Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the VI Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Canada
«19671975»

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 8 August.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Greg Charlton of US.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[9]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

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

Final

The final was held on August 8.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Jim McConica  United States 4:09.0 GR
2nd Steve Genter  United States 4:13.1
3rd Ralph Hutton  Canada 4:15.8
4 Gustavo Sisson  Brazil 4:16.5
5 Alfredo Machado  Brazil 4:17.8
6 Guillermo Garcia  Mexico 4:18.7
7 David Johnson  Canada 4:23.7
8 Jorge Urrueta  Mexico 4:24.8

References

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