| Event: | Men's 400 metre individual medley |
| Competition: | 2014 South American Games |
| Venue: | Estadio Nacional |
| Dates: | March 10, 2014 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Competitors: | 8 |
| Nations: | 6 |
| Win Value: | 4:23.15 |
| Gold: | Thiago Pereira |
| Goldnoc: | BRA |
| Silver: | Esteban Enderica |
| Silvernoc: | ECU |
| Bronze: | Thiago Simon |
| Bronzenoc: | BRA |
| Prev: | 2010 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The men's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2014 South American Games took place on March 10 at the Estadio Nacional.[1] The last champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.[2]
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.[3]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | 4:03.84 | Beijing, China | August 10, 2008 | ||
| South American Games record | 4:28.79 | Medellín, Colombia | March 29, 2010 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
Heats weren't performed, as only eight swimmers had entered.
The final was held on March 10, at 21:05.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4:23.15 | CR | ||||
| 3 | 4:25.30 | |||||
| 5 | 4:27.86 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | Matias López Chaparro | 4:32.58 | NR | ||
| 5 | 7 | David Céspedes | 4:40.37 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Felipe Quiroz Uteau | 4:40.72 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Joaquin Sepulveda Parra | 4:52.14 | |||
| - | 2 | Andy Arteta Gomez | DSQ |