| Men's 400 metre freestyle S8 at the XV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 8 September 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's 400 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 8 September, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
Two heats were held, both with six swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
Prior to the competition [update] , the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Oliver Hynd (GBR) | 4:23.76 | Sheffield, Great Britain | 30 July 2016 |
| Paralympic record | Sam Hynd (GBR) | 4:26.25 | Beijing, China | 9 September 2008 |
| 2016 World leading | Oliver Hynd (GBR) | 4:23.76 | Sheffield, Great Britain | 30 July 2016 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Wang Yinan |  China | 4:41.10 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Xu Haijiao | China | 4:41.18 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Josef Craig |  Great Britain | 4:41.93 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Bohdan Hrynenko |  Ukraine | 4:51.81 | |
| 5 | 2 | Ernie Gawilan |  Philippines | 4:54.24 | |
| 6 | 7 | Evan Austin |  United States | 4:56.85 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Oliver Hynd | Great Britain | 4:31.90 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Robert Griswold | United States | 4:38.46 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Caio Oliveira |  Brazil | 4:40.64 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Blake Cochrane |  Australia | 4:41.06 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Jesse Aungles | Australia | 4:43.87 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Torben Schmidtke |  Germany | 4:56.29 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Oliver Hynd | Great Britain | 4:21.89 | WR |
 | 7 | Xu Haijiao | China | 4:25.65 | |
 | 2 | Wang Yinan | China | 4:32.78 | |
| 4 | 3 | Caio Oliveria | Brazil | 4:33.97 | |
| 5 | 5 | Robert Griswold | United States | 4:36.26 | |
| 6 | 1 | Josef Craig | Great Britain | 4:39.04 | |
| 7 | 6 | Blake Cochrane | Australia | 4:39.79 | |
| 8 | 8 | Jesse Aungles | Australia | 4:48.23 |
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