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Host City: Barcelona, Spain
Venue(s): Catalonia Olympic Canal, Castelldefels
Date Started: August 4, 1992
Date Finished: August 4, 1992
Format: Top four in each heat and fastest fifth advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Nikolay Bukhalov |
| Silver: | Ivans Klementjevs |
| Bronze: | György Zala |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Partnoi | 21 | Romania | ROU | 4:02.67 | QU |
| 2 | Fred Spaulding | 26 | United States | USA | 4:04.39 | QU |
| 3 | Armando Silega | 29 | Cuba | CUB | 4:04.43 | QU |
| 4 | Vlado Poslek | 22 | Croatia | CRO | 4:05.86 | QU |
| 5 | Park Chang-Gyu | 21 | South Korea | KOR | 4:06.53 | QC |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Bartůnĕk | 27 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 4:02.48 | QU/OB |
| 2 | Peter Liljedahl | 25 | Sweden | SWE | 4:03.44 | QU |
| 3 | Tiit Tikerpe | 26 | Estonia | EST | 4:05.05 | QU |
| 4 | José Martínez | 19 | Mexico | MEX | 4:06.73 | QU |
| 5 | Tomasz Darski | 30 | Poland | POL | 4:11.11 |