Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 5 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» | ||||||||||
| Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 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 | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 5 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Douglas Northway of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[8]
Results[]
All times are in minutes and seconds.
| 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 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Goodell |  United States |
3:58.72 | Q |
| 2 | Peter Szmidt |  Canada |
3:58.78 | Q |
| 3 | Djan Madruga |  Brazil |
4:00.83 | Q |
| 4 | Canada |
4:00.84 | Q | |
| 5 | David Larson | United States |
4:03.72 | Q |
| 6 | Diego Quiroga |  Ecuador |
4:04.85 | Q |
| 7 | Scott Newkirk |  |
4:06.52 | Q |
| 8 | Jean François |  Venezuela |
4:07.07 | Q, NR |
| 9 | Filiberto Colon |  Puerto Rico |
4:07.24 | NR |
| 10 | César Sánchez |  Mexico |
4:07.45 | NR |
| 11 | Puerto Rico |
4:09.23 | ||
| 12 | Alejandro Lecot |  Argentina |
4:10.63 | |
| 13 | Mexico |
4:12.13 | ||
| 14 | Alberto Mestre | Venezuela |
4:13.78 | |
| 15 |  El Salvador |
4:18.12 | NR | |
| 16 | Roger Madruga | Brazil |
4:22.65 | |
| 17 | El Salvador |
4:24.46 | ||
| 18 |  Panama |
4:27.89 | NR |
Final[]
The final was held on July 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Brian Goodell | United States |
3:53.01 | NR, GR |
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Djan Madruga | Brazil |
3:57.46 | |
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Peter Szmidt | Canada |
3:58.34 | |
| 4 | Canada |
3:59.21 | ||
| 5 | David Larson | United States |
4:00.07 | |
| 6 | Diego Quiroga | Ecuador |
4:02.86 | NR |
| 7 | Scott Newkirk | |
4:06.52 | NR |
| 8 | Jean François | Venezuela |
4:12.20 |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Hickosports Results
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ All Pan medalists - Female
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
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