Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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The Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on October 4, 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex. [1]

2010 Commonwealth Games 19th edition of the Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games to date. It was also the largest international multi-sport event to be staged in Delhi and India, eclipsing the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. The opening and closing ceremonies were held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stadium of the event.

The Dr. S. P. Mukherjee Swimming Stadium or SPM Swimming Pool Complex is a swimming complex in New Delhi, India, that is hosting the aquatics events for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The stadium is owned by the Sports Authority of India (SAI). It was renovated at a cost of Rs 377 crore.

Contents

Two heats were held, with both containing six countries. The heat in which a country competed in did not formally matter for advancement, as the countries with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals. [1]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  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
Commonwealth record '
Games recordFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)
Roland Schoeman (48.65)
Lyndon Ferns (48.43)
Gerhard Zandberg (49.44)
Ryk Neethling (48.45) 		3:14.97 Melbourne, Australia 16 March 2006

The following new world and Commonwealth Games records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time GR WR
4 October Final Kyle Richardson
Eamon Sullivan
Tommaso D'Orsogna
James Magnussen 		Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:13.92 GR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 2 4 Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Kyle Richardson (49.56)
Tommaso D'Orsogna (49.09)
James Magnussen (48.24)
Cameron Prosser (48.29) 		3:15.18 Q
2 2 5 Flag of England.svg  England Adam Brown (49.72)
Simon Burnett (49.23)
Ross Davenport (48.84)
Grant Turner (49.81) 		3:17.60 Q
3 2 7 Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Graeme Moore (49.90)
Gideon Louw (49.93)
Chad le Clos (50.15)
Darian Townsend (48.96) 		3:18.94 Q
4 1 4 Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Tobias Oriwol (50.88)
Blake Worsley (50.22)
Brian Johns (50.21)
Richard Hortness (50.69) 		3:22.01 Q
5 2 2 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Andrew Hunter (50.47)
Jak Scott (50.28)
Craig McNally (52.49)
Cameron Brodie (52.90) 		3:26.14 Q
6 2 3 Flag of India.svg  India Aaron D'Souza (51.80)
Arjun Jayaprakash (53.14)
Anshul Kothari (52.41)
Virdhawal Khade (50.71) 		3:28.06 Q
7 2 6 Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland Conor Leaney (52.45)
Ryan Harrison (51.10)
Micheal Dawson (54.13)
Andrew Bree (50.94) 		3:28.63 Q
8 1 2 Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Arren Quek (52.59)
Richard Chng (52.52)
Aaron Yeo (53.31)
Dzulhaili Kamal (52.60) 		3:31.02 Q
9 1 7 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Caryle Blondell (52.41)
Joshua McLeod (52.80)
Christian-Paul Homer (54.24)
Jarryd Gregorie (52.11) 		3:31.56
10 1 5 Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey Ian Howell (54.45)
Ian Hubert (53.56)
Thomas Hollingsworth (53.84)
Ben Lowndes (55.41) 		3:37.26
11 1 6 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Daniel Pryke (56.77)
Adam Ampa'oi (1:04.68)
Peter Pokawin (56.98)
Ryan Pini (52.68) 		3:51.11
- 1 3 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Foo Jian Beng
Soon Yeap
Leam Lee
Daniel Bego 		- DNS

Final

[2]

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
4 Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Kyle Richardson (49.23)
Eamon Sullivan (47.49)
Tommaso D'Orsogna (48.63)
James Magnussen (48.57)		 3:13.92 GR
5 Flag of England.svg  England Simon Burnett (48.82)
Liam Tancock (48.14)
Grant Turner (49.01)
Adam Brown (49.08)		 3:15.05
3 Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Graeme Moore (49.19)
Gideon Louw (48.40)
Roland Schoeman (49.09)
Darian Townsend (48.53)		 3:15.21
4 6 Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Brent Hayden (48.18) CGR
Stefan Hirniak (49.84)
Brian Johns (49.79)
Blake Worsley (50.18)		 3:17.99
5 2 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Andrew Hunter (50.03)
Jak Scott (50.23)
David Carry (50.15)
Robert Renwick (50.29)		 3:20.70
6 7 Flag of India.svg  India Aaron D'Souza (51.64)
Arjun Jayaprakash (52.99)
Anshul Kothari (52.64)
Virdhawal Khade (49.87)		 3:27.14
7 1 Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland Conor Leaney (52.31)
Ryan Harrison (51.06)
Micheal Dawson (54.08)
Andrew Bree (50.47)		 3:27.92
8 8 Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Arren Quek (52.88)
Richard Chng (52.37)
Aaron Yeo (53.10)
Dzulhaili Kamal (52.36)		 3:30.71

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References

  1. 1 2 http://results.cwgdelhi2010.org/en/Comp.mvc/DetailedScheduleByDate?sportCode=SW&day=04-10-2010&expandAll=False
  2. ↑ "Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay final results" (pdf). Tissot. 4 October 2010. p.  7 . Retrieved 11 November 2012.
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