Swimming at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
VenueRoyal Commonwealth Pool
Dates30 July 1986 (1986-07-30)
Competitors41 from 9 nations
Winning time3:44.00 GR
Medalists
gold medal    Canada
silver medal    England
bronze medal    Australia
← 1982
1990 →

The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition of the swimming events at the 1986 Commonwealth Games took place on 30 July.

Records[edit]

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record  United States (USA)
Rick Carey
John Moffet
Pablo Morales
Matt Biondi
3:38.28 Tokyo, Japan 18 August 1985
Commonwealth record
Games record ? ? ? ?

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Nation Athletes Time Record
30 July 1986 Final  Canada Mark Tewksbury
Victor Davis
Tom Ponting
Alex Baumann
3:44.00 GR

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

9 teams participated in 2 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 1 -  Australia Carl Wilson
Brett Stocks
Barry Armstrong
Greg Fasala
3:53.67 Q
2 2 -  Canada Mike West
Darcy Wallingford
Claude Lamy
Sandy Goss
3:54.77 Q
3 1 -  New Zealand Paul Kingsman
Grant Forbes
Anthony Mosse
Ross Anderson
3:54.84 Q
4 2 -  England Neil Harper
Nick Gillingham
Andy Jameson
Roland Lee
3:54.90 Q
5 2 -  Scotland Craig Nelson
Gary Watson
Richard Leishman
Colin Bole
4:02.86 Q
6 1 -  Singapore David Lim
Jin Teik Oon
Ang Peng Siong
Jin Gee Oon
4:03.02 Q
7 2 -  Hong Kong Hor Man Yip
Michael Watt
Yi Ming Tsang
Johnny Li
4:05.22 Q
8 1 -  Wales Ian Rosser
Bruce Perry
Steven Gwynne
Gareth Williams
4:09.56 Q
9 2 -  Swaziland Yul Du Pont
Chris Stapley
Shan Nissiotis
Trevor Ncala
4:34.43

Final[edit]

The results of the final are below.[2]

Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5  Canada Mark Tewksbury
Victor Davis
Tom Ponting
Alex Baumann
3:44.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6  England Neil Harper
Adrian Moorhouse
Andy Jameson
Roland Lee
3:44.85
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4  Australia Carl Wilson
Brett Stocks
Barry Armstrong
Greg Fasala
3:45.86
4 3  New Zealand Paul Kingsman
Grant Forbes
Anthony Mosse
Ross Anderson
3:48.58
5 2  Scotland Craig Nelson
Gary Watson
Richard Leishman
Colin Bole
3:54.05
6 7  Singapore David Lim
Jin Teik Oon
Ang Peng Siong
Jin Gee Oon
3:56.99
7 1  Hong Kong Hor Man Yip
Michael Watt
Yi Ming Tsang
Johnny Li
4:00.29
8 8  Wales Ian Rosser
Bruce Perry
Steven Gwynne
Gareth Williams
4:07.54

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Results: Day Six". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 31 July 1986. p. 36.
  2. ^ "Commonwealth Games Results". The Times. London. 31 July 1986. p. 28.