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Host City: Atlanta, United States
Venue(s): Lake Sidney Lanier, Gainesville, Georgia
Date Started: July 30, 1996
Date Finished: July 30, 1996
Format: Top four in each heat and fastest fifth advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Knut Holmann |
| Silver: | Beniamino Bonomi |
| Bronze: | Clint Robinson |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastián Cuattrin | 22 | Brazil | BRA | 4:02.527 | QU |
| 2 | Vincent Olla | 23 | France | FRA | 4:04.147 | QU |
| 3 | Zoltán Kammerer | 18 | Hungary | HUN | 4:05.859 | QU |
| 4 | Ivan Lawler | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:06.555 | QU |
| 5 | Hain Helde | 24 | Estonia | EST | 4:08.375 | QC |
| 6 | Erik Gervais | 23 | Canada | CAN | 4:08.743 | |
| 7 | Miezan Edoukou | 29 | Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | 4:44.155 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Róbert Erban | 24 | Slovakia | SVK | 4:01.917 | QU |
| 2 | Michael Harbold | 28 | United States | USA | 4:05.225 | QU |
| 3 | José Garcia | 32 | Portugal | POR | 4:05.677 | QU |
| 4 | Vladyslav Tereshchenko | 24 | Ukraine | UKR | 4:08.681 | QU |
| 5 | Tom Krantz | 25 | Sweden | SWE | 4:10.057 | |
| 6 | Andrey Safaryan | 29 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 4:10.633 | |
| 7 | Ivan Kireyev | 29 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 4:12.105 |