Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 400 metre freestyle
Games:	1987
Venue:	Indiana University Natatorium
Dates:	August 13 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:	-
Nations:	-
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Paul Robinson
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Cristiano Michelena
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronze:	Scott Brackett
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1983
Next:	1991

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 13 August at the Indiana University Natatorium.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Bruce Hayes of US.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.^[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Final

The final was held on August 13.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			3:54.44
			3:55.37
			3:55.64
4			3:55.70
5			3:57.35
6			3:59.36
7			4:02.66
8			4:04.78

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results. USA SWIMMING. 19 October 2013.
2. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panammswim.shtml Hickoksports
3. http://sports123.com/swi/index.html Hickosports Results
4. http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14117 All Pan medalists - Male
5. Web site: All Pan medalists - Female . 2013-10-19 . 2013-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130925142026/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14118 . dead .
6. http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimpag.htm Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving
7. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
8. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf Swimming technical manual