2026 Commonwealth Games: Day 6 Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay Evaluation

2026 Commonwealth Games

Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay – Final

• World Record: 3:26.76 – USA (Murphy, Andrew, Dressel, Apple), 2021
• Commonwealth Record: 3:28.64 – Australia (Delaney, Rickard, Lauterstein, Targett), 2009
• Games Record: 3:31.04 – Australia (Larkin, Packard, Irvine, Chalmers), 2018
• 2022 Champion: England (Williams, Wilby, Guy, Dean) – 3:31.80

Top 8:

1. Australia (Allan, Williamson, Temple, Southam) – 3:28.71 GR
2. England (Morgan, Ramsay-Peaty, Mildred, Mills) – 3:30.68
3. South Africa (Coetze, Houlie, le Clos, van Renen) – 3:31.13 AF
4. Canada (Winterborn, Dawson, Liendo, Sauve) – 3:33.56
5. Scotland (Ward, Goodburn, Fearn, Scott) – 3:34.67
6. Northern Ireland (Johnston, Bradley, Hamilton, McMillan) – 3:37.58
7. Wales (Knight, Inglis, Fraser, Milne) – 3:38.92
8. Namibia (Durand, Wantenaar, Canjulo, Beukes) – 3:44.58

Backstroke

Pieter Coetze rounded off his Games with an eighth Commonwealth Games document, posting the second-fastest swim in historical past within the 100 again. He was out two tenths slower than he had been within the particular person remaining, 24.87 in comparison with 24.68, however closed 1 / 4 of a second sooner to return inside 0.11 seconds of Thomas Ceccon‘s world document. He turns into the primary swimmer in historical past with 5 sub-52 seconds swims, overtaking Ryan Murphy and Ceccon on 4.

Ollie Morgan added half a second from the 52.66 he swam for silver within the particular person occasion in the beginning of the session, fading slightly with a 27.63 second 50. He held on to the touch second after Coetze, 4 tenths forward of Australia’s Henry Allan who was ever so barely slower than the 53.51 he swam for fifth within the particular person occasion.

Matt Ward clocked 53.73 for Scotland, simply off the 53.55 he led off the blended medley relay in final evening and slightly below half a second off his Scottish document of 53.29.

Benjamin Winterborn had his quickest swim of the meet with a 55.13 for Canada, underneath the 55.47 he swam within the 100 again heats and the 55.39 he swam within the semi-finals. Patrick Johnston was 1 / 4 of a second slower than he was individually with a 55.67, whereas Jack Knight sliced 4 tenths off his particular person semi-final swim for Wales with a 56.01, albeit half a second off his better of 55.51.

Oliver Durand set the Namibian document with a 57.64 leadoff within the heats, and hacked almost a second off with a 56.87 tonight, the third of 4 Namibian information at present with each relay swims additionally reducing the nationwide normal.

Breaststroke

Sam Williamson had the quickest break up within the discipline for the second evening in a row, operating down Adam Ramsay-Peaty on the second 50 to clock 58.40. That was 4 tenths of a second sooner than the 58.81 he posted final evening, and was his quickest break up ever as he rounded off an awesome meet with a fourth gold medal.

Ramsay-Peaty had presumably his finest swim of the meet in 58.74, six tenths of a second sooner than the 59.33 he swam on England’s blended medley relay. He was out in 26.76, however held on higher than he did final evening with a 31.98 second 50 in comparison with 32.51.

Michael Houlie was out quick on the primary 50, as is his wont, splitting 26.24 at midway to steer by two seconds. He light down the second 50 to separate 59.41 with a 33.17 on the again half, however this was each his quickest break up of the meet and his strongest second 50 out of any of his 100 breast swims.

Oliver Dawson was the ultimate man underneath 60 seconds, splitting 59.86 to overlook his 59.45 break up from the blended medley final evening and the 59.70 he clocked for 4th individually.

Archie Goodburn had Scotland’s quickest male breaststroke break up of the week with a 1:00.25, half a second underneath his season better of 1:00.71, with Northern Ireland’s Adam Bradley additionally underneath 1:01 with a 1:00.80. Welsh 19-year-old Josh Inglis was half a second off his semi-final time with a 1:01.92.

Ronan Wantenaar was a few seconds off his finest to separate 1:02.38 for Namibia, slower than the 1:01.43 he break up within the heats. The third-fastest break up within the day got here in prelims from Jersey’s Filip Nowacki. He clocked 58.85 as they missed the ultimate by lower than a second.

Butterfly

Matt Temple had the quickest fly break up of the evening once more after splitting 50.05 on the blended medley yesterday, though the hole was far narrower right here. He break up 50.18, barely slower on each 50s (23.06/27.12 vs 22.99/27.06) however nonetheless his third-fastest break up ever, and 0.01 seconds forward of Canada’s Josh Liendo.

Temple overtook South Africa’s Chad le Clos on the second 50, with the newly-minted most profitable athlete in Commonwealth Games historical past splitting 51.27, maintaining South Africa in 2nd. Ed Mildred saved the hole shut with a 51.04 for England, his quickest ever relay break up and simply 0.02 seconds off his lifetime finest, however 1 / 4 of a second sooner than he clocked individually in Glasgow.

Liendo break up 50.19 for Canada, half a second off his best-ever break up of 49.64 from the World Championships final summer season however sufficient to maneuver Canada above Scotland for 4th. Dean Fearn break up 52.31 for the Scots, sooner than his 52.64 individually and simply forward of his 52.33 from the World Junior Championships final summer season.

Matt Hamilton (52.45) received the higher of Welsh document holder Lewis Fraser, who added six tenths to his 52.08 from the person semi-finals with a 52.67. Namibia’s Jose Canjulo was three tenths slower than this morning in 55.55.

Freestyle

Flynn Southam had one other distinctive swim on the anchor tonight, wanting imperious as he pulled away from England and South Africa with a 22.15 opening 50 earlier than blowing them away with a 24.40 on the ultimate 50.

His break up of 46.55 ranks because the Eleventh-fastest efficiency in historical past and is Australia’s 18th relay break up underneath that barrier, two greater than the U.S. has in second.

Men’s 100 Free Split, All-Time Top 11 Performances

1. Pan Zhanle (CHN), 2024 Olympic Games- 45.92
2. Jack Alexy (USA), 2025 World Championships – 45.95
3. Jason Lezak (USA), 2008 Olympic Games – 46.06
4. Duncan Scott (GBR), 2019 World Championships – 46.14
5. Cesar Cielo (BRA), 2009 World Championships – 46.22
6. Alain Bernard (FRA), 2009 World Championships – 46.26
7. Egor Kornev (RUS), 2025 World Championships – 46.40
8. Kyle Chalmers (AUS), 2020(1) Olympic Games – 46.44
9. Alain Bernard (FRA), 2009 World Championships – 46.46
10. Kyle Chalmers (AUS), 2025 World Championships – 46.53
11. Flynn Southam (AUS), 2026 Commonwealth Games – 46.55

England’s Jacob Mills was the one different man underneath 48 seconds with a 47.70 for England, getting out to a fast 22.36 opening 50 and holding off South Africa with a 25.34 second 50. He was three tenths sooner than the 48.02 leadoff he clocked on the lads’s 4×100 free relay.

Wales’ Harry Milne, simply 18 years outdated, was over a second underneath his flat begin better of 49.42 with a 48.32 tonight. That was the third-fastest break up within the discipline as he ably deputized for Matt Richards, and follows on from a 48.60 break up at European Juniors earlier this month. He has dropped his 100 free from 49.73 to 49.42 this summer season, and will add but extra depth to Great Britain’s 100 free ranks within the subsequent couple of years.

Canada’s Antoine Sauve and Scotland’s Duncan Scott each break up 48.38, the quickest break up of the meet for Sauve and the slowest of the meet for Scott. The latter was 47.48 on the lads’s 4×100 free relay on day 1, however has been trending slower with subsequent splits of 47.66, 48.03, and now 48.38. He missed the 200 free remaining tonight after inserting tenth in prelims, regardless of coming in because the defending champion.

Sauve was DQed within the particular person occasion, and break up slightly below the 48.55 he break up within the males’s 4×100 free relay on day 1. Jack McMillan was 48.66 for Northern Ireland, half a second underneath his 49.13 from the person semi-finals, with Namibia’s Luke Beukes breaking 50 seconds with a 49.78 as Namibia got here in 0.03 seconds underneath the nationwide document of three:44.61 they established within the heats with a 3:44.58.

South Africa’s Ruard van Renen, who received 100 again bronze in the beginning of the session, was simply 4 tenths of a second off his break up of 48.34 from the lads’s 4×100 free relay, however was the second-slowest within the discipline tonight. He  was out in 23.09 earlier than fading with a 25.65 second 50 for a 48.74 break up, being overtaken by England’s Jacob Mills however nonetheless holding on for a brand new South African document of three:31.13.