The Men's 400 metres T53 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 2 September.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
World & Paralympic record47.6711 September 2008Beijing, 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 Notes1 Li Huzhao 51.19 Q, SB2 Hamad N M E Aladwani 51.35 Q, PB3 Yoo Byunghoon 52.06 q4 Eric Gauthier 53.56 5 Jaime Ramirez Valencia DQ 6 Brian Siemann DQ
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Joshua George 51.44 Q2 Yu Shiran 51.74 Q, PB3 Pierre Fairbank 52.23 4 Ariosvaldo Fernandes Silva 52.44 SB5 Jun Hiromichi 52.74 6 Jesus Aguilar 52.80 7 Sopa Intasen DQ
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Brent Lakatos 49.46 Q, PB2 Richard Colman 49.79 Q, SB3 Jung Dong Ho 50.02 q, PB4 Zach Abbott 52.58 PB5 Roger Puigbo Verdaguer 53.29 6 Pichet Krungget 53.63 SB
Final Competed 2 September 2012 at 20:11. Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Li Huzhao 49.70 SB Brent Lakatos 50.17 Richard Colman 50.24 4 Yu Shiran 50.92 PB5 Joshua George 51.14 6 Yoo Byunghoon 51.30 7 Jung Dong Ho 51.45 8 Hamad N M E Aladwani 52.04 Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DQ = Disqualified.
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