Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S9

Men's 400m Freestyle S9 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	12 September
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning time	4:17.02
Medalists
Jesus Collado  Spain Matthew Cowdrey  Australia Tamás Sors  Hungary

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 S9 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 10:58.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tamás Sors	Hungary	4:26.21	Q
2	Matthew Cowdrey	Australia	4:27.26	Q
3	Michael Prout	United States	4:28.25	Q
4	Takuro Yamada	Japan	4:28.98	Q
5	Taras Yastremskyy	Ukraine	4:36.97
6	Jarrett Perry	United States	4:38.55

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Brenden Hall	Australia	4:23.35	Q, PR
2	Jesus Collado	Spain	4:25.05	Q
3	Sam Bramham	Australia	4:25.67	Q
4	Florian Moll	Germany	4:30.15	Q
5	Mark Barr	United States	4:30.48
6	Jose Antonio Mari	Spain	4:36.75
7	Guo Zhi	China	4:47.47

Final

Competed at 20:08.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jesus Collado	Spain	4:17.02	WR
	Matthew Cowdrey	Australia	4:17.28
	Tamás Sors	Hungary	4:20.26
4	Sam Bramham	Australia	4:21.35
5	Brenden Hall	Australia	4:22.19
6	Takuro Yamada	Japan	4:25.78
7	Michael Prout	United States	4:29.44
8	Florian Moll	Germany	4:29.67

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S9". 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.