2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...

at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
The 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with a disability competed, and the Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games....

is held at the QEII Stadium

Queen Elizabeth II Park

Queen Elizabeth II Park is a multi-use stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people. It was built in 1973, to host the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in which a temporary 15000 seat western stand was erected for the event taking capacity to 35000...

on 22-23 and 26–29 January

Medalists

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
T11	Lucas Prado Lucas Prado Lucas Prado is a visually impaired Brazilian athlete. He lost 90% of his vision in 2003 due to retinal detachment. He was introduced to track by friend and Paralympian Terezinha Guilhermina. He won three gold medals in track for Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and set a world record.-...	Daniel Silva	Ananias Shikongo
T12	Luis Goncalves Luis Goncalves Luis Goncalves is a Paralympic athlete from Portugal. He mainly competes in category T12 sprint events.Goncalves competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China...	Matthias Schroeder Matthias Schroeder Matthias Schroeder is a Paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T12 sprint events.Matthias competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens where he took part in the 4x100m, long jump and won a bronze medal in 100m and silver in the 200m.-References:...	Gerard Desgarrega
T13
T34	Mohamed Hammadi	Sebastien Mobre	Stefan Rusch
T36
T37
T38
T44	Oscar Pistorius Oscar Pistorius Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius is a South African sprint runner. Known as the "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs", Pistorius, who has a double amputation, is the world record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 metres events and runs with the aid of Cheetah Flex-Foot carbon fibre transtibial...	David Behre	David Prince
T46
T52
T53
T54

T11

The Men's 400 metres, T11 was held on January 26–27

T11 = visual impairment - range from no light perception, to light perception with the inability to recognise the shape of a hand.

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	SB\|Season Best

Heats

Qualification: First 1 in each heat(Q) and the next 2 fastest(q) advance to the final.

Heat	Name	Time	Notes
2	Lucas Prado Lucas Prado Lucas Prado is a visually impaired Brazilian athlete. He lost 90% of his vision in 2003 due to retinal detachment. He was introduced to track by friend and Paralympian Terezinha Guilhermina. He won three gold medals in track for Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and set a world record.-...	51.74	Q
1	Daniel Silva	52.07	Q, SB
1	Ananias Shikongo	54.36	q
1	Dustin Riley Walsh	55.31	q
2	Jonathan Peter Dunkerley	56.20
2	William Sosa	57.11	SB
1	Firmino Baptista	DQ	R 164.2.2

Final

Name	Time	Notes
Lucas Prado Lucas Prado Lucas Prado is a visually impaired Brazilian athlete. He lost 90% of his vision in 2003 due to retinal detachment. He was introduced to track by friend and Paralympian Terezinha Guilhermina. He won three gold medals in track for Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and set a world record.-...	51.19	CR
Daniel Silva	51.45	SB
Ananias Shikongo	53.90
Dustin Riley Walsh	55.01

Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best

T12

The Men's 400 metres, T12 was held on January 22 and 23

T12 = visual impairment - may be able to recognise the shape of a hand and have a visual acuity

Visual acuity

Visual acuity is acuteness or clearness of vision, which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus within the eye and the sensitivity of the interpretative faculty of the brain....

of 2/60 and/or visual field

Visual field

The term visual field is sometimes used as a synonym to field of view, though they do not designate the same thing. The visual field is the "spatial array of visual sensations available to observation in introspectionist psychological experiments", while 'field of view' "refers to the physical...

of less than 5 degrees.

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified

Heats

Qualification: First 1 in each heat(Q) and the next 1 fastest(q) advance to the final.

Heat	Name	Time	Notes
1	Luis Goncalves Luis Goncalves Luis Goncalves is a Paralympic athlete from Portugal. He mainly competes in category T12 sprint events.Goncalves competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China...	50.90	Q
3	Matthias Schroeder Matthias Schroeder Matthias Schroeder is a Paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T12 sprint events.Matthias competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens where he took part in the 4x100m, long jump and won a bronze medal in 100m and silver in the 200m.-References:...	51.15	Q
1	Gerard Desgarrega Puigdevall	51.85	q
2	Redouane Merah	51.89	Q
1	Fredor Trikolich	52.33
2	Jose Alves Jose Alves Jose Alves is a Paralympic athlete from Portugal. He mainly competes in category T13 sprint events.He competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia...	54.11
3	Hyacinthe Deleplace	54.54
2	Yansong Li	54.73
3	Josiah Jamison Josiah Jamison Josiah Jamison is an American Paralympian. He began racing at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind in Spartanburg. He won a gold medal for the United States at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the Men's 100 m - T12.- External links :*...	DNF

Final

Name	Time	Notes
Luis Goncalves Luis Goncalves Luis Goncalves is a Paralympic athlete from Portugal. He mainly competes in category T12 sprint events.Goncalves competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China...	49.83
Matthias Schroeder Matthias Schroeder Matthias Schroeder is a Paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T12 sprint events.Matthias competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens where he took part in the 4x100m, long jump and won a bronze medal in 100m and silver in the 200m.-References:...	50.96
Gerard Desgarrega Puigdevall	51.88	SB
Redouane Merah	52.33

Key: SB = Season Best

T34

The Men's 400 metres, T34 was held on January 27

T34 = good functional strength with minimal limitation in arms or trunk. Compete in a wheelchair.

Final

Name	Time	Notes
Mohamed Hammadi	56.20	SB
Sebastien Mobre	57.81	SB
Stefan Rusch	1:02.55	SB
Henk Schuiling	1:02.99
Ahmad Almutairi	1:04.12	CR
Bart Pijs	1:04.83	SB
Janne Seppala	1:04.83
Austin Pruitt	DQ	R 163.3

Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best, R 163.3 = Leaving the lane

T44

The Men's 400 metres, T44 was held on January 29

T44 = single below knee amputation, or equivalent impairment.

Also T43 classified athletes competed in this event: double below knee amputations or equivalent impairments.

Final

Name	Time	Notes
Oscar Pistorius Oscar Pistorius Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius is a South African sprint runner. Known as the "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs", Pistorius, who has a double amputation, is the world record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 metres events and runs with the aid of Cheetah Flex-Foot carbon fibre transtibial...	48.37
David Behre	51.40	SB
David Prince	52.35	SB
Jack Swift	56.76	SB
Blake Leeper	1:00.15
Daniel Rizzieri	1:06.25
Ian Jones Ian Jones (athlete) Ian Jones is a Paralympian athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category T44 sprint events.Ian started his athletics career running 100m & 200m but made a successful step-up to 400m in 2007. He ran then personal bests for 100m & 200m for two silvers behind Oscar Pistorious at 2007...	DNF

Key: SB = Season Best

External links

ParalympicSport.TV on YouTube

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