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

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 10 and 12 August.

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Pan American Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Winthrop Graham Jamaica	Kevin Young United States	David Patrick United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Winthrop Graham	Jamaica	49.85	Q
2	1	David Patrick	United States	49.97	Q
3	2	Kevin Young	United States	50.16	Q
4	2	John Graham	Canada	50.24	Q
5	1	Randy Cox	Trinidad and Tobago	50.30	Q
6	1	Antônio Dias Ferreira	Brazil	50.49	Q
7	1	Pablo Squella	Chile	50.65	q
8	1	Greg Rolle	Bahamas	50.77	q
9	2	Pedro Chiamulera	Brazil	51.10
10	2	David Charlton	Bahamas	51.58
11	1	Domingo Cordero	Puerto Rico	51.95
12	2	Efrain Pedroza	Mexico	52.87
13	1	Oral Selkridge	Antigua and Barbuda	53.45
14	2	Mauricio Carranza	El Salvador	55.38
	2	Floyd Brown	United States Virgin Islands	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Winthrop Graham	Jamaica	48.49	GR, NR
	Kevin Young	United States	48.74
	David Patrick	United States	49.47
4	John Graham	Canada	49.51	NR
5	Pablo Squella	Chile	50.17
6	Antônio Dias Ferreira	Brazil	50.20
7	Randy Cox	Trinidad and Tobago	50.47
8	Greg Rolle	Bahamas	50.50