Men's 400 metres T37 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 1 September 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 6 from 5 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 49.34 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
4×100 m relay | mixed | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
High jump | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Club throw | men | women |
The men's 400 metres T37 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 1 September 2021.
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).
Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows: [1]
World Record | Andrey Vdovin (RUS) | 50.45 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 9 November 2019 |
Paralympic Record | Charl du Toit (RSA) | 51.13 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 16 September 2016 |
Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
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Africa | 51.00 | Charl du Toit | South Africa |
America | 52.69 | Vítor Antônio de Jesus | Brazil |
Asia | 53.44 | Wu Jialong | China |
Europe | 50.45WR | Andrey Vdovin | Russia |
Oceania | 54.37 | Brad Scott | Australia |
The final took place on 1 September 2021, at 10:40: [2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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7 | Andrey Vdovin | RPC | 49.34 | WR | |
3 | Nick Mayhugh | United States | 50.26 | AR | |
4 | Chermen Kobesov | RPC | 50.44 | PB | |
4 | 6 | Michał Kotkowski | Poland | 50.60 | PB |
5 | 5 | Charl du Toit | South Africa | 51.14 | SB |
6 | 8 | Yaroslav Okapinskyi | Ukraine | 52.49 | PB |
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