400 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1974 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Wien AUT
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 24
Countries 15
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Aleksandr Samsonov URS 4:07.08
(1 h1)		 4:02.11
(1 F)
🥈 Bengt Gingsjö SWE 4:08.60
(1 h4)		 4:03.79
(2 F)
🥉 Andrey Krylov URS 4:05.70
(2 h3)		 4:04.32
(3 F)
4 Brian Brinkley GBR 4:06.50
(1 h2)		 4:04.39
(4 F)
5 Peter Pettersson SWE 4:07.47
(2 h2)		 4:05.66
(5 F)
6 Marc Lazzaro FRA 4:08.79
(3 h3)		 4:07.36
(6 F)
7 Frank Pfütze GDR 4:05.66
(1 h3)		 4:07.62
(7 F)
8 Stefan Wenz GER 4:10.65
(2 h1)		 4:09.21
(8 F)
9 Werner Lampe GER 4:11.73
(2 h4)		 —
10 Steffen Böhmert GDR 4:12.60
(3 h2)		 —
11 Lorenzo Marugo ITA 4:13.25
(3 h4)		 —
12 Jim Carter GBR 4:13.35
(3 h1)		 —
13 Henk Elzerman NED 4:13.52
(4 h2)		 —
14 Marian Slavic ROU 4:15.70
(4 h4)		 —
15 Ronald Woutering NED 4:15.73
(4 h3)		 —
16 Krasimir Enchev BUL 4:15.85
(5 h3)		 —
17 Csaba Sós HUN 4:17.66
(5 h2)		 —
18 Francesco Marcucci ITA 4:18.03
(4 h1)		 —
19 József Varga HUN 4:18.92
(6 h3)		 —
20 Johan Van Steenberghe BEL 4:19.45
(5 h1)		 —
21 François Deley BEL 4:19.84
(5 h4)		 —
22 Friðrik Guðmundsson ISL 4:24.55
(6 h4)		 —
23 Henrik Rasmussen DEN 4:27.54
(6 h1)		 —
24 Kevin Williamson IRL 4:28.78
(6 h2)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aleksandr Samsonov URS 4:07.08
2 Stefan Wenz GER 4:10.65
3 Jim Carter GBR 4:13.35
4 Francesco Marcucci ITA 4:18.03
5 Johan Van Steenberghe BEL 4:19.45
6 Henrik Rasmussen DEN 4:27.54

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Brian Brinkley GBR 4:06.50
2 Peter Pettersson SWE 4:07.47
3 Steffen Böhmert GDR 4:12.60
4 Henk Elzerman NED 4:13.52
5 Csaba Sós HUN 4:17.66
6 Kevin Williamson IRL 4:28.78

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Frank Pfütze GDR 4:05.66
2 Andrey Krylov URS 4:05.70
3 Marc Lazzaro FRA 4:08.79
4 Ronald Woutering NED 4:15.73
5 Krasimir Enchev BUL 4:15.85
6 József Varga HUN 4:18.92

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Bengt Gingsjö SWE 4:08.60
2 Werner Lampe GER 4:11.73
3 Lorenzo Marugo ITA 4:13.25
4 Marian Slavic ROU 4:15.70
5 François Deley BEL 4:19.84
6 Friðrik Guðmundsson ISL 4:24.55

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aleksandr Samsonov URS 4:02.11
2 Bengt Gingsjö SWE 4:03.79
3 Andrey Krylov URS 4:04.32
4 Brian Brinkley GBR 4:04.39
5 Peter Pettersson SWE 4:05.66
6 Marc Lazzaro FRA 4:07.36
7 Frank Pfütze GDR 4:07.62
8 Stefan Wenz GER 4:09.21