Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S8

Men's 400m Freestyle S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	12 September
Competitors	11 from 7 nations
Winning time	4:26.25
Medalists
Sam Hynd  Great Britain Peter Leek  Australia Wang Jiachao  China

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 S8 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 09:00.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Peter Leek	Australia	4:35.87	Q, PR
2	Nikolai Willig	Germany	4:49.25	Q
3	Matt Levy	Australia	4:50.78	Q
4	Wang Xiaofu	China	5:01.05	Q
5	Drew Christensen	Canada	5:18.13

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sam Hynd	Great Britain	4:26.46	Q, WR
2	Wang Jiachao	China	4:43.75	Q
3	Christoph Burkard	Germany	4:45.97	Q
4	Rudy Garcia Tolson	United States	5:02.17	Q
5	Tom Miazga	United States	5:14.26
6	Yann Nouard	France	5:16.01

Final

Competed at 17:00.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sam Hynd	Great Britain	4:26.25	WR
	Peter Leek	Australia	4:31.16
	Wang Jiachao	China	4:39.48
4	Christoph Burkard	Germany	4:40.60
5	Wang Xiaofu	China	4:50.04
6	Nikolai Willig	Germany	4:50.39
7	Matt Levy	Australia	4:51.77
8	Tom Miazga	United States	5:09.50

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S8". 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.