2025 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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The men's 400 metre freestyle events at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Singapore Aquatic Centre between 21 and 27 September 2025 ^[1] . Six races will be held over the distance.

Schedule

The 400 metre freestyle events for men will be held across the following schedule:

men's 400 metre freestyle

Day	Date	Classifications
Day 1	21 Sept	S8
Day 2	22 Sept	S7
Day 3	23 Sept	S10
Day 4	24 Spt	S6
Day 5	25 Sept	S9
Day 6	26 Sept	S13
Day 7	27 Sept	S11

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
S6
S7
S8	Alberto Amodeo   Italy	Andrei Nikolaev Neutral athlete	Callum Simpson   Australia
S9
S10
S11
S13

Race summaries

S6

The men's 400 metre freestyle S6 event was held on 26 September. Ten swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[2] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Anders Olsson  (SWE)	4:47.75	2009-10-18	Reykjavik	Iceland
Championship	Talisson Glock  (BRA)	4:52.42	2023-08-03	Manchester	Great Britain
African	Ahmed Ali  (EGY)	5:37.34	2017-12-02	Mexico City	Mexico
Americas	Talisson Henrique Glock  (BRA)	4:52.42	2023-08-03	Manchester	Great Britain
Asian	Tang Qian  (CHN)	5:08.21	2023-10-26	Hangzhou	China
European	Anders Olsson  (SWE)	4:47.75	2009-10-18	Reykjavik	Iceland
Oceania	Hamish McLean  (NZL)	5:22.00	2019-09-09	London	Great Britain

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Bruce Dee  (GBR)	S6			5:23.24
			Mikhail Evseenko  (AIN)	S6			5:18.23
			Antonio Fantin  (ITA)	S6			4:48.03
			Talisson Glock  (BRA)	S6			4:49.55
			Andrei Granichka  (AIN)	S6			5:09.72
			Jesus Alberto Gutierrez  (MEX)	S6			5:07.00
			Raul Gutierrez  (MEX)	S6			5:21.08
			David Rendon  (COL)	S6			5:20.35
			Josue Rodrigo  (ESA)	S6			5:56.88
			Tang Qian  (CHN)	S6			5:11.85

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S7

The men's 400 metre freestyle S7 event was held on 22 September. Thirteen swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[2] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Mark Malyar  (ISR)	4:31.06	2021-08-29	Tokyo	Japan
Championship	Mark Malyar  (ISR)	4:33.64	2019-09-10	London	Great Britain
Americas	Inaki Basiloff  (ARG)	4:38.58	2023-03-18	Sheffield	Great Britain
Asian	Pan Shiyun  (CHN)	4:46.22	2012-09-06	London	Great Britain
European	Mark Malyar  (ISR)	4:31.06	2021-08-29	Tokyo	Japan
Oceania	Matthew Levy  (AUS)	4:48.82	2019-09-10	London	Great Britain

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Inaki Basiloff  (ARG)	S7			4:40.02
			Federico Bicelli  (ITA)	S7			4:37.44
			Darius Dumitru  (ROU)	S7			5:12.87
			Aleksei Ganiuk  (AIN)	S7			4:56.68
			Ernie Gawilan  (PHI)	S7			5:00.13
			Huang Xianquan  (CHN)	S7			5:09.53
			Yaroslav Karpenko  (UKR)	S7			5:00.08
			Karlo Knezevic  (CRO)	S7			5:08.78
			Riccardo Magrassi  (ITA)	S7			5:09.64
			Yurii Shenhur  (UKR)	S7			5:07.11
			Ricardo Soares  (POR)	S7			5:08.47
			Wei Soong Toh  (SGP)	S7			5:14.63
			Adin Williams  (USA)	S7			5:10.20

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S8

The men's 400 metre freestyle S8 event was held on 23 September. Nine swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[2] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Oliver Hynd  (GBR)	4:19.74	2017-07-25	Sheffield	Great Britain
Championship	Oliver Hynd  (GBR)	4:24.32	2015-07-17	Glasgow	Great Britain
African	Geosh Nienaber  (RSA)	5:09.47	2023-11-12	Cairo	Egypt
Americas	Reid Maxwell  (CAN)	4:23.90	2024-09-04	Paris	France
Asian	Xu Haijiao  (CHN)	4:25.65	2016-09-08	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
European	Oliver Hynd  (GBR)	4:19.74	2017-07-25	Sheffield	Great Britain
Oceania	Callum Simpson  (AUS)	4:29.54	2025-04-25	Indianapolis	United States

Heats

The heat takes place in the morning of 21 September, at 9:00 a.m. and is the opening race of the meet. All nine swimmers raced in a single heat ^[3] .

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
1	1	2	Callum Simpson  (AUS)	4:27.17	Q OC
2	1	5	Reid Maxwell  (CAN)	4:27.37	Q
3	1	4	Alberto Amodeo  (ITA)	4:32.33	Q
4	1	3	Andrei Nikolaev  (AIN)	4:32.89	Q
5	1	6	Noah Jaffe  (USA)	4:33.32	Q
6	1	7	Evgenii Stepanov  (AIN)	4:33.91	Q
7	1	8	Li Ting  (CHN)	4:36.28	Q
8	1	1	Inigo Llopis Sanz  (ESP)	4:45.44	Q
9	1	0	Marco Ozaeta Velasco  (ESP)	4:54.97	R

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
		Alberto Amodeo  (ITA)	4:23.27
		Andrei Nikolaev  (AIN)	4:24.06
		Callum Simpson  (AUS)	4:25.76	OC
4		Reid Maxwell  (CAN)	4:27.65
5		Noah Jaffe  (USA)	4:31.03
6		Evgenii Stepanov  (AIN)	4:33.15
7		Ting Li  (CHN)	4:34.23
8		Inigo Llopis Sanz  (ESP)	4:39.40

S9

The men's 400 metre freestyle S9 event was held on 25 September. Eleven swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[2] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Brenden Hall  (AUS)	4:09.93	2013-08-16	Montreal	Canada
Championship	Brenden Hall  (AUS)	4:09.93	2013-08-16	Montreal	Canada
African	Mazen Ali Tony  (EGY)	7:00.71	2023-11-12	Cairo	Egypt
Americas	Michael Prout  (USA)	4:24.97	2007-03-16	Montreal	Canada
Asian	Taiyo Kawabuchi  (JPN)	4:16.76	2025-06-29	Yokohama	Japan
European	Simone Barlaam  (ITA)	4:10.78	2022-06-16	Funchal	Portugal
Oceania	Brenden Hall  (AUS)	4:09.93	2013-08-16	Montreal	Canada

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Simone Barlaam  (ITA)	S9			4:14.16
			Lewis Bishop  (AUS)	S9			4:35.40
			Sam de Visser  (BEL)	S9			4:19.50
			Ugo Didier  (FRA)	S9			4:12.55
			Jian Wang Escanilla Candial  (ESP)	S9			4:26.51
			Jacobo Garrido Brun  (ESP)	S9			4:16.49
			Brenden Hall  (AUS)	S9			4:15.61
			Taiyo Kawabuchi  (JPN)	S9			4:16.76
			Naveed Rasheen  (SRI)	S9			4:37.42
			Harrison Vig  (AUS)	S9			4:19.57
			Xie Zhili  (CHN)	S9			4:23.27

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S10

The Men's 400 metre freestyle S10 event will be held on the evening of the 24 September. Ten swimmers enter, with the top eight proceeding to the final. ^[1]

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[2] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Maksym Krypak  (UKR)	3:57.71	2016-09-15	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Championship	Maksym Krypak  (UKR)	4:01.17	2019-09-11	London	Great Britain
African	Kevin Paul  (RSA)	4:16.46	2012-09-05	London	Great Britain
Americas	Ian Silverman  (USA)	4:03.57	2014-08-06	Pasadena	United States
Asian	Zhang Yunxiang  (CHN)	4:21.43	2025-04-12	Fuji	Japan
European	Maksym Krypak  (UKR)	3:57.71	2016-09-15	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Oceania	Thomas Gallagher  (AUS)	4:03.91	2021-09-01	Tokyo	Japan

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Koehn Boyd  (USA)	S10			4:07.66
			Roan Brennan  (GBR)	S10			4:24.96
			Alec Elliot  (CAN)	S10			4:21.42
			Joao Fidalgo  (POR)	S10			4:36.12
			Alan Ogorzalek  (POL)	S10			4:12.96
			Emil Salemgareev  (AIN)	S10			4:36.82
			Bas Takken  (NED)	S10			4:12.50
			Alexander Tuckfield  (AUS)	S10			4:10.57
			Kieran Williams  (GBR)	S10			4:16.08
			Zhang Yunxiang  (CHN)	S10			4:21.43

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S11

The men's 400 metre freestyle S11 event will be held on 27 September. Nine swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[2] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	John Morgan  (USA)	5:04.31	1992-09-10	Barcelona	Spain
Americas	John Morgan  (USA)	5:04.31	1992-09-10	Barcelona	Spain
Asian	Keiichi Kimura  (JPN)	5:30.25	2015-12-10	Bismarck	United States
European	José Cantero  (ESP)	5:45.05	2019-06-06	Berlin	Germany

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Mahamadou Dambelleh Jarra  (ESP)	S11			5:21.67
			Hua Dongdong  (CHN)	S11			4:36.13
			Alex Kozlowski  (POL)	S11			4:51.90
			David Kratochvil  (CZE)	S11			4:21.41
			Marco Meneses  (POR)	S11			4:36.36
			Matheus Correa  (BRA)	S11			4:59.35
			Mykhailo Serbin  (UKR)	S11			4:41.33
			Uchu Tomita  (JPN)	S11			4:32.33
			Simonas Zvirblis  (LTU)	S11			5:13.83

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S13

The men's 400 metre freestyle event was held on 26 September. Twelve swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] . This event is open to S12 swimmers.

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[2] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
S12
World	Enrique Floriano  (ESP)	4:46.81	2011-04-28	Berlin	Germany
Americas	John Morgan  (USA)	5:06.77	1984-06-10	New York	United States
European	Enrique Floriano  (ESP)	4:46.81	2011-04-28	Berlin	Germany
S13
World	Sean Russo  (AUS)	4:54.71	2015-04-16	Berlin	Germany
Americas	Michael Edgson  (CAN)	5:05.15	1990-07-17	Drachten	Netherlands
Asian	Genki Saito  (JPN)	4:59.60	2019-06-06	Berlin	Germany
European	Noel Pedersen  (NOR)	5:09.23	1992-09-10	Barcelona	Spain
Oceania	Sean Russo  (AUS)	4:54.71	2015-04-16	Berlin	Germany

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Bogdan Biktimirov  (UZB)	S13			4:37.66
			Juan Ferron Gutierrez  (ESP)	S12			4:26.56
			Nathan Hendricks  (RSA)	S13			4:13.59
			Yauheni Kavalionak  (AIN)	S13			4:24.73
			Evgenii Lazutin  (AIN)	S13			4:20.80
			Alex Portal  (FRA)	S13			4:00.21
			Kylian Portal  (FRA)	S12			4:05.99
			Genki Saito  (JPN)	S13			4:25.56
			Ivan Salguero Oteiza  (ESP)	S12			4:16.29
			Shamil Shahov  (QAT)	S12			4:30.54
			Egor Shchitkovskii  (AIN)	S13			4:14.78
			Zhi Wei Wong  (SGP)	S13			4:41.44

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

References

1. Singapore 2025 Event guide
2. "Para Swimming Records". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-09-12.
3. Singapore 2025 WPSC live results