400 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1939 International Universities Championships
Venue Monte Carlo MON
Held 23 August 1939
Status Medal
Competitors 11
Countries 6
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Roland Pallard FRA 4:58.8
(1 h1)		 5:09.2
(1 h1)		 4:57.3
(1 F)
🥈 Sten-Olof Bolldén SWE 5:07.4
(=2 h2)		 5:37.2
(2 h2)		 5:03.4
(2 F)
🥉 Powell ENG 5:03.0
(1 h2)		 5:37.0
(1 h2)		 5:04.2
(3 F)
4 Aalto FIN 5:12.4
(2 h1)		 5:41.6
(3 h1)		 5:17.0
(4 F)
5 René Cavalero FRA 5:07.4
(=2 h2)		 5:37.8
(3 h2)		 5:20.0
(5 F)
6 Claire ENG 5:14.2
(1 h3)		 5:16.4
(2 h1)		 —
7 Kazimierz Bocheński POL 5:15.4
(2 h3)		 — —
8 Sheen ENG 5:18.4
(3 h1)		 — —
9 Guy Monette FRA 5:20.7
(3 h3)		 — —
10 Heikki Hietanen FIN 5:31.2
(4 h2)		 — —
16 H. F. Frijling NED 1:11.7
(5 h3)		 — —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Roland Pallard FRA 4:58.8
2 Aalto FIN 5:12.4
3 Sheen ENG 5:18.4

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Powell ENG 5:03.0
=2 Sten-Olof Bolldén SWE 5:07.4
=2 René Cavalero FRA 5:07.4
4 Heikki Hietanen FIN 5:31.2

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Claire ENG 5:14.2
2 Kazimierz Bocheński POL 5:15.4
3 Guy Monette FRA 5:20.7
5 H. F. Frijling NED 1:11.7

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Roland Pallard FRA 5:09.2
2 Claire ENG 5:16.4
3 Aalto FIN 5:41.6

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Powell ENG 5:37.0
2 Sten-Olof Bolldén SWE 5:37.2
3 René Cavalero FRA 5:37.8

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Roland Pallard FRA 4:57.3
2 Sten-Olof Bolldén SWE 5:03.4
3 Powell ENG 5:04.2
4 Aalto FIN 5:17.0
5 René Cavalero FRA 5:20.0