Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 10, 12 and 13 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Raymond Pierre   United States	Bert Cameron   Jamaica	Roberto Hernández   Cuba

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Raymond Pierre	United States	46.14	Q
2	3	Ian Morris	Trinidad and Tobago	46.45	Q
3	1	Roberto Hernández	Cuba	46.47	Q
4	2	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	46.65	Q
5	1	Hector Daley	Panama	46.85	Q
6	2	Gérson de Souza	Brazil	46.88	Q
7	3	Elvis Forde	Barbados	46.89	Q
8	2	Bert Cameron	Jamaica	46.94	Q
9	1	Sérgio Menezes	Brazil	47.01	Q
10	2	Aaron Phillips	Venezuela	47.10	Q
11	3	Troy Douglas	Bermuda	47.28	Q
12	1	Berris Long	Jamaica	47.52	Q
13	3	Howard Lindsay	Antigua and Barbuda	48.00	q
14	2	Patrick Delice	Trinidad and Tobago	48.28	q
15	3	Dean Greenaway	British Virgin Islands	48.58	q
16	2	Mitchell Browne	Antigua and Barbuda	49.09	q
17	2	Keith Smith	United States Virgin Islands	49.37
18	1	Gerald Bean	Bermuda	49.51
19	1	Mitchell Peters	United States Virgin Islands	50.60
	1	Jesús Malavé	Venezuela	DQ
	3	Allan Ingraham	Bahamas	DNS

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Raymond Pierre	United States	45.25	Q
2	2	Roberto Hernández	Cuba	45.53	Q
3	1	Bert Cameron	Jamaica	45.82	Q
4	1	Hector Daley	Panama	45.95	Q
5	2	Elvis Forde	Barbados	45.96	Q
6	1	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	46.05	Q
7	2	Ian Morris	Trinidad and Tobago	46.14	Q
8	2	Berris Long	Jamaica	46.54	Q
9	2	Gérson de Souza	Brazil	46.79
10	1	Aaron Phillips	Venezuela	47.15
11	1	Sérgio Menezes	Brazil	47.30
12	2	Troy Douglas	Bermuda	47.59
13	1	Howard Lindsay	Antigua and Barbuda	47.87
14	2	Mitchell Browne	Antigua and Barbuda	48.29
15	2	Dean Greenaway	British Virgin Islands	48.68
16	1	Patrick Delice	Trinidad and Tobago	48.90

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Raymond Pierre	United States	44.60
	Bert Cameron	Jamaica	44.72
	Roberto Hernández	Cuba	45.13
4	Ian Morris	Trinidad and Tobago	45.53
5	Hector Daley	Panama	45.56
6	Elvis Forde	Barbados	45.56
7	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	45.57
8	Berris Long	Jamaica	46.25

References

1. Results
2. Full results
3. "Heats results". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 11 August 1987. p. 32. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
4. "Tuesday's Pan American Results;NEWLN:$117,000 Grand Prix tournament". United Press International. 11 August 1987. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
5. "Semifinals results". The Miami News. 13 August 1987. p. 18. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
6. "Wednesday's Pan American Results;NEWLN:$117,000 Grand Prix tournament". United Press International. 12 August 1987. Retrieved 14 July 2018.