Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates25 July 2014 (2014-07-25)
Competitors62 from 13 nations
Winning time3:13.44 GR
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    England
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The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 25 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Councillor Sadie Docherty, Lord Provost of Glasgow and the quaichs were presented by Fiona Kerr, Managing Director of First Glasgow.

Records[edit]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

World record  United States (USA)
Michael Phelps (47.51)
Garrett Weber-Gale (47.02)
Cullen Jones (47.65)
Jason Lezak (46.06)
3:08.24 Beijing, China 11 August 2008 [1][2]
Commonwealth record
Games record  Australia (AUS)
Kyle Richardson (49.23)
Eamon Sullivan (47.49)
Tommaso D'Orsogna (48.63)
James Magnussen (48.57)
3:13.92 Delhi, India 4 October 2010 [3]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Nation Swimmers Time Record
25 July Final  Australia Tommaso D'Orsogna (49.26)
Matthew Abood (48.77)
James Magnussen (47.49)
Cameron McEvoy (47.92)
3:13.44 GR

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 2 4  Australia Ned McKendry (49.58)
Kenneth To (49.53)
Jayden Hadler (49.27)
Matthew Abood (48.53)
3:16.91 Q
2 2 5  England Lewis Coleman (51.25)
Chris Walker-Hebborn (50.08)
Adam Barrett (49.12)
James Disney-May (48.83)
3:18.83 Q
3 1 2  Scotland Jack Thorpe (50.10)
Richard Schafers (49.59)
Kieran McGuckin (49.69)
Jak Scott (50.22)
3:19.60 Q
4 2 2  South Africa Leith Shankland (49.54)
Clayton Jimmie (50.11)
Caydon Muller (49.80)
Calvyn Justus (50.52)
3:19.97 Q
5 1 4  Canada Yuri Kisil (49.52)
Coleman Allen (50.16)
Russell Wood (50.43)
Evan White (50.38)
3:20.49 Q
6 1 6  New Zealand Ewan Jackson (51.04)
Steven Kent (49.95)
Corey Main (49.53)
Dylan Dunlop-Barrett (50.42)
3:20.94 Q
7 2 7  Singapore Joseph Schooling (50.05)
Danny Yeo (51.34)
Quah Zheng Wen (51.19)
Clement Lim (50.08)
3:22.66 Q
8 1 7  Wales Calum Jarvis (50.25)
Otto Putland (50.81)
Xavier Mohammed (50.93)
Ieuan Lloyd (50.96)
3:22.95 Q
9 2 6  Northern Ireland Jordan Sloan (50.80)
David Thompson (50.84)
Conor Munn (53.03)
Curtis Coulter (49.17)
3:23.84
10 1 3  Malaysia Lim Ching Hwang (52.36)
Welson Sim (50.90)
Vernon Lee (52.32)
Kevin Yeap (52.20)
3:27.78
11 1 5  Guernsey Miles Munro (50.75)
Thomas Hollingsworth (52.78)
Ben Lowndes (53.10)
Jeremy Osborne (51.80)
3:28.43
12 2 3  Isle of Man Grant Halsall (53.23)
Guy Davies (55.91)
Alex Bregazzi (54.89)
Tom Bielich (53.28)
3:37.31
13 2 1  Zambia Ralph Goveia (55.05)
Matthew Shone (58.75)
Milimo Mweetwa (1:00.33)
Alexandros Axiotis (55.49)
3:49.62

Final[edit]

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  Australia Tommaso D'Orsogna (49.26)
Matthew Abood (48.77)
James Magnussen (47.49)
Cameron McEvoy (47.92)
3:13.44 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6  South Africa Chad le Clos (48.53)
Roland Schoeman (48.78)
Leith Shankland (48.14)
Caydon Muller (49.72)
3:15.17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5  England Adam Brown (49.47)
James Disney-May (48.81)
Adam Barrett (49.04)
Benjamin Proud (49.05)
3:16.37
4 3  Scotland Robert Renwick (49.80)
Richard Schafers (49.25)
Kieran McGuckin (49.39)
Duncan Scott (49.22)
3:17.66
5 2  Canada Yuri Kisil (49.77)
Coleman Allen (50.27)
Russell Wood (50.52)
Evan White (49.12)
3:19.68
6 8  Wales Calum Jarvis (49.82)
Otto Putland (49.95)
Xavier Mohammed (50.25)
Ieuan Lloyd (49.57)
3:19.82
7 7  New Zealand Matthew Stanley (49.97)
Corey Main (50.00)
Steven Kent (49.50)
Ewan Jackson (50.41)
3:19.88
8 1  Singapore Joseph Schooling (50.24)
Danny Yeo (50.17)
Quah Zheng Wen (50.56)
Clement Lim (50.01)
3:20.98 NR

References[edit]

  1. ^ Abrahamson, Alan (11 August 2008). "Lezak's classic finish delivers gold". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  2. ^ Longman, Jere (11 August 2008). "As Swimming Records Fall, Technology Muddies the Water". New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Results of the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay final at the 2010 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). Tissot. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

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