Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S8

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Men's 400m Freestyle S8
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates12 September
Competitors11 from 7 nations
Winning time4:26.25
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sam Hynd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Peter Leek Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Wang Jiachao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

The men's 400m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

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Results

Heats

Competed from 09:00.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Peter Leek Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:35.87Q, PR
2 Nikolai Willig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:49.25Q
3 Matt Levy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:50.78Q
4 Wang Xiaofu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5:01.05Q
5 Drew Christensen Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 5:18.13

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Sam Hynd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:26.46Q, WR
2 Wang Jiachao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:43.75Q
3 Christoph Burkard Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:45.97Q
4 Rudy Garcia Tolson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:02.17Q
5 Tom Miazga Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:14.26
6 Yann Nouard Flag of France.svg  France 5:16.01

Final

Competed at 17:00.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Sam Hynd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:26.25WR
Silver medal icon.svg Peter Leek Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:31.16
Bronze medal icon.svg Wang Jiachao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:39.48
4 Christoph Burkard Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:40.60
5 Wang Xiaofu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:50.04
6 Nikolai Willig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:50.39
7 Matt Levy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:51.77
8 Tom Miazga Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:09.50

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

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