Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S8

The men's 400m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 400m Freestyle S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	12 September
Competitors	11 from 7 nations
Winning time	4:26.25
Medalists
Sam Hynd  Great Britain Peter Leek  Australia Wang Jiachao  China

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:00.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Peter Leek	Australia	4:35.87	Q, PR
2	Nikolai Willig	Germany	4:49.25	Q
3	Matt Levy	Australia	4:50.78	Q
4	Wang Xiaofu	China	5:01.05	Q
5	Drew Christensen	Canada	5:18.13

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sam Hynd	Great Britain	4:26.46	Q, WR
2	Wang Jiachao	China	4:43.75	Q
3	Christoph Burkard	Germany	4:45.97	Q
4	Rudy Garcia Tolson	United States	5:02.17	Q
5	Tom Miazga	United States	5:14.26
6	Yann Nouard	France	5:16.01

Final

Competed at 17:00.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sam Hynd	Great Britain	4:26.25	WR
	Peter Leek	Australia	4:31.16
	Wang Jiachao	China	4:39.48
4	Christoph Burkard	Germany	4:40.60
5	Wang Xiaofu	China	4:50.04
6	Nikolai Willig	Germany	4:50.39
7	Matt Levy	Australia	4:51.77
8	Tom Miazga	United States	5:09.50

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S8". 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.