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Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors18 from 12 nations
Winning time3:48.29
Medalists
Gold medal   Canada
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Brazil
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The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 17 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Charlie Houchin of the United States.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool in freestyle. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.[2]

Records

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

World record  Paul Biedermann (GER) 3:40.07 Rome, Italy July 26, 2009
Pan American Games record  Matt Paton (USA) 3:49.77 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 18, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
17 July A Final Ryan Cochrane  Canada 3:48.29 GR

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 (3:57.29) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (4.11.53) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule

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All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 17, 2015 10:51 Heats
July 17, 2015 20:01 Final B
July 17, 2015 20:09 Final A

Results

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

Heats

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The first round was held on July 17.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Ryan Cochrane  Canada 3:50.58 QA
2 1 4 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 3:51.40 QA
3 2 5 Michael Klueh  United States 3:51.76 QA
4 2 4 Ryan Feeley  United States 3:51.79 QA
5 3 5 Jeremy Bagshaw  Canada 3:52.13 QA
6 1 6 Cristian Quintero  Venezuela 3:52.63 QA
7 1 3 Mateo de Angulo  Colombia 3:53.01 QA
8 3 6 Ricardo Vargas  Mexico 3:53.40 QA
9 3 3 Lucas Kanieski  Brazil 3:53.80 QB
10 1 2 Christian Bayo  Puerto Rico 3:53.93 QB
11 2 2 Rafael D'Avila  Venezuela 3:54.23 QB
12 2 3 Martin Naidich  Argentina 3:54.44 QB
13 1 5 Marcelo Acosta  El Salvador 3:54.83 QB
14 2 7 Tomas Peribonio  Ecuador 3:55.70 QB
15 3 2 Juan Martin Pereyra  Argentina 3:56.86 QB
16 2 6 Arturo Perez Vertti  Mexico 4:00.28 QB
17 3 7 Alex Sobers  Barbados 4:01.77
18 1 7 Noah Mascoll-Gomes  Antigua and Barbuda 4:13.55

B Final

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The B final was also held on July 17.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 6 Marcelo Acosta  El Salvador 3:51.12
10 4 Lucas Kanieski  Brazil 3:52.73
11 3 Rafael D'Avila  Venezuela 3:53.76
12 5 Christian Bayo  Puerto Rico 3:54.11
13 2 Tomas Peribonio  Ecuador 3:57.49
14 7 Juan Martin Pereyra  Argentina 3:59.65
15 8 Alex Sobers  Barbados 4:00.25
16 1 Arturo Perez Vertti  Mexico 4:00.96

A Final

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The A final was also held on July 17.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Ryan Cochrane  Canada 3:48.29 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Ryan Feeley  United States 3:49.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 3:50.30
4 3 Michael Klueh  United States 3:50.53
5 2 Jeremy Bagshaw  Canada 3:50.55
6 1 Mateo de Angulo  Colombia 3:51.38 NR
7 7 Cristian Quintero  Venezuela 3:52.92
8 8 Ricardo Vargas  Mexico 3:55.42

References

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  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ Men's 400m Freestyle Preliminaries
  4. ^ Men's 400m Freestyle - B Final
  5. ^ Men's 400m Freestyle - A Final