The men's 400 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place between the 7 and 8 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Luguelín Santos from the Dominican Republic.

Summary Demish Gaye on the outside and Bralon Taplin in the middle of the track edged out to a slight lead, but down the backstretch it was almost an even stagger across the track. Through the turn, Taplin started to lose ground putting Gaye into the lead coming off the turn. Really as they hit the straightaway, Gaye's one step forward and Anthony Zambrano's one step back were the only thing that interrupted a shoulder to shoulder wall across the track. On the run for home, Taplin and defending champion Luguelín Santos went out the back. Gaye continue to hold the edge as the others struggled. The only one to make a serious forward move was Zambrano, who gained all the way past Gaye to take the win. 17 year old Justin Robinson picked up bronze.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record43.03Rio de Janeiro, BrazilAugust 14, 2016Pan American Games record44.45Havana, CubaOctober 18, 1975

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 7, 2019 15:40 SemifinalAugust 8, 2019 17:20 Final

Results All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:qQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Semifinal Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. The results were as follows: Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Anthony Zambrano 45.13 Q 2 1 Jhon Perlaza 45.21 Q 3 1 Justin Robinson 45.38 Q 4 2 Bralon Taplin 45.38 Q 5 2 Demish Gaye 45.47 Q 6 1 Jonathan Jones 45.60 Q 7 2 Wilbert London 45.78 q 8 1 Luguelín Santos 45.88 q, SB 9 2 Dwight St. Hillaire 46.04 10 1 Yoandys Lescay 46.60 SB 11 2 Lidio Feliz 46.76 12 1 Machel Cedenio 46.77 13 1 Terry Thomas 46.97 14 2 Kelvis Padrino 46.99 15 2 Nery Brenes 47.48 SB 16 1 Brandon Parris 48.14 2 Philip Osei

Final The results were as follows: Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 7 Anthony Zambrano 44.83 8 Demish Gaye 44.94 5 Justin Robinson 45.07 4 2 Wilbert London 45.22 5 9 Jonathan Jones 45.35 6 4 Jhon Perlaza 45.37 7 3 Luguelín Santos 45.73 SB 8 6 Bralon Taplin 46.01

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