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Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 2. And 3 August.

Medalists※

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ralph Mann  United States	Jim Seymour  United States	José Jacinto Hidalgo  Venezuela

Results※

Heats※

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ralph Mann	United States	51.77	Q
2	1	José Jacinto Hidalgo	Venezuela	51.89	Q
3	1	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	Argentina	51.93	Q
4	1	Francisco Dumeng	Puerto Rico	52.41	Q
5	1	Juan García	Cuba	52.70
6	2	Miguel Olivera	Cuba	54.40	Q
7	1	Brock Aynsley	Canada	54.76
8	2	Orominio Santaella	Puerto Rico	56.13	Q
9	2	Manuel Ruiz	Mexico	58.30	Q
10	2	Jim Seymour	United States	59.07	Q

Final※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ralph Mann	United States	49.10	GR
	Jim Seymour	United States	50.36
	José Jacinto Hidalgo	Venezuela	51.68
4	Miguel Olivera	Cuba	52.05
5	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	Argentina	52.13
6	Orominio Santaella	Puerto Rico	53.50
7	Francisco Dumeng	Puerto Rico	53.54
8	Manuel Ruiz	Mexico	56.24

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