title: Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley
text: # Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley
  
  The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1991 Pan American Games took place on 13 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Jerry Frentsos of the United States.
  
  This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.
  
  ## 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 13.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alex Kostich | United States | 4:23.96 |
  | | Jody Braden | United States | 4:26.25 |
  | | Jasen Pratt | Canada | 4:26.31 |
  | 4 | David Monasterio | Puerto Rico | 4:27.30 |
  | 5 | Andres Minelli | Argentina | 4:29.94 |
  | 6 | Renato Ramalho | Brazil | 4:31.88 |
  | 7 | Gonzalo Pérez | Venezuela | 4:32.05 |
  | 8 | Rene Santaella | Puerto Rico | 4:37.84 |
  