# 2023 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400m freestyle events at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre between 31 July and 6 August. 57 swimmers competed across seven classifications; S6, S7, S8, S9, S10, S11 and S13.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| S6 | Talisson Glock Brazil | Antonio Fantin Italy | Raul Gutierrez Bermudez Mexico |
| S7 | Federico Bicelli Italy | Iñaki Basiloff Argentina | Andrii Trusov Ukraine |
| S8 | Alberto Amodeo Italy | Xu Haijiao China | Noah Jaffe United States |
| S9 | Simone Barlaam Italy | Ugo Didier France | Brenden Hall Australia |
| S10 | Stefano Raimondi Italy | Bas Takken Netherlands | Alan Ogorzalek Poland |
| S11 | David Kratochvil Czech Republic | Rogier Dorsman Netherlands | Hua Dongdong China |
| S13 | Alex Portal France | Kyrylo Garashchenko Ukraine | Kylian Portal France |

## Results
### S6

Six swimmers entered the event. A straight final was held on Thursday 3 August.
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World Record | Anders Olsson | 4:47.75 |
| Championships records | Anders Olsson | 4:54.49 |

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| | Talisson Glock | Brazil | 4:52.42 | CR |
| | Antonio Fantin | Italy | 4:56.30 | |
| | Raul Gutierrez Bermudez | Mexico | 5:23.46 | |
| 4 | Jose Gutierrez Bermudez | Mexico | 5:29.90 | |
| 5 | Jesus Gutierrez Bermudez | Mexico | 5:30.56 | |
| 6 | Gary Bejino | Philippines | 5:54.86 | |

### S7

Six swimmers entered the event. A straight final was held on Tuesday 1 August.
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World Record | Mark Malyar | 4:31.06 |
| Championships records | Mark Malyar | 4:33.64 |

#### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result |
| | 5 | Federico Bicelli | Italy | 4:40.55 |
| | 4 | Iñaki Basiloff | Argentina | 4:40.96 |
| | 3 | Andrii Trusov | Ukraine | 4:41.57 |
| 4 | 2 | Ernie Gawilan | Philippines | 4:59.94 |
| 5 | 6 | Facundo Arregui | Argentina | 5:03.00 |
| 6 | 7 | Yurii Shenhur | Ukraine | 5:08.74 |

### S8

Eight swimmers entered the event. A straight final was held on Monday 31 July.
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World Record | Ollie Hynd | 4:19.74 |
| Championships records | Ollie Hynd | 4:24.32 |

#### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | 4 | Alberto Amodeo | Italy | 4:25.63 |
| | 8 | Xu Haijiao | China | 4:32.11 |
| | 6 | Noah Jaffe | United States | 4:35.04 |
| 4 | 2 | Philippe Vachon | Canada | 4:38.95 |
| 5 | 3 | Sanz Inigo Llopis | Spain | 4:40.64 |
| 6 | 1 | Zach Zona | Canada | 4:45.38 |
| 7 | 7 | Sam Downie | Great Britain | 4:49.03 |
| 8 | 5 | Matthew Torres | United States | 4:49.31 |

### S9

9 swimmers took part in this event, with both the heats and final on Friday 4 August.
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World Record | Brenden Hall | 4:09.93 |
| Championships records | Brenden Hall | 4:09.93 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Ugo Didier | France | 4:18.88 |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Sam de Visser | Belgium | 4:19.37 |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Timothy Hodge | Australia | 4:20.17 |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Brenden Hall | Australia | 4:22.77 |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Simone Barlaam | Italy | 4:22.80 |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Jacobo Garrido Brun | Spain | 4:26.25 |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Maurice Wetekam | Germany | 4:33.29 |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Barry McClements | Ireland | 4:34.58 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Erick Tandazo | Ecuador | 4:35.73 |

#### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | Simone Barlaam | Italy | 4:13.62 |
| | Ugo Didier | France | 4:15.47 |
| | Brenden Hall | Australia | 4:15.55 |
| 4 | Sam de Visser | Belgium | 4:16.35 |
| 5 | Timothy Hodge | Australia | 4:17.20 |
| 6 | Jacobo Garrido Brun | Spain | 4:17.71 |
| 7 | Barry McClements | Ireland | 4:30.58 |
| 8 | Maurice Wetekam | Germany | 4:33.70 |

### S10

Seven swimmers entered the event. A straight final was held on Wednesday 2 August.
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World Record | Maksym Krypak | 3:57.71 |
| Championships records | Maksym Krypak | 4:01.17 |

#### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | Stefano Raimondi | Italy | 4:06.96 |
| | Bas Takken | Netherlands | 4:09.86 |
| | Alan Ogorzalek | Poland | 4:14.50 |
| 4 | Justin Kaps | Germany | 4:17.85 |
| 5 | Oliver Carter | Great Britain | 4:22.26 |
| 6 | William Martin | Australia | 4:22.51 |
| 7 | Tomas Cordeiro | Portugal | 4:26.88 |

### S11

8 swimmers took part in this event, with both the heats and final on Sunday 6 August.

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | David Kratochvil | Czech Republic | 4:40.34 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Rogier Dorsman | Netherlands | 4:42.82 |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Hua Dongdong | China | 4:43.81 |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Marco Meneses | Portugal | 4:53.32 |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Mykhailo Serbin | Ukraine | 4:54.46 |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Uchu Tomita | Japan | 4:58.95 |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Matheus Rheine | Brazil | 5:09.36 |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Sergio Zayas | Argentina | 5:15.10 |

#### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | David Kratochvil | Czech Republic | 4:34.37 |
| | Rogier Dorsman | Netherlands | 4:34.46 |
| | Hua Dongdong | China | 4:38.20 |
| 4 | Uchu Tomita | Japan | 4:38.67 |
| 5 | Mykhailo Serbin | Ukraine | 4:38.75 |
| 6 | Marco Meneses | Portugal | 4:40.13 |
| 7 | Matheus Rheine | Brazil | 5:04.37 |
| 8 | Sergio Zayas | Argentina | 5:11.20 |

### S13

11 swimmers took part in this event, with both the heats and final on Saturday 5 August.

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Alex Portal | France | 4:14.53 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Nathan Hendricks | South Africa | 4:20.40 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Kyrylo Garashchenko | Ukraine | 4:21.89 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Kylian Portal | France | 4:23.93 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Ivan Salgueiro | Spain | 4:25.60 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Genki Saito | Japan | 4:28.31 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Quentin Vieira | France | 4:31.08 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Philip Hebmüller | Germany | 4:31.63 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Juan Ferrón | Spain | 4:31.82 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Firdavsbek Musabekov | Uzbekistan | 4:34.51 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Muzaffar Tursunkhujaev | Uzbekistan | 4:37.93 | |

#### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | Alex Portal | France | 4:01.37 |
| | Kyrylo Garashchenko | Ukraine | 4:08.50 |
| | Kylian Portal | France | 4:15.94 |
| 4 | Nathan Hendricks | South Africa | 4:21.59 |
| 5 | Ivan Salgueiro | Spain | 4:23.28 |
| 6 | Genki Saito | Japan | 4:26.41 |
| 7 | Quentin Vieira | France | 4:31.64 |
| 8 | Philip Hebmüller | Germany | 4:32.66 |