Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T37

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Men's 400 metres T37
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue Tokyo National Stadium
Dates1 September 2021 (final)
Competitors6 from 5 nations
Winning time49.34
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Andrey Vdovin Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC
Silver medal icon.svg Nick Mayhugh Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Chermen Kobesov Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC
2016
2024

The men's 400 metres T37 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 1 September 2021.

Contents

The T37 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes have movement and coordination problems on one half of their body. They have good ability in their dominant side of their body (ie hemiplegia).

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows: [1]

World RecordFlag of Russia.svg  Andrey Vdovin  (RUS)50.45 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 9 November 2019
Paralympic RecordFlag of South Africa.svg  Charl du Toit  (RSA)51.13 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16 September 2016
AreaTimeAthleteNation
Africa51.00 Charl du Toit Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
America52.69 Vítor Antônio de Jesus Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Asia53.44 Wu Jialong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Europe50.45WR Andrey Vdovin Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Oceania54.37 Brad Scott Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

Results

The final took place on 1 September 2021, at 10:40: [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg7 Andrey Vdovin Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC 49.34 WR
Silver medal icon.svg3 Nick Mayhugh Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.26 AR
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Chermen Kobesov Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC 50.44 PB
46 Michał Kotkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 50.60 PB
55 Charl du Toit Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 51.14 SB
68 Yaroslav Okapinskyi Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 52.49 PB

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References

  1. "Records – World Para Athletics" . Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.