Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 13 August at the Indiana University Natatorium.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Bruce Hayes of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the X Pan American Games
Venue	Indiana University Natatorium
Dates	August 13 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Paul Robinson   United States   Cristiano Michelena   Brazil   Scott Brackett   United States
«1983 1991»

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Final

The final was held on August 13.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Paul Robinson	United States	3:54.44
	Cristiano Michelena	Brazil	3:55.37
	Scott Brackett	United States	3:55.64
4	Chris Chalmers	Canada	3:55.70
5	Gary Vandermeulen	Canada	3:57.35
6	Carlos Scanavino	Uruguay	3:59.36
7	Luis Moreli	Puerto Rico	4:02.66
8	Richard Patino	Colombia	4:04.78

References

1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 19 October 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 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
8. Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine