# Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T54

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| 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 | T53-54 | T53-54 |
| Road |||||||||
| Marathon | | | | | | | T54 |
| Field |||||||||
| Shot put | | F52-3 | F52-3 | F52-3 | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
| Club throw | | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 |
| Discus throw | | F51-3 | F51-3 | F51-3 | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
| Javelin throw | | F52-3 | F52-3 | F52-3 | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | 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 | F54-6 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
| Club throw | | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 |
| Discus throw | | F51-3 | F51-3 | F51-3 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
| Javelin throw | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F54-6 | F54-6 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
The men's 400 metres T54 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 5 to 7 September.
The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
| World & Paralympic record | Zhang Lixin (CHN) | 45.07 | 10 September 2008 | Beijing, China |

## Results
### Round 1

Competed 5 September 2012 from 19:51. Qual. rule: first 2 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Liu Chengming | China | 48.01 | Q, =SB |
| 2 | Marc Schuh | Germany | 48.87 | Q |
| 3 | Supachai Koysub | Thailand | 50.66 | SB |
| 4 | Alexandre Dupont | Canada | 51.17 | |
| 5 | Ryan Chalmers | United States | 53.63 | |
| 6 | Ahmed Aouadi | Tunisia | DQ | |
| 7 | Jake Lappin | Australia | DQ | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Saichon Konjen | Thailand | 47.87 | Q, SB |
| 2 | Kenny van Weeghel | Netherlands | 48.06 | Q |
| 3 | Cui Yanfeng | China | 48.28 | q, PB |
| 4 | Leo Pekka Tahti | Finland | 48.30 | q |
| 5 | Curtis Thom | Canada | 48.57 | |
| 6 | Jordan Bird | United States | 49.53 | |
| 7 | Fernando Sanchez Nava | Mexico | DQ | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zhang Lixin | China | 48.72 | Q, SB |
| 2 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 48.87 | Q |
| 3 | Mohammad Vahdani | United Arab Emirates | 50.00 | |
| 4 | Juan Valladares | Venezuela | 50.41 | |
| 5 | Richard Nicholson | Australia | 50.49 | |
| 6 | Colin Mathieson | Canada | 51.95 | |
| 7 | Juan Pablo Cervantes Garcia | Mexico | 52.83 | |

### Final

Competed 7 September 2012 at 20:47.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Zhang Lixin | China | 46.88 | PB |
| | Kenny van Weeghel | Netherlands | 47.12 | PB |
| | Liu Chengming | China | 47.36 | PB |
| 4 | Leo Pekka Tahti | Finland | 47.68 | PB |
| 5 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 47.80 | |
| 6 | Marc Schuh | Germany | 48.42 | |
| 7 | Cui Yanfeng | China | 51.20 | |
| | Saichon Konjen | Thailand | DQ | |
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DQ = Disqualified.