Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T12 explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres T12
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates:	31 August–2 September 2021
Competitors:	8
Nations:	6
Gold:	Abdeslam Hili
Goldnpc:	MAR
Silver:	Noah Malone
Silvernpc:	USA
Bronze:	Rouay Jebabli
Bronzenpc:	TUN
Prev:	2016

The men's 400 metres T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place between 31 August and 2 September 2021.

Records

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

Area	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa	47.79
America	49.38
Asia	48.57
Europe	48.62
Oceania	53.60

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 31 August 2021, at 21:17:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7			48.78	,
2	5			50.95
3	3			51.37

Heat 2 took place on 31 August 2021, at 21:25:^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			48.69	,
2	5			49.17

Heat 3 took place on 31 August 2021, at 21:33:^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			48.50	,
2	3			48.53	,
3	7			52.42

Final

The final took place on 2 September 2021, at 9:42:^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7			47.59
	3			47.93
	5			48.01
4	1			48.93

Notes and References

1. Web site: Records – World Para Athletics. 28 August 2021.
2. Web site: Heat 1 results. 30 August 2021. 31 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831131728/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----12010-----RND1000100--.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Heat 2 results. 30 August 2021. 31 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831131732/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----12010-----RND1000200--.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: Heat 3 results. 30 August 2021. 31 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831131733/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----12010-----RND1000300--.pdf. dead.
5. Web site: Final results. 30 August 2021. 2 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902004957/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----12010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.