Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2023 Pan American Games were held on October 21, 2023, at the Aquatic Center in Santiago, Chile.[1]

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2023 Pan American Games
VenueAquatic Center
DateOctober 21, 2023
Competitors23 from 18 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   Venezuela
Bronze medal   United States
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Records

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

World record  Paul Biedermann (GER)3:40.07Rome, ItalyJuly 26, 2009
Pan American Games record  Ryan Cochrane (CAN)3:48.29Toronto, CanadaJuly 17, 2015

The following record was established during the competition:

DateEventSwimmerNationTimeRecord
October 21FinalGuilherme Costa  Brazil3:46.79GR

Results

KEY:QAQualified for A finalQBQualified for B finalGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestWDWithdrew

Heats

The first round was held on October 21.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Guilherme Costa  Brazil3:52.23QA
233Jay Litherland  United States3:55.00QA
335Alexander Steverink  Brazil3:55.21QA
424Alfonso Mestre  Venezuela3:55.67QA
531Dylan Porges  Mexico3:55.84QA
625James Plage  United States3:55.90QA
737Eduardo Cisternas  Chile3:56.31QA
823Juan Morales  Colombia3:56.34QA
926Santiago Corredor  Colombia3:56.75WD
1036Jeremy Bagshaw  Canada3:57.43WD
1132Joaquín Vargas  Peru3:57.78QB
1227Jose Cano  Mexico3:58.60QB
1322Yu Tong Wu  Canada3:59.11QB
1438Christian Bayo  Puerto Rico4:02.32QB
1521Diego Dulieu  Honduras4:02.45QB
1615Alberto Vega  Costa Rica4:05.79QB
1714Raekwon Noel  Guyana4:07.38QB
1817James Allison  Cayman Islands4:07.94QB
1913Gerald Hernandez  Nicaragua4:10.36
2028Noah Mascoll-Gomes  Antigua and Barbuda4:11.50
2111Luke-Kennedy Thompson  Bahamas4:11.61
2212Christopher Gossman  Independent Athletes Team4:13.21
2316Jose Campo  El Salvador4:25.68

Final B

The B final was also held on October 21.[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
93Yu Tong Wu  Canada3:57.85
104Joaquín Vargas  Peru3:58.06
115Jose Cano  Mexico4:00.33
126Christian Bayo  Puerto Rico4:02.26
132Diego Dulieu  Honduras4:02.86
147Alberto Vega  Costa Rica4:05.54
151Raekwon Noel  Guyana4:05.82
168James Allison  Cayman Islands4:11.92

Final A

The A final was also held on October 21.[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Guilherme Costa  Brazil3.46.79GR
6Alfonso Mestre  Venezuela3:47.62
7James Plage  United States3:50.74
45Jay Litherland  United States3:52.72
53Alexander Steverink  Brazil3:53.77
68Juan Morales  Colombia3:54.44
72Eduardo Cisternas  Chile3:54.70
81Dylan Porges  Mexico3:55.12

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