400 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1977 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Jönköping SWE
Held 18 August 1977
Status Medal
Competitors 27
Countries 17
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Sergey Rusin URS 3:59.15
(3 h3)		 3:54.83
(1 F)
🥈 Frank Wennmann GER 4:00.12
(1 h4)		 3:55.47
(2 F)
🥉 Frank Pfütze GDR 3:59.29
(1 h2)		 3:56.46
(3 F)
4 Klaus Steinbach GER 3:58.25
(1 h1)		 3:57.42
(4 F)
5 Borut Petrič YUG 3:58.85
(1 h3)		 3:58.23
(5 F)
6 Gary Andersson SWE 3:59.10
(2 h3)		 3:58.30
(6 F)
7 Peter Knust GER 4:00.08
(2 h2)		 4:00.37
(7 F)
8 Arne Borgstrøm NOR 3:59.56
(2 h1)		 4:00.97
(8 F)
9 Daniel Machek TCH 4:00.23
(3 h2)		 —
10 Gordon Downie GBR 4:00.32
(2 h4)		 —
11 René van der Kuil NED 4:02.29
(3 h4)		 —
12 Vladimir Raskatov URS 4:02.88
(4 h4)		 —
13 Paolo Revelli ITA 4:03.56
(3 h1)		 —
14 Paul Sparkes GBR 4:03.78
(4 h3)		 —
15 Pierre Andraca FRA 4:05.11
(5 h4)		 —
16 Zoltán Wladár HUN 4:05.18
(4 h2)		 —
17 Per Holmertz SWE 4:06.32
(5 h3)		 —
18 István Koczka HUN 4:06.37
(5 h2)		 —
19 Dariusz Broda POL 4:07.41
(4 h1)		 —
20 Krasimir Tumanov BUL 4:07.86
(6 h4)		 —
21 Henk Elzerman NED 4:09.14
(5 h1)		 —
22 Gerhard Waldmann SUI 4:10.77
(6 h3)		 —
23 Paulo Frischknecht POR 4:11.10
(6 h2)		 —
24 Giorgio Quadri ITA 4:11.67
(6 h1)		 —
25 Rui de Abreu POR 4:12.34
(7 h1)		 —
26 Murat Özüak TUR 4:27.06
(7 h3)		 —
27 Bülent Kırbaş TUR 4:42.64
(7 h2)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Klaus Steinbach GER 3:58.25
2 Arne Borgstrøm NOR 3:59.56
3 Paolo Revelli ITA 4:03.56
4 Dariusz Broda POL 4:07.41
5 Henk Elzerman NED 4:09.14
6 Giorgio Quadri ITA 4:11.67
7 Rui de Abreu POR 4:12.34

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Frank Pfütze GDR 3:59.29
2 Peter Knust GER 4:00.08
3 Daniel Machek TCH 4:00.23
4 Zoltán Wladár HUN 4:05.18
5 István Koczka HUN 4:06.37
6 Paulo Frischknecht POR 4:11.10
7 Bülent Kırbaş TUR 4:42.64

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Borut Petrič YUG 3:58.85
2 Gary Andersson SWE 3:59.10
3 Sergey Rusin URS 3:59.15
4 Paul Sparkes GBR 4:03.78
5 Per Holmertz SWE 4:06.32
6 Gerhard Waldmann SUI 4:10.77
7 Murat Özüak TUR 4:27.06

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Frank Wennmann GER 4:00.12
2 Gordon Downie GBR 4:00.32
3 René van der Kuil NED 4:02.29
4 Vladimir Raskatov URS 4:02.88
5 Pierre Andraca FRA 4:05.11
6 Krasimir Tumanov BUL 4:07.86

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sergey Rusin URS 3:54.83
2 Frank Wennmann GER 3:55.47
3 Frank Pfütze GDR 3:56.46
4 Klaus Steinbach GER 3:57.42
5 Borut Petrič YUG 3:58.23
6 Gary Andersson SWE 3:58.30
7 Peter Knust GER 4:00.37
8 Arne Borgstrøm NOR 4:00.97