| 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. The last Pan American Games champion was Josh Davis of US.
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.
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
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
The first round was held on August 5.
| 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
The B final was held on August 5.
| 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
The A final was held on August 5.
| 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
- ^ "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