Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Brian Goodell  United States
Silver medal Djan Madruga  Brazil
Bronze medal Peter Szmidt  Canada
«1975
1983»
Swimming at the
1979 Pan American Games
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
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 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 5 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Douglas Northway of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[8]

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

The first round was held on July 5.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Brian Goodell  United States 3:58.72 Q
2 Peter Szmidt  Canada 3:58.78 Q
3 Djan Madruga  Brazil 4:00.83 Q
4 Rob Bayliss  Canada 4:00.84 Q
5 David Larson  United States 4:03.72 Q
6 Diego Quiroga  Ecuador 4:04.85 Q
7 Scott Newkirk  U.S. Virgin Islands 4:06.52 Q
8 Jean François  Venezuela 4:07.07 Q, NR
9 Filiberto Colon  Puerto Rico 4:07.24 NR
10 César Sánchez  Mexico 4:07.45 NR
11 Jorge Martinez  Puerto Rico 4:09.23
12 Alejandro Lecot  Argentina 4:10.63
13 Alejandro Romo  Mexico 4:12.13
14 Alberto Mestre  Venezuela 4:13.78
15 Oscar Moreno  El Salvador 4:18.12 NR
16 Roger Madruga  Brazil 4:22.65
17 Ruben Martinez  El Salvador 4:24.46
18 Jorge Sanchez  Panama 4:27.89 NR

Final

The final was held on July 5.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brian Goodell  United States 3:53.01 NR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Djan Madruga  Brazil 3:57.46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peter Szmidt  Canada 3:58.34
4 Rob Bayliss  Canada 3:59.21
5 David Larson  United States 4:00.07
6 Diego Quiroga  Ecuador 4:02.86 NR
7 Scott Newkirk  U.S. Virgin Islands 4:06.52 NR
8 Jean François  Venezuela 4:12.20

References

  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  2. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hickosports Results
  4. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  6. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine