Final | | time | | gap | L | ag | 100m | 200m | 300m | 1. Vladimir Salnikov | Soviet Union | 3:51.94 | CR | | 4 | 18 | 57.91s | 1:57.05 | 2:54.83 | 2. Jeff Float | United States | 3:53.42 | | +1.48 | 5 | 18 | 56.83s | 1:56.02 | 2:54.59 | 3. Bill Forrester | United States | 3:53.97 | | +2.03 | 7 | 20 | 58.33s | 1:54.90 | 2:54.63 | 4. Sergey Rusin | Soviet Union | 3:55.46 | | +3.52 | 3 | 18 | 57.87s | 1:57.31 | 2:56.20 | 5. Sandor Nagy | Hungary | 3:56.29 | NR | +4.35 | 8 | 17 | 57.36s | 1:57.45 | 2:57.78 | 6. Peter Szmidt | Canada | 3:56.48 | | +4.54 | 2 | 17 | 57.51s | 1:57.53 | 2:57.35 | 7. Max Metzker | Australia | 3:56.64 | | +4.70 | 1 | 18 | 58.39s | 1:58.18 | 2:57.56 | 8. Borut Petric | Yugoslavia | 3:56.85 | NR | +4.91 | 6 | 17 | 57.08s | 1:56.76 | 2:57.63 |
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World Record: Brian Gododell, United Stated (56.11s, 1;55.59, 2:53.80) | Championship Record: Tim Shaw, United States 3:51.94 (57.91s, 1:58.27, 2:57.21) 1975 |
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Heats - Wednesday, 23rd August | Best 8 times advanced to Final>. |
Heat 6 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 6. Bill Forrester | United States | 3:57.21 | | +3.89s | - | 20 | 1. | 8. Sandor Nagy | Hungary | 3:57.83 | | +4.51s | - | 17 | 2. | 15.Daniel Machek | Czechoslovakia | 3:59.51 | | +6.19s | - | 18 | 3. | 17.Giorgio Quadri | Italy | 4:00.80 | | +7.48s | - | 18 | 4. | 27.Gerard Smits | Netherlands | 4:07.20 | | +13.88s | - | _ | 5. |
Heat 5 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 2. Jeff Float | United States | 3:56.47 | | +3.15s | - | 18 | 1. | 13.Paolo Revelli | Italy | 3:58.90 | NR | +5.58s | - | 19 | 2. | 14.Gary Andersson | Sweden | 3:59.42 | | +6.10s | - | 19 | 3. | 18.Zoltan Wladar | Hungary | 4:00.81 | | +7.49s | - | 18 | 4. |
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