400 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1985 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Sofia BUL
Held 9 August 1985
Status Medal
Competitors 24
Countries 17
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Uwe Daßler GDR 3:55.83
(1 h2)
3:51.52
(1 FA)
🥈 Sven Lodziewski GDR 3:55.93
(1 h4)
3:51.54
(2 FA)
🥉 Rainer Henkel GER 3:54.85
(1 h3)
3:51.79
(3 FA)
4 Stefan Pfeiffer GER 3:57.12
(2 h4)
3:54.51
(4 FA)
5 Zoltán Szilágyi HUN 3:56.25
(2 h2)
3:57.46
(5 FA)
6 Juan Escalas ESP 3:56.95
(2 h3)
3:57.51
(6 FA)
7 Tony Day GBR 3:57.82
(3 h2)
3:58.35
(7 FA)
8 Svyatoslav Semyonov URS 3:59.47
(1 h1)
4:02.12
(8 FA)
9 Anders Holmertz SWE 4:00.04
(2 h1)
3:57.30
(1 FB)
10 Stuart Willmott GBR 4:01.21
(3 h3)
3:57.43
(2 FB)
11 Artur Wojdat POL 4:00.15
(3 h4)
3:58.08
(3 FB)
12 Stefan Persson SWE 4:03.32
(4 h2)
3:58.81
(4 FB)
13 Stefano Grandi ITA 4:08.14
(5 h4)
4:01.43
(5 FB)
14 Darjan Petrič YUG 4:03.48
(4 h4)
4:02.97
(6 FB)
15 Gilles Verlaguet FRA 4:05.64
(4 h1)
4:04.41
(7 FB)
16 Ricardo Valdivia ESP 4:02.47
(3 h1)
4:04.99
(8 FB)
17 Lajos Koczka HUN 4:07.44
(5 h2)
18 Rui Borges POR 4:09.50
(6 h2)
19 Ondřej Butor TCH 4:09.81
(5 h1)
20 Luca Pellegrini ITA 4:11.24
(4 h3)
21 Marc Weijtmans NED 4:13.24
(6 h4)
22 Ragnar Guðmundsson ISL 4:13.96
(7 h4)
23 Petar Kochanov BUL 4:14.65
(5 h3)
24 Aidan Towey IRL 4:19.02
(6 h1)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Svyatoslav Semyonov URS 3:59.47
2 Anders Holmertz SWE 4:00.04
3 Ricardo Valdivia ESP 4:02.47
4 Gilles Verlaguet FRA 4:05.64
5 Ondřej Butor TCH 4:09.81
6 Aidan Towey IRL 4:19.02

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Uwe Daßler GDR 3:55.83
2 Zoltán Szilágyi HUN 3:56.25
3 Tony Day GBR 3:57.82
4 Stefan Persson SWE 4:03.32
5 Lajos Koczka HUN 4:07.44
6 Rui Borges POR 4:09.50

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Rainer Henkel GER 3:54.85
2 Juan Escalas ESP 3:56.95
3 Stuart Willmott GBR 4:01.21
4 Luca Pellegrini ITA 4:11.24
5 Petar Kochanov BUL 4:14.65

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sven Lodziewski GDR 3:55.93
2 Stefan Pfeiffer GER 3:57.12
3 Artur Wojdat POL 4:00.15
4 Darjan Petrič YUG 4:03.48
5 Stefano Grandi ITA 4:08.14
6 Marc Weijtmans NED 4:13.24
7 Ragnar Guðmundsson ISL 4:13.96

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Uwe Daßler GDR 3:51.52
2 Sven Lodziewski GDR 3:51.54
3 Rainer Henkel GER 3:51.79
4 Stefan Pfeiffer GER 3:54.51
5 Zoltán Szilágyi HUN 3:57.46
6 Juan Escalas ESP 3:57.51
7 Tony Day GBR 3:58.35
8 Svyatoslav Semyonov URS 4:02.12

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Anders Holmertz SWE 3:57.30
2 Stuart Willmott GBR 3:57.43
3 Artur Wojdat POL 3:58.08
4 Stefan Persson SWE 3:58.81
5 Stefano Grandi ITA 4:01.43
6 Darjan Petrič YUG 4:02.97
7 Gilles Verlaguet FRA 4:04.41
8 Ricardo Valdivia ESP 4:04.99