The men's 400 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Ronnie Ray of the United States.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Lee Evans (USA)
|
43.86 | Mexico City, Mexico | October 18, 1968 |
| Pan American Games record | Ronnie Ray (USA)
|
44.45 | Mexico City, Mexico | October 18, 1975 |
Results
All times shown are in seconds.
| KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Heats
Held on 11 July
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Willie Smith |  United States |
46.68 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Tony Darden | United States |
46.91 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Delmo da Silva |  Brazil |
47.27 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Bert Cameron |  Jamaica |
47.29 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Joseph Coombs |  Trinidad and Tobago |
47.29 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Glenn Bogue |  Canada |
47.52 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Clyde Edwards |  Barbados |
47.52 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Colin Bradford | Jamaica |
47.56 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Alberto Juantorena |  Cuba |
47.59 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Carlos Álvarez | Cuba |
47.80 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Antônio Dias Ferreira | Brazil |
47.81 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Michael Solomon | Trinidad and Tobago |
47.95 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Fred Sowerby |  Antigua and Barbuda |
48.15 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Gregory Simons |  Bermuda |
48.24 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Brian Saunders | Canada |
48.61 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Anatolio Ramírez |  Dominican Republic |
48.66 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Gerold Pawirodikromo |  Suriname |
48.78 | |
| 18 | 2 | Randolph Wheatley |  Virgin Islands |
48.89 | |
| 19 | 1 | Francisco Solis | Dominican Republic |
49.64 | |
| 20 | 3 | Rigoberto Meléndez |  Honduras |
52.59 | |
| 21 | 1 | Miguel Banegas | Honduras |
52.97 |
Semifinals
Held on 11 July[3]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Tony Darden | United States |
45.89 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Willie Smith | United States |
46.10 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Alberto Juantorena | Cuba |
46.19 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Clyde Edwards | Barbados |
46.32 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Brian Saunders | Canada |
46.34 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Bert Cameron | Jamaica |
46.36 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Joseph Coombs | Trinidad and Tobago |
46.49 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Colin Bradford | Jamaica |
46.51 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Glenn Bogue | Canada |
46.63 | |
| 10 | 1 | Delmo da Silva | Brazil |
46.81 | |
| 11 | 2 | Michael Solomon | Trinidad and Tobago |
46.91 | |
| 12 | 1 | Carlos Álvarez | Cuba |
47.26 | |
| 13 | 1 | Fred Sowerby | Antigua and Barbuda |
47.29 | |
| 14 | 2 | Antônio Dias Ferreira | Brazil |
47.32 | |
| 15 | 1 | Gregory Simons | Bermuda |
47.66 | |
| 16 | 2 | Anatolio Ramírez | Dominican Republic |
49.12 |
Final
Held on 12 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time[4] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Tony Darden | United States
|
45.11 | |
|
Alberto Juantorena | Cuba
|
45.24 | |
|
Willie Smith | United States
|
45.30 | |
| 4 | Bert Cameron | Jamaica
|
45.97 | |
| 5 | Brian Saunders | Canada
|
46.16 | |
| 6 | Colin Bradford | Jamaica
|
46.36 | |
| 7 | Clyde Edwards | Barbados
|
46.66 | |
| 8 | Joseph Coombs | Trinidad and Tobago
|
46.98 |
References
- ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ^ Full results
- ^ "Semifinals results". The Times-News. 12 July 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 248. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
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