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

The men's 400 meter individual medley event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 25 July.[1]

Heats

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Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Steve Furniss   United States 4:27.76 Q, OR
2 Bill Sawchuk   Canada 4:32.65
3 Alan McClatchey   Great Britain 4:34.31
4 John McConnochie   New Zealand 4:40.84
5 Gunnar Gundersen   Norway 4:41.05
- Patrick Novaretti   Monaco - DQ

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Tim McKee   United States 4:29.14 Q
2 Andy Ritchie   Canada 4:31.34 Q
3 Tsuyoshi Yanagidate   Japan 4:39.27
4 José-Ricardo de Jesús   Puerto Rico 4:42.07
5 Ronald Woutering   Netherlands 4:46.76
- Mikhail Gorelik   Soviet Union - DQ

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Rod Strachan   United States 4:27.15 Q, OR
2 Graham Smith   Canada 4:31.29 Q
3 Miloslav Roľko   Czechoslovakia 4:35.21
4 Jeff Van de Graaf   Australia 4:35.83
5 Duncan Cleworth   Great Britain 4:42.25
6 François Deley   Belgium 4:43.09
7 António de Melo   Portugal 5:11.48

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 András Hargitay   Hungary 4:28.96 Q
2 Hans-Joachim Geisler   West Germany 4:31.37 Q
3 Peter Dawson   Australia 4:33.01
4 Csaba Sós   Hungary 4:34.72
5 Ricardo Marmolejo   Mexico 4:45.30
6 Dov Nisman   Israel 4:47.13
7 Edwin Borja   Philippines 4:52.21

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Andrey Smirnov   Soviet Union 4:29.92 Q
2 Anatoly Smirnov   Soviet Union 4:33.88
3 Mark Treffers   New Zealand 4:40.92
4 Jim Carter   Great Britain 4:41.25
5 Julio Abreu   Paraguay 4:46.69
6 Zoltán Verrasztó   Hungary 4:48.51
7 Guillermo Zavala   Mexico 4:49.55

Final

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Rod Strachan   United States 4:23.68 WR
  Tim McKee   United States 4:24.62
  Andrey Smirnov   Soviet Union 4:26.90
4 András Hargitay   Hungary 4:27.13
5 Graham Smith   Canada 4:28.64
6 Steve Furniss   United States 4:29.23
7 Andy Ritchie   Canada 4:29.87
8 Hans-Joachim Geisler   West Germany 4:34.95

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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