| 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 | - | 
 |  | | 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 | - | 
 |  | | 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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