Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S10

Men's 400m Freestyle S10 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	15 September
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning time	4:05.84
Medalists
André Brasil   Brazil   Robert Welbourn   Great Britain   Benoît Huot   Canada

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 S10 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:00.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Robert Welbourn	Great Britain	4:18.19	Q
2	Joe Wise	United States	4:18.37	Q
3	Lucas Ludwig	Germany	4:23.24	Q
4	Marcelo Collet	Brazil	4:23.93	Q
5	Kevin Paul	South Africa	4:27.57	Q
6	Filip Coufal	Czech Republic	4:33.13

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	André Brasil	Brazil	4:23.48	Q
2	Benoît Huot	Canada	4:25.96	Q
3	Eduard Samarin	Russia	4:27.59	Q
4	Mike van der Zanden	Netherlands	4:28.40
5	Phelipe Rodrigues	Brazil	4:29.36
6	Yann Bourdier	France	4:33.32

Final

Competed at 17:38.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	André Brasil	Brazil	4:05.84	PR
	Robert Welbourn	Great Britain	4:07.61
	Benoît Huot	Canada	4:12.14
4	Lucas Ludwig	Germany	4:13.64
5	Joe Wise	United States	4:15.83
6	Marcelo Collet	Brazil	4:23.35
7	Kevin Paul	South Africa	4:27.68
8	Eduard Samarin	Russia	4:28.25

Q = qualified for final. PR = Paralympic Record.