Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the XVI Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Scotiabank Aquatics Center | |||||||||
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| Dates | October 15 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 9 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| «2007 | 2015» | |||||||||
| 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 freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games will take place on the 15 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Matt Patton of the United States.
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[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 Patton (USA) |
3:49.77 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 18, 2007 |
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:19.9) 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 (4:27.7) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Matt Patton | United States | 3:54.70 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Cristian Quintero |  Venezuela | 3:56.67 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | Martin Naidich |  Argentina | 3:56.81 | QA |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Alejandro Gómez | Venezuela | 3:57.18 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Charlie Houchin | United States | 3:57.98 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Juan Martin Pereyra | Argentina | 3:58.10 | QA |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Lucas Kanieski |  Brazil | 3:58.30 | QA |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Arturo Perez Vertti |  Mexico | 3:58.60 | QA |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | Daniel Delgadillo | Mexico | 4:00.60 | QB |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Francis Despond |  Canada | 4:01.88 | QB |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Giuliano Rocco | Brazil | 4:04.25 | QB |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Raul Martinez |  Puerto Rico | 4:05.05 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Sebastian Jahnsen |  Peru | 4:13.73 | QB |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Allan Gutierrez |  Honduras | 4:20.17 | QB |
Final
The final will be held on October 15.
Final B
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Francis Despond | Canada | 4:00.16 | |
| 2 | 3 | Giuliano Rocco | Brazil | 4:00.61 | |
| 3 | 4 | Daniel Delgadillo | Mexico | 4:00.81 | |
| 4 | 6 | Raul Martinez | Puerto Rico | 4:04.25 | |
| 5 | 2 | Sebastian Jahnsen | Peru | 4:05.56 | |
| 6 | 7 | Allan Gutierrez | Honduras | 4:19.71 |
Final A
The final was held on October 15.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2 | Charlie Houchin | United States | 3:50.95 | |
 | 4 | Matth Patton | United States | 3:51.25 | |
 | 5 | Cristian Quintero | Venezuela | 3:52.51 | |
| 4 | 7 | Juan Martin Pereyra | Argentina | 3:52.71 | |
| 5 | 1 | Lucas Kanieski | Brazil | 3:56.26 | |
| 6 | 6 | Alejandro Gómez | Venezuela | 3:56.28 | |
| 7 | 3 | Martin Naidich | Argentina | 3:56.77 | |
| 8 | 8 | Arturo Perez Vertti | Mexico | 3:58.33 |