400 m Individual Medley, Men

Competition 1981 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Split YUG
Held 8 September 1981
Status Medal
Competitors 23
Countries 15
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Sergey Fesenko URS 4:28.48
(1 h4)		 4:22.77
(1 FA)
🥈 Leszek Górski POL 4:29.98
(2 h1)		 4:23.62
(2 FA)
🥉 Giovanni Franceschi ITA 4:27.26
(1 h1)		 4:24.82
(3 FA)
4 Vladimir Shemetov URS 4:29.62
(1 h3)		 4:26.86
(4 FA)
5 Jens-Peter Berndt GDR 4:31.98
(2 h2)		 4:28.42
(5 FA)
6 Steve Poulter GBR 4:30.48
(2 h4)		 4:28.50
(6 FA)
7 Daniel Machek TCH 4:31.97
(3 h4)		 4:29.51
(7 FA)
8 Ivan Gritti ITA 4:29.72
(1 h2)		 4:38.03
(8 FA)
9 Gareth Sykes GBR 4:33.41
(4 h4)		 4:31.89
(1 FB)
10 Fred Eefting NED 4:32.69
(3 h1)		 4:32.14
(2 FB)
11 Josef Hladký TCH 4:33.13
(2 h3)		 4:32.21
(3 FB)
17 Anders Peterson SWE 4:39.38
(4 h2)		 4:33.11
(4 FB)
15 Frédéric Delcourt FRA 4:38.96
(4 h3)		 4:34.79
(5 FB)
12 Dariusz Wolny POL 4:35.77
(4 h1)		 4:35.55
(6 FB)
13 Michael Hahn GER 4:38.31
(3 h2)		 4:36.95
(7 FB)
16 Franky De Groote BEL 4:39.00
(5 h4)		 4:37.18
(8 FB)
14 Bruno Lesaffre FRA 4:38.85
(3 h3)		 —
18 Andreas Peikert GDR 4:39.68
(6 h4)		 —
19 Ricardo Valdivia ESP 4:42.03
(5 h1)		 —
20 Zoltán Verrasztó HUN 4:43.43
(5 h2)		 —
21 Ingólfur Gissurarson ISL 4:56.17
(6 h2)		 —
DQ András Hargitay HUN —
(DQ h3)		 —
DQ Boris Novak YUG —
(DQ h3)		 —
DNS Murat ÖzüakDNS TUR —
(DNS h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Giovanni Franceschi ITA 4:27.26
2 Leszek Górski POL 4:29.98
3 Fred Eefting NED 4:32.69
4 Dariusz Wolny POL 4:35.77
5 Ricardo Valdivia ESP 4:42.03
DNS Murat ÖzüakDNS TUR —

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ivan Gritti ITA 4:29.72
2 Jens-Peter Berndt GDR 4:31.98
3 Michael Hahn GER 4:38.31
4 Anders Peterson SWE 4:39.38
5 Zoltán Verrasztó HUN 4:43.43
6 Ingólfur Gissurarson ISL 4:56.17

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Vladimir Shemetov URS 4:29.62
2 Josef Hladky TCH 4:33.13
3 Bruno Lesaffre FRA 4:38.85
4 Frédéric Delcourt FRA 4:38.96
DQ András Hargitay HUN —
DQ Boris Novak YUG —

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sergey Fesenko URS 4:28.48
2 Steve Poulter GBR 4:30.48
3 Daniel Machek TCH 4:31.97
4 Gareth Sykes GBR 4:33.41
5 Franky De Groote BEL 4:39.00
6 Andreas Peikert GDR 4:39.68

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sergey Fesenko URS 4:22.77
2 Leszek Górski POL 4:23.62
3 Giovanni Franceschi ITA 4:24.82
4 Vladimir Shemetov URS 4:26.86
5 Jens-Peter Berndt GDR 4:28.42
6 Steve Poulter GBR 4:28.50
7 Daniel Machek TCH 4:29.51
8 Ivan Gritti ITA 4:38.03

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Gareth Sykes GBR 4:31.89
2 Fred Eefting NED 4:32.14
3 Josef Hladky TCH 4:32.21
4 Anders Peterson SWE 4:33.11
5 Frédéric Delcourt FRA 4:34.79
6 Dariusz Wolny POL 4:35.55
7 Michael Hahn GER 4:36.95
8 Franky De Groote BEL 4:37.18