Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

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Men's 400 metre individual medley at the 1987 Pan American Games
VenueIndiana University Natatorium
DatesAugust 10 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Jerry Frentsos  United States
Silver medal Jeff Prior  United States
Bronze medal Mike Meldrum  Canada
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The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 10 August at the Indiana University Natatorium.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Ricardo Prado of Brazil.[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[edit]

All times are in minutes and seconds.

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

Heats[edit]

Final[edit]

The final was held on August 10.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jerry Frentsos  United States 4:23.92
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jeff Prior  United States 4:26.31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mike Meldrum  Canada 4:29.63
4 Renato Ramalho  Brazil 4:32.47
5 Ray Brown  Canada 4:33.47
6 Javier Careaga  Mexico 4:34.13
7 Ricardo Jimenez  Venezuela 4:34.19
8 Rhett Ping  Trinidad and Tobago 4:42.88

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  2. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hickosports Results
  4. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  6. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
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