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

Swimming at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
400 mwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

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

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

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Rod Strachan  United States 4:23.68 WR
2 Tim McKee  United States 4:24.62
3 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

  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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