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 Luguelin Santos from the Dominican Republic.

Men's 400 metres at the XVIII Pan American Games
Venue	Athletics Stadium
Dates	August 7 – August 8
Competitors	17 from 12 nations
Winning time	44.83
Medalists
Anthony Zambrano   Colombia   Demish Gaye   Jamaica   Justin Robinson   United States
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Summary

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

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

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

Results

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

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	Luguelin 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

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	Luguelin Santos	Dominican Republic	45.73	SB
8	6	Bralon Taplin	Grenada	46.01

References

1. "Men's 400 metres − Semifinal − Results" (PDF). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Retrieved 14 Aug 2019.
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.