Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T53

Men's 400 metres T53 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	2 September
Competitors	19 from 13 nations
Winning time	49.70
Medalists
Li Huzhao   China   Brent Lakatos   Canada   Richard Colman   Australia

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Classification
T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired
T/F20: Intellectual disability
T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy
F40: Les Autres
T/F42–46: Amputees
T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability
Men T/F51–58
Track
100 m		T51		T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m				T52		T53		T54
800 m				T52		T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
4×400 m relay						T53-54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Javelin throw			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Women T/F51–58
Track
100 m				T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m						T53		T54
800 m						T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put							F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3
			F57-8
Javelin throw		F33-34/52-53					F54-6
			F57-8

The Men's 400 metres T53 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 2 September.

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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:

World & Paralympic record

Hong Suk-Man (KOR)

47.67

11 September 2008

Beijing, China

Results

Round 1

Competed 2 September 2012 from 11:24. Qual. rule: first 2 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Li Huzhao	China	51.19	Q, SB
2	Hamad N M E Aladwani	Kuwait	51.35	Q, PB
3	Yoo Byunghoon	South Korea	52.06	q
4	Eric Gauthier	Canada	53.56
5	Jaime Ramirez Valencia	Mexico	DQ
6	Brian Siemann	United States	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Joshua George	United States	51.44	Q
2	Yu Shiran	China	51.74	Q, PB
3	Pierre Fairbank	France	52.23
4	Ariosvaldo Fernandes Silva	Brazil	52.44	SB
5	Jun Hiromichi	Japan	52.74
6	Jesus Aguilar	Venezuela	52.80
7	Sopa Intasen	Thailand	DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Brent Lakatos	Canada	49.46	Q, PB
2	Richard Colman	Australia	49.79	Q, SB
3	Jung Dong Ho	South Korea	50.02	q, PB
4	Zach Abbott	United States	52.58	PB
5	Roger Puigbo Verdaguer	Spain	53.29
6	Pichet Krungget	Thailand	53.63	SB

Final

Competed 2 September 2012 at 20:11.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Li Huzhao	China	49.70	SB
	Brent Lakatos	Canada	50.17
	Richard Colman	Australia	50.24
4	Yu Shiran	China	50.92	PB
5	Joshua George	United States	51.14
6	Yoo Byunghoon	South Korea	51.30
7	Jung Dong Ho	South Korea	51.45
8	Hamad N M E Aladwani	Kuwait	52.04

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DQ = Disqualifed.