The men's 400 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 31 August, at the London Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park, London. The event was for athletes included in the S8 classification, which is for competitors with physical impairments. Twelve swimmers took part, representing eight nations. China's Yinan Wang won the gold medal with British brothers Oliver and Sam Hynd taking silver and bronze respectively.
Results Key Qualified for next round AS = Asian record AM = America's record
Heats Two heats were held, each with six swimmers; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final. The heats took place on 31 August starting at 9:30 BST.
Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Sam Hynd 4:33.25 Q 2 5 Yinan Wang 4:37.86Q 3 3 Christoph Burkard 4:45.40 Q 4 6 Jonathan Mcgrath 4:53.25 5 2 Torben Schmidtke 5:01.05 6 7 Ferenc Csuri 5:13.88
Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Thomas Young 4:34.16 Q 2 4 Oliver Hynd 4:36.40Q 3 6 Caio Oliveira 4:41.20 Q, AM 4 2 Zack McAllister 4:43.80 Q 5 3 Jiachao Wang 4:37.34 Q 6 7 Rudy Garcia-Tolson 4:54.84
Final China's Yinan Wang won the gold medal in a time of four minutes 27.11 seconds, setting a new Asian record. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes6 Yinan Wang 4:27.11 AS3 Oliver Hynd 4:27.884 Sam Hynd 4:32.9345 Thomas Young 4:33.5758 Jiachao Wang 4:39.08 67 Zack McAllister 4:39.81AM71 Caio Oliveira 4:39.86 88 Christoph Burkard 4:44.23
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