Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley


The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 15 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center. The defending Pan American Games champion is 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.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record4:03.84Beijing, ChinaAugust 10, 2008
Pan American Games record4:11.14Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 17, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard in the qualifying period. NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard in the same qualifying period.

Results

All times shown are in minutes.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 15.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
125Conor Dwyer4:24.98QA
224Thiago Pereira4:26.27QA
314Robert Margalis4:29.70QA
423Esteban Enderica4:31.15QA
526Ezequiel Trujillo4:31.31QA
616Esteban Paz4:34.08QA
715Diogo Yabe4:34.18QA
813Liam Dias4:37.60QA
912Eddy Marin4:38.88QB
1022Diego Castillo4:45.31QB
1127Joel Romeu4:53.76QB

B Final

The B final was also held on October 15.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95Diego Castillo4:40.04
104Eddy Marin4:40.08

A Final

The A final was held on October 15.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Thiago Pereira4:16.68
4Conor Dwyer4:18.22
3Robert Margalis4:24.88
46Esteban Enderica4:26.43
52Ezequiel Trujillo4:30.02
68Liam Dias4:34.11
71Diogo Yabe4:35.66
87Esteban Paz4:37.67