Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S6

Men's 400 metre freestyle S6
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates13 September 2016
Competitors11 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Francesco Bocciardo  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thijs van Hofweegen  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lorenzo Perez Escalona  Cuba
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Men's events
50 m freestyleS3S4S5S6S7
S8S9S10S11S12
S13
100 m freestyleS4S5S6S7S8
S9S10S11S13
200 m freestyleS2S3S4S5S14
400 m freestyleS6S7S8S9S10
S11S13
50 m backstrokeS1S2S3S4S5
100 m backstrokeS1S2S6S7S8
S9S10S11S12S13
S14
50 m breaststrokeSB2SB3
100 m breaststrokeSB4SB5SB6SB7SB8
SB9SB11SB12SB13SB14
50 m butterflyS5S6S7
100 m butterflyS8S9S10S11S13
150 m medleySM3SM4
200 m medleySM6SM7SM8SM9SM10
SM11SM13SM14
Freestyle relays4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays4 × 100 m (34pts)

The men's 400 metre freestyle S6 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 13 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

9:30 13 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Thijs van Hofweegen  Netherlands 5:11.79 Q
2 4 Talisson Glock  Brazil 5:22.52 Q
3 3 Hamish McLean  New Zealand 5:22.88 Q
4 6 Hong Yang  China 5:44.82 Q
5 2 Karl Forsman  Sweden 6:04.09

Heat 2

9:38 13 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Francesco Bocciardo  Italy 5:18.61 Q
2 6 Jinbiao Luo  China 5:20.77 Q
3 5 Lorenzo Perez Escalona  Cuba 5:20.79 Q
4 3 Matthew Haanappel  Australia 5:36.09 Q
5 2 Marco Maria Dolfin  Italy 6:00.87
6 7 Agus Ngaimin  Indonesia 6:42.71

Final

17:30 13 September 2016:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Francesco Bocciardo  Italy 5:02.15
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Thijs van Hofweegen  Netherlands 5:07.82
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Lorenzo Perez Escalona  Cuba 5:14.44
4 2 Talisson Glock  Brazil 5:17.24
5 3 Jinbiao Luo  China 5:21.34
6 1 Matthew Haanappel  Australia 5:28.95
7 7 Hamish McLean  New Zealand 5:30.63
8 8 Hong Yang  China 5:33.71

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Men's 400m Freestyle - S6 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 7 October 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Men's 400m Freestyle - S6 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.