Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time
1 4 - Rick Colella United States 4:38.50
2 1 - András Hargitay Hungary 4:38.96
3 3 - Rod Strachan United States 4:40.06
4 4 - Bengt Gingsjö Sweden 4:41.23
5 1 - Wolfram Sperling East Germany 4:41.83
6 3 - Sergey Zakharov Soviet Union 4:41.96
7 4 - Anatoly Smirnov Soviet Union 4:42.65
8 2 - Brian Brinkley Great Britain 4:43.54
9 1 - Neil Martin Australia 4:44.55
10 3 - Patrick Moreau France 4:45.14
11 4 - Csaba Sós Hungary 4:45.29
12 3 - David Brumwell Canada 4:45.52
13 1 - Anders Bellbring Sweden 4:46.56
14 2 - Hans-Joachim Geisler West Germany 4:47.68
15 3 - Ignacio Álvarez Mexico 4:48.96
16 4 - Tsuyoshi Yanagidate Japan 4:49.24
17 1 - Gunnar Gundersen Norway 4:51.46
18 2 - Peter Tetlow Australia 4:51.98
19 1 - Lorenzo Marugo Italy 4:51.98
20 4 - Paul Hughes Canada 4:52.00
Results -- Heats
29 swimmers participated in 4 heats , qualified swimmers are listed : [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.