The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 5 September Heat 1András Hargitay 4:38.96 CR 5 September Heat 4Rick Colella 4:38.50 CR 5 September Final András Hargitay 4:31.11 CR
Results
Heats 29 swimmers participated in 4 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 4 - Rick Colella 4:38.50 Q, CR2 1 - András Hargitay 4:38.96 Q, CR3 3 - Rod Strachan 4:40.06 Q4 4 - Bengt Gingsjö 4:41.23 Q5 1 - Wolfram Sperling 4:41.83 Q6 3 - Sergey Zakharov 4:41.96 Q7 4 - Anatoly Smirnov 4:42.65 Q8 2 - Brian Brinkley 4:43.54 Q9 1 - Neil Martin 4:44.55 10 3 - Patrick Moreau 4:45.14 11 4 - Csaba Sós 4:45.29 12 3 - David Brumwell 4:45.52 13 1 - Anders Bellbring 4:46.56 14 2 - Hans-Joachim Geisler 4:47.68 15 3 - Ignacio Álvarez 4:48.96 16 4 - Tsuyoshi Yanagidate 4:49.24 17 1 - Gunnar Gundersen 4:51.46 18 2 - Peter Tetlow 4:51.98 19 1 - Lorenzo Marugo 4:51.98 20 4 - Paul Hughes 4:52.00 21 2 - François Deley 4:52.91 22 2 - Mark Treffers 4:55.35 23 3 - Antônio Azevedo 4:56.24 24 3 - Ali Gharbi 5:04.13 25 3 - Evangelos Koskinas 5:07.35 26 2 - Angel Chakarov 5:08.22 27 4 - Carlos Santiago 5:08.66 28 1 - Francisco Canales 5:09.52 29 2 - C. Manochehr 5:41.12 2 - Christian Leitzmann Did not finish 1 - L. Diaz Did not start 4 - Bandi Wetternek Did not start Christian Leitzmann, almost at the end at the butterfly leg, swallowed some water and abandoned the race.
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes - András Hargitay 4:31.11 CR, ER - Rod Strachan 4:33.50 - Rick Colella 4:34.68 - Sergey Zakharov 4:37.05 - Wolfram Sperling 4:37.17 - Bengt Gingsjö 4:37.62 - Brian Brinkley 4:40.94 NR - Anatoly Smirnov 4:41.26
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