule & Results". Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 7 September 2016.