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Host City: Montréal, Canada
Venue(s): Olympic Basin, Notre Dame Island, Montréal, Québec
Date Started: July 29, 1976
Date Finished: July 29, 1976
Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Matija Ljubek |
| Silver: | Vasyl Yurchenko |
| Bronze: | Tamás Wichmann |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan Patzaichin | 26 | Romania | ROU | 4:13.09 | QU |
| 2 | Tamás Wichmann | 28 | Hungary | HUN | 4:14.87 | QU |
| 3 | Matija Ljubek | 22 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 4:15.14 | QU |
| 4 | Roland Iche | 29 | France | FRA | 4:20.13 | |
| 5 | Ulli Eicke | 24 | West Germany | FRG | 4:28.66 | |
| 6 | Pietro Bruschi | 24 | Italy | ITA | 4:33.38 | |
| 7 | Willie Reichenstein | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:49.20 | |
| 8 | Mitsuo Nakanishi | 28 | Japan | JPN | 4:52.59 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vasyl Yurchenko | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | 4:20.44 | QU |
| 2 | Wilfried Stephan | 21 | East Germany | GDR | 4:25.23 | QU |
| 3 | Borislav Ananiev | 20 | Bulgaria | BUL | 4:28.18 | QU |
| 4 | Göran Backlund | 19 | Sweden | SWE | 4:29.36 | |
| 5 | Timo Grönlund | 22 | Finland | FIN | 4:30.93 | |
| 6 | John Edwards | 22 | Canada | CAN | 4:32.67 | |
| 7 | Angus Morrison | 24 | United States | USA | 4:35.77 |