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Men's 400 metre freestyle S7
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Men's 400 metre freestyle S7; at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Dates	6 September 2012
Competitors	16 from 13 nations
Medalists
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The men's 400 metre freestyle S7 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 6 September, at the London Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park, London. The event was for athletes included in the S7 classification, which is for competitors with physical impairments.^[1] Sixteen swimmers took part, representing a total of thirteen different nations. Great Britain's Josef Craig set a new world records in both the heats and the final as he won the gold medal.

Competition

Heats

Two heats were held, each with eight swimmers; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final. The heats took place on 6 September starting at 9:51 BST.^[2]

British swimmer Josef Craig won the first heat while setting a new world record time of four minutes, 45.79 seconds. Shiyun Pan of China finished third in the heat but set a new Asian record time Croatian Mihovil Spanja and Australian Matthew Levy also qualified for the final from heat one.^[2]

The second heat was won by Jonathan Fox of Great Britain in a time of four minutes, 49.91 seconds. Fox qualified from the heats as the second fastest swimmer overall and was joined in the final by Andrey Gladkov of Russia, Marian Kvasnytsia of Ukraine and Lantz Lamback of the United States, who finished second, third and fourth in the second heat.^[2]

Final

The final of the event took place on 6 September at 17:47 BST.^[3] Great Britain's Craig won the gold medal in a time of four minutes, 42.81 seconds, breaking his own world record that he had set in heats earlier in the day. At the age of 15 Craig was the youngest gold medallist for the hosts Great Britain at the 2012 Games.^[4] The silver medal went to Pan of China as he beat his own Asian record time from the heats. Bronze was won by 15-year-old Russian Gladkov.^[3]

Results

Key

Q Qualified for next round
AS = Asian record
WR = World record

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes^[2]
1	5	Josef Craig	Great Britain	4:45.79	Q, WR
2	4	Mihovil Spanja	Croatia	4:52.99	Q
3	3	Shiyun Pan	China	4:53.37	Q, AS
4	6	Matthew Levy	Australia	4:57.68	Q
5	2	Oleksandr Komarov	Ukraine	5:14.14
6	1	Ronaldo Santos	Brazil	5:19.85
7	7	Tobias Pollap	Germany	5:20.08
8	8	Jumpei Kimura	Japan	5:45.79

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes^[2]
1	4	Jonathan Fox	Great Britain	4:49.91	Q
2	5	Andrey Gladkov	Russia	4:50.06	Q
3	3	Lantz Lamback	United States	4:59.47	Q
4	2	Marian Kvasnytsia	Ukraine	5:05.50	Q
5	1	Italo Pereira	Brazil	5:08.70
6	7	Francesco Bocciardo	Italy	5:14.78
7	6	Jay Dohnt	Australia	5:22.30
8	8	Enrique Perez Davila	Mexico	5:25.32

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes^[3]
	4	Josef Craig	Great Britain	4:42.81	WR
	5	Shiyun Pan	China	4:46.22	AS
	3	Andrey Gladkov	Russia	4:46.76
4	7	Jonathan Fox	Great Britain	4:48.03
5	6	Mihovil Spanja	Croatia	4:52.22
6	2	Lantz Lamback	United States	4:56.87
7	8	Matthew Levy	Australia	4:58.12
8	1	Marian Kvasnytsia	Ukraine	5:04.92

References

^ "Swimming - Classification". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Men's 400m Freestyle - S7". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Men's 100m Backstroke - S7 Final". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
^ Pearce, Nick (6 September 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Josef Craig wins gold for Great Britain in 400m freestyle and breaks his own world record". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 September 2012.