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
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 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	Floriano, EnriqueEnrique Floriano	Spain	4:22.64	Q
2	Dupree, TuckerTucker Dupree	United States	4:24.95	Q
3	Serpico, AlessandroAlessandro Serpico	Italy	4:31.38	Q
4	Gonzalez, IgnacioIgnacio Gonzalez	Argentina	4:42.95	Q
5	Stabrovskyy, AntonAnton Stabrovskyy	Ukraine	5:00.76

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Punko, SergeiSergei Punko	Belarus	4:31.11	Q
2	Klippert, SergiiSergii Klippert	Ukraine	4:32.24	Q
3	Gil, Juan DiegoJuan Diego Gil	Spain	4:40.31	Q
4	Font, OmarOmar Font	Spain	4:46.22	Q

Final

Competed at 18:59.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Punko, SergeiSergei Punko	Belarus	4:08.64	WR
02 !	Floriano, EnriqueEnrique Floriano	Spain	4:15.89
03 !	Klippert, SergiiSergii Klippert	Ukraine	4:19.46
4	Dupree, TuckerTucker Dupree	United States	4:23.98
5	Serpico, AlessandroAlessandro Serpico	Italy	4:32.03
6	Gil, Juan DiegoJuan Diego Gil	Spain	4:32.43
7	Font, OmarOmar Font	Spain	4:35.64
8	Gonzalez, IgnacioIgnacio 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.