| Final | time | gap | L | ||
| 1. Uwe Dassler |  East Germany | 3:48.95 | 3 | ||
| 2. Rainer Henkel |  West Germany | 3:49.28 | +0.33s | 4 | |
| 3. Thomas Fahrner | West Germany | 3:49.82 | +0.87s | 5 | |
| 4. Artur Wojdat |  Poland | 3:51.12 | +1.17s | 8 | |
| 5. Mariusz Podkościelny | Poland | 3:53.97 | +5.00s | 6 | |
| 6. Zoltan Szilagyi |  Hungary | 3:54.37 | +5.40s | 7 | |
| 7. Valter Kalaus | Hungary | 3:56.00 | +7.05s | 1 | |
| 8. Giorgio Lamberti |  Italy | 3:58.52 | +9.57s | 2 |
| Final B | time | gap | L | ||
| 9. Frank Iacono |  France | 3:53.62 | 4 | ||
| 10.Jean Marie Arnould |  Belgium | 3:53.94 | 0.32s | 3 | |
| 11.Edward Petrov |  Soviet Union | 3:56.23 | 2.61s | 6 | |
| 12.Kevin Boyd |  Great Britain | 3:56.43 | 2.81s | 5 | |
| 13.Anthony Day | Great Britain | 3:57.32 | 3.70s | 7 | |
| 14.Darjan Petric |  Yugoslavia | 3:59.02 | 5.40s | 2 | |
| 15.Massimo Trevisan | Italy | 4:00.06 | 6.44s | 8 | |
| 16.Jose Enrique Escalas |  Spain | 4:01.08 | 7.46s | 1 |
Heats - Friday, 21st August |
| Best 8 times advanced to Final. Next 8 times to Final B. |
| Heats | time | gap | L | ||
| 1. Rainer Henkel | West Germany | 3:51.30 | - | ||
| 2. Thomas Fahrner | West Germany | 3:51.82 | 0.52s | - | |
| 3. Uwe Daßler | East Germany | 3:52.18 | 0.88s | - | |
| 4. Mariusz Podkościelny | Poland | 3:52.62 | 1.32s | - | |
| 5. Giorgio Lamberti | Italy | 3:52.73 | 1.43s | - | |
| 6. Zoltán Szilágyi | Hungary | 3:53.10 | 1.80s | - | |
| 7. Valter Kalaus | Hungary | 3:53.22 | 1.92s | - | |
| 8. Artur Wojdat | Poland | 3:53.68 | 2.38s | - | |
| 9. Frank Iacono | France | 3:54.15 | 2.85s | - | |
| 10.Anders Holmertz |  Sweden | 3:54.17 | 2.87s | - | |
| 11.Kevin Boyd | Great Britain | 3:55.05 | 3.75s | - | |
| 12.Sven Lodziewski | East Germany | 3:55.12 | 3.83s | - | |
| 13.Jean Marie Arnould | Belgium | 3:56.95 | 5.65s | - | |
| 14.Edward Petrov | Soviet Union | 3:57.48 | 6.18s | - | |
| 15.Stefan Persson | Sweden | 3:57.96 | 6.66s | - | |
| 16.Darjan Petrič | Yugoslavia | 3:58.35 | 7.05s | - | |
| 17.Anthony Day | Great Britain | 3:59.51 | 8.21s | - | |
| 18.Jose Enrique Escalas | Spain | 4:01.18 | 9.88s | - | |
| 19.Massimo Trevisan | Italy | 4:01.70 | 10.40s | - | |
| 20.Nače Majčen | Yugoslavia | 4:01.82 | 10.52s | - | |
| 21.Daniel Serra | Spain | 4:03.02 | 11.72s | - | |
| 22.Valentin Kochanov |  Bulgaria | 4:03.36 | 12.06s | - | |
| 23.Claus Christensen |  Denmark | 4:05.50 | 14.20s | - | |
| 24.Magnús Ólafsson |  Iceland | 4:05.76 | 14.46s | - | |
| 25.Andrey Patrakov | Soviet Union | 4:06.47 | 15.17s | - | |
| 26.Ragnar Guðmundsson | Iceland | 4:06.58 | 15.28s | - | |
| 27.George Wouemb |  Greece | 4:09.77 | 18.47s | - |
| -- Competitors from -- Nations. |
| 1985 Men 400m Freestyle |
| Men 400m Freestyle History |
| 1989 Men 400m Freestyle |
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