The men's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2014 South American Games took place on March 10 at the Estadio Nacional. The last champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.Swimming technical manual
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record4:03.84Beijing, ChinaAugust 10, 2008South American Games record4:28.79Medellín, ColombiaMarch 29, 2010
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Heats weren't performed, as only eight swimmers had entered.
Final The final was held on March 10, at 21:05. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Thiago Pereira 4:23.15 CR 3 Esteban Enderica 4:25.30 5 Thiago Simon 4:27.86 4 6 Matias López Chaparro 4:32.58 NR 5 7 David Céspedes 4:40.37 6 1 Felipe Quiroz Uteau 4:40.72 7 8 Joaquin Sepulveda Parra 4:52.14 - 2 Andy Arteta Gomez DSQ
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