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
Venue Royal Commonwealth Pool
Dates 30 July 1986 (1986-07-30)
Competitors 41 from 9 nations
Winning time 3:44.00 GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  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.

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Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  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 Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Mark Tewksbury
Victor Davis
Tom Ponting
Alex Baumann
3:44.00 GR

Results

Heats

9 teams participated in 2 heats. [1]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 1 - Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Carl Wilson
Brett Stocks
Barry Armstrong
Greg Fasala
3:53.67 Q
2 2 - Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Mike West
Darcy Wallingford
Claude Lamy
Sandy Goss
3:54.77 Q
3 1 - Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Paul Kingsman
Grant Forbes
Anthony Mosse
Ross Anderson
3:54.84 Q
4 2 - Flag of England.svg  England Neil Harper
Nick Gillingham
Andy Jameson
Roland Lee
3:54.90 Q
5 2 - Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Craig Nelson
Gary Watson
Richard Leishman
Colin Bole
4:02.86 Q
6 1 - Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore David Lim
Jin Teik Oon
Ang Peng Siong
Jin Gee Oon
4:03.02 Q
7 2 - Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong Hor Man Yip
Michael Watt
Yi Ming Tsang
Johnny Li
4:05.22 Q
8 1 - Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales Ian Rosser
Bruce Perry
Steven Gwynne
Gareth Williams
4:09.56 Q
9 2 - Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland Yul Du Pont
Chris Stapley
Shan Nissiotis
Trevor Ncala
4:34.43

Final

The results of the final are below. [2]

Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
5 Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Mark Tewksbury
Victor Davis
Tom Ponting
Alex Baumann
3:44.00
6 Flag of England.svg  England Neil Harper
Adrian Moorhouse
Andy Jameson
Roland Lee
3:44.85
4 Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Carl Wilson
Brett Stocks
Barry Armstrong
Greg Fasala
3:45.86
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Paul Kingsman
Grant Forbes
Anthony Mosse
Ross Anderson
3:48.58
2 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Craig Nelson
Gary Watson
Richard Leishman
Colin Bole
3:54.05
7 Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore David Lim
Jin Teik Oon
Ang Peng Siong
Jin Gee Oon
3:56.99
1 Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong Hor Man Yip
Michael Watt
Yi Ming Tsang
Johnny Li
4:00.29
8 Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales Ian Rosser
Bruce Perry
Steven Gwynne
Gareth Williams
4:07.54

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References

  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.