The men's 400 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games will take place between October 25 and 26, 2011 at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.Guadalajara 2011 sessions The defending Pan American Games champion is Chris Brown of the Bahamas.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record43.18Seville, SpainAugust 26, 1999Pan American Games record44.52Havana, Cuba1991
Qualification Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (46.25) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).Athletics technical manual
Schedule Date Time RoundOctober 25, 2011 16:45 SemifinalsOctober 26, 2011 18:00 Final
Results All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Semifinals The semifinals were held on October 25. The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes1 2 Ramon Miller 45.40 Q2 2 Luguelín Santos 45.41 Q, PB3 2 Nery Brenes 45.42 q4 1 William Collazo 45.70 Q5 1 Anderson Henriques 45.71 Q, PB6 3 Chris Brown 45.92 Q7 1 Arismendy Peguero 45.94 q8 3 Noel Ruíz 45.98 Q9 3 Michael Mason 46.09 9 3 Joshua Scott 46.09 11 1 Erison Hurtault 46.24 12 1 Alberto Aguilar 46.39 13 3 Omar Longart 46.50 14 3 Takeshi Fujiwara 46.92 15 2 Winston George 46.93 16 2 Geiner Mosquera 46.97 SB17 1 Orlando Garcia 47.45 18 3 Augusto Stanley 47.52 19 2 Annert Whyte 47.57 20 2 Tremaine Harris 48.21 21 1 Richard Richardson 48.49 22 2 Jayson Jones 51.60 23 1 Keron Toussaint
Final The final was held on October 26.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Nery Brenes 44.65 PB Luguelín Santos 44.71 PB Ramon Miller 45.01 SB4 William Collazo 45.33 5 Noel Ruíz 45.69 6 Arismendy Peguero 45.72 7 Chris Brown 45.89 8 Anderson Henriques 45.92
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