Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 20 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Brian Goodell of US.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Final

The final was held on August 20.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Bruce Hayes | United States | 3:53.17 | |
| | Matt Cetlinski | United States | 3:53.31 | |
| | Marcelo Jucá | Brazil | 3:55.66 | |
| 4 | Rafael Vidal | Venezuela | 3:56.19 | NR |
| 5 | Carlos Scanavino | Uruguay | 3:58.67 | NR |
| 6 | Dave Shemilt | Canada | 4:01.56 | |
| 7 | Peter Szmidt | Canada | 4:02.61 | |
| 8 | Alejandro Lecot | Argentina | 4:08.20 | |
