The men's 400 meter individual medley event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 25 July.
Heats Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Steve Furniss 4:27.76 Q, OR 2 Bill Sawchuk 4:32.65 3 Alan McClatchey 4:34.31 4 John McConnochie 4:40.84 5 Gunnar Gundersen 4:41.05 - Patrick Novaretti - DQ
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Tim McKee 4:29.14 Q 2 Andy Ritchie 4:31.34 Q 3 Tsuyoshi Yanagidate 4:39.27 4 José-Ricardo de Jesús 4:42.07 5 Ronald Woutering 4:46.76 - Mikhail Gorelik - DQ
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Rod Strachan 4:27.15 Q, OR 2 Graham Smith 4:31.29 Q 3 Miloslav Roľko 4:35.21 4 Jeff Van de Graaf 4:35.83 5 Duncan Cleworth 4:42.25 6 François Deley 4:43.09 7 António de Melo 5:11.48
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 András Hargitay 4:28.96 Q 2 Hans-Joachim Geisler 4:31.37 Q 3 Peter Dawson 4:33.01 4 Csaba Sós 4:34.72 5 Ricardo Marmolejo 4:45.30 6 Dov Nisman 4:47.13 7 Edwin Borja 4:52.21
Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Andrey Smirnov 4:29.92 Q 2 Anatoly Smirnov 4:33.88 3 Mark Treffers 4:40.92 4 Jim Carter 4:41.25 5 Julio Abreu 4:46.69 6 Zoltán Verrasztó 4:48.51 7 Guillermo Zavala 4:49.55
Final Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Rod Strachan 4:23.68 WR Tim McKee 4:24.62 Andrey Smirnov 4:26.90 4 András Hargitay 4:27.13 5 Graham Smith 4:28.64 6 Steve Furniss 4:29.23 7 Andy Ritchie 4:29.87 8 Hans-Joachim Geisler 4:34.95
References
External links Official Olympic Report