The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 8 August.O GLOBO News Archive The last Pan American Games champion was Greg Charlton of US.Hickoksports ResultadosAll Pan medalists - MalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.Brazil medals at 1971 Pan

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

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

Final The final was held on August 8. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jim McConica 4:09.0 GR Steve Genter 4:13.1 Ralph Hutton 4:15.8 4 Gustavo Sisson 4:16.5 5 Alfredo Machado 4:17.8 6 Guillermo Garcia 4:18.7 7 David Johnson 4:23.7 8 Jorge Urrueta 4:24.8

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