The Men's 400 metres T54 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange on 11 and 12 September. It featured 20 athletes.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
World & Paralympic record45.0710 September 2008Beijing, China
Results Heats Qualification rule: The first two finishers in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.
Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Liu Yang 46.42 , 2 7 Kenny van Weeghel 46.60 3 6 Yassine Gharbi 46.70 4 3 Saichon Konjen 47.01 , 5 8 Curtis Thom 47.93 6 5 Alex Adelaide 49.91
Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 7 Liu Chengming 46.87 2 4 Richard Chiassaro 46.98 3 5 Yoshifumi Nagao 48.85 4 6 Daniel Romanchuk 49.15 5 8 Sam Carter 49.24 6 2 Alexandre Dupont 49.28 7 3 Eduardo Dutra 57.08
Heat 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 8 David Weir 46.65 2 5 Cui Yangfeng 47.61 , 3 4 Jake Lappin 48.88 4 7 Marc Schuh 48.89 5 6 Erik Hightower 49.19 6 2 Ekkachai Janthon 51.15 7 3 Rashed Aldhaheri 51.36
Final Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes 5 Kenny van Weeghel 46.65 6 Liu Yang 46.79 2 Yassine Gharbi 47.07 4 7 Richard Chiassaro 47.17 5 4 David Weir 47.30 6 8 Cui Yanfeng 47.63 7 1 Saichon Konjen 47.66 8 3 Liu Chengming 47.69
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