Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S8

Men's 400m Freestyle S8 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	12 September
Competitors	11 from 7 nations
Winning time	4:26.25
Medalists
Sam Hynd   Great Britain   Peter Leek   Australia   Wang Jiachao   China

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 S8 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 09:00.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Leek, PeterPeter Leek	Australia	4:35.87	Q, PR
2	Willig, NikolaiNikolai Willig	Germany	4:49.25	Q
3	Levy, MattMatt Levy	Australia	4:50.78	Q
4	Wang Xiaofu	China	5:01.05	Q
5	Christensen, DrewDrew Christensen	Canada	5:18.13

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hynd, SamSam Hynd	Great Britain	4:26.46	Q, WR
2	Wang Jiachao	China	4:43.75	Q
3	Burkard, ChristophChristoph Burkard	Germany	4:45.97	Q
4	Garcia Tolson, RudyRudy Garcia Tolson	United States	5:02.17	Q
5	Miazga, TomTom Miazga	United States	5:14.26
6	Nouard, YannYann Nouard	France	5:16.01

Final

Competed at 17:00.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Hynd, SamSam Hynd	Great Britain	4:26.25	WR
	Leek, PeterPeter Leek	Australia	4:31.16
	Wang Jiachao	China	4:39.48
4	Burkard, ChristophChristoph Burkard	Germany	4:40.60
5	Wang Xiaofu	China	4:50.04
6	Willig, NikolaiNikolai Willig	Germany	4:50.39
7	Levy, MattMatt Levy	Australia	4:51.77
8	Miazga, TomTom Miazga	United States	5:09.50

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S8". 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.