Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T54
| Men's 400 metres T54 at the XV Paralympic Games |
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| Venue | Rio Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 11–12 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 | ||||||||||||
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Kenny van Weeghel |
 Netherlands
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Liu Yang |
 China
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Yassine Gharbi |
 Tunisia
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The Men's 400 metres T54 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange on 11 and 12 September. It featured 20 athletes.
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.
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
Qualification rule: The first two finishers in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (1) qualify for the final.
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