The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 5 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was Douglas Northway of US.Hickoksports Hickosports ResultsAll Pan medalists - MalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.Swimming technical manual
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats The first round was held on July 5.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Brian Goodell 3:58.72 Q 2 Peter Szmidt 3:58.78 Q 3 Djan Madruga 4:00.83 Q 4 Rob Bayliss 4:00.84 Q 5 David Larson 4:03.72 Q 6 Diego Quiroga 4:04.85 Q 7 Scott Newkirk 4:06.52 Q 8 Jean François 4:07.07 Q, NR 9 Filiberto Colon 4:07.24 NR 10 César Sánchez 4:07.45 NR 11 Jorge Martinez 4:09.23 12 Alejandro Lecot 4:10.63 13 Alejandro Romo 4:12.13 14 Alberto Mestre 4:13.78 15 Oscar Moreno 4:18.12 NR 16 Roger Madruga 4:22.65 17 Ruben Martinez 4:24.46 18 Jorge Sanchez 4:27.89 NR
Final The final was held on July 5. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Brian Goodell 3:53.01 NR, GR Djan Madruga 3:57.46 Peter Szmidt 3:58.34 4 Rob Bayliss 3:59.21 5 David Larson 4:00.07 6 Diego Quiroga 4:02.86 NR 7 Scott Newkirk 4:06.52 NR 8 Jean François 4:12.20
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