The men's 400 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Ronnie Ray of the United States.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record43.86Mexico City, MexicoOctober 18, 1968Pan American Games record44.45Mexico City, MexicoOctober 18, 1975
Results All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record
Heats Held on 11 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Willie Smith 46.68 Q 2 3 Tony Darden 46.91 Q 3 2 Delmo da Silva 47.27 Q 4 1 Bert Cameron 47.29 Q 5 1 Joseph Coombs 47.29 Q 6 2 Glenn Bogue 47.52 Q 6 3 Clyde Edwards 47.52 Q 8 3 Colin Bradford 47.56 Q 9 2 Alberto Juantorena 47.59 Q 10 1 Carlos Álvarez 47.80 Q 11 3 Antônio Dias Ferreira 47.81 Q 12 2 Michael Solomon 47.95 Q 13 2 Fred Sowerby 48.15 Q 14 3 Gregory Simons 48.24 Q 15 1 Brian Saunders 48.61 Q 16 3 Anatolio Ramírez 48.66 q 17 2 Gerold Pawirodikromo 48.78 18 2 Randolph Wheatley 48.89 19 1 Francisco Solis 49.64 20 3 Rigoberto Meléndez 52.59 21 1 Miguel Banegas 52.97
Semifinals Held on 11 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Tony Darden 45.89 Q 2 1 Willie Smith 46.10 Q 3 2 Alberto Juantorena 46.19 Q 4 2 Clyde Edwards 46.32 Q 5 2 Brian Saunders 46.34 q 6 2 Bert Cameron 46.36 q 7 1 Joseph Coombs 46.49 Q 8 1 Colin Bradford 46.51 Q 9 1 Glenn Bogue 46.63 10 1 Delmo da Silva 46.81 11 2 Michael Solomon 46.91 12 1 Carlos Álvarez 47.26 13 1 Fred Sowerby 47.29 14 2 Antônio Dias Ferreira 47.32 15 1 Gregory Simons 47.66 16 2 Anatolio Ramírez 49.12
Final Held on 12 July RankNameNationalityTimeNotesTony Darden45.11Alberto Juantorena45.24Willie Smith45.30 4Bert Cameron45.975Brian Saunders46.166Colin Bradford46.367Clyde Edwards46.668Joseph Coombs46.98
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