| Event: | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 2011 |
| Venue: | Scotiabank Aquatics Center |
| Dates: | October 15 (preliminaries and finals) |
| Competitors: | 14 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Win Label: | Winning time |
| Gold: | Charlie Houchin |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Matt Patton |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Cristian Quintero |
| Bronzenoc: | VEN |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2015 |
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 15 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Matt Patton of the United States.
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[2]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 3:40.07 | Rome, Italy | July 26, 2009 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 3:49.77 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 18, 2007 |
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:19.9) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (4:27.7) in the same qualifying period.[2]
All times shown are in minutes.
The first round was held on October 15.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | align=left | align=left | 3:54.70 | QA | |||
| 2 | 1 | 5 | align=left | align=left | 3:56.67 | QA | |||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | align=left | align=left | 3:56.81 | QA | |||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | align=left | align=left | 3:57.18 | QA | |||
| 5 | 2 | 4 | align=left | align=left | 3:57.98 | QA | |||
| 6 | 2 | 5 | align=left | align=left | 3:58.10 | QA | |||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | align=left | align=left | 3:58.30 | QA | |||
| 8 | 2 | 6 | align=left | align=left | 3:58.60 | QA | |||
| 9 | 1 | 7 | align=left | align=left | 4:00.60 | QB | |||
| 10 | 2 | 2 | align=left | align=left | 4:01.88 | QB | |||
| 11 | 1 | 6 | align=left | align=left | 4:04.25 | QB | |||
| 12 | 2 | 7 | align=left | align=left | 4:05.05 | QB | |||
| 13 | 2 | 1 | align=left | align=left | 4:13.73 | QB | |||
| 14 | 1 | 1 | align=left | align=left | 4:20.17 | QB |
The final will be held on October 15.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | align=left | align=left | 4:00.16 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | align=left | align=left | 4:00.61 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | align=left | align=left | 4:00.81 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | align=left | align=left | 4:04.25 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | align=left | align=left | 4:05.56 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | align=left | align=left | 4:19.71 |
The final was held on October 15.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 3:50.95 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 3:51.25 | |||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 3:52.51 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | align=left | align=left | 3:52.71 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | align=left | align=left | 3:56.26 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | align=left | align=left | 3:56.28 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | align=left | align=left | 3:56.77 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | align=left | align=left | 3:58.33 |