Swimming at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Venue Royal Commonwealth Pool
Dates 30 July 1986 (1986-07-30)
Competitors 41 from 9 nations
Winning time 3:44.00 GR
Medalists
   Canada
   England
   Australia

The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition of the swimming events at the 1986 Commonwealth Games took place on 30 July.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record  United States (USA)
Rick Carey
John Moffet
Pablo Morales
Matt Biondi
3:38.28 Tokyo, Japan 18 August 1985
Games record ? ? ? ?
Commonwealth record '

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Nation Athletes Time Record
30 July 1986 Final Canada Mark Tewksbury
Victor Davis
Tom Ponting
Alex Baumann
3:44.00 GR

Results

Heats

9 teams participated in 2 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 1 - Australia Carl Wilson
Brett Stocks
Barry Armstrong
Greg Fasala
3:53.67 Q
2 2 - Canada Mike West
Darcy Wallingford
Claude Lamy
Sandy Goss
3:54.77 Q
3 1 - New Zealand Paul Kingsman
Grant Forbes
Anthony Mosse
Ross Anderson
3:54.84 Q
4 2 - England Neil Harper
Nick Gillingham
Andy Jameson
Roland Lee
3:54.90 Q
5 2 - Scotland Craig Nelson
Gary Watson
Richard Leishman
Colin Bole
4:02.86 Q
6 1 - Singapore David Lim
Jin Teik Oon
Ang Peng Siong
Jin Gee Oon
4:03.02 Q
7 2 - Hong Kong Hor Man Yip
Michael Watt
Yi Ming Tsang
Johnny Li
4:05.22 Q
8 1 - Wales Ian Rosser
Bruce Perry
Steven Gwynne
Gareth Williams
4:09.56 Q
9 2 - Swaziland Yul Du Pont
Chris Stapley
Shan Nissiotis
Trevor Ncala
4:34.43

Final

The results of the final are below.[2]

Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Canada Mark Tewksbury
Victor Davis
Tom Ponting
Alex Baumann
3:44.00
2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 England Neil Harper
Adrian Moorhouse
Andy Jameson
Roland Lee
3:44.85
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 4 Australia Carl Wilson
Brett Stocks
Barry Armstrong
Greg Fasala
3:45.86
4 3 New Zealand Paul Kingsman
Grant Forbes
Anthony Mosse
Ross Anderson
3:48.58
5 2 Scotland Craig Nelson
Gary Watson
Richard Leishman
Colin Bole
3:54.05
6 7 Singapore David Lim
Jin Teik Oon
Ang Peng Siong
Jin Gee Oon
3:56.99
7 1 Hong Kong Hor Man Yip
Michael Watt
Yi Ming Tsang
Johnny Li
4:00.29
8 8 Wales Ian Rosser
Bruce Perry
Steven Gwynne
Gareth Williams
4:07.54

References

  1. "Results: Day Six". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 31 July 1986. p. 36.
  2. "Commonwealth Games Results". The Times. London. 31 July 1986. p. 28.
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