Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S9

Men's 400m Freestyle S9 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	12 September
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning time	4:17.02
Medalists
Jesus Collado   Spain   Matthew Cowdrey   Australia   Tamas Sors   Hungary

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
400m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50m breaststroke			SB3
100m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50m butterfly					S5
	S6	S7
100m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150m medley				SM4
200m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50m (20pts) 4 × 100m (34pts)

The men's 400m freestyle S9 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 12 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:58.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sors, TamasTamas Sors	Hungary	4:26.21	Q
2	Cowdrey, MatthewMatthew Cowdrey	Australia	4:27.26	Q
3	Prout, MichaelMichael Prout	United States	4:28.25	Q
4	Yamada, TakuroTakuro Yamada	Japan	4:28.98	Q
5	Yastremskyy, TarasTaras Yastremskyy	Ukraine	4:36.97
6	Perry, JarrettJarrett Perry	United States	4:38.55

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hall, BrendenBrenden Hall	Australia	4:23.35	Q, PR
2	Collado, JesusJesus Collado	Spain	4:25.05	Q
3	Bramham, SamSam Bramham	Australia	4:25.67	Q
4	Moll, FlorianFlorian Moll	Germany	4:30.15	Q
5	Barr, MarkMark Barr	United States	4:30.48
6	Mari, Jose AntonioJose Antonio Mari	Spain	4:36.75
7	Guo Zhi	China	4:47.47

Final

Competed at 20:08.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Collado, JesusJesus Collado	Spain	4:17.02	WR
02 !	Cowdrey, MatthewMatthew Cowdrey	Australia	4:17.28
03 !	Sors, TamasTamas Sors	Hungary	4:20.26
4	Bramham, SamSam Bramham	Australia	4:21.35
5	Hall, BrendenBrenden Hall	Australia	4:22.19
6	Yamada, TakuroTakuro Yamada	Japan	4:25.78
7	Prout, MichaelMichael Prout	United States	4:29.44
8	Moll, FlorianFlorian Moll	Germany	4:29.67

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S9". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 September 2012. 
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2012.