Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres
Win Label:	Winning time

The men's 400 metres event at the 1951 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires on 3 and 4 March.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Mal Whitfield	Hugo Maiocco	Herb McKenley

Results

Heats

Held on 3 March

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			50.6	Q
2	1			50.6	Q
3	1			50.7	Q
4	1			51.2
5	1			51.5
6	1
1	2			57.3	Q
2	2			57.4	Q
3	2				Q
	2
	2
1	3			49.0	Q
2	3			50.0	Q
3	3			50.2	Q
4	3			50.5
5	3			50.6
1	4			49.2	Q
2	4			50.6	Q
3	4			50.6	Q
4	4			51.2
	4

Semifinals

Held on 3 March

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			48.5	Q
2	1			48.9	Q
3	1			48.9	Q
4	1			49.8
5	1			50.8
6	1
1	2			48.1	Q
2	2			48.9	Q
3	2			49.0	Q
4	2			49.5
5	2			49.7
6	2

Final

Held on 4 March

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			47.8
			48.0
			48.2
4			48.3
5			48.4
6			49.4

Notes and References

1. http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Pan-Am-Games-1951-Updated-May2020.pdf Full results
2. Web site: Track and Field Statistics . trackfield.brinkster.net. 12 November 2020.