Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men's 400 meter individual medley event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 25 July.^[1]

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Steve Furniss	United States	4:27.76	Q, OR
2	Bill Sawchuk	Canada	4:32.65
3	Alan McClatchey	Great Britain	4:34.31
4	John McConnochie	New Zealand	4:40.84
5	Gunnar Gundersen	Norway	4:41.05
-	Patrick Novaretti	Monaco	-	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tim McKee	United States	4:29.14	Q
2	Andy Ritchie	Canada	4:31.34	Q
3	Tsuyoshi Yanagidate	Japan	4:39.27
4	José-Ricardo de Jesús	Puerto Rico	4:42.07
5	Ronald Woutering	Netherlands	4:46.76
-	Mikhail Gorelik	Soviet Union	-	DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Rod Strachan	United States	4:27.15	Q, OR
2	Graham Smith	Canada	4:31.29	Q
3	Miloslav Roľko	Czechoslovakia	4:35.21
4	Jeff Van de Graaf	Australia	4:35.83
5	Duncan Cleworth	Great Britain	4:42.25
6	François Deley	Belgium	4:43.09
7	António de Melo	Portugal	5:11.48

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	András Hargitay	Hungary	4:28.96	Q
2	Hans-Joachim Geisler	West Germany	4:31.37	Q
3	Peter Dawson	Australia	4:33.01
4	Csaba Sós	Hungary	4:34.72
5	Ricardo Marmolejo	Mexico	4:45.30
6	Dov Nisman	Israel	4:47.13
7	Edwin Borja	Philippines	4:52.21

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Andrey Smirnov	Soviet Union	4:29.92	Q
2	Anatoly Smirnov	Soviet Union	4:33.88
3	Mark Treffers	New Zealand	4:40.92
4	Jim Carter	Great Britain	4:41.25
5	Julio Abreu	Paraguay	4:46.69
6	Zoltán Verrasztó	Hungary	4:48.51
7	Guillermo Zavala	Mexico	4:49.55

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Rod Strachan	United States	4:23.68	WR
	Tim McKee	United States	4:24.62
	Andrey Smirnov	Soviet Union	4:26.90
4	András Hargitay	Hungary	4:27.13
5	Graham Smith	Canada	4:28.64
6	Steve Furniss	United States	4:29.23
7	Andy Ritchie	Canada	4:29.87
8	Hans-Joachim Geisler	West Germany	4:34.95