Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates27 July 2014 (2014-07-27)
Competitors56 from 10 nations
Winning time7:07.38 GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  2010
2018  

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.

Contents

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.

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 (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 recordFlag of Australia.svg  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:

DateEventNationSwimmersTimeRecord
27 JulyFinalFlag of Australia.svg  Australia Cameron McEvoy (1:48.10)
David McKeon (1:45.82)
Ned McKendry (1:48.28)
Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:45.18)
7:07.38GR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
124Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:48.57)
David McKeon (1:46.94)
Ned McKendry (1:48.17)
Mack Horton (1:49.17)
7:12.85Q
226Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Calvyn Justus (1:51.10)
Sebastien Rousseau (1:48.03)
Dylan Bosch (1:49.70)
Devon Brown (1:47.61)
7:16.44Q
316Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Jak Scott (1:50.06)
Gareth Mills (1:49.37)
Cameron Brodie (1:49.84)
Craig Hamilton (1:49.66)
7:18.93Q
413Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Steven Kent (1:50.19)
Ewan Jackson (1:49.27)
Dylan Dunlop-Barrett (1:50.39)
Mitchell Donaldson (1:49.84)
7:19.69Q
512Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales Calum Jarvis (1:49.26)
Otto Putland (1:52.55)
Daniel Jervis (1:51.68)
Xavier Mohammed (1:51.51)
7:25.00Q
614Flag of England.svg  England Jay Lelliott (1:49.72)
Max Litchfield (1:52.20)
Roberto Pavoni (1:50.44)
Daniel Fogg (1:52.68)
7:25.04Q
722Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Joseph Schooling (1:51.32)
Danny Yeo (1:51.17)
Quah Zheng Wen (1:52.01)
Clement Lim (1:52.46)
7:26.96Q
823Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Kevin Yeap (1:51.69)
Vernon Lee (1:51.89)
Welson Sim (1:52.16)
Lim Ching Hwang (1:51.24)
7:26.98Q, NR [3]
925Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey Jeremy Osborne (1:57.43)
James Jurkiewicz (1:58.91)
Oliver Nightingale (1:59.54)
Luke Belton (1:59.45)
7:55.33
1015Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man Grant Halsall (2:01.76)
Guy Davies (2:05.30)
Alex Bregazzi (1:59.18)
Tom Bielich (2:00.14)
8:06.38

Final

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of Australia.svg  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
Silver medal icon.svg3Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Daniel Wallace (1:47.37)
Stephen Milne (1:47.17)
Duncan Scott (1:47.18)
Robert Renwick (1:47.46)
7:09.18
Bronze medal icon.svg5Flag of South Africa.svg  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
47Flag of England.svg  England Nick Grainger (1:48.18)
Lewis Coleman (1:49.14)
Josh Walsh (1:49.19)
James Guy (1:46.15)
7:12.66
56Flag of New Zealand.svg  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
62Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales Calum Jarvis (1:47.13)
Otto Putland (1:50.55)
Xavier Mohammed (1:50.59)
Ieuan Lloyd (1:47.69)
7:15.96
78Flag of Malaysia.svg  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]
81Flag of Singapore.svg  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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