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

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's 400 metre freestyle

|games = 1976 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|venue =

|date = 22 July

|competitors =

|nations =

|gold = Brian Goodell

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Tim Shaw

|silverNOC = USA

|bronze = Vladimir Raskatov

|bronzeNOC = URS

|prev = 1972

|next = 1980}}

The men's 400 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on Thursday, 22 July.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/SWI/mens-400-metres-freestyle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165257/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/SWI/mens-400-metres-freestyle.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle |accessdate=5 December 2016 |work=Sports Reference}}

Heats

Heat 1

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Athlete !!Country !! Time	Notes
1	Pierre Andraca	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|FRA\|1976 Summer}}	4:00.34
2	Brett Naylor	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|NZL\|1976 Summer}}	4:00.38
3	Rainer Strohbach	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|GDR\|1976 Summer}}	4:02.24
4	Stefan Wenz	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|FRG\|1976 Summer}}	4:06.25
5	Kevin Williamson	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|IRL\|1976 Summer}}	4:09.60
6	Sigurður Ólafsson	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|ISL\|1976 Summer}}	4:18.11

Heat 2

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Athlete !!Country !! Time	Notes
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	Djan Madruga	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|BRA\|1976 Summer}}	3:59.62	Q, OR
2	Frank Pfütze	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|GDR\|1976 Summer}}	4:04.66
3	Tom Alexander	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|CAN\|1976 Summer}}	4:05.63
4	Bengt Jönsson	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|SWE\|1976 Summer}}	4:07.28
5	Borut Petrič	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|YUG\|1976 Summer}}	4:07.54
6	Lutz Löscher	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|GDR\|1976 Summer}}	4:12.88
7	Kris Sumono	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|INA\|1976 Summer}}	4:17.48

Heat 3

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Athlete !!Country !! Time	Notes
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	Volodymyr Raskatov	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|URS\|1976 Summer}}	3:57.56	Q, OR
2	Bill Sawchuk	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|CAN\|1976 Summer}}	4:02.18
3	István Koczka	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|HUN\|1976 Summer}}	4:03.75
4	Peter Pettersson	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|SWE\|1976 Summer}}	4:04.15
5	Graham Windeatt	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|AUS\|1976 Summer}}	4:04.31
6	Frank Richardson	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|NCA\|1976 Summer}}	4:40.76

Heat 4

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Athlete !!Country !! Time	Notes
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	Steve Holland	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|AUS\|1976 Summer}}	3:58.39	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	Steve Badger	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|CAN\|1976 Summer}}	4:00.14	Q
3	Henk Elzerman	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|NED\|1976 Summer}}	4:02.16
4	Vladimir Salnikov	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|URS\|1976 Summer}}	4:02.79
5	Georgios Karpouzis	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|GRE\|1976 Summer}}	4:12.41
6	Andreas Schmidt	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|FRG\|1976 Summer}}	4:14.36
7	Rui Abreu	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|POR\|1976 Summer}}	4:28.43

Heat 5

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Athlete !!Country !! Time	Notes
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	Vladimir Mikheyev	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|URS\|1976 Summer}}	4:00.20	Q
2	Casey Converse	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|USA\|1976 Summer}}	4:00.65
3	Alan McClatchey	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|GBR\|1976 Summer}}	4:02.09
4	Werner Lampe	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|FRG\|1976 Summer}}	4:03.04
5	Arne Borgstrøm	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|NOR\|1976 Summer}}	4:03.49
6	Gerhard Waldmann	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|SUI\|1976 Summer}}	4:09.54
7	Edwin Borja	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|PHI\|1976 Summer}}	4:18.97

Heat 6

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Athlete !!Country !! Time	Notes
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	Tim Shaw	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|USA\|1976 Summer}}	3:56.40	Q, OR
2	Zoltán Wladár	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|HUN\|1976 Summer}}	4:00.55
3	Gordon Downie	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|GBR\|1976 Summer}}	4:01.00
4	Bengt Gingsjö	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|SWE\|1976 Summer}}	4:04.68
5	Johan Van Steenberghe	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|BEL\|1976 Summer}}	4:08.28
6	Francisco Cañales	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|PUR\|1976 Summer}}	4:15.78

Heat 7

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Athlete !!Country !! Time	Notes
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	Brian Goodell	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|USA\|1976 Summer}}	3:55.24	Q, OR
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	Sándor Nagy	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|HUN\|1976 Summer}}	4:00.02	Q
3	Max Metzker	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|AUS\|1976 Summer}}	4:00.82
4	René van der Kuil	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|NED\|1976 Summer}}	4:03.14
5	David López-Zubero	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|ESP\|1976 Summer}}	4:03.73
6	Andy Knowles	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|BAH\|1976 Summer}}	4:10.78
7	Tomas Becerra	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|COL\|1976 Summer}}	4:14.73
8	Patrick Novaretti	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|MON\|1976 Summer}}	4:20.62

Final

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Athlete !!Country !! Time	Notes
1	Brian Goodell	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|USA\|1976 Summer}}	3:51.93	WR
2	Tim Shaw	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|USA\|1976 Summer}}	3:52.54
3	Volodymyr Raskatov	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|URS\|1976 Summer}}	3:55.76
4	Djan Madruga	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|BRA\|1976 Summer}}	3:57.18
5	Steve Holland	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|AUS\|1976 Summer}}	3:57.59
6	Sándor Nagy	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|HUN\|1976 Summer}}	3:57.81
7	Vladimir Mikheyev	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|URS\|1976 Summer}}	4:00.79
8	Steve Badger	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|CAN\|1976 Summer}}	4:20.83

References

External links

[http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Report]

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Category:Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Category:Men's events at the 1976 Summer Olympics