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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S6

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Men's 400m Freestyle S6
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates14 September
Competitors11 from 9 nations
Winning time4:48.31
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anders Olsson  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Darragh McDonald  Ireland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matthew Whorwood  Great Britain

The men's 400m freestyle S6 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

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Heats

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Competed from 09:34.

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Darragh McDonald  Ireland 5:13.68 Q
2 Matthew Whorwood  Great Britain 5:20.03 Q
3 Tang Yuan  China 5:28.26 Q
4 Stian Helgeland  Norway 5:32.26 Q
5 Johnny Cummings  Ireland 5:50.54

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anders Olsson  Sweden 5:00.41 Q, PR
2 Adriano Lima  Brazil 5:27.10 Q
3 Swen Michaelis  Germany 5:27.35 Q
4 Kyosuke Oyama  Japan 5:38.86 Q
5 Jorgen Tadvin  Norway 6:03.36
6 Igor Plotnikov  Russia 6:24.21

Final

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Competed at 18:07.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anders Olsson  Sweden 4:48.31 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Darragh McDonald  Ireland 5:09.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matthew Whorwood  Great Britain 5:20.45
4 Adriano Lima  Brazil 5:22.90
5 Swen Michaelis  Germany 5:26.17
6 Tang Yuan  China 5:27.16
7 Kyosuke Oyama  Japan 5:28.38
8 Stian Helgeland  Norway 5:32.24

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

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  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S6". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  • "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2012.