Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Medalists
Vladimir Salnikov  Soviet Union Andrey Krylov  Soviet Union Ivar Stukolkin  Soviet Union

Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		women
4×200 m	men
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women

The final of the Men's 400 metres Freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held in the Soviet Union's capital, Moscow, on Thursday 24 July 1980. The fastest 8 swimmers in the qualifying heats advanced to the final.^[1]

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Vladimir Salnikov (URS)	3:51.31
	Andrey Krylov (URS)	3:53.24
	Ivar Stukolkin (URS)	3:53.95
4.	Djan Madruga (BRA)	3:54.15
5.	Daniel Machek (TCH)	3:55.66
6.	Sándor Nagy (HUN)	3:56.83
7.	Max Metzker (AUS)	3:56.87
8.	Ron McKeon (AUS)	3:57.00

Qualifying heats

• Held on Thursday 1980-07-24

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Sándor Nagy (HUN)	3:56.91
2.	Graeme Brewer (AUS)	3:57.19
3.	Borut Petrič (YUG)	3:59.63
4.	Diego Quiroga (ECU)	4:05.70
5.	Kevin Williamson (IRL)	4:09.01

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Ivar Stukolkin (URS)	3:56.60
2.	Ron McKeon (AUS)	3:56.77
3.	Frank Pfütze (GDR)	3:59.53
4.	Darjan Petrič (YUG)	4:03.54
5.	Jean-Marie François (VEN)	4:04.48
6.	Mohamed Abdul Wahab (KUW)	4:37.68

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Andrey Krylov (URS)	3:54.79
2.	Max Metzker (AUS)	3:56.42
3.	Zoltán Wladár (HUN)	3:58.37
4.	Andrew Astbury (GBR)	4:00.30
5.	Petr Adamec (TCH)	4:03.97
6.	Petar Kochanov (BUL)	4:05.28
7.	José María Larrañaga (PER)	4:11.06

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Djan Madruga (BRA)	3:55.69
2.	Detlev Grabs (GDR)	3:58.21
3.	Thomas Lejdström (SWE)	4:01.89
4.	Marcelo Jucá (BRA)	4:03.92

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Vladimir Salnikov (URS)	3:54.54
2.	Daniel Machek (TCH)	3:57.02
3.	Rainer Strohbach (GDR)	3:57.22
4.	Simon Gray (GBR)	3:57.60
5.	Rafael Escalas (ESP)	3:58.45
6.	Radek Havel (TCH)	4:05.71

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