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

The Men's 400m athletics events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from September 2 to September 8. A total of 10 events were contested over this distance for 10 different classifications.

## Schedule

| R | Round 1 | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Fri 31 | Fri 31 | Sun 2 | Sun 2 | Mon 3 | Mon 3 | Tue 4 | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Wed 5 | Thr 6 | Thr 6 | Fri 7 | Fri 7 | Sat 8 | Sat 8 |
| T11 400m | | | | | | | | | | | R | R | F | F | | |
| T12 400m | | | R | R | | | ½ | ½ | | | F | F | | | | |
| T13 400m | R | R | F | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T36 400m | | | | | R | R | F | F | | | | | | | | |
| T38 400m | | | R | R | F | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| T44 400m | | | | | | | | | | | | | R | R | F | F |
| T46 400m | | | | | | | R | F | | | | | | | | |
| T52 400m | | | | | R | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| T53 400m | | | R | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T54 400m | | | | | | | | | R | R | | | ½ | F | | |

## Results
### 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.
Final
| Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| José Sayovo Armando Guide: Nicolau Palanca | Angola | 50.75 | PB |
| Lucas Prado Guide: Laercio Alves Martins | Brazil | 51.44 | SB |
| Gauthier Tresor Makunda Guide: Antoine Laneyrie | France | 52.45 | |
| Daniel Silva Guide: Leonardo Souza Lopes | Brazil | DNS | |

### 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.
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Mahmoud Khaldi | Tunisia | 48.52 | WR |
| | Hilton Langenhoven | South Africa | 49.04 | PB |
| | Jorge B. Gonzalez Sauceda | Mexico | 50.41 | PB |
| 4 | G. Desgarrega Puigdevall Guide: Alejandro Guerrero Diaz | Spain | 50.68 | |

### 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.
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Alexey Labzin | Russia | 48.59 | PR |
| | Alexander Zverev | Russia | 48.83 | PB |
| | Mohamed Amguoun | Morocco | 49.45 | |
| 4 | Ioannis Protos | Greece | 49.67 | SB |
| 5 | Hussein Kadhim | Iraq | 49.76 | RR |
| 6 | Djamil Nasser | Algeria | 49.88 | PB |
| 7 | Zine Eddine Sekhri | Algeria | 51.16 | PB |
| 8 | Markeith Price | United States | 51.98 | |

### 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.
There were no heats in this event. The final was competed on 4 September 2012 at 20:45.
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Evgenii Shvetcov | Russia | 53.31 | WR |
| | Paul Blake | Great Britain | 54.22 | PB |
| | Roman Pavlyk | Ukraine | 55.18 | PB |
| 4 | Che Mian | China | 55.99 | RR |
| 5 | Andrey Zhirnov | Russia | 57.53 | |
| 6 | Artem Arefyev | Russia | 59.70 | |
| 7 | Jose Manuel Gonzalez | Spain | 01.51 | |
| 8 | Gabriel De Jesus Cuadra Holman | Nicaragua | 02.88 | SB |

### 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.
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
| | Mohamed Farhat Chida | Tunisia | T38 | 50.43 | SB |
| | Zhou Wenjun | China | T38 | 51.56 | RR |
| | Union Sekailwe | South Africa | T38 | 51.97 | PB |
| 4 | Abbes Saidi | Tunisia | T38 | 52.05 | PB |
| 5 | Tim Sullivan | Australia | T38 | 52.39 | SB |
| 6 | Marius Stander | South Africa | T38 | 53.62 | |
| 7 | Marcel Houssimoli | Vanuatu | T37 | 07.61 | SB |
| | Omar Monterola | Venezuela | T37 | DNF | |

### 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.
Final
Competed 8 September 2012 at 21:57.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
| | Oscar Pistorius | South Africa | T43 | 46.68 | PR |
| | Blake Leeper | United States | T43 | 50.14 | RR |
| | David Prince | United States | T44 | 50.61 | WR |
| 4 | Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira | Brazil | T43 | 51.59 | PB |
| 5 | David Behre | Germany | T43 | 51.65 | |
| 6 | Jarryd Wallace | United States | T44 | 53.90 | |
| 7 | Ivan Prokopyev | Russia | T43 | 54.74 | |
| 8 | Liu Zhiming | China | T44 | 55.91 | |

### T46

The T46 category is for athletes who have a single above or below elbow amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.
Final
Competed 4 September 2012 at 20:54.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
| | Gunther Matzinger | Austria | T46 | 48.45 | RR |
| | Yohansson Nascimento | Brazil | T45 | 49.21 | WR |
| | P Uggl Dena Pathirannehelag | Sri Lanka | T46 | 49.28 | RR |
| 4 | Antonis Aresti | Cyprus | T46 | 49.59 | SB |
| 5 | Hermas Muvunyi | Rwanda | T46 | 49.59 | RR |
| 6 | Emicarlo Souza | Brazil | T46 | 50.74 | |
| 7 | Xie Hexing | China | T46 | 1:01.80 | |
| | Addoh Kimou | Ivory Coast | T46 | DQ | |

### 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.
Final
Competed 3 September 2012 at 19:48.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Raymond Martin | United States | 58.54 | |
| | Tomoya Ito | Japan | 1:00.40 | SB |
| | Thomas Geierspichler | Austria | 1:04.64 | SB |
| 4 | Josh Roberts | United States | 1:05.76 | |
| 5 | Peth Rungsri | Thailand | 1:06.46 | SB |
| 6 | Beat Boesch | Switzerland | 1:07.72 | |
| 7 | Paul Nitz | United States | 1:15.15 | |
| | Hirokazu Ueyonabaru | Japan | DQ | |

### T53

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
Final
Competed 2 September 2012 at 20:11.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Li Huzhao | China | 49.70 | SB |
| | Brent Lakatos | Canada | 50.17 | |
| | Richard Colman | Australia | 50.24 | |
| 4 | Yu Shiran | China | 50.92 | PB |
| 5 | Joshua George | United States | 51.14 | |
| 6 | Yoo Byunghoon | South Korea | 51.30 | |
| 7 | Jung Dong Ho | South Korea | 51.45 | |
| 8 | Hamad N M E Aladwani | Kuwait | 52.04 | |

### 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.
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 | |