Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T53 explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres T53
Games:	2016 Summer
Venue:	Rio Olympic Stadium
Dates:	10–11 September
Competitors:	19
Gold:	Pongsakorn Paeyo
Goldnpc:	THA
Silver:	Brent Lakatos
Silvernpc:	CAN
Bronze:	Pierre Fairbank
Bronzenpc:	FRA

The Men's 400 metres T53 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange on 10 and 11 September.^[1] It featured 19 athletes.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:

Worldrecord		47.36	26 June 2010	Arbon, Switzerland
Paralympic record		47.67	11 September 2008	Beijing, China

Results

Heats

Qualification rule: The first two finishers in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		align=left		align=left		50.47	,
2		align=left		align=left		51.30
3		align=left		align=left		51.51
4		align=left		align=left		52.30
5		align=left		align=left		52.59
6		align=left		align=left		52.97		-	-		align=left		align=left		DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		align=left		align=left		48.38
2		align=left		align=left		49.48
3		align=left		align=left		50.11
4		align=left		align=left		52.24
5		align=left		align=left		53.01
6		align=left		align=left		54.02

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		align=left		align=left		49.06	,
2		align=left		align=left		49.99	,
3		align=left		align=left		51.14
4		align=left		align=left		52.71
5		align=left		align=left		DSQ
6		align=left		align=left		DSQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
		align=left		align=left		47.91
		align=left		align=left		48.53
		align=left		align=left		49.00
4		align=left		align=left		50.11
5		align=left		align=left		50.20
6		align=left		align=left		50.42
7		align=left		align=left		50.80
8		align=left		align=left		51.53

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics – Schedule & Results . Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games . 7 September 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161003094320/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athletics-standings-at-mens-400m-t54 . 3 October 2016 .