Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles


The men's 400 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 26 and 27 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Adam Kunkel of Canada.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record46.76Barcelona, SpainAugust 6, 1992
Pan American Games record48.19Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicAugust 6, 2003

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter one athlete regardless if they had met the qualification standard. To enter two entrants both athletes had to have met the minimum standard in the qualifying period.

Schedule

Results

All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Semifinals

Held on October 26. The first two in each heat and the next two fastest advanced to the final.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Omar Cisneros48.99Q, SB
21Isa Phillips49.62Q
31Emanuel Mayers49.86Q, PB
43Winder Cuevas50.12Q, PB
52Mahau Suguimati50.20Q
62Felix Sanchez50.22Q
71Lee Moore50.58q
82Reuben McCoy50.60q
91Juan Stenner50.87PB
102Eric Alejandro51.28
112Amaurys Valle51.29
123Victor Solarte51.31
132Jose Ceballos51.33PB
141Alie Beauvais51.67
153Kenneth Medwood51.90
163Junior Hines52.36
171Emerson Chala53.53
1Allan AyalaDNF
3Andrés SilvaDNF

Final

Held on October 27.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Omar Cisneros47.99PR, NR
Isa Phillips48.82
Felix Sanchez48.85
4Winder Cuevas49.20PB
5Mahau Suguimati49.61
6Emanuel Mayers50.00
7Reuben McCoy50.18
8Lee Moore51.10