Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S6

Men's 400 metre freestyle S6 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	1 September
Competitors	10 from 9 nations
Medalists
Darragh McDonald   Ireland   Anders Olsson   Sweden   Matthew Whorwood   Great Britain

Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle		S2		S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle		S2		S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle		S2		S4	S5
				S14
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	S14
50 m breaststroke		SB2	SB3
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13	SB14
50 m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150 m medley			SM3	SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 100 m (34pts)

The men's 400 metre freestyle S6 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 1 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Two heats were held, each with five swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Darragh McDonald	Ireland	5:02.38	Q
2	3	Reagan Wickens	Australia	5:28.56	Q
3	5	Sebastian Iwnanow	Germany	5:33.28	Q
4	6	Daniel Londono	Colombia	5:34.10	Q
5	2	Kyosuke Oyama	Japan	5:39.89

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Anders Olsson	Sweden	5:06.90	Q
2	5	Matthew Whorwood	Great Britain	5:17.28	Q
3	2	Swen Michaelis	Germany	5:30.43	Q
4	6	Adriano de Lima	Brazil	5:30.75	Q
5	2	Lorenzo Perez Escalona	Cuba	5:48.86

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Darragh McDonald	Ireland	4:55.56
	5	Anders Olsson	Sweden	5:03.44
	3	Matthew Whorwood	Great Britain	5:11.59
4	6	Reagan Wickens	Australia	5:26.67	OC
5	8	Daniel Londono	Colombia	5:29.13
6	1	Sebastian Iwanow	Germany	5:29.70
7	7	Adriano de Lima	Brazil	5:33.79
8	2	Swen Michaelis	Germany	5:37.38

References

• "Men's 400m Freestyle - S6". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 1 September 2012.