Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's 400 meter freestyle

Swimming at the
2003 Pan American Games

in Santo Domingo
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

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.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Ricardo Monasterio
Venezuela (VEN)
Silver  Fran Crippen
United States (USA)
Bronze  Bruno Bonfim
Brazil (BRA)

Records

World Record  Ian Thorpe (AUS) 3:40.08 2002-07-30 Manchester, United Kingdom
Pan Am Record  Sean Killion (USA) 3:50.38 1991-08-16 Havana, Cuba

Results

Place Swimmer Heats Final
Time Rank Time
1  Ricardo Monasterio (VEN) 3:54.12 2 3:50.01 [1]
2  Fran Crippen (USA) 3:52.66 1 3:52.62
3  Bruno Bonfim (BRA) 3:58.84 5 3:54.82
4  Felipe Araujo (BRA) 3:56.69 3 3:56.64
5  Giancarlo Zolezzi (CHI) 3:58.46 4 3:57.89
6  Davis Tarwater (USA) 3:59.15 6 3:58.57
7  Colin Russell (CAN) 4:01.79 8 4:01.86
8  Leonardo Salinas (MEX) 3:59.38 7 4:03.10
9  Tobias Oriwol (CAN) 4:02.00 9 4:01.41
10  Carlos Cánepa (PER) 4:07.87 11 4:05.03
11  Shaune Fraser (CAY) 4:08.53 12 4:08.20
12  Roberto Penaillo (CHI) 4:14.60 15 4:09.20
13  Carlos Meléndez (ESA) 4:10.75 13 4:10.16
14  Jorge Rodríguez (DOM) 4:11.82 14 4:10.81
15  Jonathan Mauri (CRC) 4:15.74 16 4:15.44
16  Vincent van Rutten (AHO) 4:16.14 17 4:17.18
18  Omar Núñez (NCA) 4:20.83 18
—  Andres Jiménez (MEX) 4:03.92 10 DNS

Notes

  1. ^ National record

References