# 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.

## 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:
| 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

The results were as follows:
| 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 | |