Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

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Men's 400 metre individual medley at the VIII Pan American Games
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VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 3 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Jesse Vassallo  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Bill Sawchuk  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg   Alex Baumann  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
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The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. [1] The last Pan American Games champion was Steve Furniss of the United States. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

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. [8]

Results

All times shown are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 3. [1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Bill Sawchuk Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:33.97Q
2 Jesse Vassallo Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:34.14Q
3 Alex Baumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:35.42Q
4 Guillermo Zavala Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:35.93Q, NR
5 Glynn Perry Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:38.32Q
6 Andrey Aguilar Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 4:41.43Q
7 Jorge Varela Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:41.52Q
8 Ricardo Prado Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:41.89Q
9 Antonio Cerezo Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 4:44.31
10 Pablo Restrepo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 4:45.64
11 Scott Newkirk Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 4:46.38NR
12 Roger Madruga Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:49.88
13 Jean François Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 4:50.11
14 Emilio Abreu Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 4:52.85
15 Andrew Philipps Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 4:55.55
16 Enrique Leite Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 4:59.59
17 Jorge Sanchez Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 5:03.28NR
18 Oscar Moreno Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 5:11.75
19 Victor Masalles Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 5:25.56

Final

The final was held on July 3. [1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jesse Vassallo Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:21.63 NR , GR
Silver medal icon.svg Bill Sawchuk Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:30.21
Bronze medal icon.svg Alex Baumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:32.42
4 Glynn Perry Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:32.53
5 Jorge Varela Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:39.11
6 Andrey Aguilar Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 4:39.44 NR
7 Ricardo Prado Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:41.16
8 Guilermo Zavala Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico DQ

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ↑ Hickosports Results
  4. ↑ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ↑ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  6. ↑ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ↑ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
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