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

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2023 Pan American Games
VenueAquatic Center
DateOctober 21, 2023
Competitors23 from 18 nations
Medalists
Gold medal Guilherme Costa  Brazil
Silver medal Alfonso Mestre  Venezuela
Bronze medal James Plage  United States
«2019
2027»
Swimming at the
2023 Pan American Games
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomenmixed
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomenmixed
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

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]

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  Ryan Cochrane (CAN) 3:48.29 Toronto, Canada July 17, 2015

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Event Swimmer Nation Time Record
October 21 Final Guilherme Costa  Brazil 3:46.79 GR

Results

KEY: QA Qualified for A final QB Qualified for B final GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best WD Withdrew

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Guilherme Costa  Brazil 3:52.23 QA
2 3 3 Jay Litherland  United States 3:55.00 QA
3 3 5 Alexander Steverink  Brazil 3:55.21 QA
4 2 4 Alfonso Mestre  Venezuela 3:55.67 QA
5 3 1 Dylan Porges  Mexico 3:55.84 QA
6 2 5 James Plage  United States 3:55.90 QA
7 3 7 Eduardo Cisternas  Chile 3:56.31 QA
8 2 3 Juan Morales  Colombia 3:56.34 QA
9 2 6 Santiago Corredor  Colombia 3:56.75 WD
10 3 6 Jeremy Bagshaw  Canada 3:57.43 WD
11 3 2 Joaquín Vargas  Peru 3:57.78 QB
12 2 7 Jose Cano  Mexico 3:58.60 QB
13 2 2 Yu Tong Wu  Canada 3:59.11 QB
14 3 8 Christian Bayo  Puerto Rico 4:02.32 QB
15 2 1 Diego Dulieu  Honduras 4:02.45 QB
16 1 5 Alberto Vega  Costa Rica 4:05.79 QB
17 1 4 Raekwon Noel  Guyana 4:07.38 QB
18 1 7 James Allison  Cayman Islands 4:07.94 QB
19 1 3 Gerald Hernandez  Nicaragua 4:10.36
20 2 8 Noah Mascoll-Gomes  Antigua and Barbuda 4:11.50
21 1 1 Luke-Kennedy Thompson  Bahamas 4:11.61
22 1 2 Christopher Gossman  Independent Athletes Team 4:13.21
23 1 6 Jose Campo  El Salvador 4:25.68

Final B

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 3 Yu Tong Wu  Canada 3:57.85
10 4 Joaquín Vargas  Peru 3:58.06
11 5 Jose Cano  Mexico 4:00.33
12 6 Christian Bayo  Puerto Rico 4:02.26
13 2 Diego Dulieu  Honduras 4:02.86
14 7 Alberto Vega  Costa Rica 4:05.54
15 1 Raekwon Noel  Guyana 4:05.82
16 8 James Allison  Cayman Islands 4:11.92

Final A

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Guilherme Costa  Brazil 3.46.79 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Alfonso Mestre  Venezuela 3:47.62
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 James Plage  United States 3:50.74
4 5 Jay Litherland  United States 3:52.72
5 3 Alexander Steverink  Brazil 3:53.77
6 8 Juan Morales  Colombia 3:54.44
7 2 Eduardo Cisternas  Chile 3:54.70
8 1 Dylan Porges  Mexico 3:55.12

References

  1. ^ "Get to know the venues and clusters of the Santiago 2023 Pan American and Parapan American games. Where all the competitions will take plave in Santiago and regions". santiago2023.org. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  2. ^ "Men's 400m freestyle - Heat Results" (PDF). October 21, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Men's 400 metre freestyle - Final Results" (PDF). October 21, 2023.