Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place between the 7 and 8 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Luguelín Santos from the Dominican Republic.

Men's 400 metres at the 2019 Pan American Games
VenueAthletics Stadium
DatesAugust 7–8
Competitors17 from 12 nations
Winning time44.83
Medalists
Gold medal   Colombia
Silver medal   Jamaica
Bronze medal   United States
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Summary edit

Demish Gaye on the outside and Bralon Taplin in the middle of the track edged out to a slight lead, but down the backstretch it was almost an even stagger across the track. Through the turn, Taplin started to lose ground putting Gaye into the lead coming off the turn. Really as they hit the straightaway, Gaye's one step forward and Anthony Zambrano's one step back were the only thing that interrupted a shoulder to shoulder wall across the track. On the run for home, Taplin and defending champion Luguelín Santos went out the back. Gaye continue to hold the edge as the others struggled. The only one to make a serious forward move was Zambrano, who gained all the way past Gaye to take the win. 17 year old Justin Robinson picked up bronze.

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record   Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 43.03 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 14, 2016
Pan American Games record   Ronnie Ray (USA) 44.45 Havana, Cuba October 18, 1975

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
August 7, 2019 15:40 Semifinal
August 8, 2019 17:20 Final

Results edit

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best DQ Disqualified

Semifinal edit

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. The results were as follows:[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Anthony Zambrano   Colombia 45.13 Q
2 1 Jhon Perlaza   Colombia 45.21 Q
3 1 Justin Robinson   United States 45.38 Q
4 2 Bralon Taplin   Grenada 45.38 Q
5 2 Demish Gaye   Jamaica 45.47 Q
6 1 Jonathan Jones   Barbados 45.60 Q
7 2 Wilbert London   United States 45.78 q
8 1 Luguelín Santos   Dominican Republic 45.88 q, SB
9 2 Dwight St. Hillaire   Trinidad and Tobago 46.04
10 1 Yoandys Lescay   Cuba 46.60 SB
11 2 Lidio Feliz   Dominican Republic 46.76
12 1 Machel Cedenio   Trinidad and Tobago 46.77
13 1 Terry Thomas   Jamaica 46.97
14 2 Kelvis Padrino   Venezuela 46.99
15 2 Nery Brenes   Costa Rica 47.48 SB
16 1 Brandon Parris   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48.14
2 Philip Osei   Canada DNF

Final edit

The results were as follows:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  7 Anthony Zambrano   Colombia 44.83
  8 Demish Gaye   Jamaica 44.94
  5 Justin Robinson   United States 45.07
4 2 Wilbert London   United States 45.22
5 9 Jonathan Jones   Barbados 45.35
6 4 Jhon Perlaza   Colombia 45.37
7 3 Luguelín Santos   Dominican Republic 45.73 SB
8 6 Bralon Taplin   Grenada 46.01

References edit

  1. ^ "Men's 400 metres − Semifinal − Results" (PDF). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Retrieved 14 Aug 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Men's 400 metres − Final − Results" (PDF). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 14 Aug 2019.