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.Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Steve Furniss | | 4:27.76 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Bill Sawchuk | | 4:32.65 | |
| 3 | Alan McClatchey | | 4:34.31 | |
| 4 | John McConnochie | | 4:40.84 | |
| 5 | Gunnar Gundersen | | 4:41.05 | |
| - | Patrick Novaretti | | - | DQ |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tim McKee | | 4:29.14 | Q |
| 2 | Andy Ritchie | | 4:31.34 | Q |
| 3 | Tsuyoshi Yanagidate | | 4:39.27 | |
| 4 | José-Ricardo de Jesús | | 4:42.07 | |
| 5 | Ronald Woutering | | 4:46.76 | |
| - | Mikhail Gorelik | | - | DQ |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Rod Strachan | | 4:27.15 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Graham Smith | | 4:31.29 | Q |
| 3 | Miloslav Roľko | | 4:35.21 | |
| 4 | Jeff Van de Graaf | | 4:35.83 | |
| 5 | Duncan Cleworth | | 4:42.25 | |
| 6 | François Deley | | 4:43.09 | |
| 7 | António de Melo | | 5:11.48 | |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | András Hargitay | | 4:28.96 | Q |
| 2 | Hans-Joachim Geisler | | 4:31.37 | Q |
| 3 | Peter Dawson | | 4:33.01 | |
| 4 | Csaba Sós | | 4:34.72 | |
| 5 | Ricardo Marmolejo | | 4:45.30 | |
| 6 | Dov Nisman | | 4:47.13 | |
| 7 | Edwin Borja | | 4:52.21 | |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrey Smirnov | | 4:29.92 | Q |
| 2 | Anatoly Smirnov | | 4:33.88 | |
| 3 | Mark Treffers | | 4:40.92 | |
| 4 | Jim Carter | | 4:41.25 | |
| 5 | Julio Abreu | | 4:46.69 | |
| 6 | Zoltán Verrasztó | | 4:48.51 | |
| 7 | Guillermo Zavala | | 4:49.55 | |
Final
