Men's 400m Freestyle S6 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	11 from 9 nations
Winning time	4:48.31
Medalists
Anders Olsson  Sweden Darragh McDonald  Ireland Matthew Whorwood  Great Britain

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

The men's 400m freestyle S6 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:34.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Darragh McDonald	Ireland	5:13.68	Q
2	Matthew Whorwood	Great Britain	5:20.03	Q
3	Tang Yuan	China	5:28.26	Q
4	Stian Helgeland	Norway	5:32.26	Q
5	Johnny Cummings	Ireland	5:50.54

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anders Olsson	Sweden	5:00.41	Q, PR
2	Adriano Lima	Brazil	5:27.10	Q
3	Swen Michaelis	Germany	5:27.35	Q
4	Kyosuke Oyama	Japan	5:38.86	Q
5	Jorgen Tadvin	Norway	6:03.36
6	Igor Plotnikov	Russia	6:24.21

Final

Competed at 18:07.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Anders Olsson	Sweden	4:48.31	WR
	Darragh McDonald	Ireland	5:09.75
	Matthew Whorwood	Great Britain	5:20.45
4	Adriano Lima	Brazil	5:22.90
5	Swen Michaelis	Germany	5:26.17
6	Tang Yuan	China	5:27.16
7	Kyosuke Oyama	Japan	5:28.38
8	Stian Helgeland	Norway	5:32.24

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

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Men's 400m Freestyle S6". 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.