Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay explained

Event:Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
Games:2006
Venue:Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Dates:21 March 2006
Competitors:47
Nations:9
Win Value:3:34.37
Goldcga:AUS
Silvercga:ENG
Bronzecga:SCO
Prev:2002
Next:2010

The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place on 21 March at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Australia.

The Australian team of Matthew Welsh, Brenton Rickard, Michael Klim and Eamon Sullivan won gold in Commonwealth Games record time, ahead of England's Liam Tancock, Christopher Cook, Matthew Bowe and Ross Davenport. The Scottish team of Gregor Tait, Kristopher Gilchrist, Todd Cooper and Craig Houston finished third.

Records

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

World Record3:30.68Aaron Peirsol (53.45)
Brendan Hansen (59.37)
Ian Crocker (50.28)
Jason Lezak (47.58)
USAAthens, Greece21 August 2004
Games Record3:36.05Matt Welsh
Jim Piper
Geoff Huegill
Ian Thorpe
AUSManchester, England4 August 2002

The Commonwealth Games record was broken by Australia in the final.

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 2 5 Andrew Lauterstein (55.65)
Christian Sprenger (1:02.76)
Adam Pine (53.10)
Kenrick Monk (49.96)
3:41.47 Q
2 1 5 Brian Johns (57.35)
Scott Dickens (1:02.57)
Thomas Kindler (55.31)
Yannick Lupien (49.72)
3:44.95 Q
3 1 3 Scott Talbot (58.69)
Glenn Snyders (1:03.41)
Corney Swanepoel (52.79)
Cameron Gibson (51.33)
3:46.22 Q
4 1 4 Liam Tancock (57.76)
Chris Cook (1:02.28)
Matthew Bowe (55.21)
Ross Davenport (52.02)
3:47.27 Q
5 2 3 Gregor Tait (58.40)
Christopher Jones (1:03.29)
Todd Cooper (53.88)
Craig Houston (52.18)
3:47.75 Q
6 2 4 Garth Tune (58.08)
Thabang Moeketsane (1:03.47)
George du Rand (54.41)
Karl Thaning (51.98)
3:47.94 Q
7 2 6 Lee Yu Tan (59.04)
Jin Wen Tan (1:08.36)
Shirong Su (57.64)
Zhirong Tay (52.22)
3:57.26 Q
8 1 6 Liam du Feu (1:03.04)
Daniel Hawksworth (1:09.31)
Simon le Couilliard (55.98)
Alexis Militis (53.20)
4:01.53 Q
9 2 2 Thomas Hollingsworth (1:00.16)
Jeremy Osborne (1:13.16)
Ian Powell (55.23)
Ian Hubert (54.08)
4:02.63

Final

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Time behind Notes
4 Matt Welsh (54.84)
Brenton Rickard (59.51)
Michael Klim (51.87)
Eamon Sullivan (48.15)
3:34.37 GR
6 Liam Tancock (54.42)
Chris Cook (1:00.29)
Matthew Bowe (52.53)
Ross Davenport (49.16)
3:36.40 2.03
2 Gregor Tait (55.15)
Kristopher Gilchrist (1:01.83)
Todd Cooper (52.85)
Craig Houston (49.92)
3:39.75 5.38
4 5 Matthew Rose (56.29)
Scott Dickens (1:01.32)
Thomas Kindler (53.82)
Brent Hayden (48.44)
3:39.87 5.50
5 3 Scott Talbot (55.77)
Glenn Snyders (1:02.88)
Moss Burmester (52.22)
Cameron Gibson (49.88)
3:40.75 6.38
6 7 Gerhard Zandberg (55.81)
Roland Schoeman (1:03.24)
Ryk Neethling (52.97)
Karl Thaning (49.76)
3:41.78 7.41
7 1 Lee Yu Tan (59.20)
Jin Wen Tan (1:07.43)
Shirong Su (57.51)
Zhirong Tay (51.94)
3:56.08 21.71
8 8 Liam du Feu (1:03.20)
Daniel Hawksworth (1:08.85)
Simon le Couilliard (56.03)
Alexis Militis (52.84)
4:00.92 26.55

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