Athletics at the 2015 Parapan American Games – Men's 400 metres T11 explained

Event:	Athletics – Men's 400 metres T11
Games:	2015
Venue:	CIBC Athletics Stadium
Dates:	August 10–11
Competitors:	8
Nations:	6
Gold:	Felipe de Souza Gomes (Guide: Jorge Pereira Borges)
Silver:	Dustin Walsh (Guide: Dylan Williamson)
Bronze:	Not awarded
Goldnoc:	BRA
Silvernoc:	CAN
Prev:	2011
Next:	2019

The men's T11 400 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Parapan American Games was held between August 10 and 11 at the CIBC Athletics Stadium. The defending Parapan American Games champion was Daniel Silva of Brazil.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows:

World record		49.82	Guadalajara, Mexico	November 18, 2011^[2]
Americas Record		49.82	Guadalajara, Mexico	November 18, 2011
Parapan American Games		49.82	Guadalajara, Mexico	November 18, 2011

Schedule

All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).

Date	Time	Round
10 August	18:15	Semifinal 1^[3]
10 August	18:21	Semifinal 2
11 August	19:50	Final

Results

All times are shown in seconds.

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

PR

Parapan American Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DSQ

Disqualified

FS

False start

DNF

Did not finish

Semifinals

The fastest from each heat and next two overall fastest qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[4]	Notes
	Daniel Mendes da Silva (Guide: Heitor de Oliveira Sales)		54.10	Q
	Dustin Walsh (Guide: Dylan Williamson)		54.10	q
	Alberton Cretton Salas (Guide: Ignacio Pignataro)		57.15
	William Sosa (Guide: Cesar Leonardo Chavarro Diaz)		DSQ	False Start

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[5]	Notes
	Felipe de Souza Gomes (Guide: Jorge Pereira Borges)		54.18	Q
	Jesus Diaz (Guide: Yoandri Mosquera Medina)		55.46	q, PB
	Mauricio Chavez (Guide: Marcos Ramirez)		55.64
	Delfo Jose Arce Orozco (Guide: Arley Barrios		DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nation	Time^[6]	Notes
	Felipe de Souza Gomes (Guide: Jorge Pereira Borges)		51.13
	Dustin Walsh (Guide: Dylan Williamson)		54.72
	Jesus Diaz (Guide: Yoandri Mosquera Medina)		DNF
	Daniel Mendes da Silva (Guide: Heitor de Oliveira Sales)		DSQ

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guadalajara 2011 Men's 400m T11 Medalists. 18 November 2011. 36. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161023051915/https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/document/140127120048321_PARAPAN%2BAMERICAN%2BGAMES%2BGUADALAJARA%2B2011%2BRESULT%2BBOOKS_LIBRO%2BRESULTADOS_0.pdf. 23 October 2016.
2. Web site: Athletics Initial Records. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150828033431/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/en/athletics/initial-records.htm. 28 August 2015.
3. Web site: Men's 400m T11 Semifinal Start List. 9 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150811174608/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C51B_ATM411200.pdf. 11 August 2015.
4. Web site: Men's 400m T11 Semifinal 1. 10 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150811174613/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM411201.pdf. 11 August 2015.
5. Web site: Men's 400m T11 Semifinal 2. 10 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150811174614/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM411202.pdf. 11 August 2015.
6. Web site: Men's 400m T11 Final. 11 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150818154122/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/AT/PT2015_AT_C73A_ATM411101.pdf. 18 August 2015.