Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S9

Men's 400m Freestyle S9 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	12 September
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning time	4:17.02
Medalists
Jesus Collado   Spain Matthew Cowdrey   Australia Tamás Sors   Hungary

The men's 400m freestyle S9 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.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:58.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tamás Sors	Hungary	4:26.21	Q
2	Matthew Cowdrey	Australia	4:27.26	Q
3	Michael Prout	United States	4:28.25	Q
4	Takuro Yamada	Japan	4:28.98	Q
5	Taras Yastremskyy	Ukraine	4:36.97
6	Jarrett Perry	United States	4:38.55

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Brenden Hall	Australia	4:23.35	Q, PR
2	Jesus Collado	Spain	4:25.05	Q
3	Sam Bramham	Australia	4:25.67	Q
4	Florian Moll	Germany	4:30.15	Q
5	Mark Barr	United States	4:30.48
6	Jose Antonio Mari	Spain	4:36.75
7	Guo Zhi	China	4:47.47

Final

Competed at 20:08.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jesus Collado	Spain	4:17.02	WR
	Matthew Cowdrey	Australia	4:17.28
	Tamás Sors	Hungary	4:20.26
4	Sam Bramham	Australia	4:21.35
5	Brenden Hall	Australia	4:22.19
6	Takuro Yamada	Japan	4:25.78
7	Michael Prout	United States	4:29.44
8	Florian Moll	Germany	4:29.67

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S9". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2012.