| Event: | Men's 400 metres T54 |
| Games: | 2023 |
| Venue: | Mario Recordón Athletics Training Center |
| Dates: | November 23 |
| Competitors: | 11 |
| Nations: | 7 |
| Win Value: | 47.74 |
| Win Label: | Winning time |
| Gold: | Juan Pablo Cervantes |
| Goldnoc: | MEX |
| Silver: | Cristian Westermaier |
| Silvernoc: | BRA |
| Bronze: | Evan Correll |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2027 |
The men's T54 400 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2023 Parapan American Games was held on November 23 at the Mario Recordón Athletics Training Center within the Julio Martínez National Stadium of Santiago, Chile.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 43.46 | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | March 19, 2018 | ||
| Parapan American Games record | 48.86 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | August 16, 2007 | ||
| Americas record | 43.51 | Tokyo, Japan | August 26, 2021 |
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 23, 2023 | 16:58 | Semifinal | |
| November 23, 2023 | 19:24 | Final |
All times shown are in seconds.
| KEY: | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | q | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | Q | Qualified | PR | Parapan Games record | NR | National record | SB | Seasonal best | DQ | Disqualified |
The fastest two athletes of each semifinal advance to the final. The results were as follows:[2]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 48.41 | Q, PR | ||
| 2 | 2 | 48.57 | Q, SB | ||
| 3 | 2 | 48.82 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | 48.97 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | 49.14 | Q | ||
| 6 | 1 | 50.42 | Q | ||
| 7 | 1 | 51.06 | q | ||
| 8 | 2 | 51.32 | q | ||
| 9 | 1 | 52.12 | |||
| 10 | 2 | 54.32 | |||
| 2 | DQ | ||||
The results were as follows:[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 47.74 | PR | |||
| 4 | 47.85 | ||||
| 6 | 48.05 | SB | |||
| 4 | 7 | 48.23 | |||
| 5 | 3 | 48.93 | |||
| 6 | 8 | 49.53 | |||
| 7 | 2 | 50.64 | |||
| 8 | 1 | 51.48 | |||