# 2023 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships were held across 13 classifications at Charlety Stadium, Paris, France, from 11 to 17 July.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| T11 | Felipe Gomes Brazil | Gerard Descarrega Spain | Timothée Adolphe France |
| T12 | Rouay Jebabli Tunisia | Yamil Acosta Colombia | Oğuz Akbulut Turkey |
| T13 | Ryota Fukunaga Japan | Johannes Nambala Namibia | Buinder Bermúdez Colombia |
| T20 | Samuel Oliveira Brazil | Daniel Martins Brazil | Yovanni Philippe Mauritius |
| T34 | Chaiwat Rattana Thailand | Mohamed Hammadi United Arab Emirates | Austin Smeenk Canada |
| T36 | James Turner Australia | William Stedman New Zealand | Alexis Sebastian Chavez Argentina |
| T37 | Yaroslav Okapinskyi Ukraine | Michał Kotkowski Poland | Bartolomeu Chaves Brazil |
| T38 | Jaydin Blackwell United States | Zachary Gingras Canada | Ali Al-Rikabi Iraq |
| T47 | Ayoub Sadni Morocco | Tanner Wright United States | Jose Martins Brazil |
| T52 | Maxime Carabin Belgium | Tomoki Sato Japan | Tatsuya Ito Japan |
| T53 | Pongsakorn Paeyo Thailand | Brent Lakatos Canada | Brian Siemann United States |
| T54 | Hu Yang China | Athiwat Paeng-Nuea Thailand | Dai Yunqiang China |
| T62 | Johannes Floors Germany | Blake Leeper United States | Olivier Hendriks Netherlands |

## T11

The event took place on 12 July.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 7 | Felipe Gomes | Brazil | 51.00 | SB |
| | 3 | Gerard Descarrega | Spain | 51.18 | |
| | 5 | Timothée Adolphe | France | 51.21 | SB |
| 4 | 1 | Gauthier Makunda | France | 52.38 | |

## T12

The final in this event took place at 19:55 on Sat 15 Jul 2023.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Rouay Jebabli | Tunisia | 48.33 | SB |
| | 3 | Yamil Acosta | Colombia | 48.73 | PB |
| | 7 | Oguz Akbulut | Turkey | 49.24 | SB |
| 4 | 1 | Kissanapong Tisuwan | Thailand | 51.21 |

## T13

The final of this event was held at 20:05 on 15 Jul 2023.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Fukunaga Ryota | Japan | 47.79 | =AR |
| | 5 | Johannes Nambala | Namibia | 48.14 | SB |
| | 4 | Buinder Bermúdez | Colombia | 49.21 | AR |
| 4 | 8 | Jakkarin Dammunee | Thailand | 49.41 | PB |
| 5 | 7 | Max Marzillier | Germany | 49.79 | SB |
| 6 | 6 | Ivan Hernandez | Spain | 50.18 | PB |
| 7 | 1 | Vegard Dragsund Sverd | Norway | 50.61 | PB |
| 8 | 2 | Edwin Masuge | Botswana | 50.67 | |

## T20

The final of this event was held at 19:45 on 15 Jul 2023.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Athlete |
| World record | 46.86 : Daniel Tavares |
| Championship record | 47.38 : Yovanni Philippe |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Samuel Oliveira | Brazil | 47.2 | CR |
| | 8 | Daniel Tavares | Brazil | 47.3 | SB |
| | 5 | Yovanni Philippe | Mauritius | 47.48 | |
| 4 | 6 | Charles-Antoine Kouakou | France | 47.59 | AR |
| 5 | 4 | Torkamani Milad Ramazani | Iran | 47.8 | AR |
| 6 | 2 | Columba Blango | Great Britain | 48.9 | |
| 7 | 1 | Deliber Rodriguez | Spain | 49.01 | |
| | 7 | Anderson Colorado | Ecuador | DNF | |

## T34

The event took place on 11 July.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Chaiwat Rattana | Thailand | 48.65 | WR |
| | 5 | Mohamed Hammadi | United Arab Emirates | 49.21 | PB |
| | 3 | Austin Smeenk | Canada | 49.32 | AR |
| 4 | 4 | Walid Ktila | Tunisia | 49.47 | |
| 5 | 7 | Gong Wenhao | China | 49.69 | PB |
| 6 | 1 | Wang Yang | China | 50.86 | |
| 7 | 8 | Roberto Michel | Mauritius | 50.95 | |
| 8 | 2 | Rheed McCracken | Australia | 51.51 | |

## T36

The event took place on 11 July.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | James Turner | Australia | 52.26 | SB |
| | 3 | William Stedman | New Zealand | 53.62 | SB |
| | 6 | Alexis Sebastian Chavez | Argentina | 54.57 | AR |
| 4 | 8 | Takeru Matsumoto | Japan | 55.85 | AR |
| 5 | 5 | Krzysztof Ciuksza | Poland | 56.47 | |
| 6 | 7 | Deng Peicheng | China | 59.64 | PB |
| 7 | 2 | Marian Petria | Romania | 1:06.06 | |
| 8 | 1 | Refilwe Mosifane | South Africa | 1:10.15 | |

## T37

The event took place on 14 July.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Yaroslav Okapinskyi | Ukraine | 52.23 | PB |
| | 3 | Michał Kotkowski | Poland | 52.62 | SB |
| | 6 | Bartolomeu Chaves | Brazil | 53.04 | SB |
| 4 | 8 | Sofiane Hamdi | Algeria | 54.68 | SB |
| 5 | 5 | Mykola Raiskyi | Ukraine | 55.47 | |
| 6 | 7 | Petrus Karuli | Namibia | 56.20 | |
| 7 | 2 | Clader Aguas | Ecuador | 56.96 | PB |
| 8 | 1 | Apisit Taprom | Thailand | 58.81 | SB |

## T38

The event took place on 13 July.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Jaydin Blackwell | United States | 48.49 | WR |
| | 6 | Zachary Gingras | Canada | 50.23 | PB |
| | 7 | Ali Al-Rikabi | Iraq | 50.61 | PB |
| 4 | 3 | Nick Mayhugh | United States | 50.98 | |
| 5 | 8 | Ryan Medrano | United States | 51.07 | PB |
| 6 | 4 | José Rodolfo Chessani | Mexico | 51.89 | |
| 7 | 2 | Mohamed Farhat Chida | Tunisia | 51.91 | SB |
| 8 | 1 | Angus Hincksman | Australia | 55.34 | |

## T47

The event took place on 14 July.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Ayoub Sadni | Morocco | 46.78 | WR |
| | 7 | Tanner Wright | United States | 48.95 | PB |
| | 3 | Jose Martins | Brazil | 49.00 | PB |
| 4 | 5 | Dilip Mahadu Gavit | India | 49.08 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | Lucas de Sousa Lima | Brazil | 49.43 | |
| 6 | 2 | Thomas Normandeau | Canada | 50.25 | SB |
| 7 | 1 | Nur Ferry Pradana | Indonesia | 50.31 | |
| | 4 | Riccardo Bagaini | Italy | DSQ | |

## T52

The event took place on 13 July.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Maxime Carabin | Belgium | 54.19 | WR |
| | 3 | Tomoki Sato | Japan | 56.41 | |
| | 7 | Tatsuya Ito | Japan | 1:00.84 | PB |
| 4 | 4 | Leonardo de Jesús Pérez Juárez | Mexico | 1:00.96 | SB |
| 5 | 5 | Hirokazu Ueyonabaru | Japan | 1:03.27 | |
| 6 | 2 | Cristian Torres | Colombia | 1:04.64 | |
| 7 | 8 | Pichaya Kurattanasiri | Thailand | 1:05.46 | |
| 8 | 1 | Anthony Bouchard | Canada | 1:05.93 | |

## T53

The event took place on 11 July.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Pongsakorn Paeyo | Thailand | 46.11 | WR |
| | 6 | Brent Lakatos | Canada | 46.22 | AR |
| | 4 | Brian Siemann | United States | 48.30 | PB |
| 4 | 3 | Pichet Krungget | Thailand | 48.35 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | Pierre Fairbank | France | 48.53 | AR |
| 6 | 1 | Yoo Byung-hoon | South Korea | 49.41 | SB |
| 7 | 7 | Nicolas Brignone | France | 50.26 | SB |
| 8 | 2 | Ariosvaldo Fernandes | Brazil | 50.34 | SB |

## T54

The event took place on 12 July.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Hu Yang | China | 45.68 |
| | 6 | Athiwat Paeng-Nuea | Thailand | 46.23 |
| | 3 | Dai Yunqiang | China | 46.26 |
| 4 | 7 | Daniel Sidbury | Great Britain | 46.52 |
| 5 | 4 | Nathan Maguire | Great Britain | 46.78 |
| 6 | 8 | Zhang Ying | China | 47.93 |
| 7 | 2 | Putharet Khongrak | Thailand | 48.07 |
| 8 | 1 | Tomoki Ikoma | Japan | 48.64 |

## T62

The event took place on 17 July.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Johannes Floors | Germany | 45.81 | SB |
| | 4 | Blake Leeper | United States | 47.84 | PB |
| | 5 | Olivier Hendriks | Netherlands | 48.76 | SB |
| 4 | 8 | Tebogo Mofokeng | South Africa | 52.35 | SB |
| | 7 | Jafa Seapla | Thailand | DQ | |
| | 6 | Hunter Woodhall | United States | DNS | |