Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates	July 22 – July 23
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Winning time	44.56
Medalists
Luguelín Santos   Dominican Republic   Machel Cedenio   Trinidad and Tobago   Kyle Clemons   United States
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Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 400 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games will take place between the 22 and 23 of July at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Nery Brenes of Costa Rica.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Michael Johnson (USA)	43.18	Seville, Spain	August 26, 1999
Pan American Games record	Roberto Hernández (CUB)	44.52	Havana, Cuba	1991

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (46.07) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
July 22, 2015	11:00	Semifinals
July 23, 2015	19:20	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualifed

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Luguelín Santos	Dominican Republic	45.72	Q
2	1	Kyle Clemons	United States	45.75	Q
3	2	Nery Brenes	Costa Rica	45.85	Q
4	2	Machel Cedenio	Trinidad and Tobago	46.06	Q
5	2	Alberth Bravo	Venezuela	46.09	Q
6	1	Jarrin Solomon	Trinidad and Tobago	46.16	Q
7	1	Hugo de Sousa	Brazil	46.26	q
8	1	Winston George	Guyana	46.39	q
9	2	Raidel Acea	Cuba	46.43
10	2	Gustavo Cuesta	Dominican Republic	46.53
11	1	Philip Osei	Canada	46.80
12	2	LaToy Williams	Bahamas	46.81
13	2	Marcus Chambers	United States	46.91
14	2	Daniel Harper	Canada	47.56
15	1	Bralon Taplin	Grenada	47.61
16	1	Ramon Miller	Bahamas	48.54

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Luguelín Santos	Dominican Republic	44.56	SB
	Machel Cedenio	Trinidad and Tobago	44.70
	Kyle Clemons	United States	44.84	PB
4	Nery Brenes	Costa Rica	44.85	SB
5	Jarrin Solomon	Trinidad and Tobago	45.20
6	Winston George	Guyana	45.58
7	Hugo de Sousa	Brazil	46.07
8	Alberth Bravo	Venezuela	DSQ

References

1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)
2. "Athletics Technical Manual" (PDF). http://americasathletics.org/. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.