400 m Individual Medley, Men

Competition 1978 World Aquatics Championships
Venue West-Berlin GER
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 23
Countries 17
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Jesse Vassallo USA 4:29.09
(4 h1)		 4:20.05
(1 F)
🥈 Sergey Fesenko URS 4:27.24
(1 h1)		 4:22.29
(2 F)
🥉 András Hargitay HUN 4:27.29
(2 h1)		 4:27.04
(3 F)
4 Aleksandr Sidorenko URS 4:29.59
(5 h1)		 4:27.78
(4 F)
5 Csaba Sós HUN 4:29.84
(6 h1)		 4:28.95
(5 F)
6 Scot Matsuda USA 4:28.27
(3 h1)		 4:29.11
(6 F)
7 Simon Gray GBR 4:30.24
(7 h1)		 4:29.95
(7 F)
8 Bill Sawchuk CAN 4:33.18
(8 h1)		 4:33.25
(8 F)
=9 Daniel Machek TCH 4:35.54
(=9 h1)		 —
=9 Arne Borgstrøm NOR 4:35.54
(=9 h1)		 —
11 Guillermo Zavala MEX 4:36.47
(11 h1)		 —
12 HaJo Geisler GER 4:38.55
(12 h1)		 —
13 Leszek Górski POL 4:39.30
(13 h1)		 —
14 Rafael Escalas ESP 4:42.46
(14 h1)		 —
15 Pablo Restrepo COL 4:44.34
(15 h1)		 —
16 Andrey Aguilar CRC 4:45.66
(16 h1)		 —
17 Claus Bredschneider CAN 4:47.15
(17 h1)		 —
18 Murat Özüak TUR 4:50.96
(18 h1)		 —
19 Georgi Dangalakov BUL 4:51.50
(19 h1)		 —
20 Helmut Levy COL 4:54.10
(20 h1)		 —
21 Hsu Tung-Hsiung TPE 4:54.20
(21 h1)		 —
22 Samir Bouchlaghem TUN 4:56.70
(22 h1)		 —
AC Bill Chao TPE 4:45.10
(DQ h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sergey Fesenko URS 4:27.24
2 András Hargitay HUN 4:27.29
3 Scot Matsuda USA 4:28.27
4 Jesse Vassallo USA 4:29.09
5 Aleksandr Sidorenko URS 4:29.59
6 Csaba Sós HUN 4:29.84
7 Simon Gray GBR 4:30.24
8 Bill Sawchuk CAN 4:33.18
=9 Daniel Machek TCH 4:35.54
=9 Arne Borgstrøm NOR 4:35.54
11 Guillermo Zavala MEX 4:36.47
12 HaJo Geisler GER 4:38.55
13 Leszek Górski POL 4:39.30
14 Rafael Escalas ESP 4:42.46
15 Pablo Restrepo COL 4:44.34
16 Andrey Aguilar CRC 4:45.66
17 Claus Bredschneider CAN 4:47.15
18 Murat Özüak TUR 4:50.96
19 Georgi Dangalakov BUL 4:51.50
20 Helmut Levy COL 4:54.10
21 Hsu Tung-Hsiung TPE 4:54.20
22 Samir Bouchlaghem TUN 4:56.70
DQ Bill Chao TPE 4:45.10

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jesse Vassallo USA 4:20.05
2 Sergey Fesenko URS 4:22.29
3 András Hargitay HUN 4:27.04
4 Aleksandr Sidorenko URS 4:27.78
5 Csaba Sós HUN 4:28.95
6 Scot Matsuda USA 4:29.11
7 Simon Gray GBR 4:29.95
8 Bill Sawchuk CAN 4:33.25