Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 15 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors11 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   United States
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This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.[2]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record   Michael Phelps (USA) 4:03.84 Beijing, China August 10, 2008
Pan American Games record   Thiago Pereira (BRA) 4:11.14 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 17, 2007

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:34.2) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (4:41.5) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

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All times shown are in minutes.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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The first round was held on October 15.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Conor Dwyer   United States 4:24.98 QA
2 2 4 Thiago Pereira   Brazil 4:26.27 QA
3 1 4 Robert Margalis   United States 4:29.70 QA
4 2 3 Esteban Enderica   Ecuador 4:31.15 QA
5 2 6 Ezequiel Trujillo   Mexico 4:31.31 QA
6 1 6 Esteban Paz   Argentina 4:34.08 QA
7 1 5 Diogo Yabe   Brazil 4:34.18 QA
8 1 3 Liam Dias   Canada 4:37.60 QA
9 1 2 Eddy Marin   Venezuela 4:38.88 QB
10 2 2 Diego Castillo   Panama 4:45.31 QB
11 2 7 Joel Romeu   Uruguay 4:53.76 QB

B Final

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The B final was also held on October 15.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 Diego Castillo   Panama 4:40.04
10 4 Eddy Marin   Venezuela 4:40.08

A Final

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The A final was held on October 15.[5][4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Thiago Pereira   Brazil 4:16.68
  4 Conor Dwyer   United States 4:18.22
  3 Robert Margalis   United States 4:24.88
4 6 Esteban Enderica   Ecuador 4:26.43
5 2 Ezequiel Trujillo   Mexico 4:30.02
6 8 Liam Dias   Canada 4:34.11
7 1 Diogo Yabe   Brazil 4:35.66
8 7 Esteban Paz   Argentina 4:37.67

References

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  1. ^ Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Men's 400 m Individual Medley Preliminaries[dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Finals – Day 1" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. ^ Men's 400 m Individual Medley Final A[dead link]