Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S8
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Sam Hynd Great Britain 4:33.25 Q
2 5 Yinan Wang China 4:37.86 Q
3 3 Christoph Burkard Germany 4:45.40 Q
4 6 Jonathan Mcgrath Ireland 4:53.25
5 2 Torben Schmidtke Germany 5:01.05
6 7 Ferenc Csuri Hungary 5:13.88
Results -- Heats
The men's 400 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 31 August, at the London Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park, London. The event was for athletes included in the S8 classification, which is for competitors with physical impairments. Twelve swimmers took part, representing a total of eight different nations. China's Yinan Wang won the gold medal with British brothers Oliver and Sam Hynd taking silver and bronze respectively.