Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 17 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Charlie Houchin of the United States.
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool in freestyle. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final, while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:| World record | 3:40.07 | Rome, Italy | July 26, 2009 | |
| Pan American Games record | 3:49.77 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 18, 2007 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 17 July | A Final | Ryan Cochrane | 3:48.29 | GR |
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard in the qualifying period. NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.Schedule
All times are Eastern Time Zone.| Date | Time | Round |
| July 17, 2015 | 10:51 | Heats |
| July 17, 2015 | 20:01 | Final B |
| July 17, 2015 | 20:09 | Final A |
Results
Heats
The first round was held on July 17.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Ryan Cochrane | 3:50.58 | QA | |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Leonardo de Deus | 3:51.40 | QA | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Michael Klueh | 3:51.76 | QA | |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Ryan Feeley | 3:51.79 | QA | |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Jeremy Bagshaw | 3:52.13 | QA | |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Cristian Quintero | 3:52.63 | QA | |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Mateo de Angulo | 3:53.01 | QA | |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Ricardo Vargas | 3:53.40 | QA | |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Lucas Kanieski | 3:53.80 | QB | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Christian Bayo | 3:53.93 | QB | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Rafael D'Avila | 3:54.23 | QB | |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Martin Naidich | 3:54.44 | QB | |
| 13 | 1 | 5 | Marcelo Acosta | 3:54.83 | QB | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Tomas Peribonio | 3:55.70 | QB | |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Juan Martin Pereyra | 3:56.86 | QB | |
| 16 | 2 | 6 | Arturo Perez Vertti | 4:00.28 | QB | |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Alex Sobers | 4:01.77 | ||
| 18 | 1 | 7 | Noah Mascoll-Gomes | 4:13.55 |
B Final
The B final was also held on July 17.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 6 | Marcelo Acosta | 3:51.12 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lucas Kanieski | 3:52.73 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Rafael D'Avila | 3:53.76 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Christian Bayo | 3:54.11 | ||
| 13 | 2 | Tomas Peribonio | 3:57.49 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Juan Martin Pereyra | 3:59.65 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Alex Sobers | 4:00.25 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Arturo Perez Vertti | 4:00.96 |
A Final
The A final was also held on July 17.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Ryan Cochrane | 3:48.29 | GR | ||
| 6 | Ryan Feeley | 3:49.69 | |||
| 5 | Leonardo de Deus | 3:50.30 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Michael Klueh | 3:50.53 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Jeremy Bagshaw | 3:50.55 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Mateo de Angulo | 3:51.38 | NR | |
| 7 | 7 | Cristian Quintero | 3:52.92 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Ricardo Vargas | 3:55.42 |