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

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1971 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Jim McConica  United States
Silver medal Steve Genter  United States
Bronze medal Ralph Hutton  Canada
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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: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

Final

The final was held on August 8.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jim McConica  United States 4:09.0 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Steve Genter  United States 4:13.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - August 9, 1971, Evening, General, page 42". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  4. ^ Resultados
  5. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  6. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  7. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  8. ^ Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
  9. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine