Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T54

Men's 400 metres T54 at the XVII Paralympic Games
Venue	Stade de France
Dates	1 September 2024
Competitors	15
Winning time	44.55 PR, PB
Medalists
Dai Yunqiang  China Athiwat Paeng-nuea  Thailand Daniel Romanchuk  United States

400 metres at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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The men's 400 metres T54 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 1 September 2024.

The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:^[1]

World Record	Yassine Gharbi (TUN)	43.46	Sharjah	19 March 2018
Paralympic Record	Athiwat Paeng-nuea (THA)	44.87	Tokyo	29 August 2021

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Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Daniel Romanchuk	United States	45.18	Q, AR
2	8	Athiwat Paeng-Nuea	Thailand	45.68	Q
3	2	Yassine Gharbi	Tunisia	46.23	Q
4	3	Zhang Ying	China	47.41
5	4	Putharet Khongrak	Thailand	47.46
6	9	Daniel Sidbury	Great Britain	48.05
7	6	Luke Bailey	Australia	48.11	PB
—	5	Sibhatu Weldemariam	Eritrea	DQ	R18.2(c)
Source:[2]

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	8	Nathan Maguire	Great Britain	45.47	Q, PB
2	6	Dai Yunqiang	China	45.52	Q, PB
3	3	Hu Yang	China	46.34	Q
4	2	Phiphatphong Sianglam	Thailand	47.21	q
5	4	Juan Pablo Cervantes García	Mexico	47.30	q, SB
6	5	Faisal Alrajehi	Kuwait	48.29
—	7	Mamudo Balde	Portugal	DQ	R18.2(c)
Source:[3]

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	7	Dai Yunqiang	China	44.55	PR, PB
	8	Athiwat Paeng-Nuea	Thailand	44.67	SB
	6	Daniel Romanchuk	United States	45.11	AR
4	5	Nathan Maguire	Great Britain	45.78
5	4	Yassine Gharbi	Tunisia	45.99
6	9	Hu Yang	China	46.06
7	2	Phiphatphong Sianglam	Thailand	46.59
8	3	Juan Pablo Cervantes García	Mexico	48.45
Source:[4]

References

1. "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
2. "Men's 400m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
3. "Men's 400m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
4. "Men's 400m – T54 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.