Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres


The men's 400 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games will take place between the 25 and 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Chris Brown of the Bahamas.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record43.18Seville, SpainAugust 26, 1999
Pan American Games record44.52Havana, Cuba1991

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard in the qualifying period.

Schedule

Results

All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on October 25. The first two in each heat and the next two fastest qualified for the semifinals.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Ramon Miller45.40Q
22Luguelin Santos45.41Q, PB
32Nery Brenes45.42q
41William Collazo45.70Q
51Anderson Henriques45.71Q, PB
63Chris Brown45.92Q
71Arismendy Peguero45.94q
83Noel Ruíz45.98Q
93Michael Mason46.09
93Joshua Scott46.09
111Erison Hurtault46.24
121Alberto Aguilar46.39
133Omar Longart46.50
143Takeshi Fujiwara46.92
152Winston George46.93
162Geiner Mosquera46.97SB
171Orlando Garcia47.45
183Augusto Stanley47.52
192Annert Whyte47.57
202Tremaine Harris48.21
211Richard Richardson48.49
222Jayson Jones51.60
231Keron Toussaint

Final

The final was held on October 26.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Nery Brenes44.65PB
Luguelin Santos44.71PB
Ramon Miller45.01SB
4William Collazo45.33
5Noel Ruíz45.69
6Arismendy Peguero45.72
7Chris Brown45.89
8Anderson Henriques45.92