Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T53

The Men's 400 metres T53 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 2 September.

Men's 400 metres T53 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	2 September
Competitors	19 from 13 nations
Winning time	49.70
Medalists
Li Huzhao  China Brent Lakatos  Canada Richard Colman  Australia

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Classification
T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired
T/F20: Intellectual disability
T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy
F40: Les Autres
T/F42–46: Amputees
T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability
Men T/F51–58
Track
100 m		T51		T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m				T52		T53		T54
800 m				T52		T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
4×400 m relay						T53-54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Javelin throw			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Women T/F51–58
Track
100 m				T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m						T53		T54
800 m						T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put							F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3
			F57-8
Javelin throw		F33-34/52-53					F54-6
			F57-8

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:

World & Paralympic record

Hong Suk-Man (KOR)

47.67

11 September 2008

Beijing, China

Results

Round 1

Competed 2 September 2012 from 11:24. Qual. rule: first 2 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Li Huzhao	China	51.19	Q, SB
2	Hamad N M E Aladwani	Kuwait	51.35	Q, PB
3	Yoo Byunghoon	South Korea	52.06	q
4	Eric Gauthier	Canada	53.56
5	Jaime Ramirez Valencia	Mexico	DQ
6	Brian Siemann	United States	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Joshua George	United States	51.44	Q
2	Yu Shiran	China	51.74	Q, PB
3	Pierre Fairbank	France	52.23
4	Ariosvaldo Fernandes Silva	Brazil	52.44	SB
5	Jun Hiromichi	Japan	52.74
6	Jesus Aguilar	Venezuela	52.80
7	Sopa Intasen	Thailand	DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Brent Lakatos	Canada	49.46	Q, PB
2	Richard Colman	Australia	49.79	Q, SB
3	Jung Dong Ho	South Korea	50.02	q, PB
4	Zach Abbott	United States	52.58	PB
5	Roger Puigbo Verdaguer	Spain	53.29
6	Pichet Krungget	Thailand	53.63	SB

Final

Competed 2 September 2012 at 20:11.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Li Huzhao	China	49.70	SB
	Brent Lakatos	Canada	50.17
	Richard Colman	Australia	50.24
4	Yu Shiran	China	50.92	PB
5	Joshua George	United States	51.14
6	Yoo Byunghoon	South Korea	51.30
7	Jung Dong Ho	South Korea	51.45
8	Hamad N M E Aladwani	Kuwait	52.04

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DQ = Disqualified.