Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S13

Men's 400m Freestyle S13 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	8 September
Competitors	9 from 7 nations
Winning time	4:14.02
Medalists
Charl Bouwer  South Africa Danylo Chufarov  Ukraine Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece

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 S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:34.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Devin Gotell	Canada	4:29.51	Q
2	Oleksii Fedyna	Ukraine	4:30.48	Q
3	Charalampos Taiganidis	Greece	4:31.17	Q
4	Luis Antonio Arevalo	Spain	4:46.03

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Charl Bouwer	South Africa	4:21.58	Q
2	Danylo Chufarov	Ukraine	4:25.48	Q
3	Carlos Farrenberg	Brazil	4:29.45	Q
4	Robert Doerries	Germany	4:34.71	Q
5	Kevin Mendez	Spain	4:35.29	Q

Final

Competed at 17:36.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Charl Bouwer	South Africa	4:14.02	WR
	Danylo Chufarov	Ukraine	4:14.84
	Charalampos Taiganidis	Greece	4:23.59
4	Robert Doerries	Germany	4:23.89
5	Carlos Farrenberg	Brazil	4:27.16
6	Oleksii Fedyna	Ukraine	4:27.66
7	Devin Gotell	Canada	4:28.73
8	Kevin Mendez	Spain	4:33.75

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S13". 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.