# Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T53

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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 T53 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 2 September.
The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
| World & Paralympic record | Hong Suk-Man (KOR) | 47.67 | 11 September 2008 | Beijing, China |

## Results
### Round 1

Competed 2 September 2012 from 11:24. Qual. rule: first 2 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Li Huzhao | China | 51.19 | Q, SB |
| 2 | Hamad N M E Aladwani | Kuwait | 51.35 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Yoo Byunghoon | South Korea | 52.06 | q |
| 4 | Eric Gauthier | Canada | 53.56 | |
| 5 | Jaime Ramirez Valencia | Mexico | DQ | |
| 6 | Brian Siemann | United States | DQ | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Joshua George | United States | 51.44 | Q |
| 2 | Yu Shiran | China | 51.74 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Pierre Fairbank | France | 52.23 | |
| 4 | Ariosvaldo Fernandes Silva | Brazil | 52.44 | SB |
| 5 | Jun Hiromichi | Japan | 52.74 | |
| 6 | Jesus Aguilar | Venezuela | 52.80 | |
| 7 | Sopa Intasen | Thailand | DQ | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Brent Lakatos | Canada | 49.46 | Q, PB |
| 2 | Richard Colman | Australia | 49.79 | Q, SB |
| 3 | Jung Dong Ho | South Korea | 50.02 | q, PB |
| 4 | Zach Abbott | United States | 52.58 | PB |
| 5 | Roger Puigbo Verdaguer | Spain | 53.29 | |
| 6 | Pichet Krungget | Thailand | 53.63 | SB |

### 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 | |
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DQ = Disqualified.