Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S6

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Men's 400 metre freestyle S6
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Dates1 September 2012
Competitors10 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Darragh McDonald Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Silver medal icon.svg Anders Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Matthew Whorwood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

The men's 400 metre freestyle S6 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 1 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

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Two heats were held, each with five swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Darragh McDonald Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 5:02.38Q
23 Reagan Wickens Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5:28.56Q
35 Sebastian Iwnanow Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5:33.28Q
46 Daniel Londono Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 5:34.10Q
52 Kyosuke Oyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5:39.89

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Anders Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5:06.90Q
25 Matthew Whorwood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5:17.28Q
32 Swen Michaelis Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5:30.43Q
46 Adriano de Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5:30.75Q
52 Lorenzo Perez Escalona Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 5:48.86

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Darragh McDonald Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 4:55.56
Silver medal icon.svg5 Anders Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5:03.44
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Matthew Whorwood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5:11.59
46 Reagan Wickens Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5:26.67OC
58 Daniel Londono Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 5:29.13
61 Sebastian Iwanow Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5:29.70
77 Adriano de Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5:33.79
82 Swen Michaelis Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5:37.38

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