The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 16, 2015 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games 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. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next 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 record4:03.84Beijing, ChinaAugust 10, 2008Pan American Games record4:11.14Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 17, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:35.99) 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 (4:52.55) 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 16, 2015 10:23 Heats July 16, 2015 19:31 Final B July 16, 2015 19:40 Final A

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on July 16.Men's 400m individual medley Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 5 Max Williamson 4:17.92 QA 2 2 4 Michael Weiss 4:17.96 QA 3 3 5 Luke Reilly 4:19.44 QA 4 3 4 Thiago Pereira 4:19.92 QA 5 1 4 Brandonn Almeida 4:20.59 QA 6 3 3 Carlos Omaña 4:20.84 QA 7 2 3 Tomas Peribonio 4:21.07 QA 8 1 5 Alec Page 4:21.46 QA 9 1 3 Juan Sequera 4:25.69 QB 10 1 6 Esteban Paz 4:27.37 QB 11 3 6 Juan Del Pino 4:28.37 QB 12 2 6 Christian Bayo 4:28.54 QB 13 1 2 Rafael Alfaro 4:29.81 QB 14 2 7 Matías López 4:30.27 QB, NR 15 3 1 Esteban Araya 4:31.52 QB 16 3 2 Luis Vega 4:32.86 QB 17 2 1 Felipe Quiroz 4:36.65 18 3 7 Jean Pierre Monteagudo 4:38.75 19 1 1 Aldo Castillo Sulca 4:58.57 2 2 Julio Olvera DSQ 1 7 Yeziel Morales DNS

B Final The B final was also held on July 16.Men's 400m Medley - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Juan Sequera 4:24.97 10 3 Juan Del Pino 4:26.29 11 5 Esteban Paz 4:26.83 NR 12 6 Christian Bayo 4:27.15 NR 13 2 Rafael Alfaro 4:27.40 14 7 Matías López 4:27.47 NR 15 8 Luis Vega 4:28.18 16 1 Esteban Araya 4:33.80

A Final The A final was also held on July 16.Men's 400m Medley - A Final Thiago Pereira initially won, which would make it his third consecutive title along with a record 22nd Pan American medal. However, the judges dictated Pereira failed to touch the wall with both hands at the same time on one of his breaststroke turns as predicted by the rulebook.Pan Am newsmakers of the day: Disqualified swimmers Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Brandonn Almeida 4:14.47 WJR 3 Luke Reilly 4:16.16 4 Max Williamson 4:16.91 4 5 Michael Weiss 4:17.05 5 8 Alec Page 4:18.61 6 7 Carlos Omaña 4:19.11 NR 7 1 Tomas Peribonio 4:22.67 6 Thiago Pereira DSQ

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