Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
The men's 400 m freestyle swimming events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium from 8 to 15 September. A total of seven events were contested for seven different classifications.
Competition format
Each event consists of two rounds: heats and final. The top eight swimmers overall in the heats progress to the final. If there are eight or fewer swimmers in an event, no heats are held and all swimmers qualify for the final.Results
S6
17:30 13 September 2016:| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | 5:02.15 | ||||
| 4 | 5:07.82 | ||||
| 6 | 5:14.44 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 5:17.24 | |||
| 5 | 3 | 5:21.34 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 5:28.95 | |||
| 7 | 7 | 5:30.63 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 5:33.71 |
S7
17:44 14 September 2016:| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 3 | 4:45.78 | ||||
| 4 | 4:49.00 | ||||
| 6 | 4:53.61 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | 4:57.29 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 4:57.40 | |||
| 6 | 5 | 4:57.54 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 5:09.43 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 5:19.60 |
S8
The S8 event took place on 8 September.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Oliver Hynd | 4:21.89 | |||
| 7 | Xu Haijiao | 4:25.65 | |||
| 2 | Wang Yinan | 4:32.78 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Caio Oliveira | 4:33.97 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Robert Griswold | 4:36.26 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Josef Craig | 4:39.04 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Blake Cochrane | 4:39.79 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Jesse Aungles | 4:48.23 |
S9
The S9 event took place on 9 September.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Brenden Hall | 4:12.73 | |||
| 5 | Federico Morlacchi | 4:17.91 | |||
| 3 | Lewis White | 4:21.38 | |||
| 4 | 2 | José Antonio Mari-Alcaraz | 4:23.04 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Jonathan Booth | 4:24.02 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Kristijan Vincetic | 4:26.28 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Logan Powell | 4:27.22 | ||
| 8 | 6 | David Grachat | 4:27.73 |
S10
17:57 15 September 2016:| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | 3:57.71 | ||||
| 3 | 4:00.11 | ||||
| 6 | 4:04.63 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 4:05.46 | |||
| 5 | 7 | 4:10.19 | |||
| 6 | 8 | 4:10.83 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 4:11.12 | |||
| 8 | 2 | 4:11.18 |
S11
The S11 event took place on 10 September.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Bradley Snyder | 4:28.78 | |||
| 3 | Tharon Drake | 4:40.96 | |||
| 6 | Matheus Souza | 4:41.05 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Israel Oliver | 4:43.17 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Viktor Smyrnov | 4:48.71 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Dmytro Zalevskyi | 5:02.38 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Sergio Zayas | 5:06.77 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Edgaras Matakas | 5:30.66 |
S13
17:30 12 September 2016:| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | 3:55.62 | ' | |||
| 5 | 3:58.78 | ||||
| 3 | 4:06.63 | ' | |||
| 4 | 7 | 4:10.92 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 4:12.95 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 4:15.86 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 4:19.34 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 4:19.62 |