Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T20 explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres T20
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates:	30–31 August 2021
Competitors:	13
Nations:	10
Gold:	Charles-Antoine Kouakou
Goldnpc:	FRA
Silver:	Luis Felipe Rodríguez Bolívar
Silvernpc:	VEN
Bronze:	Columba Blango
Bronzenpc:	GBR
Prev:	2016

The men's 400 metres T20 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	48.55
America	46.86
Asia	49.32
Europe	47.90
Oceania	50.71

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 30 August 2021, at 19:49:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			48.57	,
2	4			48.85
3	3			48.89	,
4	7			48.91	,
5	5			50.10
6	8			50.59
7	6			51.55

Heat 2 took place on 30 August 2021, at 19:56:^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			48.72
2	3			48.78
3	7			49.35	,
4	6			49.86
5	8			50.21
6	4			51.12

Final

The final took place on 31 August 2021, at 19:11:^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7			47.63
	6			47.71
	4			47.81
4	5			48.05
5	2			48.42
6	9			48.58
7	3			48.79
8	8			49.02

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/20210830110047/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----20010-----RND1000100--.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Heat 2 results. 29 August 2021. 30 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210830111445/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----20010-----RND1000200--.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: Final results. 29 August 2021. 31 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831122101/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M----20010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.