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

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
Brian Goodell   United States   Djan Madruga   Brazil   Peter Szmidt   Canada
«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. The last Pan American Games champion was Douglas Northway of US.

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

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 July 5.

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

The final was held on July 5.

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