Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates25 July 2014 (2014-07-25)
Competitors14 from 7 nations
Winning time4:11.20
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  2010
2018  

The men's 400 metre individual medley 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.

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The medals were presented by Bruce Robertson, Vice-President of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister of Scotland.

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)4:03.84 Beijing, China 10 August 2008 [1] [2]
Commonwealth recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Thomas Fraser-Holmes  (AUS)4:10.14 Adelaide, Australia 26 April 2013
Games recordFlag of South Africa.svg  Chad le Clos  (RSA)4:13.25 Delhi, India 4 October 2010 [3]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
25 JulyHeat Dan Wallace Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4:11.04GR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
115 Dan Wallace Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4:11.04Q, GR
222 Travis Mahoney Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:14.99Q
325 Roberto Pavoni Flag of England.svg  England 4:15.26Q
424 Thomas Fraser-Holmes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:15.34Q
523 Lewis Smith Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4:15.64Q
614 Sebastien Rousseau Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:16.02Q
713 Luke Reilly Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:18.49Q
827 Ross Muir Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4:19.22Q
916 Thomas Haffield Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 4:19.23
1012 Jared Gilliland Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:21.78
1117 Will Brothers Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:22.61
1226 Max Litchfield Flag of England.svg  England 4:25.08
1311 Dominic Walter Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 4:43.86
21 Xavier Mohammed Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales DNS

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Dan Wallace Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4:11.20
Silver medal icon.svg6 Thomas Fraser-Holmes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:12.04
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Sebastien Rousseau Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:13.09
43 Roberto Pavoni Flag of England.svg  England 4:14.42
52 Lewis Smith Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4:16.17
65 Travis Mahoney Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:18.51
71 Luke Reilly Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:19.72
88 Ross Muir Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4:21.50

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