Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 15 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.Guadalajara 2011 sessions The defending Pan American Games champion is Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.Swimming technical manual

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record4:03.84Beijing, ChinaAugust 10, 2008Pan American Games record4:11.14Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 17, 2007

Qualification Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:34.2) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (4:41.5) in the same qualifying period.

Results All times shown are in minutes.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats The first round was held on October 15.Men's 400 m Individual Medley Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 5 Conor Dwyer 4:24.98 QA 2 2 4 Thiago Pereira 4:26.27 QA 3 1 4 Robert Margalis 4:29.70 QA 4 2 3 Esteban Enderica 4:31.15 QA 5 2 6 Ezequiel Trujillo 4:31.31 QA 6 1 6 Esteban Paz 4:34.08 QA 7 1 5 Diogo Yabe 4:34.18 QA 8 1 3 Liam Dias 4:37.60 QA 9 1 2 Eddy Marin 4:38.88 QB 10 2 2 Diego Castillo 4:45.31 QB 11 2 7 Joel Romeu 4:53.76 QB

B Final The B final was also held on October 15. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 5 Diego Castillo 4:40.04 10 4 Eddy Marin 4:40.08

A Final The A final was held on October 15.Men's 400 m Individual Medley Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Thiago Pereira 4:16.68 4 Conor Dwyer 4:18.22 3 Robert Margalis 4:24.88 4 6 Esteban Enderica 4:26.43 5 2 Ezequiel Trujillo 4:30.02 6 8 Liam Dias 4:34.11 7 1 Diogo Yabe 4:35.66 8 7 Esteban Paz 4:37.67

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