400 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1966 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Utrecht NED
Held 23 – 25 August 1966
Status Medal
Competitors 28
Countries 17
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Frank Wiegand GDR 4.20.1
(1 h2)		 4:11.1
(1 F)
🥈 Semyon Belits-Geyman URS 4:18.0
(2 h5)		 4:13.2
(2 F)
🥉 Alain Mosconi FRA 4:16.4
(1 h5)		 4:13.6
(3 F)
4 Holger Kirschke GER 4:18.4
(1 h3)		 4:16.0
(4 F)
5 Francis Luyce FRA 4:19.0
(2 h3)		 4:19.8
(5 F)
6 Olaf von Schilling GER 4:22.0
(1 h1)		 4:21.1
(6 F)
7 Vladimir Bure URS 4:19.9
(1 h4)		 4:23.4
(7 F)
8 Juan Fortuny ESP 4.19.8
(3 h3)		 4:25.0
(8 F)
9 Ulf Gustavsen NOR 4:22.7
(2 h2)		 —
10 Sven von Holst SWE 4:22.9
(2 h4)		 —
11 Krystian Langer POL 4:23.3
(2 h1)		 —
12 Matti Kasvio FIN 4:25.6
(3 h5)		 —
13 Esa Lepola FIN 4:27.3
(3 h4)		 —
14 Jan Erik Korsvold NOR 4:27.7
(4 h4)		 —
15 Jochen Herbst GDR 4:30.2
(4 h3)		 —
16 Glen Bengtsson SWE 4:31.4
(4 h5)		 —
17 Władysław Wojtakajtis POL 4:32.5
(3 h2)		 —
18 Pano Capéronis SUI 4:32.8
(3 h1)		 —
19 Giampiero La Monica ITA 4:33.3
(5 h4)		 —
20 Tony Jarvis GBR 4:33.4
(4 h1)		 —
21 Andrew Wilson GBR 4:33.5
(5 h3)		 —
22 Vladimir Moraru ROU 4:33.8
(4 h2)		 —
23 Riccardo Siniscalco ITA 4:38.2
(5 h5)		 —
24 Jacques Henrard BEL 4:41.7
(5 h1)		 —
25 Davíð Valgarðsson ISL 4:42.6
(5 h2)		 —
26 John Bertelsen DEN 4:45.8
(6 h5)		 —
27 Werner Hofmann SUI 4:47.3
(6 h3)		 —
28 Ayhan Karataş TUR 5:05.5
(6 h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Olaf von Schilling GER 4:22.0
2 Krystian Langer POL 4:23.3
3 Pano Capéronis SUI 4:32.8
4 Tony Jarvis GBR 4:33.4
5 Jacques Henrard BEL 4:41.7
6 Ayhan Karataş TUR 5:05.5

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Frank Wiegand GDR 4.20.1
2 Ulf Gustavsen NOR 4:22.7
3 Władysław Wojtakajtis POL 4:32.5
4 Vladimir Moraru ROU 4:33.8
5 Davíð Valgarðsson ISL 4:42.6

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Holger Kirschke GER 4:18.4
2 Francis Luyce FRA 4:19.0
3 Juan Fortuny ESP 4.19.8
4 Jochen Herbst GDR 4:30.2
5 Andrew Wilson GBR 4:33.5
6 Werner Hofmann SUI 4:47.3

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Vladimir Bure URS 4:19.9
2 Sven von Holst SWE 4:22.9
3 Esa Lepola FIN 4:27.3
4 Jan Erik Korsvold NOR 4:27.7
5 Giampiero La Monica ITA 4:33.3

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Alain Mosconi FRA 4:16.4
2 Semyon Belits-Geyman URS 4:18.0
3 Matti Kasvio FIN 4:25.6
4 Glen Bengtsson SWE 4:31.4
5 Riccardo Siniscalco ITA 4:38.2
6 John Bertelsen DEN 4:45.8

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Frank Wiegand GDR 4:11.1
2 Semyon Belits-Geyman URS 4:13.2
3 Alain Mosconi FRA 4:13.6
4 Holger Kirschke GER 4:16.0
5 Francis Luyce FRA 4:19.8
6 Olaf von Schilling GER 4:21.1
7 Vladimir Bure URS 4:23.4
8 Juan Fortuny ESP 4:25.0