Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates	July 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	20 from 15 nations
Winning time	4:14.47
Medalists
	«2011 2019»

The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 16 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Michael Phelps (USA)	4:03.84	Beijing, China	August 10, 2008
Pan American Games record	Thiago Pereira (BRA)	4:11.14	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 17, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:35.99) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (4:52.55) in the same qualifying period.^[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.^[2]

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date	Time	Round
July 16, 2015	10:23	Heats
July 16, 2015	19:31	Final B
July 16, 2015	19:40	Final A

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	GR	Games record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 16.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Max Williamson	United States	4:17.92	QA
2	2	4	Michael Weiss	United States	4:17.96	QA
3	3	5	Luke Reilly	Canada	4:19.44	QA
4	3	4	Thiago Pereira	Brazil	4:19.92	QA
5	1	4	Brandonn Almeida	Brazil	4:20.59	QA
6	3	3	Carlos Omaña	Venezuela	4:20.84	QA
7	2	3	Tomas Peribonio	Ecuador	4:21.07	QA
8	1	5	Alec Page	Canada	4:21.46	QA
9	1	3	Juan Sequera	Venezuela	4:25.69	QB
10	1	6	Esteban Paz	Argentina	4:27.37	QB
11	3	6	Juan Del Pino	Mexico	4:28.37	QB
12	2	6	Christian Bayo	Puerto Rico	4:28.54	QB
13	1	2	Rafael Alfaro	El Salvador	4:29.81	QB
14	2	7	Matías López	Paraguay	4:30.27	QB, NR
15	3	1	Esteban Araya	Costa Rica	4:31.52	QB
16	3	2	Luis Vega	Cuba	4:32.86	QB
17	2	1	Felipe Quiroz	Chile	4:36.65
18	3	7	Jean Pierre Monteagudo	Peru	4:38.75
19	1	1	Aldo Castillo Sulca	Bolivia	4:58.57
	2	2	Julio Olvera	Mexico		DSQ
	1	7	Yeziel Morales	Puerto Rico		DNS

B Final

The B final was also held on July 16.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Juan Sequera	Venezuela	4:24.97
10	3	Juan Del Pino	Mexico	4:26.29
11	5	Esteban Paz	Argentina	4:26.83	NR
12	6	Christian Bayo	Puerto Rico	4:27.15	NR
13	2	Rafael Alfaro	El Salvador	4:27.40
14	7	Matías López	Paraguay	4:27.47	NR
15	8	Luis Vega	Cuba	4:28.18
16	1	Esteban Araya	Costa Rica	4:33.80

A Final

The A final was also held on July 16.^[5] Thiago Pereira initially won, which would make it his third consecutive title along with a record 22nd Pan American medal. However, the judges dictated Pereira failed to touch the wall with both hands at the same time on one of his breaststroke turns as predicted by the rulebook.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Brandonn Almeida	Brazil	4:14.47	WJR
	3	Luke Reilly	Canada	4:16.16
	4	Max Williamson	United States	4:16.91
4	5	Michael Weiss	United States	4:17.05
5	8	Alec Page	Canada	4:18.61
6	7	Carlos Omaña	Venezuela	4:19.11	NR
7	1	Tomas Peribonio	Ecuador	4:22.67
	6	Thiago Pereira	Brazil		DSQ

References

↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
1 2 3 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
↑ Men's 400m individual medley Preliminaries
↑ Men's 400m Medley - B Final
↑ Men's 400m Medley - A Final
↑ Pan Am newsmakers of the day: Disqualified swimmers

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[1] "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

[manual-2] 1 2 3 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

[3] Men's 400m individual medley Preliminaries

[4] Men's 400m Medley - B Final

[5] Men's 400m Medley - A Final

[6] Pan Am newsmakers of the day: Disqualified swimmers

Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games

Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
Marathon
10 km	men	women