The Men's 400 metres T44 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 7 to 8 September.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and Paralympic records were as follows:
T43World record 45.3928 August 2011Daegu, South KoreaParalympic record47.4916 September 2008Beijing, ChinaBroken records during the 2012 Summer ParalympicsParalympic record 46.68 8 September 2012 T44World & Paralympic record50.9816 September 2008Beijing, ChinaBroken records during the 2012 Summer ParalympicsWorld record 50.61 8 September 2012
Results
Round 1 Competed 7 September 2012 from 21:45. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes1 Blake Leeper T43 50.63 Q, RR2 Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira T43 53.02 Q, PB3 Liu Zhiming T44 54.82 Q, RR4 Riccardo Scendoni T44 55.88 PB5 Jack Swift T44 55.94 6 Josue Benitez Sandoval T44 59.79
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes1 Oscar Pistorius T43 48.31 Q, SB2 David Behre T43 51.37 Q, RR3 David Prince T44 52.29 Q, SB4 Jarryd Wallace T44 53.51 q, PB5 Ivan Prokopyev T43 53.86 q, PB6 Keita Sato T44 DQ
Final Competed 8 September 2012 at 21:57. Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes Oscar Pistorius T43 46.68 PR(T43) Blake Leeper T43 50.14 RR David Prince T44 50.61 WR(T44)4 Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira T43 51.59 PB5 David Behre T43 51.65 6 Jarryd Wallace T44 53.90 7 Ivan Prokopyev T43 54.74 8 Liu Zhiming T44 55.91
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best.
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