| Athletics – Men's 400 metres T20 at the 2015 Parapan American Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | CIBC Athletics Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 11 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 5 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's T20 400 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Parapan American Games was held on August 11 at the CIBC Athletics Stadium.
Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows:
| World record |  Allan Stuart (GBR) | 46.72 | Glasgow, Great Britain | June 29, 2003 [1] |
All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 11 August | 19:13 | Final [2] |
All times are shown in seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | PR | Parapan American Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DSQ | Disqualified | FS | False start | DNF | Did not finish |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time [3] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Luis Arturo Paiva |  Venezuela | 49.03 | |
 | Edixon Pirela | Venezuela | 49.69 | |
 | Michael Murray |  United States | 51.66 | |
| 4 | Williams Barreto | Venezuela | 53.28 | |
| 5 | Ronny Mauricio Santos Iza |  Ecuador | 53.53 | |
| 6 | Holden Gill |  Canada | 53.62 | |
| 7 | Christian Arredondo |  Mexico | 56.16 | |
| Damian Carcelen | Ecuador | DSQ |
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