Australia Shatter Males’s 4×200 Free Commonwealth Games Record, Guy And Taylor Split 1:44-Low

2026 Commonwealth Games

MEN’S 4×200 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINAL

• World Record – 6:58.55, USA, 2009
• Commonwealth Record – 7:00.85, Australia, 2019
• Commonwealth Games Record – 7:04.96, Australia, 2022
• 2022 Champion – Australia, 7:04.96

GOLD – Australia – 7:01.67 *Commonwealth Games Record*
SILVER – England –  7:04.98
BRONZE – Wales – 7:09.59

Australia hacked three seconds off their Commonwealth Games document within the males’s 4×200 free in what proved to be a incredible race with England. The Australian staff touched the wall in 7:01.67, three seconds below their very own document of seven:04.96, and simply 0.69 seconds off the 7:00.98 they posted on the World Championships final summer time to take bronze.

Sam Short led them off in 1:46.08, almost a second slower than the 1:45.16 he swam for gold at Australian Trials final month. He handed over to Harrison Turner, who saved 2020 Olympic Champion Tom Dean at bay with a break up of 1:45.95.

Ed Sommerville blasted out to a gap 100 break up of 49.87 and held on to separate 1:45.34, though he fell behind the English staff resulting from a blistering 1:44.03 break up from James Guy.

Kai Taylor noticed the gauntlet thrown down by Guy and notched a private greatest break up of 1:44.10 to blow Max Litchfield away. That is half a second sooner than his earlier greatest, a 1:44.56 from the heats on the 2023 World Championships, and sooner than the 1:44.64 he swam on the relay on the World Championships final summer time.

Australia have been sooner on each leg than they have been 4 years in the past, with the most important hole approaching the anchor leg. It was a wholly totally different quartet this 12 months, with Zac Incerti and Mack Horton not on the staff, Elijah Winnington not chosen for the occasion, and Flynn Southam specializing in the dash free occasions this season.

Split Comparison

England gained silver after matching Australia by means of the primary 650m. Gabriel Shepherd led off in a near-lifetime better of 1:46.67, Tom Dean break up a strong 1:45.63, James Guy rocketed to a 1:44.03 for his second-fastest break up ever, and Max Litchfield anchored in 1:48.65.

Guy’s break up is a well timed indication of his skills after inserting 4th within the 400 free final evening. The 200 free comes on the ultimate day of this competitors, however each he and Taylor now look to be two of the favorites.

Split Split Comparison

	James Guy (ENG) – 1:44.03	Kai Taylor (AUS) – 1:44.10
50	23.95	23.36
100	50.34 (26.39)	49.78 (26.22)
150	1:16.96 (26.62)	1:16.95 (27.37)
200	1:44.03 (27.07)	1:44.10 (27.15)

Matt Richards led off in 1:45.42 for a Welsh staff who gained their second relay medal in two days, having waited 48 years between their final two Commonwealth relay medals earlier than this week. Dan Jones (1:49.13), Kieran Bird (1:47.54), and Tyler Melbourne-Smith (1:47.50) held off a fast-charging Duncan Scott (1:45.58) on the anchor leg.

Wales and England each set nationwide data tonight, with England coming inside 0.02 seconds of the earlier Commonwealth Games document in 7:04.98. This is the fifth Games in a row to have seen the meet document damaged on this occasion, with Australia breaking the document in all 5.