Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

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]

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the VIII Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 3 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   Canada
   Canada
«1975
1983»

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

Heats

The first round was held on July 3.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Bill Sawchuk Canada4:33.97Q
2Jesse Vassallo United States4:34.14Q
3Alex Baumann Canada4:35.42Q
4Guillermo Zavala Mexico4:35.93Q, NR
5Glynn Perry United States4:38.32Q
6Andrey Aguilar Costa Rica4:41.43Q
7Jorge Varela Mexico4:41.52Q
8Ricardo Prado Brazil4:41.89Q
9Antonio Cerezo Puerto Rico4:44.31
10Pablo Restrepo Colombia4:45.64
11Scott Newkirk U.S. Virgin Islands4:46.38NR
12Roger Madruga Brazil4:49.88
13Jean François Venezuela4:50.11
14Emilio Abreu Paraguay4:52.85
15Andrew Philipps Jamaica4:55.55
16Enrique Leite Uruguay4:59.59
17Jorge Sanchez Panama5:03.28NR
18Oscar Moreno El Salvador5:11.75
19Victor Masalles Dominican Republic5:25.56

Final

The final was held on July 3.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Jesse Vassallo United States4:21.63NR, GR
Bill Sawchuk Canada4:30.21
Alex Baumann Canada4:32.42
4Glynn Perry United States4:32.53
5Jorge Varela Mexico4:39.11
6Andrey Aguilar Costa Rica4:39.44NR
7Ricardo Prado Brazil4:41.16
8Guilermo Zavala MexicoDQ

References

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