# 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships is held at the QEII Stadium on 22-23 and 26–29 January

## Medalists

| Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| T11 | Lucas Prado Brazil | Daniel Silva Brazil | Ananias Shikongo Namibia |
| T12 | Luis Goncalves Portugal | Matthias Schroeder Germany | Gerard Desgarrega Spain |
| T13 | Alexander Zverev Russia | Ioannis Protos Greece | Abdelillah Mame Morocco |
| T34 | Mohamed Hammadi United Arab Emirates | Sebastien Mobre France | Stefan Rusch Netherlands |
| T36 | Paul Blake Great Britain | Andrey Zhirnov Russia | Roman Pavlyk Ukraine |
| T37 | Roman Kapranov Russia | Sofiane Hamdi Algeria | Fanie Van Der Merwe South Africa |
| T38 | Mohamed Farhat Chida Tunisia | Evan O'Hanlon Australia | Tim Sullivan Australia |
| T44 | Oscar Pistorius South Africa | David Behre Germany | David Prince United States |
| T46 | Antonis Aresti Cyprus | Guenther Matzinger Austria | Samuel Colmenares Venezuela |
| T52 | Tomoya Ito Japan | Hirokazu Ueyonabaru Japan | Thomas Geierspichler Austria |
| T53 | Huzhao Li China | Richard Colman Australia | Byunghoon Yoo South Korea |
| T54 | Liu Chengming China | Marcel Hug Switzerland | Marc Schuh Germany |

## T11

The Men's 400 metres, T11 was held on January 26–27
T11 = visual impairment - range from no light perception, to light perception with the inability to recognise the shape of a hand.

### Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | SB|Season Best |

#### Heats

Qualification: First 1 in each heat(Q) and the next 2 fastest(q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Lucas Prado | Brazil | 51.74 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Daniel Silva | Brazil | 52.07 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Ananias Shikongo | Namibia | 54.36 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Dustin Riley Walsh | Canada | 55.31 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Jonathan Peter Dunkerley | Canada | 56.20 | |
| 6 | 2 | William Sosa | Colombia | 57.11 | SB |
| 7 | 1 | Firmino Baptista | Portugal | DQ | R 164.2.2 |

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Lucas Prado | Brazil | 51.19 | CR |
| | Daniel Silva | Brazil | 51.45 | SB |
| | Ananias Shikongo | Namibia | 53.90 | |
| 4 | Dustin Riley Walsh | Canada | 55.01 | |
Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best

## T12

The Men's 400 metres, T12 was held on January 22 and 23
T12 = visual impairment - may be able to recognise the shape of a hand and have a visual acuity of 2/60 and/or visual field of less than 5 degrees.

### Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified |

#### Heats

Qualification: First 1 in each heat(Q) and the next 1 fastest(q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Luis Goncalves | Portugal | 50.90 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Matthias Schroeder | Germany | 51.15 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Gerard Desgarrega Puigdevall | Spain | 51.85 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Redouane Merah | Algeria | 51.89 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Fredor Trikolich | Russia | 52.33 | |
| 6 | 2 | José Alves | Portugal | 54.11 | |
| 7 | 3 | Hyacinthe Deleplace | France | 54.54 | |
| 8 | 2 | Yansong Li | China | 54.73 | |
| | 3 | Josiah Jamison | United States | DNF | |

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Luis Goncalves | Portugal | 49.83 | |
| | Matthias Schroeder | Germany | 50.96 | |
| | Gerard Desgarrega Puigdevall | Spain | 51.88 | SB |
| 4 | Redouane Merah | Algeria | 52.33 | |
Key: SB = Season Best

## T13

The Men's 400 metres, T13 was held on January 28 and 29
T13 = visual impairment: visual acuity ranges from 2/60 to 6/60 and/or has a visual field of more than 5 degrees and less than 20 degrees.

### Results
#### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Ioannis Protos | Greece | 50.96 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Alexander Zverev | Russia | 52.11 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Abdelillah Mame | Morocco | 52.24 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ahmadreza Kazemi | Iran | 52.51 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Dmitrii Kornilov | Russia | 53.22 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ndodomzi Jonathan Ntutu | South Africa | 53.36 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Martina Amutenya Aloisius | Namibia | 53.40 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Oh Taeil | South Korea | 59.51 | q |
| | 1 | Henry Nzungi Mwendo | Kenya | DQ | R 163.3 |
| | 1 | Markeith Price | United States | DQ | R 163.3 |
Key: R 163.3 = Leaving the lane

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Alexander Zverev | Russia | 49.41 | CR |
| | Ioannis Protos | Greece | 49.74 | SB |
| | Abdelillah Mame | Morocco | 50.45 | SB |
| 4 | Ndodomzi Jonathan Ntutu | South Africa | 51.09 | SB |
| 5 | Dmitrii Kornilov | Russia | 52.87 | |
| 5 | Martina Amutenya Aloisius | Namibia | 53.91 | |
| 7 | Oh Taeil | South Korea | 1:01.53 | |
| | Ahmadreza Kazemi | Iran | DNS | |
Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best

## T34

The Men's 400 metres, T34 was held on January 27
T34 = good functional strength with minimal limitation in arms or trunk. Compete in a wheelchair.

### Results
#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Mohamed Hammadi | United Arab Emirates | 56.20 | SB |
| | Sebastien Mobre | France | 57.81 | SB |
| | Stefan Rusch | Netherlands | 1:02.55 | SB |
| 4 | Henk Schuiling | Netherlands | 1:02.99 | |
| 5 | Ahmad Almutairi | Kuwait | 1:04.12 | CR |
| 6 | Bart Pijs | Netherlands | 1:04.83 | SB |
| 7 | Janne Seppala | Finland | 1:04.83 | |
| | Austin Pruitt | United States | DQ | R 163.3 |
Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best, R 163.3 = Leaving the lane

## T36
### Results

The Men's 400 metres, T36 was held on January 28 and 29
T36 = walk without assistance or assistive devices, more control problems with upper than lower limbs. All four limbs are involved, dynamic balance often better than static balance.

#### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Paul Blake | Great Britain | 57.96 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Andrey Zhirnov | Russia | 58.48 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Aliaksandr Daniliuk | Belarus | 59.25 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Hossam Sewalem | Egypt | 1:00.57 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Roman Pavlyk | Ukraine | 1:00.74 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Artem Arefyev | Russia | 1:00.81 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Allel Boukhalfa | Algeria | 1:01.21 | q, WR |
| 8 | 2 | Tommy Chasanoff | United States | 1:01.29 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Panagiotis Manetas | Greece | 1:01.47 | |
| 10 | 1 | Che Mian | China | DQ | R 162.7, 125.5 |
Key: WR = World Record

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Paul Blake | Great Britain | 56.93 | SB |
| | Andrey Zhirnov | Russia | 58.03 | |
| | Roman Pavlyk | Ukraine | 58.80 | |
| 4 | Artem Arefyev | Russia | 59.02 | |
| 5 | Hossam Sewalem | Egypt | 59.89 | AR |
| 5 | Allel Boukhalfa | Algeria | 1:00.55 | WR |
| 7 | Tommy Chasanoff | United States | 1:02.17 | |
| 8 | Aliaksandr Daniliuk | Belarus | DQ | R 162.7 |
Key: WR = World Record, AR= Continental Record

## T37
### Results

The Men's 400 metres, T37 was held on January 29
T37 = spasticity in an arm and leg on the same side, good functional ability on the other side, better development, good arm and hand control.

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Roman Kapranov | Russia | 52.71 | CR |
| | Sofiane Hamdi | Algeria | 52.85 | AR |
| | Fanie Van Der Merwe | South Africa | 53.99 | |
| 4 | Brad Scott | Australia | 54.59 | AR |
| 5 | Alexandr Lyashchenko | Russia | 56.35 | SB |
| 5 | Mariano Dominguez | Argentina | 56.91 | AR |
| 7 | Ali Alansari | United Arab Emirates | 1:02.74 | |
Key: CR = Championship Record, AR= Continental Record, PB = Personal Best, SB = Season Best

## T38
### Results

The Men's 400 metres, T38 was held on January 28 and 29
T38 = meet the minimum disability criteria for athletes with cerebral palsy, head injury or stroke, a limitation in function that impacts on sports performance.

#### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Paulo Pereira | Brazil | 55.14 | Q, SB |
| 2 | Mohamed Farhat Chida | Tunisia | 56.40 | Q |
| 3 | Tim Sullivan | Australia | 56.80 | Q |
| 4 | Juan Ramon Carrapiso Martinez | Spain | 58.86 | Q, SB |
| 5 | Edson Pinheiro | Brazil | 59.70 | Q |
| 6 | Chris Mullins | Australia | 1:02.36 | Q |
| 7 | Evan O'Hanlon | Australia | 1:02.91 | q |
| | Zhou Wenjun | China | DNF | |
| | Andriy Onufriyenko | Ukraine | DQ | R 162.7 |
Key: SB = Season Best

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Mohamed Farhat Chida | Tunisia | 49.33 | WR |
| | Evan O'Hanlon | Australia | 49.72 | AR |
| | Tim Sullivan | Australia | 53.42 | SB |
| 4 | Paulo Pereira | Brazil | 54.53 | AR |
| 5 | Edson Pinheiro | Brazil | 55.42 | SB |
| 5 | Chris Mullins | Australia | 55.44 | |
| 7 | Juan Ramon Carrapiso Martinez | Spain | 57.88 | SB |
Key: WR = World Record, AR = Continental Record, SB = Season Best

## T44

The Men's 400 metres, T44 was held on January 29
T44 = single below knee amputation, or equivalent impairment.
Also T43 classified athletes competed in this event: double below knee amputations or equivalent impairments.

### Results
#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Oscar Pistorius | South Africa | 48.37 | |
| | David Behre | Germany | 51.40 | SB |
| | David Prince | United States | 52.35 | SB |
| 4 | Jack Swift | Australia | 56.76 | SB |
| 5 | Blake Leeper | United States | 1:00.15 | |
| 6 | Daniel Rizzieri | United States | 1:06.25 | |
| | Ian Jones | Great Britain | DNF | |
Key: SB = Season Best

## T46
### Results

The Men's 400 metres, T46 was held on January 28 and 29
T46 = single above or below elbow amputation or equivalent impairment.

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Antonis Aresti | Cyprus | 49.44 | AR |
| | Guenther Matzinger | Germany | 49.80 | |
| | Samuel Colmenares | Venezuela | 50.26 | SB |
| 4 | Emicarlo Souza | Brazil | 51.32 | |
| 5 | Yury Nosulenko | Russia | 51.76 | |
| 5 | Hamza Rehouni | Algeria | 52.80 | |
| 7 | Sandeep Singh Singh | India | 54.50 | |
Key: AR = Continental Record, SB = Season Best

## T52
### Results

The Men's 400 metres, T52 was held on January 28 and 29
T52 = good shoulder, elbow and wrist function, poor to normal finger flexion and extension, no trunk or leg function.

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Tomoya Ito | Japan | 1:00.17 | CR |
| | Hirokazu Ueyonabaru | Japan | 1:01.77 | |
| | Thomas Geierspichler | Austria | 1:02.34 | |
| 4 | Toshihiro Takada | Japan | 1:02.88 | |
| 5 | Salvador Hernandez Mondragon | Mexico | 1:03.41 | |
| 5 | Beat Boesch | Switzerland | 1:03.96 | |
| 7 | Josh Roberts | Australia | 1:05.10 | SB |
| 8 | Sam McIntosh | Australia | 1:08.96 | |
Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best

## T53
### Results

The Men's 400 metres, T53 was held on January 28 and 29
T53 = normal upper limb function, no abdominal, leg or lower spinal function.

#### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Richard Colman | Australia | 51.24 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 2 | Jung Dong Ho | South Korea | 51.72 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Yoo Byunghoon | South Korea | 51.78 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Li Huzhao | China | 52.49 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Jun Hiromichi | Japan | 52.53 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Michael Bushell | Great Britain | 53.01 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Sopa Intasen | Thailand | 53.14 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Brian Siemann | United States | 53.16 | q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | Pierre Fairbank | France | 53.30 | |
| 10 | 2 | Pichet Krungget | Thailand | 53.42 | |
| 11 | 1 | Ariosvaldo Fernandes Silva | Brazil | 53.64 | |
| 12 | 2 | Eric Gauthier | Canada | 53.67 | |
| 13 | 2 | Jaime Ramirez Valencia | Mexico | 53.96 | |
Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season's Best

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Li Huzhao | China | 49.86 | CR |
| | Richard Colman | Australia | 49.93 | AR |
| | Yoo Byunghoon | South Korea | 51.31 | |
| 4 | Jung Dong Ho | South Korea | 53.45 | |
| 5 | Jun Hiromichi | Japan | 53.64 | |
| 5 | Sopa Intasen | Thailand | 53.69 | |
| 7 | Brian Siemann | United States | 54.18 | |
| 8 | Michael Bushell | Great Britain | 54.58 | |
Key: CR = Championship Record, AR = Continental Record

## T54
### Results

The Men's 400 metres, T13 was held on January 28 and 29
T54 = normal upper limb function, partial to normal trunk function, may have significant function of the lower limbs.

#### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semi-finals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 48.70 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Saichon Konjen | Thailand | 48.80 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Liu Chengming | China | 49.05 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Maamar Rachif | Algeria | 49.36 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Leo Pekka Tahti | Finland | 49.49 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Colin Mathieson | Canada | 49.77 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Supachai Koysub | Thailand | 49.89 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Hong Sukman | South Korea | 50.07 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Jake Christopher Lappin | Australia | 50.14 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Marc Schuh | Germany | 50.14 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Cui Yanfeng | China | 50.23 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Mohammad Vahdani | United Arab Emirates | 50.26 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Li Meng | China | 50.41 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Jordan Bird | United States | 50.78 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Alejandro Maldonado | Argentina | 50.95 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Alexandre Dupont | Canada | 51.14 | |
| 17 | 1 | Niklas Almers | Sweden | 51.45 | Q |
| 18 | 1 | Richard Nicholson | Australia | 51.57 | |
| 19 | 1 | Matthew Lack | New Zealand | 51.63 | |
| 20 | 2 | Julien Casoli | France | 52.41 | |
| 21 | 3 | Ekkachai Janthon | Thailand | 52.95 | |
| 22 | 1 | Juan Pablo Cervantes Garcia | Mexico | 53.09 | |
| 23 | 1 | Curtis Thom | Canada | 53.23 | |
| 24 | 2 | Samuel Harrison Carter | Australia | 53.93 | |
| 25 | 2 | Freddy Sandoval | Mexico | 54.31 | |
| 26 | 2 | Jose Jimenez | Costa Rica | 59.60 | |
| 27 | 3 | Sean Burns | United States | 1:04.72 | |
| 28 | 4 | Yoshifumi Nagao | Japan | DQ | R 163.3 |
| 29 | 4 | Giandomenico Sartor | Italy | DQ | R 163.3 |
| 30 | 4 | Mohamed Bani Hashem | United Arab Emirates | DQ | R 162.7 |
| 31 | 3 | Fernando Sanchez Nava | Mexico | DQ | R 163.3 |

#### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Liu Chengming | China | 47.60 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 2 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 47.77 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Maamar Rachif | Algeria | 48.17 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | Marc Schuh | Germany | 48.17 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Supachai Koysub | Thailand | 48.21 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | Cui Yanfeng | China | 48.36 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | Hong Sukman | South Korea | 48.41 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Saichon Konjen | Thailand | 48.63 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Jordan Bird | United States | 48.81 | |
| 10 | 2 | Colin Mathieson | Canada | 49.00 | |
| 11 | 1 | Leo Pekka Tahti | Finland | 49.08 | SB |
| 12 | 2 | Jake Christopher Lappin | Australia | 49.84 | |
| 13 | 2 | Alejandro Maldonado | Argentina | 50.21 | |
| 14 | 1 | Li Meng | China | 50.40 | SB |
| 15 | 1 | Mohammad Vahdani | United Arab Emirates | 51.19 | |
| 16 | 2 | Niklas Almers | Sweden | DQ | R 163.3 |
Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best, R 163.3 = Leaving the lane

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Liu Chengming | China | 47.95 | |
| | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 48.16 | |
| | Marc Schuh | Germany | 48.34 | |
| 4 | Maamar Rachif | Algeria | 48.56 | |
| 5 | Cui Yanfeng | China | 48.73 | |
| 5 | Saichon Konjen | Thailand | 48.80 | |
| 7 | Supachai Koysub | Thailand | 48.97 | |
| 8 | Hong Sukman | South Korea | DQ | R 163.2 |