Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S10

Men's 400m Freestyle S10 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning time	4:05.84
Medalists
André Brasil   Brazil   Robert Welbourn   Great Britain   Benoît Huot   Canada

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
400m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m breaststroke			SB3
100m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150m medley				SM4
200m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)

The men's 400m freestyle S10 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 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	Welbourn, RobertRobert Welbourn	Great Britain	4:18.19	Q
2	Wise, JoeJoe Wise	United States	4:18.37	Q
3	Ludwig, LucasLucas Ludwig	Germany	4:23.24	Q
4	Collet, MarceloMarcelo Collet	Brazil	4:23.93	Q
5	Paul, KevinKevin Paul	South Africa	4:27.57	Q
6	Coufal, FilipFilip Coufal	Czech Republic	4:33.13

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Brasil AndreAndré Brasil	Brazil	4:23.48	Q
2	Huot BenoitBenoît Huot	Canada	4:25.96	Q
3	Samarin, EduardEduard Samarin	Russia	4:27.59	Q
4	van der Zanden, MikeMike van der Zanden	Netherlands	4:28.40
5	Rodrigues, PhelipePhelipe Rodrigues	Brazil	4:29.36
6	Bourdier, YannYann Bourdier	France	4:33.32

Final

Competed at 17:38.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Brasil AndreAndré Brasil	Brazil	4:05.84	PR
02 !	Welbourn, RobertRobert Welbourn	Great Britain	4:07.61
03 !	Huot BenoitBenoît Huot	Canada	4:12.14
4	Ludwig, LucasLucas Ludwig	Germany	4:13.64
5	Wise, JoeJoe Wise	United States	4:15.83
6	Collet, MarceloMarcelo Collet	Brazil	4:23.35
7	Paul, KevinKevin Paul	South Africa	4:27.68
8	Samarin, EduardEduard Samarin	Russia	4:28.25

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S10". 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.