Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 17 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Charlie Houchin of the United States.

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors18 from 12 nations
Winning time3:48.29
Medalists
   Canada
   United States
   Brazil
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This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool in freestyle. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.[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 Paton (USA) 3:49.77 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 18, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
17 JulyA FinalRyan Cochrane Canada3:48.29GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (3:57.29) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (4.11.53) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 17, 201510:51Heats
July 17, 201520:01Final B
July 17, 201520:09Final A

Results

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

Heats

The first round was held on July 17.[3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Ryan Cochrane Canada3:50.58QA
214Leonardo de Deus Brazil3:51.40QA
325Michael Klueh United States3:51.76QA
424Ryan Feeley United States3:51.79QA
535Jeremy Bagshaw Canada3:52.13QA
616Cristian Quintero Venezuela3:52.63QA
713Mateo de Angulo Colombia3:53.01QA
836Ricardo Vargas Mexico3:53.40QA
933Lucas Kanieski Brazil3:53.80QB
1012Christian Bayo Puerto Rico3:53.93QB
1122Rafael D'Avila Venezuela3:54.23QB
1223Martin Naidich Argentina3:54.44QB
1315Marcelo Acosta El Salvador3:54.83QB
1427Tomas Peribonio Ecuador3:55.70QB
1532Juan Martin Pereyra Argentina3:56.86QB
1626Arturo Perez Vertti Mexico4:00.28QB
1737Alex Sobers Barbados4:01.77
1817Noah Mascoll-Gomes Antigua and Barbuda4:13.55

B Final

The B final was also held on July 17.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
96Marcelo Acosta El Salvador3:51.12
104Lucas Kanieski Brazil3:52.73
113Rafael D'Avila Venezuela3:53.76
125Christian Bayo Puerto Rico3:54.11
132Tomas Peribonio Ecuador3:57.49
147Juan Martin Pereyra Argentina3:59.65
158Alex Sobers Barbados4:00.25
161Arturo Perez Vertti Mexico4:00.96

A Final

The A final was also held on July 17.[5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Ryan Cochrane Canada3:48.29GR
6Ryan Feeley United States3:49.69
5Leonardo de Deus Brazil3:50.30
43Michael Klueh United States3:50.53
52Jeremy Bagshaw Canada3:50.55
61Mateo de Angulo Colombia3:51.38NR
77Cristian Quintero Venezuela3:52.92
88Ricardo Vargas Mexico3:55.42

References

  1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. Men's 400m Freestyle Preliminaries
  4. Men's 400m Freestyle - B Final
  5. Men's 400m Freestyle - A Final
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