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Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Brian Goodell   United States   Djan Madruga   Brazil   Peter Szmidt   Canada
«1975 1983»

Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games
Freestyle
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
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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.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on July 5.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Brian Goodell	United States	3:58.72	Q
2	Peter Szmidt	Canada	3:58.78	Q
3	Djan Madruga	Brazil	4:00.83	Q
4	Rob Bayliss	Canada	4:00.84	Q
5	David Larson	United States	4:03.72	Q
6	Diego Quiroga	Ecuador	4:04.85	Q
7	Scott Newkirk	U.S. Virgin Islands	4:06.52	Q
8	Jean François	Venezuela	4:07.07	Q, NR
9	Filiberto Colon	Puerto Rico	4:07.24	NR
10	César Sánchez	Mexico	4:07.45	NR
11	Jorge Martinez	Puerto Rico	4:09.23
12	Alejandro Lecot	Argentina	4:10.63
13	Alejandro Romo	Mexico	4:12.13
14	Alberto Mestre	Venezuela	4:13.78
15	Oscar Moreno	El Salvador	4:18.12	NR
16	Roger Madruga	Brazil	4:22.65
17	Ruben Martinez	El Salvador	4:24.46
18	Jorge Sanchez	Panama	4:27.89	NR

Final

The final was held on July 5.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Brian Goodell	United States	3:53.01	NR, GR
	Djan Madruga	Brazil	3:57.46
	Peter Szmidt	Canada	3:58.34
4	Rob Bayliss	Canada	3:59.21
5	David Larson	United States	4:00.07
6	Diego Quiroga	Ecuador	4:02.86	NR
7	Scott Newkirk	U.S. Virgin Islands	4:06.52	NR
8	Jean François	Venezuela	4:12.20

References

1. ^ "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 29 September 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 2013-09-29.
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

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