Men 400m Freestyle Swimming III World Championship 1978 West Berlin - Wednesday, 23rd August - Gold Medal: Vladimir Salnikov, Soviet Union |
Final | | time | | gap | L | ag | 100m | 200m | 300m | 1. Vladimir Salnikov | Soviet Union | 3:51.94 | CR | | 4 | 18 | 57.91s | 1:57.05 | 2:54.83 | 2. Jeff Float | United States | 3:53.42 | | +1.48 | 5 | 18 | 56.83s | 1:56.02 | 2:54.59 | 3. Bill Forrester | United States | 3:53.97 | | +2.03 | 7 | 20 | 58.33s | 1:54.90 | 2:54.63 | 4. Sergey Rusin | Soviet Union | 3:55.46 | | +3.52 | 3 | 18 | 57.87s | 1:57.31 | 2:56.20 | 5. Sandor Nagy | Hungary | 3:56.29 | NR | +4.35 | 8 | 17 | 57.36s | 1:57.45 | 2:57.78 | 6. Peter Szmidt | Canada | 3:56.48 | | +4.54 | 2 | 17 | 57.51s | 1:57.53 | 2:57.35 | 7. Max Metzker | Australia | 3:56.64 | | +4.70 | 1 | 18 | 58.39s | 1:58.18 | 2:57.56 | 8. Borut Petric | Yugoslavia | 3:56.85 | NR | +4.91 | 6 | 17 | 57.08s | 1:56.76 | 2:57.63 |
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World Record: Brian Gododell, United Stated (56.11s, 1;55.59, 2:53.80) | Championship Record: Tim Shaw, United States 3:51.94 (57.91s, 1:58.27, 2:57.21) 1975 |
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Heats - Wednesday, 23rd August | Best 8 times advanced to Final>. |
Heat 6 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 6. Bill Forrester | United States | 3:57.21 | | +3.89s | - | 20 | 1. | 8. Sandor Nagy | Hungary | 3:57.83 | | +4.51s | - | 17 | 2. | 15.Daniel Machek | Czechoslovakia | 3:59.51 | | +6.19s | - | 18 | 3. | 17.Giorgio Quadri | Italy | 4:00.80 | | +7.48s | - | 18 | 4. | 27.Gerard Smits | Netherlands | 4:07.20 | | +13.88s | - | _ | 5. |
Heat 5 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 2. Jeff Float | United States | 3:56.47 | | +3.15s | - | 18 | 1. | 13.Paolo Revelli | Italy | 3:58.90 | NR | +5.58s | - | 19 | 2. | 14.Gary Andersson | Sweden | 3:59.42 | | +6.10s | - | 19 | 3. | 18.Zoltan Wladar | Hungary | 4:00.81 | | +7.49s | - | 18 | 4. |
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Heat 4 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 11.Rainer Strohbach | East Germany | 3:58.80 | | +5.48s | - | 20 | 1. | 16.Ron McKeon | Australia | 4:00.09 | | +6.77s | - | 17 | 2. |
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Heat 3 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 3. Sergey Rusin | Soviet Union | 3:56.81 | | +3.49s | - | 18 | 1. | 7. Max Metzker | Australia | 3:57.37 | | +4.05s | - | 18 | 2. |
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Heat 2 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 1. Vladimir Salnikov | Soviet Union | 3:53.32 | CR | | - | 18 | 1. | 4. Borut Petric | Yugoslavia | 3:56.92 | | +3.60s | - | 17 | 2. | 12.Frank Wennmann | West Germany | 3:58.85 | | +5.53s | - | _ | 3. |
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Heat 1 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 5. Peter Szmidt | Canada | 3:57.08 | | +3.76s | - | 17 | 1. | 9. Djan Madruga | Brazil | 3:58.31 | | +4.99s | - | 19 | 2. | 10.Simon Gray | Great Britain | 3:58.76 | | +5.44s | - | 19 | 3. |
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Heat - | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 19.Pierre Andraca | France | 4:01.47 | | +8.15s | - | 19 | | 20.Detlev Grabs | East Germany | 4:02.93 | | +9.61s | - | 17 | | 21.Karl-Heinz Pfitzer | West Germany | 4:03.68 | | +10.36s | - | _ | | 22.Stefan Andersson | Sweden | 4:04.00 | | +10.68s | - | _ | | 23.Amir Ganiel | Israel | 4:06.16 | | +12.84s | - | _ | | 24.Ali Gharbi | Tunisia | 4:06.23 | NR | +12.91s | - | 23 | | 25.Shuji Tsukasaki | Japan | 4:06.26 | NR | +12.94s | - | _ | | 26.Dennis Corcoran | Canada | 4:06.84 | | +13.52s | - | _ | | 28.Dariusz Sroda | Poland | 4:07.94 | | +14.62s | - | _ | | 29.Hiroshi Sakamoto | Japan | 4:08.42 | | +15.10s | - | 18 | | 30.Diego Quiroga | Ecuador | 4:08.71 | | +15.39s | - | 17 | | 31.Bill Chao | Taiwan | 4:10.05 | | +16.73s | - | _ | | 32.Jose Leite | Portugal | 4:12.12 | | +18.80s | - | - | | 33.Murat Ozuak | Turkey | 4:13.72 | NR | +20.40s | - | _ | | 34.Scott Newkirk | US Virgin Islands | 4:15.44 | NR | +22.12s | - | 17 | | 35.Nir Shamir | Israel | 4:16.38 | | +23.06s | - | _ | | 36.Dariusz Gil | Poland | 4:16.73 | | +23.41s | - | _ | | 37.Paulo Frischknecht | Portugal | 4:20.39 | | +27.07s | - | 17 | | -. Ari Wiren | Finland | DNS | | - | - | _ | | -. Stephen Lewington | Great Britain | DNS | | - | - | _ | | -. Brett Naylor | New Zealand | DNS | | - | - | 21 | | -. Ilkka Lahtl | Finland | DNS | | - | - | _ | |
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