Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's 400 meter freestyle
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The Men's 400 meter freestyle event at the 2003 Pan American Games
took place on August 15, 2003 (Day 15 of the Games). Venezuela's Ricardo Monasterio
won the race in 3:50.01, a personal best by four seconds. The 25-year-old established a games record, bettering the 12-year-old previous time of 3:50.38. It was the first of two medals for his country on the fourth day of Pan Am swimming.
Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games
The Swimming Competition at the 2003 Pan American Games took place in the outdoor swimming pool at the side of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...
took place on August 15, 2003 (Day 15 of the Games). Venezuela's Ricardo Monasterio
Ricardo Monasterio
Ricardo Andrés Monasterio Guimaraes is a Venezuelan international swimmer who represented his native country in the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.Monasterio was born in Caracas, Venezuela...
won the race in 3:50.01, a personal best by four seconds. The 25-year-old established a games record, bettering the 12-year-old previous time of 3:50.38. It was the first of two medals for his country on the fourth day of Pan Am swimming.
Medalists
Records
World Record World record progression 400 metres freestyle The first world record in the men's 400 metres freestyle in long course swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation in 1908. In the short course swimming events the world's governing body recognizes world records since 3 March 1991.-Long course:-Short course:-Long... |
3:40.08 | 2002-07-30 | Manchester, United Kingdom | |
Pan Am Record | 3:50.38 | 1991-08-16 | Havana, Cuba |
Results
Place | Swimmer | Heats | Final | |
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Time | Rank | Time | ||
1 | 3:54.12 | 2 | 3:50.01 | |
2 | 3:52.66 | 1 | 3:52.62 | |
3 | 3:58.84 | 5 | 3:54.82 | |
4 | 3:56.69 | 3 | 3:56.64 | |
5 | 3:58.46 | 4 | 3:57.89 | |
6 | 3:59.15 | 6 | 3:58.57 | |
7 | 4:01.79 | 8 | 4:01.86 | |
8 | 3:59.38 | 7 | 4:03.10 | |
9 | 4:02.00 | 9 | 4:01.41 | |
10 | 4:07.87 | 11 | 4:05.03 | |
11 | 4:08.53 | 12 | 4:08.20 | |
12 | 4:14.60 | 15 | 4:09.20 | |
13 | 4:10.75 | 13 | 4:10.16 | |
14 | 4:11.82 | 14 | 4:10.81 | |
15 | 4:15.74 | 16 | 4:15.44 | |
16 | 4:16.14 | 17 | 4:17.18 | |
18 | 4:20.83 | 18 | ||
— | 4:03.92 | 10 | DNS |