# Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The Men's 400 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 25 to September 2, 2021. A total of seven events were contested over this distance.

## Schedule

| H | Heats | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Date | Wed 25 | Wed 25 | Thu 26 | Thu 26 | Fri 27 | Fri 27 | Sat 28 | Sat 28 | Sun 29 | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Thu 2 |
| Event | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| S6 400m | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| S7 400m | | | | | | | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| S8 400m | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| S9 400m | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S10 400m | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| S11 400m | | | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S13 400m | | | | | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 400 metre freestyle events.
| Classification | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| S6 details | Talisson Glock Brazil | 4:54.42 | Antonio Fantin Italy | 4:55.70 | Viacheslav Lenskii RPC | 5:04.84 |
| S7 details | Mark Malyar Israel | 4:31.06 WR | Andrii Trusov Ukraine | 4:35.56 | Evan Austin United States | 4:38.95 |
| S8 details | Andrei Nikolaev RPC | 4:25.16 | Alberto Amodeo Italy | 4:25.93 | Matthew Torres United States | 4:28.47 |
| S9 details | William Martin Australia | 4:10.25 PR | Ugo Didier France | 4:11.33 | Alexander Tuckfield Australia | 4:13.54 |
| S10 details | Maksym Krypak Ukraine | 3:59.62 | Bas Takken Netherlands | 4:02.02 | Thomas Gallagher Australia | 4:03.91 |
| S11 details | Rogier Dorsman Netherlands | 4:28.47 | Uchu Tomita Japan | 4:31.69 | Hua Dongdong China | 4:34.89 |
| S13 details | Ihar Boki Belarus | 3:58.18 | Kyrylo Garashchenko Ukraine | 4:02.07 | Alex Portal France | 4:06.49 |

## Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 400 metre freestyle events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.

### S6

The S6 category is for swimmers who have short stature, arm amputations, or some form of coordination problem on one side of their body.
The final in this classification took place on 2 September 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Talisson Glock | Brazil | 4.54.42 |
| | 3 | Antonio Fantin | Italy | 4.55.70 |
| | 5 | Viacheslav Lenskii | RPC | 5.04.84 |
| 4 | 2 | Andrei Granichka | RPC | 5.05.30 |
| 5 | 6 | Juan Gutierrez Bermudez | Mexico | 5:15.23 |
| 6 | 8 | Daniel Videira | Portugal | 5:24.92 |
| 7 | 7 | Raul Gutierrez Bermudez | Mexico | 5:28.62 |
| 8 | 1 | Lorenzo Perez Escalona | Cuba | 5:30.42 |

### S7

The S7 category is for swimmers who have one leg and one arm amputation on opposite side or paralysis on one side of their body. These swimmers have full control of their arms and trunk but variable function in their legs.
The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Mark Malyar | Israel | 4.31.06 | WR |
| | 6 | Andrii Trusov | Ukraine | 4.35.56 | |
| | 2 | Evan Austin | United States | 4.38.95 | |
| 4 | 3 | Inaki Basiloff | Argentina | 4.38.99 | |
| 5 | 5 | Federico Bicelli | Italy | 4.43.67 | |
| 6 | 7 | Ernie Gawilan | Philippines | 4.56.24 | |
| 7 | 1 | Wei Soong Toh | Singapore | 5.06.39 | |
| 8 | 8 | Chen Liang-Da | Chinese Taipei | 5.10.65 | |

### S8

The S8 category is for swimmers who have a single amputation, or restrictive movement in their hip, knee and ankle joints.
The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Andrei Nikolaev | RPC | 4.25.16 |
| | 7 | Alberto Amodeo | Italy | 4.25.93 |
| | 4 | Matthew Torres | United States | 4.28.47 |
| 4 | 6 | Haijiao Xu | China | 4.29.93 |
| 5 | 3 | Robert Griswold | United States | 4.31.96 |
| 6 | 2 | Caio Amorim | Brazil | 4.35.16 |
| 7 | 1 | Iñigo Llopis Sanz | Spain | 4.45.69 |
| 8 | 8 | Ben Popham | Australia | 4.49.32 |

### S9

The S9 category is for swimmers who have joint restrictions in one leg or double below-the-knee amputations.
The final in this classification took place on 25 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | William Martin | Australia | 4:10.25 | PR |
| | 5 | Ugo Didier | France | 4:11.33 | |
| | 4 | Alexander Tuckfield | Australia | 4:13.54 | |
| 4 | 2 | Brenden Hall | Australia | 4:14.48 | |
| 5 | 7 | Jacobo Garrido | Spain | 4:17.41 | |
| 6 | 3 | Simone Barlaam | Italy | 4:22.40 | |
| 7 | 1 | Federico Morlacchi | Italy | 4:24.75 | |
| 7 | 8 | Igor Hrehorowicz | Poland | 4:24.75 | |

### S10

The S10 category is for swimmers who have minor physical impairments, for example, loss of one hand.
The final in this classification took place on 1 September 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Maksym Krypak | Ukraine | 3.59.62 |
| | 4 | Bas Takken | Netherlands | 4.02.02 |
| | 3 | Thomas Gallagher | Australia | 4.03.91 |
| 4 | 8 | Stefano Raimondi | Italy | 4.07.38 |
| 5 | 5 | Alexander Elliot | Canada | 4.10.29 |
| 6 | 7 | Florent Marais | France | 4.14.98 |
| 7 | 1 | Justin Kaps | Germany | 4.15.85 |
| 8 | 2 | Alan Ogorzalek | Poland | 4.18.52 |

### S11

The S11 category is for swimmers who have severe visual impairments and have very low or no light perception, such as blindness, they are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They use tappers when competing in swimming events.
The final in this classification took place on 26 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Rogier Dorsman | Netherlands | 4:28.47 |
| | 5 | Uchu Tomita | Japan | 4:31.69 |
| | 3 | Hua Dongdong | China | 4:34.89 |
| 4 | 6 | Mykhailo Serbin | Ukraine | 4:41.21 |
| 5 | 2 | Matheus Rheine Correa de Souza | Brazil | 4:44.64 |
| 6 | 1 | José Ramón Cantero Elvira | Spain | 4:57.25 |
| 7 | 7 | Matthew Cabraja | Canada | 4:57.63 |
| | 8 | Viktor Smyrnov | Ukraine | DNS |

### S13

The S13 category is for swimmers who have minor visual impairment and have high visual acuity. They are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They may wish to use a tapper.
The final in this classification took place on 27 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Ihar Boki | Belarus | 3.58.18 |
| | 5 | Kyrylo Garaschenko | Ukraine | 4.02.07 |
| | 3 | Alex Portal | France | 4.06.49 |
| 4 | 7 | Braedan Jason | Australia | 4.12.75 |
| 5 | 6 | Vladimir Sotnikov | RPC | 4.15.93 |
| 6 | 2 | Taliso Engel | Germany | 4.20.73 |
| 7 | 1 | Salguero Oteiza Ivan | Spain | 4.21.56 |
| 8 | 8 | Sergey Punko | RPC | 4.28.52 |