Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T38 explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres T38
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates:	30–31 August 2021
Competitors:	11
Nations:	11
Gold:	Jose Rodolfo Chessani
Goldnpc:	MEX
Silver:	Mohamed Farhat Chida
Silvernpc:	TUN
Bronze:	Zachary Gingras
Bronzenpc:	CAN
Prev:	2016

The men's 400 metres T38 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place between 30 and 31 August 2021.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:^[1]

Area	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa	49.33
America	51.10
Asia	50.27
Europe	51.37
Oceania	49.72

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 30 August 2021, at 12:11:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			51.29	,
2	4			53.72
3	5			54.67
4	6			55.59	,
	7

Heat 2 took place on 30 August 2021, at 12:19:^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8			50.84	,
2	3			51.81	,
3	6			53.27
4	7			53.57
5	4			59.35
6	5			1:03.06

Final

The final took place on 31 August 2021, at 19:31:^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7			49.99
	9			50.33
	5			50.85
4	8			50.90
5	6			51.39
6	2			52.27
7	4			53.25
8	3			54.04

Notes and References

1. Web site: Records – World Para Athletics. 27 August 2021.
2. Web site: Heat 1 results. 29 August 2021. 30 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210830033327/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----38010-----RND1000100--.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Heat 2 results. 29 August 2021. 30 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210830033326/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----38010-----RND1000200--.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: Final results. 29 August 2021. 31 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831122847/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----38010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.