Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S12

Men's 400m Freestyle S12 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	11 September
Competitors	10 from 6 nations
Winning time	4:08.64
Medalists
Sergei Punko  Belarus Enrique Floriano  Spain Sergii Klippert  Ukraine

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 S12 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 11 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 11:06.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Enrique Floriano	Spain	4:22.64	Q
2	Tucker Dupree	United States	4:24.95	Q
3	Alessandro Serpico	Italy	4:31.38	Q
4	Ignacio Gonzalez	Argentina	4:42.95	Q
5	Anton Stabrovskyy	Ukraine	5:00.76

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sergei Punko	Belarus	4:31.11	Q
2	Sergii Klippert	Ukraine	4:32.24	Q
3	Juan Diego Gil	Spain	4:40.31	Q
4	Omar Font	Spain	4:46.22	Q

Final

Competed at 18:59.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sergei Punko	Belarus	4:08.64	WR
	Enrique Floriano	Spain	4:15.89
	Sergii Klippert	Ukraine	4:19.46
4	Tucker Dupree	United States	4:23.98
5	Alessandro Serpico	Italy	4:32.03
6	Juan Diego Gil	Spain	4:32.43
7	Omar Font	Spain	4:35.64
8	Ignacio Gonzalez	Argentina	4:44.78

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S12". 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.