Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S8

Men's 400m Freestyle S8 at the XII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Swimming
Venue	Olympic Aquatic Centre
Dates	24 September 2004
Competitors	11 from 9 nations
Winning time	4:40.30
Medalists
Christoph Burkard  Germany  Germany Mihovil Spanja  Croatia
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Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Men's events
50 m freestyle	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle		S2	S3	S4	S5
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50 m backstroke	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
50 m breaststroke		SB2	SB3
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
	SB11	SB12	SB13
50 m butterfly				S4	S5
	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
150 m medley			SM3	SM4
200 m medley					SM5
	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
	SM11	SM12	SM13
Freestyle relays	4 × 50 m (20pts)
	4 × 100 m (34pts)
	4 × 100 m (49pts)
Medley relays	4 × 50 m (20pts)
	4 × 100 m (34pts)
	4 × 100 m (49pts)
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The Men's 400 metre freestyle S8 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 24 September.^[1] It was won by Christoph Burkard, representing  Germany.^[2]

1st round[]

Heat 1

24 Sept. 2004, morning session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Mihovil Spanja (CRO)	4:58.61
2	(USA)	5:02.77
3	(CHN)	5:07.23
4	Matt Levy (AUS)	5:07.73
5	(RSA)	5:20.56

Heat 2

24 Sept. 2004, morning session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	(GER)	4:54.97
2	Christoph Burkard (GER)	4:55.64
3	Juan Francisco Jimenez (ESP)	5:00.80
4	(RSA)	5:01.72
5	(ITA)	5:14.45
	(GRE)	DNS

Final round[]

24 Sept. 2004, evening session

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Christoph Burkard (GER)	4:40.30	WR
	(GER)	4:47.66
	Mihovil Spanja (CRO)	4:48.88
4	Juan Francisco Jimenez (ESP)	4:55.50
5	(CHN)	4:58.73
6	(RSA)	5:02.13
7	(USA)	5:04.60
8	Matt Levy (AUS)	5:04.64

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