400 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1978 World Aquatics Championships
Venue West-Berlin GER
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 37
Countries 24
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Vladimir Salnikov URS 3:53.32
(1 h1)		 3:51.94
(1 F)
🥈 Jeff Float USA 3:56.47
(2 h1)		 3:53.42
(2 F)
🥉 Bill Forrester USA 3:57.21
(6 h1)		 3:53.97
(3 F)
4 Sergey Rusin URS 3:56.81
(3 h1)		 3:55.46
(4 F)
5 Sándor Nagy HUN 3:57.83
(8 h1)		 3:56.29
(5 F)
6 Peter Szmidt CAN 3:57.08
(5 h1)		 3:56.48
(6 F)
7 Max Metzker AUS 3:57.37
(7 h1)		 3:56.64
(7 F)
8 Borut Petrič YUG 3:56.92
(4 h1)		 3:56.85
(8 F)
9 Djan Madruga BRA 3:58.31
(9 h1)		 —
10 Simon Gray GBR 3:58.76
(10 h1)		 —
11 Rainer Strohbach GDR 3:58.80
(11 h1)		 —
12 Frank Wennmann GER 3:58.85
(12 h1)		 —
13 Paolo Revelli ITA 3:58.90
(13 h1)		 —
14 Gary Andersson SWE 3:59.42
(14 h1)		 —
15 Daniel Machek TCH 3:59.51
(15 h1)		 —
16 Ron McKeon AUS 4:00.09
(16 h1)		 —
17 Giorgio Quadri ITA 4:00.80
(17 h1)		 —
18 Zoltán Wladár HUN 4:00.81
(18 h1)		 —
19 Pierre Andraca FRA 4:01.47
(19 h1)		 —
20 Detlev Grabs GDR 4:02.93
(20 h1)		 —
21 Karl-Heinz Pfitzer GER 4:03.68
(21 h1)		 —
22 Stefan Andersson SWE 4:04.00
(22 h1)		 —
23 Amir Ganiel ISR 4:06.16
(23 h1)		 —
24 Ali Gharbi TUN 4:06.23
(24 h1)		 —
25 Shuji Tsukasaki JPN 4:06.26
(25 h1)		 —
26 Dennis Corcoran CAN 4:06.84
(26 h1)		 —
27 Gerard Smits NED 4:07.20
(27 h1)		 —
28 Dariusz Środa POL 4:07.94
(28 h1)		 —
29 Hiroshi Sakamoto JPN 4:08.42
(29 h1)		 —
30 Diego Quiroga ECU 4:08.71
(30 h1)		 —
31 Bill Chao TPE 4:10.05
(31 h1)		 —
32 José Leite POR 4:12.12
(32 h1)		 —
33 Murat Özüak TUR 4:13.72
(33 h1)		 —
34 Scott Newkirk ISV 4:15.44
(34 h1)		 —
35 Nir Shamir ISR 4:16.38
(35 h1)		 —
36 Dariusz Gil POL 4:16.73
(36 h1)		 —
37 Paulo Frischknecht POR 4:20.39
(37 h1)		 —
DNS Ari WirenDNS FIN —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Stephen LewingtonDNS GBR —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Brett NaylorDNS NZL —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Ilkka LahtlDNS FIN —
(DNS h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Vladimir Salnikov URS 3:53.32
2 Jeff Float USA 3:56.47
3 Sergey Rusin URS 3:56.81
4 Borut Petrič YUG 3:56.92
5 Peter Szmidt CAN 3:57.08
6 Bill Forrester USA 3:57.21
7 Max Metzker AUS 3:57.37
8 Sándor Nagy HUN 3:57.83
9 Djan Madruga BRA 3:58.31
10 Simon Gray GBR 3:58.76
11 Rainer Strohbach GDR 3:58.80
12 Frank Wennmann GER 3:58.85
13 Paolo Revelli ITA 3:58.90
14 Gary Andersson SWE 3:59.42
15 Daniel Machek TCH 3:59.51
16 Ron McKeon AUS 4:00.09
17 Giorgio Quadri ITA 4:00.80
18 Zoltán Wladár HUN 4:00.81
19 Pierre Andraca FRA 4:01.47
20 Detlev Grabs GDR 4:02.93
21 Karl-Heinz Pfitzer GER 4:03.68
22 Stefan Andersson SWE 4:04.00
23 Amir Ganiel ISR 4:06.16
24 Ali Gharbi TUN 4:06.23
25 Shuji Tsukasaki JPN 4:06.26
26 Dennis Corcoran CAN 4:06.84
27 Gerard Smits NED 4:07.20
28 Dariusz Środa POL 4:07.94
29 Hiroshi Sakamoto JPN 4:08.42
30 Diego Quiroga ECU 4:08.71
31 Bill Chao TPE 4:10.05
32 José Leite POR 4:12.12
33 Murat Özüak TUR 4:13.72
34 Scott Newkirk ISV 4:15.44
35 Nir Shamir ISR 4:16.38
36 Dariusz Gil POL 4:16.73
37 Paulo Frischknecht POR 4:20.39
DNS Ari WirenDNS FIN —
DNS Stephen LewingtonDNS GBR —
DNS Brett NaylorDNS NZL —
DNS Ilkka LahtlDNS FIN —

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Vladimir Salnikov URS 3:51.94
2 Jeff Float USA 3:53.42
3 Bill Forrester USA 3:53.97
4 Sergey Rusin URS 3:55.46
5 Sándor Nagy HUN 3:56.29
6 Peter Szmidt CAN 3:56.48
7 Max Metzker AUS 3:56.64
8 Borut Petrič YUG 3:56.85