The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 17 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Charlie Houchin of the United States.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool in freestyle. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.

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 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 17 July A Final Ryan Cochrane 3:48.29 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (3:57.29) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (4.11.53) in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

Schedule All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4). Date Time Round July 17, 2015 10:51 Heats July 17, 2015 20:01 Final B July 17, 2015 20:09 Final A

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on July 17.Men's 400m Freestyle Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Ryan Cochrane 3:50.58 QA 2 1 4 Leonardo de Deus 3:51.40 QA 3 2 5 Michael Klueh 3:51.76 QA 4 2 4 Ryan Feeley 3:51.79 QA 5 3 5 Jeremy Bagshaw 3:52.13 QA 6 1 6 Cristian Quintero 3:52.63 QA 7 1 3 Mateo de Angulo 3:53.01 QA 8 3 6 Ricardo Vargas 3:53.40 QA 9 3 3 Lucas Kanieski 3:53.80 QB 10 1 2 Christian Bayo 3:53.93 QB 11 2 2 Rafael D'Avila 3:54.23 QB 12 2 3 Martin Naidich 3:54.44 QB 13 1 5 Marcelo Acosta 3:54.83 QB 14 2 7 Tomas Peribonio 3:55.70 QB 15 3 2 Juan Martin Pereyra 3:56.86 QB 16 2 6 Arturo Perez Vertti 4:00.28 QB 17 3 7 Alex Sobers 4:01.77 18 1 7 Noah Mascoll-Gomes 4:13.55

B Final The B final was also held on July 17.Men's 400m Freestyle - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 6 Marcelo Acosta 3:51.12 10 4 Lucas Kanieski 3:52.73 11 3 Rafael D'Avila 3:53.76 12 5 Christian Bayo 3:54.11 13 2 Tomas Peribonio 3:57.49 14 7 Juan Martin Pereyra 3:59.65 15 8 Alex Sobers 4:00.25 16 1 Arturo Perez Vertti 4:00.96

A Final The A final was also held on July 17.Men's 400m Freestyle - A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Ryan Cochrane 3:48.29 GR 6 Ryan Feeley 3:49.69 5 Leonardo de Deus 3:50.30 4 3 Michael Klueh 3:50.53 5 2 Jeremy Bagshaw 3:50.55 6 1 Mateo de Angulo 3:51.38 NR 7 7 Cristian Quintero 3:52.92 8 8 Ricardo Vargas 3:55.42

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