Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres

Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 400 metres event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 31 July and 1 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Results

Heats

Held on 31 July

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Fernando Acevedo	Peru	45.81	Q
2	2	Fred Newhouse	United States	45.83	Q
3	4	Garth Case	Jamaica	46.94	Q
4	2	Kent Bernard	Trinidad and Tobago	47.00	Q
5	4	Antonio Álvarez	Cuba	47.18	Q
6	2	Alfred Daley	Jamaica	47.24	Q
7	4	Víctor Patinez	Venezuela	47.33	Q
8	1	John Smith	United States	47.49	Q
9	2	Melesio Piña	Mexico	47.67	Q
10	3	Jimmy Sierra	Colombia	47.74	Q
11	1	Raúl Dome	Venezuela	48.00	Q
12	2	Pedro Grajales	Colombia	48.06
13	3	João Pedro Francisco	Brazil	48.17	Q
14	3	Doug Chapman	Canada	48.25	Q
15	4	Jorge Alemán	Peru	48.32	Q
16	3	Rodovaldo Díaz	Cuba	48.37	Q
17	1	Alberto Gajate	Argentina	48.55	Q
18	1	Ian Gordon	Canada	48.64
19	4	Carlos Abbott	Costa Rica	48.66
20	3	Walter Pankey	Virgin Islands	48.84
21	3	Carlos Heuchert	Argentina	48.92
22	1	Felipe Cigala	Mexico	49.05
23	4	Enrique Almarante	Dominican Republic	49.10
24	3	Alfred Logie	Trinidad and Tobago	49.15
25	2	Tobias Tejada	Dominican Republic	50.09

Semifinals

Held on 31 July

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Fred Newhouse	United States	45.68	Q
2	1	John Smith	United States	46.11	Q
3	1	Fernando Acevedo	Peru	46.33	Q
4	2	Garth Case	Jamaica	46.77	Q
5	1	Alfred Daley	Jamaica	47.01	Q
6	1	Kent Bernard	Trinidad and Tobago	47.25	Q
7	2	Antonio Álvarez	Cuba	47.69	Q
8	1	Melesio Piña	Mexico	47.74
9	1	Raúl Dome	Venezuela	47.82
10	2	Doug Chapman	Canada	47.87	Q
11	1	Rodovaldo Díaz	Cuba	48.10
12	2	Víctor Patinez	Venezuela	48.46
13	2	Jorge Alemán	Peru	48.66
14	1	João Pedro Francisco	Brazil	50.24
	2	Alberto Gajate	Argentina	DNS
	2	Jimmy Sierra	Colombia	DNS

Final

Held on 1 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	John Smith	United States	44.60	GR
	Fred Newhouse	United States	45.08
	Fernando Acevedo	Peru	45.30
4	Alfred Daley	Jamaica	46.52
5	Garth Case	Jamaica	46.82
6	Doug Chapman	Canada	47.28
7	Kent Bernard	Trinidad and Tobago	47.43
8	Antonio Álvarez	Cuba	47.46

References