Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates	July 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	18 from 12 nations
Winning time	3:48.29
Medalists
Ryan Cochrane   Canada   Ryan Feeley   United States   Leonardo de Deus   Brazil
«2011 2019»

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 17 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Charlie Houchin of the United States.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool in freestyle. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.

Records

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

World record	Paul Biedermann (GER)	3:40.07	Rome, Italy	July 26, 2009
Pan American Games record	Matt Paton (USA)	3:49.77	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 18, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
17 July	A Final	Ryan Cochrane	Canada	3:48.29	GR

Qualification

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (3:57.29) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (4.11.53) in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date	Time	Round
July 17, 2015	10:51	Heats
July 17, 2015	20:01	Final B
July 17, 2015	20:09	Final A

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 17.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Ryan Cochrane	Canada	3:50.58	QA
2	1	4	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	3:51.40	QA
3	2	5	Michael Klueh	United States	3:51.76	QA
4	2	4	Ryan Feeley	United States	3:51.79	QA
5	3	5	Jeremy Bagshaw	Canada	3:52.13	QA
6	1	6	Cristian Quintero	Venezuela	3:52.63	QA
7	1	3	Mateo de Angulo	Colombia	3:53.01	QA
8	3	6	Ricardo Vargas	Mexico	3:53.40	QA
9	3	3	Lucas Kanieski	Brazil	3:53.80	QB
10	1	2	Christian Bayo	Puerto Rico	3:53.93	QB
11	2	2	Rafael D'Avila	Venezuela	3:54.23	QB
12	2	3	Martin Naidich	Argentina	3:54.44	QB
13	1	5	Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	3:54.83	QB
14	2	7	Tomas Peribonio	Ecuador	3:55.70	QB
15	3	2	Juan Martin Pereyra	Argentina	3:56.86	QB
16	2	6	Arturo Perez Vertti	Mexico	4:00.28	QB
17	3	7	Alex Sobers	Barbados	4:01.77
18	1	7	Noah Mascoll-Gomes	Antigua and Barbuda	4:13.55

B Final

The B final was also held on July 17.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	6	Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	3:51.12
10	4	Lucas Kanieski	Brazil	3:52.73
11	3	Rafael D'Avila	Venezuela	3:53.76
12	5	Christian Bayo	Puerto Rico	3:54.11
13	2	Tomas Peribonio	Ecuador	3:57.49
14	7	Juan Martin Pereyra	Argentina	3:59.65
15	8	Alex Sobers	Barbados	4:00.25
16	1	Arturo Perez Vertti	Mexico	4:00.96

A Final

The A final was also held on July 17.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ryan Cochrane	Canada	3:48.29	GR
	6	Ryan Feeley	United States	3:49.69
	5	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	3:50.30
4	3	Michael Klueh	United States	3:50.53
5	2	Jeremy Bagshaw	Canada	3:50.55
6	1	Mateo de Angulo	Colombia	3:51.38	NR
7	7	Cristian Quintero	Venezuela	3:52.92
8	8	Ricardo Vargas	Mexico	3:55.42