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

## Medalists

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

## Results

### Heats

| 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

| 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 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 |
