Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games | |
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Venue | Tollcross International Swimming Centre |
Dates | 27 July 2014 |
Competitors | 56 from 10 nations |
Winning time | 7:07.38 GR |
Medalists | |
Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
100 m S8 | women | |
100 m S9 | men | |
200 m | men | women |
200 m S14 | men | |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
100 m SB9 | women | |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
200 m SM8 | men | |
200 m SM10 | women | |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 27 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
The medals were presented by Kalam Juman-Yassin, Commonwealth Games Federation regional vice-president, Americas, and president of the Guyana Olympic Association and the quaichs were presented by Morake Raleaka, secretary general of the Lesotho National Olympic Committee.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
World record | United States (USA) Michael Phelps (1:44.49) Ricky Berens (1:44.13) David Walters (1:45.47) Ryan Lochte (1:44.46) | 6:58.55 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 | [1] [2] |
Commonwealth record | |||||
Games record | Australia (AUS) Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:47.04) Nic Ffrost (1:48.68) Ryan Napoleon (1:47.05) Kenrick Monk (1:47.52) | 7:10.29 | Delhi, India | 6 October 2010 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Record |
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27 July | Final | Australia | Cameron McEvoy (1:48.10) David McKeon (1:45.82) Ned McKendry (1:48.28) Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:45.18) | 7:07.38 | GR |
Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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4 | Australia | Cameron McEvoy (1:48.10) David McKeon (1:45.82) Ned McKendry (1:48.28) Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:45.18) | 7:07.38 | GR | |
3 | Scotland | Daniel Wallace (1:47.37) Stephen Milne (1:47.17) Duncan Scott (1:47.18) Robert Renwick (1:47.46) | 7:09.18 | ||
5 | South Africa | Devon Brown (1:47.49) Chad le Clos (1:47.13) Sebastien Rousseau (1:47.03) Dylan Bosch (1:48.71) | 7:10.36 | ||
4 | 7 | England | Nick Grainger (1:48.18) Lewis Coleman (1:49.14) Josh Walsh (1:49.19) James Guy (1:46.15) | 7:12.66 | |
5 | 6 | New Zealand | Matthew Stanley (1:47.75) Mitchell Donaldson (1:49.13) Ewan Jackson (1:49.27) Dylan Dunlop-Barrett (1:48.48) | 7:14.63 | |
6 | 2 | Wales | Calum Jarvis (1:47.13) Otto Putland (1:50.55) Xavier Mohammed (1:50.59) Ieuan Lloyd (1:47.69) | 7:15.96 | |
7 | 8 | Malaysia | Kevin Yeap (1:51.61) Vernon Lee (1:52.16) Welson Sim (1:51.94) Lim Ching Hwang (1:51.03) | 7:26.74 | NR [3] |
8 | 1 | Singapore | Joseph Schooling (1:53.11) Danny Yeo (1:51.28) Quah Zheng Wen (1:52.39) Clement Lim (1:51.23) | 7:28.01 |
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