2026 Commonwealth Games: Day 1 Males’s 4×100 Free Relay Evaluation

2026 Commonwealth Games

MEN’S 4×100 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINAL

• World Record – 3:08.24, USA, 2008
• Commonwealth Record – 3:08.97, Australia, 2025
• Commonwealth Games Record – 3:11.12, Australia, 2022
• 2022 Champion – Australia, 3:11.12

GOLD – Australia, 3:09.49 *Commonwealth Games Record*
SILVER – England, 3:11.69
BRONZE – South Africa, 3:13.99

Leadoff Legs

Flynn Southam was electrical on the leadoff leg for Australia, getting out to an early lead and pulling away down the second half of the race. He lowered his lifetime finest by six tenths of a second and led this discipline by almost a full second as the one man beneath 48 seconds.

Jacob Mills break up 22.96 on the 50 and closed in 25.06 for a time of 48.02, the third-fastest of his younger profession. Josh Liendo was the third-fastest leadoff in 48.13, over half a second off his better of 47.55.

Pieter Coetze backed up his Games file within the 50 again with a 48.38 for South Africa, two tenths off his season finest and half a second off his lifetime better of 47.88 from final summer season. Evan Jones was simply off his lifetime better of 48.93 for Scotland.

The Cayman Islands’ James Allison broke 50 seconds for simply the second time, having carried out so the primary time this morning. He knocked 4 tenths off the 49.78 he swam within the heats with a 49.39 tonight, transferring nearer to the Fraser brothers and Jordan Crooks within the all-time rankings for his nation.

Rolling Splits

Australia had three of the highest 5 splits, led, unsurprisingly, by Kyle Chalmers in 46.93. That was the quickest break up within the discipline by over half a second and the one one sub-47, which supplies him 16 profession splits beneath that barrier.

Kai Taylor was half a second off the 47.04 he break up final summer season, whereas Harrison Turner was 47.94 in his first look on this relay.

England had three splits within the high seven, getting 47.7s from anchor Jacob Whittle and teenager Gabriel Shepherd. Both have been considerably sooner than their season bests of 48.52 and 48.43 respectively. James Guy break up 48.24, a strong return for the 200/400 free specialist, however slower than the 47.72 he break up on the 2019 World Championships.

Duncan Scott was Scotland’s solely leg beneath 49 seconds, and the second-fastest within the discipline with a 47.48. South Africa had a pair of 48-low splits from Chad le Clos, who was two seconds sooner than his break up this morning, and Ruard van Renen, who undercut his flat-start finest by over a second in 48.34.

Canada had a 48.55 second leg from Antoine Sauve, however have been sunk by Ben Winterborn’s 49.80.