Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 15 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Matt Patton of the United States.

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the XVI Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors14 from 9 nations
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Venezuela
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This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[2]

Records

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

World record  Paul Biedermann (GER) 3:40.07 Rome, Italy July 26, 2009
Pan American Games record  Matt Patton (USA) 3:49.77 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 18, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:19.9) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (4:27.7) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

All times shown are in minutes.

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

Heats

The first round was held on October 15.[3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
114Matt Patton United States3:54.70QA
215Cristian Quintero Venezuela3:56.67QA
312Martin Naidich Argentina3:56.81QA
413Alejandro Gómez Venezuela3:57.18QA
524Charlie Houchin United States3:57.98QA
625Juan Martin Pereyra Argentina3:58.10QA
723Lucas Kanieski Brazil3:58.30QA
826Arturo Perez Vertti Mexico3:58.60QA
917Daniel Delgadillo Mexico4:00.60QB
1022Francis Despond Canada4:01.88QB
1116Giuliano Rocco Brazil4:04.25QB
1227Raul Martinez Puerto Rico4:05.05QB
1321Sebastian Jahnsen Peru4:13.73QB
1411Allan Gutierrez Honduras4:20.17QB

Final

The final will be held on October 15.

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Francis Despond Canada4:00.16
23Giuliano Rocco Brazil4:00.61
34Daniel Delgadillo Mexico4:00.81
46Raul Martinez Puerto Rico4:04.25
52Sebastian Jahnsen Peru4:05.56
67Allan Gutierrez Honduras4:19.71

Final A

The final was held on October 15.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
2Charlie Houchin United States3:50.95
4Matth Patton United States3:51.25
5Cristian Quintero Venezuela3:52.51
47Juan Martin Pereyra Argentina3:52.71
51Lucas Kanieski Brazil3:56.26
66Alejandro Gómez Venezuela3:56.28
73Martin Naidich Argentina3:56.77
88Arturo Perez Vertti Mexico3:58.33

References

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