Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S6

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Men's 400m Freestyle S6
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates14 September
Competitors11 from 9 nations
Winning time4:48.31
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Anders Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Darragh McDonald Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Bronze medal icon.svg Matthew Whorwood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

The men's 400m freestyle S6 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

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Results

Heats

Competed from 09:34.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Darragh McDonald Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 5:13.68Q
2 Matthew Whorwood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5:20.03Q
3 Tang Yuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5:28.26Q
4 Stian Helgeland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5:32.26Q
5Johnny CummingsFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 5:50.54

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Anders Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5:00.41Q, PR
2 Adriano Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5:27.10Q
3 Swen Michaelis Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5:27.35Q
4 Kyosuke Oyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5:38.86Q
5 Jorgen Tadvin Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:03.36
6 Igor Plotnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6:24.21

Final

Competed at 18:07.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Anders Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:48.31WR
Silver medal icon.svg Darragh McDonald Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 5:09.75
Bronze medal icon.svg Matthew Whorwood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5:20.45
4 Adriano Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5:22.90
5 Swen Michaelis Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5:26.17
6 Tang Yuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5:27.16
7 Kyosuke Oyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5:28.38
8 Stian Helgeland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5:32.24

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

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