# Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres

The Men's 400m athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 27 to September 4, 2021. A total of 12 events were contested over this distance.

## Schedule

| R | Round 1 | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Date | Fri 27 | Fri 27 | Sat 28 | Sat 28 | Sun 29 | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | Sat 4 |
| Event | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| T11 400m | | | R | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T12 400m | | | | | | | | | | R | ½ | | F | | | | | |
| T13 400m | | | | | | | | | | | | R | F | | | | | |
| T20 400m | | | | | | | | R | | F | | | | | | | | |
| T36 400m | | | | R | | | | | F | | | | | | | | | |
| T37 400m | | | | | | | | | R | | F | | | | | | | |
| T38 400m | | | | | | | R | | | F | | | | | | | | |
| T47 400m | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R | | | F |
| T52 400m | R | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T53 400m | | | | | R | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T54 400m | | | | | R | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T62 400m | | | | | | | | | | | | | R | | F | | | |

## Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 400 metres events.
| Classification | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| T11 details | Spain Gerard Descarrega Guide: Guillermo Rojo Gil | 50.42 | Namibia Ananias Shikongo Guide: Sem Shimanda | 51.14 | France Gautier Makunda Guide: Lucas Mathonat | 51.74 |
| T12 details | Abdeslam Hili Morocco | 47.59 WR | Noah Malone United States | 47.93 AR | Rouay Jebabli Tunisia | 48.93 |
| T13 details | Skander Djamil Athmani Algeria | 46.70 WR | Mohamed Amguoun Morocco | 47.70 | Johannes Nambala Namibia | 48.76 |
| T20 details | Charles-Antoine Kouakou France | 47.63 AR | Luis Felipe Rodríguez Bolívar Venezuela | 47.71 | Columba Blango Great Britain | 47.81 |
| T36 details | James Turner Australia | 52.80 GR | Evgenii Shvetcov RPC | 53.60 | William Stedman New Zealand | 54.75 |
| T37 details | Andrey Vdovin RPC | 49.34 WR | Nick Mayhugh United States | 50.26 AR | Chermen Kobesov RPC | 50.44 |
| T38 details | Jose Rodolfo Chessani Mexico | 49.99 AR | Mohamed Farhat Chida Tunisia | 50.33 | Zachary Gingras Canada | 50.85 |
| T47 details | Ayoub Sadni Morocco | 47.38 WR | Thomaz Ruan de Moraes Brazil | 47.87 =AR | Petrúcio Ferreira Brazil | 48.04 |
| T52 details | Tomoki Sato Japan | 55.39 GR | Raymond Martin United States | 55.59 | Hirokazu Ueyonabaru Japan | 59.95 |
| T53 details | Pongsakorn Paeyo Thailand | 46.61 WR | Brent Lakatos Canada | 46.75 AR | Vitalii Gritsenko RPC | 49.41 |
| T54 details | Daniel Romanchuk United States | 45.72 | Athiwat Paeng-Nuea Thailand | 45.73 | Dai Yunqiang China | 46.20 |
| T62 details | Johannes Floors Germany | 45.85 | Olivier Hendriks Netherlands | 47.95 | Hunter Woodhall United States | 48.61 |

## Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 400 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, 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.
The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021, at 19:35:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Gerard Descarrega | Spain | 50.42 | SB |
| | 3 | Ananias Shikongo | Namibia | 51.14 | SB |
| | 1 | Gautier Makunda | France | 51.74 | PB |
| 4 | 7 | Guillaume Junior Atangana | Cameroon | 52.17 | PB |

### 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.
The final in this classification took place on 2 September 2021, at 9:42:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 7 | Abdeslam Hili | Morocco | 47.59 | WR |
| | 3 | Noah Malone | United States | 47.93 | AR |
| | 5 | Rouay Jebabli | Tunisia | 48.01 | PB |
| 4 | 1 | Mahdi Afri | Morocco | 48.93 | |

### 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.
The final in this classification took place on 2 September 2021, at 9:54:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Skander Djamil Athmani | Algeria | 46.70 | WR |
| | 7 | Mohamed Amguoun | Morocco | 47.70 | SB |
| | 4 | Johannes Nambala | Namibia | 48.76 | SB |
| 4 | 8 | Buinder Bermúdez | Colombia | 49.26 | AR |
| 5 | 9 | Aleksandr Shirin | RPC | 49.75 | SB |
| 6 | 3 | Hakan Cira | Turkey | 50.05 | |
| 7 | 2 | Edwin Masuge | Botswana | 50.54 | |
| 8 | 5 | Egor Sharov | RPC | 50.96 | |

### T20

The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.
The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021, at 19:11:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 7 | Charles-Antoine Kouakou | France | 47.63 | AR |
| | 6 | Luis Rodriguez Bolivar | Venezuela | 47.71 | PB |
| | 4 | Columba Blango | Great Britain | 47.81 | PB |
| 4 | 5 | Deliber Rodríguez Ramírez | Spain | 48.05 | PB |
| 5 | 2 | Ndiaga Dieng | Italy | 48.42 | PB |
| 6 | 9 | Anderson Alexander Colorado Mina | Ecuador | 48.58 | SB |
| 7 | 3 | Sandro Patrício Correia | Venezuela | 48.79 | PB |
| 8 | 8 | Damian Carcelen | Ecuador | 49.02 | SB |

### 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.
The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021, at 11:20:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | James Turner | Australia | 52.80 | GR |
| | 6 | Evgenii Shvetcov | RPC | 53.60 | SB |
| | 4 | William Stedman | New Zealand | 54.75 | |
| 4 | 2 | Alexis Sebastian Chavez | Argentina | 55.14 | AR |
| 5 | 5 | Krzysztof Ciuksza | Poland | 55.90 | SB |
| 6 | 7 | Sid Ali Bouzourine | Algeria | 57.91 | AR |
| 7 | 8 | Takeru Matsumoto | Japan | 59.15 | |

### 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).
The final in this classification took place on 1 September 2021, at 10:40:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 7 | Andrey Vdovin | RPC | 49.34 | WR |
| | 3 | Nick Mayhugh | United States | 50.26 | AR |
| | 4 | Chermen Kobesov | RPC | 50.44 | PB |
| 4 | 6 | Michał Kotkowski | Poland | 50.60 | PB |
| 5 | 5 | Charl du Toit | South Africa | 51.14 | SB |
| 6 | 8 | Yaroslav Okapinskyi | Ukraine | 52.49 | PB |

### 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.
The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021, at 19:31:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 7 | Jose Rodolfo Chessani | Mexico | 49.99 | AR |
| | 9 | Mohamed Farhat Chida | Tunisia | 50.33 | SB |
| | 5 | Zachary Gingras | Canada | 50.85 | PB |
| 4 | 8 | Ali Al-Rikabi | Iraq | 50.90 | PB |
| 5 | 6 | Dyan Buis | South Africa | 51.39 | |
| 6 | 2 | Anton Feoktistov | RPC | 52.27 | |
| 7 | 4 | Shaun Burrows | Great Britain | 53.25 | |
| 8 | 3 | Dixon Hooker | Colombia | 54.04 | SB |

### 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.
The final in this classification took place on 4 September 2021, at 21:01:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Ayoub Sadni | Morocco | 47.38 | WR |
| | 7 | Thomaz Ruan de Moraes | Brazil | 47.87 | =AR |
| | 5 | Petrúcio Ferreira | Brazil | 48.04 | SB |
| 4 | 4 | Tanner Wright | United States | 49.36 | PB |
| 5 | 9 | Luis Andrés Vásquez Segura | Dominican Republic | 49.61 | PB |
| 6 | 2 | Thomas Normandeau | Canada | 50.02 | |
| 7 | 3 | Lucas de Sousa | Brazil | 50.11 | |
| | 8 | Rayven Sample | United States | DQ | WPA 18.5a |

### 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.
The final in this classification took place on 27 August 2021, at 20:16:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 7 | Tomoki Sato | Japan | 55.39 | PR |
| | 4 | Raymond Martin | United States | 55.59 | SB |
| | 5 | Hirokazu Ueyonabaru | Japan | 59.95 | |
| 4 | 6 | Gianfranco Iannotta | United States | 1:00.57 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | Leonardo De Jesus Perez Juarez | Mexico | 1:01.66 | |
| 6 | 2 | Thomas Geierspichler | Austria | 1:02.68 | SB |
| | 3 | Jerrold Mangliwan | Philippines | DQ | WPA 18.5a |
| | 9 | Isaiah Rigo | United States | DQ | WPA 18.5a |

### T53

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021, at 20:01:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Pongsakorn Paeyo | Thailand | 46.61 | WR |
| | 4 | Brent Lakatos | Canada | 46.75 | AR |
| | 2 | Vitalii Gritsenko | RPC | 49.41 | |
| 4 | 3 | Brian Siemann | United States | 49.61 | SB |
| 5 | 6 | Pichet Krungget | Thailand | 49.96 | |
| 6 | 8 | Pierre Fairbank | France | 50.00 | |
| 7 | 7 | Byunghoon Yoo | South Korea | 50.02 | |
| 8 | 9 | Ariosvaldo Fernandes | Brazil | 52.48 | |

### 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.
The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021, at 20:21:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Daniel Romanchuk | United States | 45.72 | |
| | 4 | Athiwat Paeng-Nuea | Thailand | 45.73 | |
| | 6 | Dai Yunqiang | China | 46.20 | |
| 4 | 2 | Saichon Konjen | Thailand | 46.42 | PB |
| 5 | 9 | Zhang Yong | China | 47.17 | |
| 6 | 3 | Nathan Maguire | Great Britain | 47.17 | |
| 7 | 8 | Richard Chiassaro | Great Britain | 47.37 | SB |
| 8 | 7 | Putharet Khongrak | Thailand | 47.56 | |

### T62

The final in this classification took place on 3 September 2021, at 19:33:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Johannes Floors | Germany | 45.85 | SB |
| | 4 | Olivier Hendriks | Netherlands | 47.95 | PB |
| | 7 | Hunter Woodhall | United States | 48.61 | SB |
| 4 | 9 | Tebogo Mofokeng | South Africa | 50.09 | AR |
| 5 | 3 | Ioannis Sevdikalis | Greece | 52.51 | PB |
| 6 | 5 | Nick Rogers | United States | 52.98 | SB |
| 7 | 8 | Daniel du Plessis | South Africa | 53.56 | |
| 8 | 2 | Stylianos Malakopoulos | Greece | 56.75 | PB |