# Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T38

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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/F31–38 |||||||
| Track |||||||
| 100 m | T34 | | T35 | | T36 |
| | T37 | | T38 | | |
| 200 m | T34 | | T35 | | T36 |
| | T37 | | T38 | | |
| 400 m | T36 | | T38 | | |
| 800 m | T36 | | T37 | | |
| 1500 m | T37 | | | | |
| Field |||||||
| Long jump | F36 | | | F37-38 | F37-38 |
| Shot put | F32-33 | F32-33 | F32-33 | | F34 |
| | F37-38 | F37-38 | F37-38 |
| Club throw | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 |
| Discus throw | F32-34 | F32-34 | F32-34 | F35-36 | F35-36 |
| | F37-38 | F37-38 | F37-38 |
| Javelin throw | F33-34 | F33-34 | F33-34 |
| Women T/F31–38 |||||||
| Track |||||||
| 100 m | T34 | | T35 | | T36 |
| | T37 | | T38 | | |
| 200 m | T34 | | T35 | | T36 |
| | T37 | | T38 | | |
| 400 m | T37 |
| 4×100 m relay | T35-38 | T35-38 | T35-38 |
| Field |||||||
| Long jump | F37-38 | F37-38 |
| Shot put | F32-34 | F32-34 | F32-34 | F35-36 | F35-36 |
| | F37 |
| Club throw | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 |
| Discus throw | F35-36 | F35-36 | F35-36 | | F37 |
| Javelin throw | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | | F37-38 |
The Men's 400 metres T38 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 2 to 3 September.
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.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
| World & Paralympic record | Timothy Sullivan (AUS) | 50.30 | 27 October 2000 | Sydney, Australia |

## Results
### Round 1

Competed 2 September 2012 from 10:52. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Abbes Saidi | Tunisia | T38 | 52.32 | Q, PB |
| 2 | Zhou Wenjun | China | T38 | 52.57 | Q, SB |
| 3 | Union Sekailwe | South Africa | T38 | 53.28 | Q |
| 4 | Tim Sullivan | Australia | T38 | 53.67 | q, SB |
| 5 | Marcel Houssimoli | Vanuatu | T37 | 09.03 | q, SB |
| 6 | Edson Pinheiro | Brazil | T38 | DQ | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marius Stander | South Africa | T38 | 53.52 | Q |
| 2 | Omar Monterola | Venezuela | T37 | 53.79 | Q, SB |
| 3 | Mohamed Farhat Chida | Tunisia | T38 | 55.12 | Q |
| 4 | Milo Toleafoa | Samoa | T37 | 09.97 | SB |

### Final

Competed 3 September 2012 at 19:42.
| 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 | |
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. DNF = Did not finish.