| Men 400m Medley XV Swimming European Championship 1981 Split, Yugoslavia - Wednesday, 8th September - Gold Medal: Sergey Fesenko, Soviet Union | 
| | Final |  | time |  | gap | L |  | 1. Sergey Fesenko |  Soviet Union | 4:22.77 |  |  | 5 |  | 2. Leszek Gorski |  Poland | 4:23.62 | NR | +0.85s | 2 |  | 3. Giovanni Franceschi |  Italy | 4:24.82 | NR | +1.05s | 4 |  | 4. Vladimir Shemetov |  Soviet Union | 4:26.86 |  | +4.09s | 3 |  | 5. Jens Berndt |  East Germany | 4:28.42 |  | +5.65s | 8 |  | 6. Stephen Poulter |  Great Britain | 4:28.50 |  | +5.73s | 7 |  | 7. Daniel Machek |  Czechoslovakia | 4:29.51 |  | +6.74s | 1 |  | 8. Ivan Gritti |  Italy | 4:38.03 |  | +15.26s | 6 | 
 | Final B |  | time |  | gap | L |  | 9. Gareth Sykes |  Great Britain | 4:31.89 |  |  | - |  | 10.Fred Eefting |  Netherlands | 4:32.14 | NR | +0.25s | - |  | 11.Josef Hladky |  Czechoslovakia | 4:32.21 |  | +0.32s | - |  | 12.Anders Peterson |  Sweden | 4:33.11 |  | +1.22s | - |  | 13.Frederic Delcourt |  France | 4:34.79 | NR | +2.90s | - |  | 14.Dariusz Wolny |  Poland | 4:35.55 |  | +3.66s | - |  | 15.Michael Hahn |  West Germany | 4:36.95 |  | +5.06s | - |  | 16.Franky De Groote |  Belgium | 4:38.03 |  | +6.14s | - | 
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 | Heats - Wednesday, 8th September |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final. Next 8 times to Final B. | 
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| | Heat 4 |  | time |  | gap | L |  | 2. Sergey Fesenko |  Soviet Union | 4:28.48 |  | +1.22s | - |  | 6. Stephen Poulter |  Great Britain | 4:30.48 |  | +3.22s | - |  | 7. Daniel Machek |  Czechoslovakia | 4:31.97 |  | +4.71s | - |  | 11.Gareth Sykes |  Great Britain | 4:33.41 |  | +6.15s | - |  | 16.Franky De Groote |  Belgium | 4:39.00 |  | +11.74s | - |  | 18.Andreas Peikert |  East Germany | 4:39.68 |  | +12.42s | - | 
 |  | | Heat 3 |  | time |  | gap | L |  | 3. Vladimir Shemetov |  Soviet Union | 4:29.62 |  | +1.36s | - |  | 10.Josef Hladky |  Czechoslovakia | 4:33.13 |  | +5.87s | - |  | 14.Bruno Lesaffre |  France | 4:38.85 |  | +11.59s | - |  | 15.Frederic Delcourt |  France | 4:38.96 |  | +11.70s | - |  | -. Andras Hargitay |  Hungary | DQ |  |  | - |  | -. Boris Novak |  Yugoslavia | DQ |  |  | - | 
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| | Heat 2 |  | time |  | gap | L |  | 4. Ivan Gritti |  Italy | 4:29.72 |  | +2.46s | - |  | 8. Jens Berndt |  East Germany | 4:31.98 |  | +4.72s | - |  | 13.Michael Hahn |  West Germany | 4:38.31 |  | +11.05s | - |  | 17.Anders Peterson |  Sweden | 4:39.38 |  | +12.12s | - |  | 20.Zoltan Verraszto |  Hungary | 4:43.43 |  | +13.77s | - |  | 21.Ingolfur Gissurarson |  Iceland | 4:56.17 | NR | +28.51s | - | 
 |  | | Heat 1 |  | time |  | gap | L |  | 1. Giovanni Franceschi |  Italy | 4:27.26 |  |  | - |  | 5. Leszek Gorski |  Poland | 4:29.98 |  | +2.72s | - |  | 9. Fred Eefting |  Netherlands | 4:32.69 | NR | +5.43s | - |  | 12.Dariusz Wolny |  Poland | 4:35.77 |  | +8.51s | - |  | 19.Ricardo Valdivia |  Spain | 4:42.03 |  | +13.77s | - |  | -. Murat Ozuak |  Turkey | DNS |  |  | - | 
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