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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S13

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Men's 400m Freestyle S13
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates8 September
Competitors9 from 7 nations
Winning time4:14.02
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charl Bouwer  South Africa
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Danylo Chufarov  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece

The men's 400m freestyle S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 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 Devin Gotell  Canada 4:29.51 Q
2 Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine 4:30.48 Q
3 Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece 4:31.17 Q
4 Luis Antonio Arevalo  Spain 4:46.03

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Charl Bouwer  South Africa 4:21.58 Q
2 Danylo Chufarov  Ukraine 4:25.48 Q
3 Carlos Farrenberg  Brazil 4:29.45 Q
4 Robert Doerries  Germany 4:34.71 Q
5 Kevin Mendez  Spain 4:35.29 Q

Final

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Competed at 17:36.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charl Bouwer  South Africa 4:14.02 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Danylo Chufarov  Ukraine 4:14.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece 4:23.59
4 Robert Doerries  Germany 4:23.89
5 Carlos Farrenberg  Brazil 4:27.16
6 Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine 4:27.66
7 Devin Gotell  Canada 4:28.73
8 Kevin Mendez  Spain 4:33.75

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

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  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S13". 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.