Jump to content

Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Men's 400 metre individual medley at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors11 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   United States
«2007
2015»

The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 15 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

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.[2]

Records

[edit]

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

World record  Michael Phelps (USA) 4:03.84 Beijing, China August 10, 2008
Pan American Games record  Thiago Pereira (BRA) 4:11.14 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 17, 2007

Qualification

[edit]

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:34.2) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (4:41.5) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

[edit]

All times shown are in minutes.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

[edit]

The first round was held on October 15.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Conor Dwyer  United States 4:24.98 QA
2 2 4 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 4:26.27 QA
3 1 4 Robert Margalis  United States 4:29.70 QA
4 2 3 Esteban Enderica  Ecuador 4:31.15 QA
5 2 6 Ezequiel Trujillo  Mexico 4:31.31 QA
6 1 6 Esteban Paz  Argentina 4:34.08 QA
7 1 5 Diogo Yabe  Brazil 4:34.18 QA
8 1 3 Liam Dias  Canada 4:37.60 QA
9 1 2 Eddy Marin  Venezuela 4:38.88 QB
10 2 2 Diego Castillo  Panama 4:45.31 QB
11 2 7 Joel Romeu  Uruguay 4:53.76 QB

B Final

[edit]

The B final was also held on October 15.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 Diego Castillo  Panama 4:40.04
10 4 Eddy Marin  Venezuela 4:40.08

A Final

[edit]

The A final was held on October 15.[5][4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 4:16.68
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Conor Dwyer  United States 4:18.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Robert Margalis  United States 4:24.88
4 6 Esteban Enderica  Ecuador 4:26.43
5 2 Ezequiel Trujillo  Mexico 4:30.02
6 8 Liam Dias  Canada 4:34.11
7 1 Diogo Yabe  Brazil 4:35.66
8 7 Esteban Paz  Argentina 4:37.67

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Men's 400 m Individual Medley Preliminaries[dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Finals – Day 1" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. ^ Men's 400 m Individual Medley Final A[dead link]