Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on 5 August at the Pan Am Pool.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Josh Davis of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the XIII Pan American Games
VenuePan Am Pool
DatesAugust 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
 Luiz Lima  Brazil
 Austin Ramirez  United States
 Rick Say  Canada
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This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[8]

Luiz Lima won the gold medal, breaking a string of 11 U.S. titles in a row. Before him, only other non-American had won the race, his compatriot Tetsuo Okamoto, in the first edition of the Games in 1951.

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 5.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Rick Say Canada3:56.98Q
2Austin Ramirez United States3:57.02Q
3---Q
4---Q
5---Q
6---Q
7Nat Lewis United States3:59.16Q
8---Q

B Final

The B final was held on August 5.[9]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
9Josh Ilika Mexico3:59.82
10Cassiano Leal Brazil4:00.04
11Giancarlo Zolezzi Chile4:04.11
12Manuel Colmenares Venezuela4:05.64
13Sebastien Paddington Trinidad and Tobago4:10.20

A Final

The A final was held on August 5.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Luiz Lima Brazil3:52.25SA
Austin Ramirez United States3:53.64
Rick Say Canada3:54.66
4Mark Johnston Canada3:56.68
5Alejandro Bermúdez Colombia3:57.77
6Ricardo Monasterio Venezuela3:58.65
7Damian Alleyne Barbados3:58.90
8Nat Lewis United States3:58.99

References
  1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  2. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
  3. Hickosports Results
  4. All Pan medalists - Male
  5. All Pan medalists - Female
  6. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  9. 1999 Full results by Swimnews
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