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

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
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
	«1975 1983»

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]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.^[8]

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

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

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