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

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]

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 3 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Jesse Vassallo   United States   Bill Sawchuk   Canada   Alex Baumann   Canada
«1975 1983»

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:

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 3.[1]

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

Final

The final was held on July 3.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jesse Vassallo	United States	4:21.63	NR, GR
	Bill Sawchuk	Canada	4:30.21
	Alex Baumann	Canada	4:32.42
4	Glynn Perry	United States	4:32.53
5	Jorge Varela	Mexico	4:39.11
6	Andrey Aguilar	Costa Rica	4:39.44	NR
7	Ricardo Prado	Brazil	4:41.16
8	Guilermo Zavala	Mexico	DQ

References

1. "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
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