| Event: | Men's 400 metre individual medley |
| Games: | 1983 |
| Venue: | - |
| Dates: | August 18 (preliminaries and finals) |
| Competitors: | - |
| Nations: | - |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Gold: | Ricardo Prado |
| Goldnoc: | BRA |
| Silver: | Jeff Kostoff |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Mike O'Brien |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 1979 |
| Next: | 1987 |
The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 18 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Jesse Vassallo of US.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
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.[8]
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The final was held on August 18.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:21.43 | GR | ||||
| 4:27.99 | |||||
| 4:30.45 | |||||
| 4 | 4:30.45 | ||||
| 5 | 4:34.01 | ||||
| 6 | 4:37.16 | ||||
| 7 | 4:41.98 | ||||
| 8 | 4:47.72 |