Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres hurdles
Games:	2023
Venue:	Athletics Stadium
Dates:	November 1 – November 3
Competitors:	15
Nations:	11
Win Value:	49.19
Gold:	Jaheel Hyde
Goldnoc:	JAM
Silver:	Matheus Lima
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronze:	Yoao Illas
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Prev:	2019
Next:	2027

The men's 400 metres hurdles competition of the athletics events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on November 1 and 3 at the Julio Martínez National Stadium of Santiago, Chile.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record		45.94	Tokyo, Japan	August 3, 2021
Pan American Games record		47.99	Guadalajara, Mexico	October 27, 2011

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
November 1, 2023	18:25	Semifinal
November 3, 2023	17:45	Final

Results

Semifinal

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. The results were as follows:^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	align=left	Jaheel Hyde	align=left		49.72
2	3	align=left	Guillhermo Campos	align=left		50.82
3	5	align=left	Márcio Teles	align=left		51.20
4	2	align=left	Pablo Andrés Ibáñez	align=left		51.52
5	7	align=left	Cristóbal Muñoz	align=left		51.57
6	4	align=left	Juander Santos	align=left		52.64
–	8	align=left	Christopher Robinson	align=left

^[3]

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	align=left	Matheus Lima	align=left		49.94
2	3	align=left	Yoao Illas	align=left		50.05
3	4	align=left	Yeral Núñez	align=left		51.27
4	6	align=left	Bruno de Genaro	align=left		51.40
5	8	align=left	James Smith II	align=left		51.42
6	5	align=left	Malique Smith	align=left		51.47
7	1	align=left	Alfredo Sepúlveda	align=left		52.34
–	7	align=left	Gerald Drummond	align=left			TR22.6.1

^[4]

Final

The results were as follows:^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			49.19
	6			49.69
	7			49.74
4	8			49.89
5	2			50.02
6	5			50.10
7	3			50.80
8	1			1:15.82

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sport Calendar Pan American Games. 29 July 2022. www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 29 October 2023.
2. Web site: Men's 400 metres hurdles − Semifinal − Results. Santiago 2023 Organizing Committee. 11 November 2023.
3. Web site: Men's 400m Hurdles - Semi-Final 1/2 results . Panam 23 . 10 August 2024 . 1 November 2023.
4. Web site: Men's 400m Hurdles - Semi-Final 2/2 results . Panam 23 . 10 August 2024 . 1 November 2023.
5. Web site: Men's 400 metres hurdles − Final − Results. Santiago 2023 Organizing Committee. 11 November 2023.