The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Steve Furniss of the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
| Men's 400 metre individual medley at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 3 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» | ||||||||||
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.[8]
Results edit
All times shown 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 3.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Sawchuk |  Canada |
4:33.97 | Q |
| 2 | Jesse Vassallo |  United States |
4:34.14 | Q |
| 3 | Alex Baumann | Canada |
4:35.42 | Q |
| 4 | Guillermo Zavala |  Mexico |
4:35.93 | Q, NR |
| 5 | Glynn Perry | United States |
4:38.32 | Q |
| 6 | Andrey Aguilar |  Costa Rica |
4:41.43 | Q |
| 7 | Jorge Varela | Mexico |
4:41.52 | Q |
| 8 | Ricardo Prado |  Brazil |
4:41.89 | Q |
| 9 | Antonio Cerezo |  Puerto Rico |
4:44.31 | |
| 10 | Pablo Restrepo |  Colombia |
4:45.64 | |
| 11 | Scott Newkirk |  U.S. Virgin Islands |
4:46.38 | NR |
| 12 | Roger Madruga | Brazil |
4:49.88 | |
| 13 | Jean François |  Venezuela |
4:50.11 | |
| 14 | Emilio Abreu |  Paraguay |
4:52.85 | |
| 15 | Andrew Philipps |  Jamaica |
4:55.55 | |
| 16 | Enrique Leite |  Uruguay |
4:59.59 | |
| 17 | Jorge Sanchez |  Panama |
5:03.28 | NR |
| 18 | Oscar Moreno |  El Salvador |
5:11.75 | |
| 19 | Victor Masalles |  Dominican Republic |
5:25.56 |
Final edit
The final was held on July 3.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jesse Vassallo | United States |
4:21.63 | NR, GR |
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Bill Sawchuk | Canada |
4:30.21 | |
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Alex Baumann | Canada |
4:32.42 | |
| 4 | Glynn Perry | United States |
4:32.53 | |
| 5 | Jorge Varela | Mexico |
4:39.11 | |
| 6 | Andrey Aguilar | Costa Rica |
4:39.44 | NR |
| 7 | Ricardo Prado | Brazil |
4:41.16 | |
| 8 | Guilermo Zavala | Mexico |
DQ |
References edit
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 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 2013-10-02.
- ^ 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