Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on Tuesday, 22 July.[1]

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Date22 July
Medalists
Brian Goodell  United States
Tim Shaw  United States
Vladimir Raskatov  Soviet Union

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Pierre Andraca France4:00.34
2Brett Naylor New Zealand4:00.38
3Rainer Strohbach East Germany4:02.24
4Stefan Wenz West Germany4:06.25
5Kevin Williamson Ireland4:09.60
6Sigurður Ólafsson Iceland4:18.11

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Djan Madruga Brazil3:59.62 Q, OR
2Frank Pfütze East Germany4:04.66
3Tom Alexander Canada4:05.63
4Bengt Jönsson Sweden4:07.28
5Borut Petrič Yugoslavia4:07.54
6Lutz Löscher East Germany4:12.88
7Kris Sumono Indonesia4:17.48

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Volodymyr Raskatov Soviet Union3:57.56Q, OR
2Bill Sawchuk Canada4:02.18
3István Koczka Hungary4:03.75
4Peter Pettersson Sweden4:04.15
5Graham Windeatt Australia4:04.31
6Frank Richardson Nicaragua4:40.76

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Steve Holland Australia3:58.39Q
2Steve Badger Canada4:00.14Q
3Henk Elzerman Netherlands4:02.16
4Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union4:02.79
5Georgios Karpouzis Greece4:12.41
6Andreas Schmidt West Germany4:14.36
7Rui Abreu Portugal4:28.43

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Vladimir Mikheyev Soviet Union4:00.20Q
2Casey Converse United States4:00.65
3Alan McClatchey Great Britain4:02.09
4Werner Lampe West Germany4:03.04
5Arne Borgstrøm Norway4:03.49
6Gerhard Waldmann Switzerland4:09.54
7Edwin Borja Philippines4:18.97

Heat 6

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Tim Shaw United States3:56.40 Q, OR
2Zoltán Wladár Hungary4:00.55
3Gordon Downie Great Britain4:01.00
4Bengt Gingsjö Sweden4:04.68
5Johan Van Steenberghe Belgium4:08.28
6Francisco Cañales Puerto Rico4:15.78

Heat 7

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Brian Goodell United States3:55.24 Q, OR
2Sándor Nagy Hungary4:00.02 Q
3Max Metzker Australia4:00.82
4René van der Kuil Netherlands4:03.14
5David López-Zubero Spain4:03.73
6Andy Knowles Bahamas4:10.78
7Tomas Becerra Colombia4:14.73
8Patrick Novaretti Monaco4:20.62

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Brian Goodell United States3:51.93 WR
Tim Shaw United States3:52.54
Volodymyr Raskatov Soviet Union3:55.76
4Djan Madruga Brazil3:57.18
5Steve Holland Australia3:57.59
6Sándor Nagy Hungary3:57.81
7Vladimir Mikheyev Soviet Union4:00.79
8Steve Badger Canada4:20.83

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
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