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Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Douglas Northway of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Brian Goodell  United States
Silver medal Djan Madruga  Brazil
Bronze medal Peter Szmidt  Canada
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This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[8]

Results edit

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 edit

The first round was held on July 5.[1]

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 edit

The final was held on July 5.[1]

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 edit

  1. ^ a b c "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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