Men 400m Medley Swimming III World Championship 1978 West Berlin - Tuesday, 22nd August - Gold Medal: Jesse Vassallo, United States |
Final | | time | | gap | L | ag | 100m | 200m | 300m | 1. Jesse Vassallo | United States | 4:20.05 | WR | | - | 17 | 59.99s | 2:03.53 | 3:19.15 | 2. Serhiy Fesenko | Soviet Union | 4:22.29 | ER | +2.24s | - | 19 | 58.73s | 2:05.74 | 3:21.49 | 3. Andras Hargitay | Hungary | 4:27.04 | | +6.99s | - | 22 | 59.83s | 2:08.53 | 3:25.88 | 4. Aleksandr Sidorenko | Soviet Union | 4:27.78 | | +7.73s | - | 18 | 1:00.40 | 2:08.00 | 3:25.98 | 5. Csaba Sos | Hungary | 4:28.95 | | +8.90s | - | 21 | 1:00.75 | 2:09.77 | 3:27.83 | 6. Scot Matsuda | United States | 4:29.11 | | +9.06s | - | _ | 1:00.19 | 2:11.04 | 3:28.00 | 7. Simon Gray | Great Britain | 4:29.95 | | +9.90s | - | 19 | 59.49s | 2:08.26 | 3:29.40 | 8. Bill Sawchuk | Canada | 4:33.25 | | +13.20s | - | 19 | 1:00.29 | 2:12.56 | 3:31.82 |
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World Record: Jesse Vassalo, United States 4:23.29 (1:00.91, 2:04.72, 3:22.26) | Championship Record: Andras Hargitay, Hungary 4:31.11 (1:00.31, 2:09.33, 3:29.32) 1973 |
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Heats - Tuesday, 22nd August | Best 8 times advanced to Final>. |
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Heat - | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 1. Serhiy Fesenko | Soviet Union | 4:27.24 | CR | | - | 19 | | 2. Andras Hargitay | Hungary | 4:27.29 | | +0.05s | - | 22 | | 3. Scot Matsuda | United States | 4:28.27 | | +1.03s | - | _ | | 4. Jesse Vassallo | United States | 4:29.09 | | +1.85s | - | 17 | | 5. Aleksandr Sidorenko | Soviet Union | 4:29.59 | | +2.35s | - | 18 | | 6. Csaba Sos | Hungary | 4:29.84 | | +2.60s | - | 21 | | 7. Simon Gray | Great Britain | 4:30.24 | | +3.00s | - | 19 | | 8. Bill Sawchuk | Canada | 4:33.18 | | +5.94s | - | 19 | | 9. Daniel Machek | Czechoslovakia | 4:35.54 | | +8.30s | - | 18 | | 9. Arne Borgstrom | Norway | 4:35.54 | | +8.30s | - | 19 | | 11.Guillermo Zavala | Mexico | 4:36.47 | NR | +9.23s | - | 20 | | 12.Hans-Joachim Geisler | West Germany | 4:38.55 | | +11.31s | - | 23 | | 13.Leszek Gorski | Poland | 4:39.30 | NR | +12.06s | - | 17 | | 14.Rafael Escalas | Spain | 4:42.46 | | +15.22s | - | 17 | | 15.Pablo Restrepo | Colombia | 4:44.34 | | +17.10s | - | 18 | | 16.Andres Aguilar | Costa Rica | 4:45.66 | NR | +18.42s | - | 17 | | 17.Claus Bredschneider | Canada | 4:47.15 | | +19.91s | - | _ | | 18.Murat Ozuak | Turkey | 4:50.96 | | +23.72s | - | _ | | 19.Georgy Dangalakov | Bulgaria | 4:51.50 | | +24.26s | - | _ | | 20.Helmuth Levy | Colombia | 4:54.10 | | +26.86s | - | 19 | | 21.Tung-Hsiung Hsu | Taiwan | 4:54.20 | | +26.96s | - | 23 | | 22.Samir Bouchlaghem | Tunisia | 4:56.70 | NR | +29.46s | - | _ | | -. Bill Chao | Taiwan | DSQ | | - | - | _ | |
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