Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T20
# Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres T20

The men's 400 metres T20 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place between 30 and 31 August 2021.

The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.

## Records

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

| World Record | Daniel Martins (BRA) | 46.86 | São Paulo, Brazil | 27 April 2019 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Paralympic Record | Daniel Martins (BRA) | 47.22 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 9 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
| Africa | 48.55 | Gracelino Barbosa | Cape Verde |
| America | 46.86 WR | Daniel Martins | Brazil |
| Asia | 49.32 | Nasharuddin Mohd | Malaysia |
| Europe | 47.90 | Columba Blango | Great Britain |
| Oceania | 50.71 | Alberto Campbell-Staines | Australia |

## Results

### Heats

Heat 1 took place on 30 August 2021, at 19:49:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Deliber Rodríguez Ramírez | Spain | 48.57 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 4 | Charles-Antoine Kouakou | France | 48.85 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Anderson Alexander Colorado Mina | Ecuador | 48.89 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 7 | Ndiaga Dieng | Italy | 48.91 | q, PB |
| 5 | 5 | Daniel Martins | Brazil | 50.10 | SB |
| 6 | 8 | Edixon Eduardo Pirela Yepez | Venezuela | 50.59 | |
| 7 | 6 | Alberto Campbell-Staines | Jamaica | 51.55 | |

Heat 2 took place on 30 August 2021, at 19:56:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Luis Felipe Rodríguez Bolívar | Venezuela | 48.72 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Columba Blango | Great Britain | 48.78 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Damián Carcelén | Ecuador | 49.35 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 6 | Sandro Patrício Correia | Portugal | 49.86 | q |
| 5 | 8 | Jhan Carlos Wisdom Lungrin | Panama | 50.21 | SB |
| 6 | 4 | Gustavo Henrique de Oliveira | Brazil | 51.12 | |

### Final

The final took place on 31 August 2021, at 19:11:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 7 | Charles-Antoine Kouakou | France | 47.63 | AR |
| | 6 | Luis Felipe Rodríguez Bolívar | Venezuela | 47.71 | PB |
| | 4 | Columba Blango | Great Britain | 47.81 | PB |
| 4 | 5 | Deliber Rodríguez Ramírez | Spain | 48.05 | PB |
| 5 | 2 | Ndiaga Dieng | Italy | 48.42 | PB |
| 6 | 9 | Anderson Alexander Colorado Mina | Ecuador | 48.58 | SB |
| 7 | 3 | Sandro Patrício Correia | Portugal | 48.79 | PB |
| 8 | 8 | Damián Carcelén | Ecuador | 49.02 | SB |
