Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1987 Pan American Games
VenueIndiana University Natatorium
DatesAugust 13 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Paul Robinson  United States
Silver medal Cristiano Michelena  Brazil
Bronze medal Scott Brackett  United States
«1983
1991»

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 13 August at the Indiana University Natatorium.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Bruce Hayes 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

Final

The final was held on August 13.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paul Robinson  United States 3:54.44
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cristiano Michelena  Brazil 3:55.37
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Scott Brackett  United States 3:55.64
4 Chris Chalmers  Canada 3:55.70
5 Gary Vandermeulen  Canada 3:57.35
6 Carlos Scanavino  Uruguay 3:59.36
7 Luis Moreli  Puerto Rico 4:02.66
8 Richard Patino  Colombia 4:04.78

References

  1. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 19 October 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 2013-10-19.
  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 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine