| Athletics – Men's 400 metres T38 at the 2015 Parapan American Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | CIBC Athletics Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 19 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 7 from 4 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's T38 400 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Parapan American Games was held on August 11 at the CIBC Athletics Stadium. The defending Parapan American Games champion was Omar Monterola of Venezuela. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows:
| World record |  Mohamed Farhat Chida (TUN) | 49.33 | Christchurch, New Zealand | 29 January 2011 [2] |
| Americas Record |  Paulo Pereira (BRA) | 54.53 | Christchurch, New Zealand | 29 January 2011 [2] |
| Parapan Am Record | Edson Pinheiro (BRA) | 55.51 | Guadalajara, Mexico | 18 November 2011 [2] |
| Americas record |  Dixon de Jesus Hooker Velasquez (COL) | 54.36 | Toronto, Canada | 10 August 2015 [3] |
| Parapan Am record | Dixon de Jesus Hooker Velasquez (COL) | 54.36 | Toronto, Canada | 10 August 2015 [3] |
All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).
| Date | Time | Round |
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| 10 August | 17:55 | Final [4] |
All times are shown in seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | PR | Parapan American Games record | AR | Area record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DSQ | Disqualified | FS | False start |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time [5] | Notes |
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 | Dixon de Jesus Hooker Velasquez | Colombia | 54.36 | AR |
 | Weiner Javier Diaz Mosquera | Colombia | 55.91 | |
 | Carlos Castillo |  Nicaragua | 59.02 | |
| 4 | Luis Alejandro Prado Guerrero | Nicaragua | 59.65 | PB |
| 5 | Juan Carlos Medina Valencia | Colombia | 1:00.52 | |
| 6 | Carlos Velasquez |  Honduras | 1:03.72 | |
| Jesus Cortes Roman |  Mexico | DSQ | R 18.5 | |
| 8 | Dalmiro Geliz | Colombia | 13.70 |