400 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1963 Summer Universiade
Venue Porto Alegre BRA
Held 2 September 1963
Status Medal
Competitors 13
Countries 9
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Haruo Yoshimuta JPN 4:31.8
(1 h2)		 4:26.6
(1 F)
🥈 Murray McLachlan RSA 4:39.2
(2 h3)		 4:29.5
(2 F)
🥉 Hans-Joachim Klein GER 4:36.4
(2 h1)		 4:31.1
(3 F)
4 Giovanni Orlando ITA 4:37.5
(1 h3)		 4:32.9
(4 F)
5 Pyotr Pikalov URS 4:36.9
(2 h2)		 4:33.2
(5 F)
6 Tatsuo Fujimoto JPN 4:37.3
(3 h1)		 4:34.7
(6 F)
7 Pierpaolo Spangaro ITA 4:36.1
(1 h1)		 4:35.7
(7 F)
8 Jim Kennedy GBR 4:43.9
(3 h2)		 4:45.5
(8 F)
9 Valentin Popov BUL 4:48.3
(4 h1)		 —
10 Hans-Joachim Link GER 4:52.6
(4 h2)		 —
11 José Miguel Espinosa ESP 4:52.8
(5 h2)		 —
12 Geoff Grylls RSA 4:55.2
(5 h1)		 —
13 Rui Veloso BRA 5:07.8
(6 h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Pierpaolo Spangaro ITA 4:36.1
2 Hans-Joachim Klein GER 4:36.4
3 Tatsuo Fujimoto JPN 4:37.3
4 Valentin Popov BUL 4:48.3
5 Geoff Grylls RSA 4:55.2
6 Rui Veloso BRA 5:07.8

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Haruo Yoshimuta JPN 4:31.8
2 Pyotr Pikalov URS 4:36.9
3 Jim Kennedy GBR 4:43.9
4 Hans-Joachim Link GER 4:52.6
5 José Miguel Espinosa ESP 4:52.8

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Giovanni Orlando ITA 4:37.5
2 Murray McLachlan RSA 4:39.2

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Haruo Yoshimuta JPN 4:26.6
2 Murray McLachlan RSA 4:29.5
3 Hans-Joachim Klein GER 4:31.1
4 Giovanni Orlando ITA 4:32.9
5 Pyotr Pikalov URS 4:33.2
6 Tatsuo Fujimoto JPN 4:34.7
7 Pierpaolo Spangaro ITA 4:35.7
8 Jim Kennedy GBR 4:45.5