Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S9

Men's 400m Freestyle S9
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Dates 4 September
Competitors 11 from 10 nations
Winning time 4:10.88
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brenden Hall  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tamás Sors  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Federico Morlacchi  Italy

The men's 400m freestyle S9 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 4 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:05.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jose Antonio Mari Alcaraz  Spain 4:23.88 Q
2 6 Federico Morlacchi  Italy 4:24.06 Q
3 3 Tamás Sors  Hungary 4:24.34 Q
4 5 James Crisp  Great Britain 4:26.03 Q
5 2 Michael Prout  United States 4:33.91

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Brenden Hall  Australia 4:21.69 Q
2 5 Jesus Collado  Spain 4:23.57 Q
3 2 David Grachat  Portugal 4:24.10 Q
4 6 Kasper Zysek  Denmark 4:24.27 Q
5 3 Kristijan Vincetic  Croatia 4:37.39
6 7 Eduard Samarin  Russia 4:38.10

Final

Competed at 17:59.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Brenden Hall  Australia 4:10.88 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Tamás Sors  Hungary 4:17.95
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Federico Morlacchi  Italy 4:18.55
4 3 Jose Antonio Mari Alcaraz  Spain 4:18.98
5 5 Jesus Collado  Spain 4:19.06
6 2 David Grachat  Portugal 4:21.94
7 7 Kasper Zysek  Denmark 4:23.13
8 8 James Crisp  Great Britain 4:26.61

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.