Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1999 Pan American Games
VenuePan Am Pool
DatesAugust 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Canada
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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

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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

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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

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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

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The A final was held on August 5.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Luiz Lima  Brazil 3:52.25 SA
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Austin Ramirez  United States 3:53.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 November 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 2013-11-07.
  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 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ 1999 Full results by Swimnews