Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T53 explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres T53
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates:	29 August 2021
Competitors:	14
Nations:	10
Gold:	Pongsakorn Paeyo
Goldnpc:	THA
Silver:	Brent Lakatos
Silvernpc:	CAN
Bronze:	Vitalii Gritsenko
Bronzenpc:	RPC
Prev:	2016

The men's 400 metres T53 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 29 August 2021.

Records

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

Area	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa	51.57
America	46.82
Asia	47.36
Europe	48.88
Oceania	49.36

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 29 August 2021, at 11:25:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			47.31	,
2	2			49.29	,
3	8			51.65	,
4	6			52.24
5	5			52.28
	7				WPA 18.5a
	4				WPA 18.5a

Heat 2 took place on 29 August 2021, at 11:34:^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7			48.00
2	8			48.70	,
3	5			48.70	,
4	2			48.74	,
5	3			49.74	,
6	4			57.16
7	6			1:06.26

Final

The final took place on 29 August 2021, at 20:01:^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			46.61
	4			46.75
	2			49.41
4	3			49.61
5	6			49.96
6	8			50.00
7	7			50.02
8	9			52.48

Notes and References

1. Web site: Records – World Para Athletics. 27 August 2021.
2. Web site: Heat 1 results. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829024013/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----53010-----RND1000100--.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Heat 2 results. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829024014/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----53010-----RND1000200--.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: Final results. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829111417/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----53010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.