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

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates October 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 11 from 9 nations
Medalists
 Thiago Pereira  Brazil
 Conor Dwyer  United States
 Robert Margalis  United States
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Swimming at the
2011 Pan American Games
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

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

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

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

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

All times shown are in minutes.

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

Heats

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

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

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 4:16.68
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 Conor Dwyer  United States 4:18.22
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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

  1. ↑ Guadalajara 2011 sessions
  2. 1 2 Swimming technical manual
  3. ↑ Men's 400m Individual Medley Preliminaries
  4. 1 2 "Finals – Day 1" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ Men's 400m Individual Medley Final A
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