Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley
| Men's 400 metre individual medley at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 3 (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 individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Steve Furniss of the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
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.[8]
Results[]
All times shown 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 3.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Sawchuk |  Canada |
4:33.97 | Q |
| 2 | Jesse Vassallo |  United States |
4:34.14 | Q |
| 3 | Alex Baumann | Canada |
4:35.42 | Q |
| 4 | Guillermo Zavala |  Mexico |
4:35.93 | Q, NR |
| 5 | United States |
4:38.32 | Q | |
| 6 | Andrey Aguilar |  Costa Rica |
4:41.43 | Q |
| 7 | Mexico |
4:41.52 | Q | |
| 8 | Ricardo Prado |  Brazil |
4:41.89 | Q |
| 9 |  Puerto Rico |
4:44.31 | ||
| 10 | Pablo Restrepo |  Colombia |
4:45.64 | |
| 11 | Scott Newkirk |  |
4:46.38 | NR |
| 12 | Roger Madruga | Brazil |
4:49.88 | |
| 13 | Jean François |  Venezuela |
4:50.11 | |
| 14 |  Paraguay |
4:52.85 | ||
| 15 |  Jamaica |
4:55.55 | ||
| 16 |  Uruguay |
4:59.59 | ||
| 17 |  Panama |
5:03.28 | NR | |
| 18 |  El Salvador |
5:11.75 | ||
| 19 |  Dominican Republic |
5:25.56 |
Final[]
The final was held on July 3.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jesse Vassallo | United States |
4:21.63 | NR, GR |
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Bill Sawchuk | Canada |
4:30.21 | |
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Alex Baumann | Canada |
4:32.42 | |
| 4 | United States |
4:32.53 | ||
| 5 | Mexico |
4:39.11 | ||
| 6 | Andrey Aguilar | Costa Rica |
4:39.44 | NR |
| 7 | Ricardo Prado | Brazil |
4:41.16 | |
| 8 | Mexico |
DQ |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 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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