Swimming at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

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The Men's 400m individual medley event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 29, with the heats at 11:02 and the Final at 18:25.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Thiago Pereira
 Brazil		 Esteban Salgado
 Ecuador		 Cristhian Rodriguez
 Colombia

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record  Michael Phelps (USA) 4:03.84 Beijing, China 10 August 2008
Competition Record  Diogo Yabe (BRA) 4:31.91 Buenos Aires, Argentina 18 November 2006
South American record  Thiago Pereira (BRA) 4:08.86 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Athlete Result Notes
1 3 4  Thiago Pereira (BRA) 4:36.48 Q
2 1 3  Cristhian Rodriguez (COL) 4:38.92 Q
3 2 3  Benjamin Blanco (CHI) 4:39.74 Q
4 3 6  Diego Orozco (COL) 4:42.12 Q
5 3 3  Esteban Salgado (ECU) 4:42.40 Q
6 2 5  Diego Castillo (PAN) 4:43.56 Q
7 1 6  Joel Romeu (URU) 4:45.40 Q
8 1 5  Sebastian Madico (PER) 4:45.46 Q
9 2 6  Esteban Paz (ARG) 4:46.41
10 3 2  Victor de la Rosa Garcia (PER) 4:58.17
11 3 5  Gaston Rodriguez (ARG) 5:00.56
12 1 2  Julio Laurentino (PAR) 5:23.39
1 4  Leopoldo Andara (VEN) DNS
2 2  Diguan Pigot (SUR) DNS
2 4  Leonardo Deus (BRA) DNS
2 7  Armando Esteban Claure (BOL) DNS
3 7  Jair Boerenveen (SUR) DNS

Final

Rank Lane Athlete Result Notes
4  Thiago Pereira (BRA) 4:28.79 CR
2  Esteban Salgado (ECU) 4:30.41
5  Cristhian Rodriguez (COL) 4:35.24
4 3  Benjamin Blanco (CHI) 4:38.76
5 8  Sebastian Madico (PER) 4:45.00
6 7  Diego Castillo (PAN) 4:45.06
7 6  Diego Alejandro Orozco (COL) 4:45.11
8 1  Joel Romeu (URU) 4:56.56

References