| Men 400m Freestyle XV Swimming European Championship 1981 Split, Yugoslavia - Friday, 10th September - Gold Medal: Borut Petric, Yugoslavia | 
| Final |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 1. Borut Petric |   Yugoslavia | 3:51.63 | NR |   | 5 |  | 2. Vladimir Salnikov |   Soviet Union | 3:51.77 |   | +0.14s | 4 |  | 3. Darjan Petric |   Yugoslavia | 3:53.71 |   | +2.08s | 6 |  | 4. Arne Borgstrom |   Sweden | 3:54.35 | NR | +2.72s | 3 |  | 5. Sandor Nagy |   Hungary | 3:55.86 | NR | +4.23s | 2 |  | 6. Andrew Astbury |   Great Britain | 3:55.93 | NR | +4.30s | 8 |  | 7. Daniel Machek |   Czechoslovakia | 3:57.33 |   | +5.70s | 1 |  | 8. Rainer Stronbach |   East Germany | 3:57.74 |   | +6.11s | 7 |   
| Venue: Polljud Swimming Centre |  | 26 Competitors from 16 Nations. |   
| Final B |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 9. Alexander Chaev |   Soviet Union | 3:57.88 |   |   | 5 |  | 10.Detlef Grabs |   East Germany | 3:58.31 |   | +0.43s | 2 |  | 11.Zoltan Wladar |   Hungary | 3:58.99 |   | +1.11s | 4 |  | 12.Gerald Schlupp |   West Germany | 3:59.68 |   | +1.80s | 3 |  | 13.Frank Wenmann |   West Germany | 4:00.09 |   | +2.21s | 6 |  | 14.Hendrik Steenberge |   Belgium | 4:01.68 |   | +3.80s | 7 |  | 15.Andrea Calabria |   Italy | 4:04.20 |   | +6.32s | 8 |  | 16.Giorgio Quadri |   Italy | 4:07.64 |   | +9.76s | 1 |   
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 Heats - Friday, 10th September |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final. Next 8 times to Final B. |   
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| Heat 4 |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 1. Vladimir Salnikov |   Soviet Union | 3:53.35 |   |   | - |  | 2. Borut Petric |   Yugoslavia | 3:53.37 | NR | +0.02s | - |  | 3. Arne Borgstrom |   Sweden | 3:55.37 | NR | +2.02s | - |  | 4. Darjan Petric |   Yugoslavia | 3:56.25 |   | +2.90s | - |  | 13.Frank Wenmann |   West Germany | 3:59.52 |   | +6.17s | - |  | 15.Hendrik Steenberge |   Belgium | 4:01.29 | NR | +7.94s | - |  | 19.Petar Kochanov |   Bulgaria | 4:03.14 |   | +9.79s | - |  | 20.Piotr Gaik |   Poland | 4:03.19 |   | +9.84s | - |   
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| Heat 3 |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 5. Sandor Nagy |   Hungary | 3:56.33 |   | +2.98s | - |  | 8. Andrew Astbury |   Great Britain | 3:57.44 | NR | +4.09s | - |  | 10.Alexander Chaev |   Soviet Union | 3:58.70 |   | +5.35s | - |  | 16.Giorgio Quadri |   Italy | 4:01.80 |   | +8.45s | - |  | 21.Kalle Elias |   Sweden | 4:04.01 |   | +10.66s | - |  | 22.Pierre Andraca |   France | 4:06.47 |   | +13.12s | - |  | -. Martin Roedseth |   Norway | DNS |   |   | - |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 11.Thomas Lejdsrom |   Sweden | 3:58.95 |   | +5.60s | - |  | 12.Gerald Schlupp |   West Germany | 3:59.29 |   | +5.94s | - |  | 14.Detlef Grabs |   East Germany | 4:00.67 |   | +7.32s | - |  | 17.Andrea Calabria |   Italy | 4:02.54 |   | +9.19s | - |  | 18.Jaroslaw Chroncielewski |   Poland | 4:02.91 |   | +9.56s | - |  | 25.Caes Winkel |   Netherlands | 4:06.76 |   | +13.41s | - |  | 26.Javier Nogues |   Spain | 4:12.82 |   | +19.47s | - |   
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| Heat 1 |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 6. Rainer Stronbach |   East Germany | 3:56.42 |   | +3.07s | - |  | 7. Daniel Machek |   Czechoslovakia | 3:56.72 |   | +3.37s | - |  | 9. Zoltan Wladar |   Hungary | 3:58.53 |   | +5.18s | - |  | 23.Carlos Vallejo |   Spain | 4:06.61 |   | +13.26s | - |  | 24.Frank Drost |   Netherlands | 4:06.64 |   | +13.29s | - |  | -. Kemal Sadri Ozun |   Turkey | DNS |   |   | - |  | -. Murat Ozuak |   Turkey | DNS |   |   | - |   
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