# Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres

The Men's 400m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 16, 2016. A total of 15 events were contested over this distance for 19 different classifications.

## Schedule

| R | Round 1 | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Thu 8 | Fri 9 | Sat 10 | Sun 11 | Mon 12 | Tue 13 | Wed 14 | Thu 15 | Fri 16 | Sat 17 |
| T11 400 metres | | | | | | | R | F | | |
| T12 400 metres | R | F | | | | | | | | |
| T13 400 metres | | | | | | R | | F | | |
| T20 400 metres | R | F | | | | | | | | |
| T36 400 metres | | | | | | | | | F | |
| T37 400 metres | | | | | | | | R | F | |
| T38 400 metres | | | | | | | | | R | F |
| T44 400 metres | | | | | | | R | F | | |
| T47 400 metres | | | | | | | | | R | F |
| T51 400 metres | | | | | | | | | | F |
| T52 400 metres | | | | | R | F | | | | |
| T53 400 metres | | | R | F | | | | | | |
| T54 400 metres | | | | R | F | | | | | |

## Medal summary

| Classification | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| T11 details | Gerard Descarrega Puigdevall guide: Blanquino Exposito Spain | 50.22 | Felipe Gomes guide: Jonas De Lima Silva Brazil | 50.38 PB | Ananias Shikongo guide: Shimanda Sem Namibia | 50.63 PB |
| T12 details | Sun Qichao China | 48.57 | Mahdi Afri Morocco | 49.00 PB | Luís Gonçalves Portugal | 49.54 PB |
| T13 details | Mohamed Amguoun Morocco | 47.15 WR | Johannes Nambala Namibia | 47.21 PB | Mohamed Fouad Hamoumou Algeria | 48.04 PB |
| T20 details | Daniel Martins Brazil | 47.22 WR | Luis Arturo Paiva Venezuela | 47.83 PB | Gracelino Barbosa Cape Verde | 48.55 |
| T36 details | Paul Blake Great Britain | 54.49 SB | Roman Pavlyk Ukraine | 55.67 SB | William Stedman New Zealand | 55.69 |
| T37 details | Charl du Toit South Africa | 51.13 PR | Omar Monterola Venezuela | 52.93 | Sofiane Hamdi Algeria | 53.01 SB |
| T38 details | Dyan Neille Buis South Africa | 49.46 PR | Hu Jianwen China | 50.27 | Weiner Javier Diaz Mosquera Colombia | 51.44 |
| T44 details | Liam Malone New Zealand | 46.20 | David Behre Germany | 46.23 | Hunter Woodhall United States | 46.70 |
| T47 details | Ernesto Blanco Cuba | 48.79 PB | Petrúcio Ferreira dos Santos Brazil | 48.87 PB | Gunther Matzinger Austria | 48.95 SB |
| T51 details | Peter Genyn Belgium | 1:20.82 PR | Edgar Cesareo Navarro Sanchez Mexico | 1:21.82 SB | Alvise de Vidi Italy | 1:22.38 PB |
| T52 details | Raymond Martin United States | 58.42 | Tomoki Sato Japan | 58.88 | Gianfranco Iannotta United States | 1:02.16 |
| T53 details | Pongsakorn Paeyo Thailand | 47.91 PB | Brent Lakatos Canada | 48.53 | Pierre Fairbank France | 49.00 SB |
| T54 details | Kenny van Weeghel Netherlands | 46.65 | Liu Yang China | 46.79 | Yassine Gharbi Tunisia | 47.07 |

## Results

The following were the results of the finals of each of the Men's 400 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event are available on that event's dedicated page.

### T11

The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.
18:49 17 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time |
| | 3 | 1419 | Gerard Descarrega Puigdevall | Spain | 0.146 | 50.22 |
| | 5 | 1146 | Felipe Gomes | Brazil | 0.175 | 50.38 |
| | 1 | 1911 | Ananias Shikongo | Namibia | 0.202 | 50.63 |
| 4 | 7 | 1167 | Daniel Silva | Brazil | 0.167 | 50.93 |

### T12

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.
19:31 9 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time |
| | 3 | 1258 | Qichao Sun | China | 0.150 | 48.57 |
| | 7 | 1846 | Mahdi Afri | Morocco | 0.138 | 49.00 |
| | 5 | 2046 | Luis Goncalves | Portugal | 0.145 | 49.54 |
| 4 | 1 | 1422 | Joan Munar Martinez | Spain | 0.173 | 50.08 |

### T13

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.
12:12 15 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | 1848 | Mohamed Amguoun | Morocco | 0.183 | 47.15 | |
| | 3 | 1909 | Johannes Nambala | Namibia | 0.215 | 47.21 | |
| | 6 | 1016 | Mohamed Fouad Hamoumou | Algeria | 0.132 | 48.04 | |
| 4 | 8 | 1008 | Fouad Baka | Algeria | 0.183 | 49.09 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2366 | Markeith Price | United States | 0.208 | 49.96 | |
| 6 | 2 | 1136 | Gustavo Henrique Araújo | Brazil | 0.129 | 50.06 | |
| 7 | 7 | 2356 | Tyson Gunter | United States | 0.197 | 50.36 | |
| | 4 | 1007 | Abdellatif Baka | Algeria | | | DSQ |

### T20

The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.
11:20 9 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time |
| | 4 | 1149 | Daniel Martins | Brazil | 0.157 | 47.22 |
| | 6 | 2411 | Luis Arturo Paiva | Venezuela | 0.148 | 47.83 |
| | 5 | 1316 | Gracelino Tavares Barbosa | Cape Verde | 0.181 | 48.55 |
| 4 | 8 | 1427 | Dionibel Rodriguez Rodriguez | Spain | 0.215 | 49.46 |
| 5 | 7 | 1426 | Deliber Rodriguez Ramirez | Spain | 0.208 | 49.56 |
| 6 | 3 | 1473 | Rodrigue Massianga | France | 0.209 | 49.71 |
| 7 | 1 | 1709 | Ruud Lorain Flovany Koutiki | Italy | 0.135 | 51.14 |
| 8 | 2 | 1395 | Damian Carcelen | Ecuador | 0.173 | 51.80 |

### T36

The T36 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes do not have the capacity to remain still and they show involuntary movements with all four limbs affected. They usually walk without assistive devices.
10:15 16 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 8 | 1498 | Paul Blake | Great Britain | 54.49 |
| | 2 | 2327 | Roman Pavlyk | Ukraine | 55.67 |
| | 7 | 1963 | William Stedman | New Zealand | 55.69 |
| 4 | 6 | 2020 | Krzysztof Ciuksza | Poland | 55.97 |
| 5 | 3 | 1235 | Mian Che | China | 57.26 |
| 6 | 4 | 1919 | Gabriel de Jesus Cuadra Holmann | Nicaragua | 58.50 |
| 7 | 5 | 1013 | Sid Ali Bouzourine | Algeria | 1:00.22 |

### T37

The T37 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes have movement and coordination problems on one half of their body. They have good ability in their dominant side of their body (ie hemiplegia).
10:23 16 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | 2081 | Charl du Toit | South Africa | 51.13 |
| | 6 | 2409 | Omar Monterola | Venezuela | 52.93 |
| | 7 | 1015 | Sofiane Hamdi | Algeria | 53.01 |
| 4 | 3 | 1409 | Mostafa Fathalla Mohamed | Egypt | 53.43 |
| 5 | 1 | 1156 | Paulo Pereira | Brazil | 54.67 |
| 6 | 5 | 1263 | Jialong Wu | China | 55.51 |
| 7 | 8 | 1404 | Mohamed Abdellatef | Egypt | 55.61 |
| 8 | 2 | 1469 | Valentin Bertrand | France | 55.72 |

### T38

The T38 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. T38 athletes have the mildest form of impairment caused by cerebral palsy, often in only one limb, and not affecting the ability to run, walk or jump freely, although impairing performance. T38 athletes may suffer minor co-ordination difficulties.
17:59 17 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | 2078 | Dyan Neille Buis | South Africa | 49.46 |
| | 7 | 1245 | Jianwen Hu | China | 50.27 |
| | 4 | 1304 | Weiner Javier Diaz Mosquera | Colombia | 51.44 |
| 4 | 8 | 2273 | Mohamed Farhat Chida | Tunisia | 51.49 |
| 5 | 3 | 1274 | Wenjun Zhou | China | 52.43 |
| 6 | 6 | 1305 | Dixon de Jesus Hooker Velasquez | Colombia | 54.80 |
| 7 | 2 | 1873 | Angel Moises Enriquez Torres | Mexico | 54.97 |
| 8 | 1 | 1272 | Huanghao Zhong | China | 55.06 |

### T44

The T44 category is for athletes who have a single below knee amputation or who can walk with moderately reduced function in one or both legs.
11:38 15 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | 1960 | Liam Malone | New Zealand | 46.20 |
| | 6 | 1537 | David Behre | Germany | 46.23 |
| | 3 | 2386 | Hunter Woodhall | United States | 46.70 |
| 4 | 8 | 2350 | Aj Digby | United States | 47.34 |
| 5 | 5 | 2371 | Nick Rogers | United States | 48.90 |
| 6 | 1 | 1573 | Michail Seitis | Greece | 49.66 |
| 7 | 7 | 2154 | Ajith Prasanna Kumar Hettiarachchi | Sri Lanka | 56.50 |
| 8 | 2 | 1902 | Kyaw Kyaw Win | Myanmar | 56.74 |

### T47

The T47 category is for athletes who have a single below elbow or wrist amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.
18:05 17 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | 1348 | Ernesto Blanco | Cuba | 48.79 | |
| | 5 | 1145 | Petrúcio Ferreira dos Santos | Brazil | 48.87 | |
| | 6 | 1076 | Gunther Matzinger | Austria | 48.95 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1718 | Shane Hudson | Jamaica | 49.07 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2406 | Samuel Colmenares | Venezuela | 49.55 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1360 | Antonis Aresti | Cyprus | 50.07 | |
| | 8 | 2098 | Hermas Muvunyi | Rwanda | | DSQ |
| | 7 | 1283 | Kouame Jean-Luc Noumbo | Ivory Coast | | DSQ |

### T51

The T51 category is for wheelchair athletes having spinal cord injuries, with mild weakness in shoulders, limited ability in straightening elbows and wrist function, and no finger, trunk or leg function.
10:54 17 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 8 | 1101 | Peter Genyn | Belgium | 1:20.82 |
| | 2 | 1879 | Edgar Cesareo Navarro Sanchez | Mexico | 1:21.82 |
| | 7 | 1706 | Alvise de Vidi | Italy | 1:22.38 |
| 4 | 6 | 1011 | Mohamed Berrahal | Algeria | 1:24.06 |
| 5 | 3 | 1515 | Stephen Osborne | Great Britain | 1:25.05 |
| 6 | 4 | 1458 | Toni Piispanen | Finland | 1:30.27 |
| 7 | 5 | 2050 | Helder Mestre | Portugal | 1:30.82 |

### T52

The T52 category is for wheelchair athletes with damage to spinal cord in the higher parts of the back, substantially impaired or no trunk function, and minimal or no leg function. Pushing power comes from elbow extensions, and appears close to normal except for use of modified gloves to compensate for grip.
10:20 13 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | 2363 | Raymond Martin | United States | 58.42 |
| | 4 | 1741 | Tomoki Sato | Japan | 58.88 |
| | 5 | 2359 | Gianfranco Iannotta | United States | 1:02.16 |
| 4 | 6 | 1881 | Leonardo de Jesus Perez Juarez | Mexico | 1:02.87 |
| 5 | 2 | 2231 | Pichaya Kurattanasiri | Thailand | 1:03.27 |
| 6 | 1 | 1745 | Hirokazu Ueyonabaru | Japan | 1:04.72 |
| 7 | 8 | 2001 | Jerrold Pete Mangliwan | Philippines | 1:04.93 |
| 8 | 7 | 2053 | Mario Trindade | Portugal | 1:05.35 |

### T53

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
11:35 11 September 2016:
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Pongsakorn Paeyo | Thailand | 47.91 |
| | Brent Lakatos | Canada | 48.53 |
| | Pierre Fairbank | France | 49.00 |
| 4 | Li Huzhao | China | 50.11 |
| 5 | Brian Siemann | Netherlands | 50.20 |
| 6 | Zhao Yufei | China | 50.42 |
| 7 | Joshua George | United States | 50.80 |
| 8 | Moatez Jomni | Great Britain | 51.53 |

### T54

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.
10:16 12 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Kenny van Weeghel | Netherlands | 46.65 |
| | 6 | Liu Yang | China | 46.79 |
| | 2 | Yassine Gharbi | Tunisia | 47.07 |
| 4 | 7 | Richard Chiassaro | Great Britain | 47.17 |
| 5 | 4 | David Weir | Great Britain | 47.30 |
| 6 | 8 | Cui Yanfeng | China | 47.63 |
| 7 | 1 | Saichon Konjen | Thailand | 47.66 |
| 8 | 3 | Liu Chengming | China | 47.69 |