Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S10

Men's 400m Freestyle S10 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning time	4:05.84
Medalists
André Brasil  Brazil Robert Welbourn  Great Britain Benoît Huot  Canada

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50 m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50 m breaststroke			SB3
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50 m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150 m medley				SM4
200 m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50 m (20pts)
	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50 m (20pts)
	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The men's 400m freestyle S10 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:00.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Robert Welbourn	Great Britain	4:18.19	Q
2	Joe Wise	United States	4:18.37	Q
3	Lucas Ludwig	Germany	4:23.24	Q
4	Marcelo Collet	Brazil	4:23.93	Q
5	Kevin Paul	South Africa	4:27.57	Q
6	Filip Coufal	Czech Republic	4:33.13

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	André Brasil	Brazil	4:23.48	Q
2	Benoît Huot	Canada	4:25.96	Q
3	Eduard Samarin	Russia	4:27.59	Q
4	Mike van der Zanden	Netherlands	4:28.40
5	Phelipe Rodrigues	Brazil	4:29.36
6	Yann Bourdier	France	4:33.32

Final

Competed at 17:38.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	André Brasil	Brazil	4:05.84	PR
	Robert Welbourn	Great Britain	4:07.61
	Benoît Huot	Canada	4:12.14
4	Lucas Ludwig	Germany	4:13.64
5	Joe Wise	United States	4:15.83
6	Marcelo Collet	Brazil	4:23.35
7	Kevin Paul	South Africa	4:27.68
8	Eduard Samarin	Russia	4:28.25

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S10". 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.