Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley
| Men's 400 metre individual medley at the XVI Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Scotiabank Aquatics Center | |||||||||
| Dates | October 15 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 9 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games | ||
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| 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 |
The men's 400 metre individual medley 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 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.[2]
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Michael Phelps (USA)
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4:03.84 | Beijing, China | August 10, 2008 |
| Pan American Games record |  Thiago Pereira (BRA)
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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 (4:34.2) 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 (4:41.5) in the same qualifying period.[2]
Results[]
All times shown are in minutes.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats[]
The first round was held on October 15.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | 5 | Conor Dwyer | United States |
4:24.98 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil |
4:26.27 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Robert Margalis | United States |
4:29.70 | QA |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Esteban Enderica |  Ecuador |
4:31.15 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 6 |  Mexico |
4:31.31 | QA | |
| 6 | 1 | 6 |  Argentina |
4:34.08 | QA | |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Diogo Yabe | Brazil |
4:34.18 | QA |
| 8 | 1 | 3 |  Canada |
4:37.60 | QA | |
| 9 | 1 | 2 |  Venezuela |
4:38.88 | QB | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Diego Castillo |  Panama |
4:45.31 | QB |
| 11 | 2 | 7 |  Uruguay |
4:53.76 | QB |
B Final[]
The B final was also held on October 15.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 9 | 5 | Diego Castillo | Panama |
4:40.04 | |
| 10 | 4 |  Venezuela |
4:40.08 |
A Final[]
The A final was held on October 15.[5][4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil |
4:16.68 | |
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4 | Conor Dwyer | United States |
4:18.22 | |
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3 | Robert Margalis | United States |
4:24.88 | |
| 4 | 6 | Esteban Enderica | Ecuador |
4:26.43 | |
| 5 | 2 | Mexico |
4:30.02 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Canada |
4:34.11 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Diogo Yabe | Brazil |
4:35.66 | |
| 8 | 7 | Argentina |
4:37.67 |
References[]
- ^ Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Men's 400 m Individual Medley Preliminaries[dead link]
- ^ a b "Finals – Day 1" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ Men's 400 m Individual Medley Final A[dead link]
- Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games