2013 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the Stade du Rhône from 20–29 July. There were 12 categories contested over the 400m at the championship. Two World records were set in the 400m, Chermen Kobesov of Russia posted a time of 51.88s in the T37 class,[1] while Ahmad Almutairi of Kuwait recorded a time of 57.95s in the T33 category.[2] Almutairi's category was not part of the schedule of this championship, but he qualified to compete in the T34 category. Despite coming last in his qualifying round and not advancing to the final he still broke the T33 world record.

Medalists

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T11[3] Daniel Silva CR
David Brown
Timothee Adolphe
T12Egor Sharov
Thomas Ulbricht
Hyacinthe Deleplace
T13Johannes Nambala CR
Alexander Zverev
Luis Manuel Galano
T34Walid Ktila
Rheed McCracken
Mohamed Hammadi
T36Evgenii Shvetcov
Paul Blake
Andrey Zhirnov
T37Chermen Kobesov WR
Sofiane Hamdi
Charl Du Toit
T38Evan O'Hanlon
Dyan Buis
Union Sekailwe
T44Alan Oliveira CR
Blake Leeper
David Prince
T46Gunther Matzinger
Ettiam Calderon
Pradeep Uggl Dena Pathirannehelag
T52Raymond Martin CR
Steven Toyoji
Thomas Geierspichler
T53Brent Lakatos CR
Li Huzhao
Richard Colman
T54Marcel Hug CR
Marc Schuh
Kenny van Weeghel
CR - Championship record, WR - World record

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Lyon: Official Results Book . 89. 30 March 2014.
  2. Web site: 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Lyon: Official Results Book . 87. 30 March 2014.
  3. Web site: 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Lyon: Official Results Book . 80–101. 30 March 2014.