Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley explained

Year:	2023
Event:	Men's 400 metre individual medley
Prev:	2019
Next:	2027
Venue:	Aquatic Centre
Date:	October 24, 2023
Goldnoc:	USA
Gold:	Jay Litherland
Silvernoc:	CAN
Silver:	Collyn Gagne
Bronzenoc:	BRA
Bronze:	Brandonn Almeida
Competitors:	19
Nations:	13

The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2023 Pan American Games were held on October 24, 2023, at the Aquatic Center in Santiago, Chile.^[1]

Records

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

World record		4:02.50	Fukuoka, Japan	July 23, 2023
Pan American Games record		4:11.14	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 17, 2007

Results

KEY:

QA

Qualified for A final

QB

Qualified for B final

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 24.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Jay Litherland		4:21.48	QA
2	2	4	Collyn Gagne		4:22.14	QA
3	3	5	Ian Grum		4:22.35	QA
4	3	3	Brandonn Almeida		4:22.46	QA
5	3	6	Erick Gordillo		4:22.59	QA
6	2	2	Benjamin Côté		4:23.68	QA
7	2	5	Alexander Steverink		4:24.98	QA
8	3	7	Maximiliano Vega		4:25.40	QA
9	3	2	Roberto Bonilla		4:25.60	QB
10	3	1	Jarod Arroyo		4:26.00	QB
11	2	6	Joaquín Piñero		4:29.02	QB
12	2	3	Héctor Ruvalcaba		4:31.33	QB
13	2	7	Matheo Mateos		4:33.80	QB
14	2	1	Sebastián Camacho		4:36.20	QB
15	3	8	Matías López		4:39.33	QB
16	1	5	Manuel Osório		4:41.07	QB
17	2	8	Sam Williamson		4:43.76
	1	4	Maximillian Wilson		DNS
	1	3	Raekwon Noel		DSQ

Final B

The B final was also held on October 24.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Roberto Bonilla		4:23.20
10	5	Jarod Arroyo		4:28.42
11	3	Joaquín Piñero		4:28.47
12	6	Matheo Mateos		4:35.13
13	2	Matías López		4:37.72
14	7	Sam Williamson		4:40.99

Final A

The A final was also held on October 24.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Jay Litherland		4:15.44
	5	Collyn Gagne		4:17.05
	6	Brandonn Almeida		4:18.74
4	3	Ian Grum		4:18.78
5	2	Erick Gordillo		4:19.31
6	1	Alexander Steverink		4:22.29
7	7	Benjamin Côté		4:23.14
8	8	Maximiliano Vega		4:23.34

References

1. Web site: Get to know the venues and clusters of the Santiago 2023 Pan American and Parapan American games. Where all the competitions will take place in Santiago and regions. . 2023-10-25 . santiago2023.org.
2. Web site: October 25, 2023 . Men's 400m individual medley - Heat Results .
3. Web site: October 24, 2023 . Men's 400 metre individual medley - Final Results .