Athletics at the 2015 Parapan American Games – Men's 400 metres T38

The men's T38 400 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Parapan American Games was held on August 11 at the CIBC Athletics Stadium. The defending Parapan American Games champion was Omar Monterola of Venezuela.[1]

Athletics – Men's 400 metres T38 at the
2015 Parapan American Games
VenueCIBC Athletics Stadium
DatesAugust 19
Competitors7 from 4 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dixon de Jesus Hooker Velasquez  Colombia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Weiner Javier Diaz Mosquera  Colombia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carlos Castillo  Nicaragua
2011
2019

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows:

World record   Mohamed Farhat Chida (TUN) 49.33 Christchurch, New Zealand 29 January 2011[2]
Americas Record   Paulo Pereira (BRA) 54.53 Christchurch, New Zealand 29 January 2011[2]
Parapan Am Record   Edson Pinheiro (BRA) 55.51 Guadalajara, Mexico 18 November 2011[2]

Records Broken

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Americas record   Dixon de Jesus Hooker Velasquez (COL) 54.36 Toronto, Canada 10 August 2015[3]
Parapan Am record   Dixon de Jesus Hooker Velasquez (COL) 54.36 Toronto, Canada 10 August 2015[3]

Schedule

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All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).

Date Time Round
10 August 17:55 Final[4]

Results

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All times are shown in seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified PR Parapan American Games record AR Area record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best DSQ Disqualified FS False start

Final

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Rank Name Nation Time[5] Notes
  Dixon de Jesus Hooker Velasquez   Colombia 54.36 AR
  Weiner Javier Diaz Mosquera   Colombia 55.91
  Carlos Castillo   Nicaragua 59.02
4 Luis Alejandro Prado Guerrero   Nicaragua 59.65 PB
5 Juan Carlos Medina Valencia   Colombia 1:00.52
6 Carlos Velasquez   Honduras 1:03.72
Jesus Cortes Roman   Mexico DSQ R 18.5
8 Dalmiro Geliz   Colombia 13.70

References

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  1. ^ "Guadalajara 2011 Men's 400m T38 Medalists" (PDF). 14 November 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Athletics-Initial Records". Archived from the original on 28 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Athletics-Broken Records". Archived from the original on 24 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Men's 400m T38 Start List" (PDF). 9 August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Men's 400m T38 Final" (PDF). 10 August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 August 2015.