Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T53
# Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T53

The men's 400 metres T53 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 29 August 2021.

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:

| World Record | Brent Lakatos (CAN) | 46.82 | Arbon, Switzerland | 1 June 2019 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Paralympic Record | Hong Suk-man (KOR) | 47.67 | Beijing, China | 11 September 2008 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
| Africa | 51.57 | Walid Ktila | Tunisia |
| America | 46.82 WR | Brent Lakatos | Canada |
| Asia | 47.36 | Hong Suk-man | South Korea |
| Europe | 48.88 | Pierre Fairbank | France |
| Oceania | 49.36 | Richard Colman | Australia |

## Results

### Heats

Heat 1 took place on 29 August 2021, at 11:25:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Pongsakorn Paeyo | Thailand | 47.31 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | Yoo Byung-hoon | South Korea | 49.29 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 8 | Ariosvaldo Fernandes | Brazil | 51.65 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 6 | Josh George | United States | 52.24 | SB |
| 5 | 5 | Nicolas Brignone | France | 52.28 | |
| | 7 | Masaberee Arsae | Thailand | DQ | WPA 18.5a |
| | 4 | Yang Shaoqiao | China | DQ | WPA 18.5a |

Heat 2 took place on 29 August 2021, at 11:34:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | Brent Lakatos | Canada | 48.00 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Pichet Krungget | Thailand | 48.70 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 5 | Pierre Fairbank | France | 48.70 | Q, AR |
| 4 | 2 | Vitalii Gritsenko | RPC | 48.74 | q, PB |
| 5 | 3 | Brian Siemann | United States | 49.74 | q, SB |
| 6 | 4 | Tomoya Ito | Japan | 57.16 | PB |
| 7 | 6 | Abdul Rahman Al-Qurashi | Saudi Arabia | 1:06.26 | |

### Final

The final took place on 29 August 2021, at 20:01:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Pongsakorn Paeyo | Thailand | 46.61 | WR |
| | 4 | Brent Lakatos | Canada | 46.75 | AR |
| | 2 | Vitalii Gritsenko | RPC | 49.41 | |
| 4 | 3 | Brian Siemann | United States | 49.61 | SB |
| 5 | 6 | Pichet Krungget | Thailand | 49.96 | |
| 6 | 8 | Pierre Fairbank | France | 50.00 | |
| 7 | 7 | Byunghoon Yoo | South Korea | 50.02 | |
| 8 | 9 | Ariosvaldo Fernandes | Brazil | 52.48 | |
