Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S6

The men's 400 metre freestyle S6 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 13 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Men's 400 metre freestyle S6 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates	13 September 2016
Competitors	11 from 9 nations
Medalists
Francesco Bocciardo  Italy Thijs van Hofweegen  Netherlands Lorenzo Perez Escalona  Cuba

Heats

Heat 1

9:30 13 September 2016:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Thijs van Hofweegen	Netherlands	5:11.79	Q
2	4	Talisson Glock	Brazil	5:22.52	Q
3	3	Hamish McLean	New Zealand	5:22.88	Q
4	6	Hong Yang	China	5:44.82	Q
5	2	Karl Forsman	Sweden	6:04.09

Heat 2

9:38 13 September 2016:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Francesco Bocciardo	Italy	5:18.61	Q
2	6	Jinbiao Luo	China	5:20.77	Q
3	5	Lorenzo Perez Escalona	Cuba	5:20.79	Q
4	3	Matthew Haanappel	Australia	5:36.09	Q
5	2	Marco Maria Dolfin	Italy	6:00.87
6	7	Agus Ngaimin	Indonesia	6:42.71

Final

17:30 13 September 2016:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Francesco Bocciardo	Italy	5:02.15
	4	Thijs van Hofweegen	Netherlands	5:07.82
	6	Lorenzo Perez Escalona	Cuba	5:14.44
4	2	Talisson Glock	Brazil	5:17.24
5	3	Jinbiao Luo	China	5:21.34
6	1	Matthew Haanappel	Australia	5:28.95
7	7	Hamish McLean	New Zealand	5:30.63
8	8	Hong Yang	China	5:33.71