Swimming World Championships 1978 at West-Berlin (wge) Men: 400 m Freestyle August 23: Final: 1. Vladimir Salnikov (sov) 3:51.94 2. Jeff Float (usa) 3:53.42 3. Billy Forrester (usa) 3:53.97 4. Sergey Rusin (sov) 3:55.46 5. Sandor Nagy (hun) 3:56.29 6. Peter Szmidt (can) 3:56.48 7. Max Metzker (aus) 3:56.64 8. Borut Petric (yug) 3:56.85