title: Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
  
  The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1963 Pan American Games took place on April. The last Pan American Games champion was George Breen 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 April.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Roy Saari | United States | 4:19.3 |
  | | Don Schollander | United States | 4:23.3 |
  | | Sandy Gilchrist | Canada | 4:29.1 |
  | 4 | Ralph Hutton | Canada | 4:34.0 |
  | 5 | Alfredo Guzmán | Mexico | 4:39.1 |
  | 6 | Teodoro Capriles | Venezuela | 4:39.3 |
  | 7 | - | - | - |
  | 8 | - | - | - |
  