The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 15 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.Guadalajara 2011 sessions The defending Pan American Games champion is Matt Patton of the United States.

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

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record3:40.07Rome, ItalyJuly 26, 2009Pan American Games record3:49.77Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 18, 2007

Qualification Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:19.9) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (4:27.7) in the same qualifying period.

Results All times shown are in minutes.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats The first round was held on October 15.Men's 400m Freestyle Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Matt Patton 3:54.70 QA 2 1 5 Cristian Quintero 3:56.67 QA 3 1 2 Martin Naidich 3:56.81 QA 4 1 3 Alejandro Gómez 3:57.18 QA 5 2 4 Charlie Houchin 3:57.98 QA 6 2 5 Juan Martin Pereyra 3:58.10 QA 7 2 3 Lucas Kanieski 3:58.30 QA 8 2 6 Arturo Perez Vertti 3:58.60 QA 9 1 7 Daniel Delgadillo 4:00.60 QB 10 2 2 Francis Despond 4:01.88 QB 11 1 6 Giuliano Rocco 4:04.25 QB 12 2 7 Raul Martinez 4:05.05 QB 13 2 1 Sebastian Jahnsen 4:13.73 QB 14 1 1 Allan Gutierrez 4:20.17 QB

Final The final will be held on October 15.

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Francis Despond 4:00.16 2 3 Giuliano Rocco 4:00.61 3 4 Daniel Delgadillo 4:00.81 4 6 Raul Martinez 4:04.25 5 2 Sebastian Jahnsen 4:05.56 6 7 Allan Gutierrez 4:19.71

Final A The final was held on October 15.Men's 400m Freestyle Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Charlie Houchin 3:50.95 4 Matth Patton 3:51.25 5 Cristian Quintero 3:52.51 4 7 Juan Martin Pereyra 3:52.71 5 1 Lucas Kanieski 3:56.26 6 6 Alejandro Gómez 3:56.28 7 3 Martin Naidich 3:56.77 8 8 Arturo Perez Vertti 3:58.33

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