The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 20 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Brian Goodell 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

Final The final was held on August 20. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Bruce Hayes 3:53.17 Matt Cetlinski 3:53.31 Marcelo Jucá 3:55.66 4 Rafael Vidal 3:56.19 NR 5 Carlos Scanavino 3:58.67 NR 6 Dave Shemilt 4:01.56 7 Peter Szmidt 4:02.61 8 Alejandro Lecot 4:08.20

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