The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 13 August at the Indiana University Natatorium. The last Pan American Games champion was Bruce Hayes of US.Hickoksports Hickosports ResultsAll Pan medalists - MalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history

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 13. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Paul Robinson 3:54.44 Cristiano Michelena 3:55.37 Scott Brackett 3:55.64 4 Chris Chalmers 3:55.70 5 Gary Vandermeulen 3:57.35 6 Carlos Scanavino 3:59.36 7 Luis Moreli 4:02.66 8 Richard Patino 4:04.78

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