Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 400 metres explained

See main article: Athletics at the 2010 South American Games. The Men's 400m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 20, with the heats at 11:30 and the Final at 18:45.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Omar Longart	Hederson Estefani	Hélder Alves

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record			43.18	Seville, Spain	26 August 1999
World Leading			44.86	Sydney, Australia	27 February 2010
South American record			44.29	Seville, Spain	26 August 1999
South American U23 record			45.02	Fortaleza, Brazil	17 May 2006

Results

Results were published.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	width=100	Athlete !	width=150	Nationality !	width=100	Reaction!	width=100	Result !	Notes
1			0.199	48.30	Q
2			0.238	48.32	Q
3			0.405	48.34	Q
4			0.209	48.60	q
5		Perú	0.255	48.79
6			0.385	49.12

Heat 2

Rank	width=100	Athlete !	width=150	Nationality !	width=100	Reaction!	width=100	Result !	Notes
1			0.238	46.94	Q
2			0.229	47.23	Q
3			0.222	47.95	Q, ^†
4			0.205	48.24	q
5			0.235	48.79
6			0.225	49.73

^†: Not eligible for the South American Under-23 Championships.

Final

Rank	width=100	Athlete !	width=150	Nationality !	width=100	Reaction!	width=100	Result !	Notes
			0.516	46.09	PB
			0.281	46.85
			0.150	47.40
4			0.295	47.47	^†
5			0.280	48.04
6			0.194	48.08
7			0.458	48.61
–				DNS

^†: Not eligible for the South American Under-23 Championships.

See also

• 2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics

External links

• Heat 1
• Heat 2
• Final