Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1999 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Pan Am Pool | |||||||||
| Dates | August 5 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1995 2003» | ||||||||||
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on 5 August at the Pan Am Pool.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Josh Davis of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[8]
Luiz Lima won the gold medal, breaking a string of 11 U.S. titles in a row. Before him, only other non-American had won the race, his compatriot Tetsuo Okamoto, in the first edition of the Games in 1951.
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]
The first round was held on August 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rick Say |  Canada |
3:56.98 | Q |
| 2 | Austin Ramirez |  United States |
3:57.02 | Q |
| 3 | - | - | - | Q |
| 4 | - | - | - | Q |
| 5 | - | - | - | Q |
| 6 | - | - | - | Q |
| 7 | Nat Lewis | United States |
3:59.16 | Q |
| 8 | - | - | - | Q |
B Final[edit]
The B final was held on August 5.[9]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Josh Ilika |  Mexico |
3:59.82 | |
| 10 | Cassiano Leal |  Brazil |
4:00.04 | |
| 11 | Giancarlo Zolezzi |  Chile |
4:04.11 | |
| 12 | Manuel Colmenares |  Venezuela |
4:05.64 | |
| 13 | Sebastien Paddington |  Trinidad and Tobago |
4:10.20 |
A Final[edit]
The A final was held on August 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Luiz Lima | Brazil |
3:52.25 | SA |
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Austin Ramirez | United States |
3:53.64 | |
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Rick Say | Canada |
3:54.66 | |
| 4 | Mark Johnston | Canada |
3:56.68 | |
| 5 | Alejandro Bermúdez |  Colombia |
3:57.77 | |
| 6 | Ricardo Monasterio | Venezuela |
3:58.65 | |
| 7 | Damian Alleyne |  Barbados |
3:58.90 | |
| 8 | Nat Lewis | United States |
3:58.99 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Hickosports Results
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 1999 Full results by Swimnews