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

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates July 3 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   Canada
   Canada
«1975
1983»

The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Steve Furniss of the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

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.[8]

Results

All times shown are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 3.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bill Sawchuk  Canada 4:33.97 Q
2 Jesse Vassallo  United States 4:34.14 Q
3 Alex Baumann  Canada 4:35.42 Q
4 Guillermo Zavala  Mexico 4:35.93 Q, NR
5 Glynn Perry  United States 4:38.32 Q
6 Andrey Aguilar  Costa Rica 4:41.43 Q
7 Jorge Varela  Mexico 4:41.52 Q
8 Ricardo Prado  Brazil 4:41.89 Q
9 Antonio Cerezo  Puerto Rico 4:44.31
10 Pablo Restrepo  Colombia 4:45.64
11 Scott Newkirk  U.S. Virgin Islands 4:46.38 NR
12 Roger Madruga  Brazil 4:49.88
13 Jean François  Venezuela 4:50.11
14 Emilio Abreu  Paraguay 4:52.85
15 Andrew Philipps  Jamaica 4:55.55
16 Enrique Leite  Uruguay 4:59.59
17 Jorge Sanchez  Panama 5:03.28 NR
18 Oscar Moreno  El Salvador 5:11.75
19 Victor Masalles  Dominican Republic 5:25.56

Final

The final was held on July 3.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Jesse Vassallo  United States 4:21.63 NR, GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Bill Sawchuk  Canada 4:30.21
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Alex Baumann  Canada 4:32.42
4 Glynn Perry  United States 4:32.53
5 Jorge Varela  Mexico 4:39.11
6 Andrey Aguilar  Costa Rica 4:39.44 NR
7 Ricardo Prado  Brazil 4:41.16
8 Guilermo Zavala  Mexico DQ

References

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