Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles explained

Event:Men's 400 metres hurdles
Games:2015
Venue:CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates:July 22 - July 23
Competitors:22
Nations:16
Win Value:48.51
Win Label:Winning time
Gold:Jeffery Gibson
Goldnoc:BAH
Silver:Javier Culson
Silvernoc:PUR
Bronze:Roxroy Cato
Bronzenoc:JAM
Prev:2011
Next:2019

The men's 400 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games will take place between July 23 and July 24 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Omar Cisneros of Cuba.

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 record47.99Guadalajara, MexicoOctober 27, 2011

Qualification

See main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (51.62) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).[2]

Schedule

DateTimeRound
July 22, 2015 12:20Heats
July 23, 2015 17:40 Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:bgcolor=ccffcc align=centerqbgcolor=ccffcc align=centerQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 49.73 Q
21 49.85 Q
31 50.02 q
4 1 50.29 q
52 50.51 Q
6 2 50.54 Q
73 50.63 Q
83 50.74 Q
92 50.81
103 51.06
113 51.07
123 51.32
133 51.71
142 52.16
151 52.31
161 52.32
172 52.42
182 52.74
193 52.98
201 53.37
212 53.47
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Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
48.51 NR
48.67
48.72 SB
4 48.72
5 48.95 SB
6 49.42
7 49.48
8 49.68

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide . 20 April 2015 . toronto2015.org . . 26 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150420184712/http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/4013/original/pan-am-games-ticket-guide-042015.pdf . 20 April 2015 . dead .
  2. Web site: Athletics Technical Manual . 11 January 2015 . americasathletics.org . . 29 January 2015 . 21 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150421101153/http://americasathletics.org/attachments/article/115/CAN%20PANAM%20Games%20Jul2015%20-%20Technical%20Manual%20ENGLISH.pdf . dead .