Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	6 April
Competitors	57 from 12 nations
Winning time	3:12.96
Medalists
Cameron McEvoy James Magnussen Jack Cartwright Kyle Chalmers James Roberts    Australia   David Cumberlidge Ben Proud Jarvis Parkinson James Guy Elliot Clogg Cameron Kurle    England   Duncan Scott Jack Thorpe Kieran McGukin Stephen Milne Craig McLean Scott McLay Daniel Wallace    Scotland

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming program took place on 6 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

World record	United States (USA)	3:08.24	Beijing, China	11 August 2008
Commonwealth record	Australia (AUS)	3:09.91	Beijing, China	11 August 2008
Games record	Australia (AUS)	3:13.44	Glasgow, United Kingdom	25 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Record
6 April	Heats	Australia	Cameron McEvoy (48.63) James Magnussen (47.87) Jack Cartwright (47.74) James Roberts (48.48)	3:12.72	GR

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 11:54.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Australia	Cameron McEvoy (48.63) James Magnussen (47.87) Jack Cartwright (47.74) James Roberts (48.48)	3:12.72	Q, GR
2	2	5	Scotland	Kieran McGuckin (49.55) Craig McLean (48.80) Scott McLay (48.79) Daniel Wallace (49.39)	3:16.53	Q
3	1	7	New Zealand	Daniel Hunter (49.58) Sam Perry (49.64) Corey Main (49.47) Matthew Stanley (49.27)	3:17.96	Q
4	1	2	England	David Cumberlidge (49.08) Elliot Clogg (49.83) Cameron Kurle (49.55) Jarvis Parkinson (49.53)	3:17.99	Q
5	1	4	Canada	Yuri Kisil (48.97) Ruslan Gaziev (49.78) Jeremy Bagshaw (50.61) Carson Olafson (49.94)	3:19.30	Q
6	1	5	Northern Ireland	Curtis Coulter (50.88) Calum Bain (50.26) David Thompson (49.51) Jordan Sloan (48.92)	3:19.57	Q
7	2	2	South Africa	Jarryd Baxter (51.00) Ryan Coetzee (50.47) Calvyn Justus (49.67) Eben Vorster (50.36)	3:21.50	Q
8	1	6	Sri Lanka	Matthew Abeysinghe (49.51) Akalanka Peiris (51.75) Cherantha de Silva (51.00) Kyle Abeysinghe (50.58)	3:22.84	Q, NR
9	2	3	Mauritius	Bradley Vincent (50.44) Gregory Anodin (52.56) Jonathan Chung Yee (59.94) Mathieu Marquet (51.64)	3:34.58
10	2	7	Papua New Guinea	Josh Tarere (56.74) Samuel Seghers (52.54) Leonard Kalate (55.22) Ashley Seeto (58.79)	3:43.29
11	2	6	Saint Helena	Duwaine Yon (1:00.45) Joshua Yon (1:02.80) Colbye Thomas (1:04.13) Ben Dillon (58.95)	4:06.33
	1	3	Gibraltar	James Sanderson (54.02) Jordan Gonzalez Matt Savitz Aidan Carrol	DSQ

Final

The final was held at 22:07.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	4	Australia	Cameron McEvoy (48.91) James Magnussen (48.09) Jack Cartwright (47.71) Kyle Chalmers (48.25)	3:12.96
	6	England	David Cumberlidge (49.28) Ben Proud (48.35) Jarvis Parkinson (49.28) James Guy (48.34)	3:15.25
	5	Scotland	Duncan Scott (48.54) Jack Thorpe (49.48) Kieran McGukin (49.19) Stephen Milne (48.65)	3:15.86
4	3	New Zealand	Daniel Hunter (49.44) Sam Perry (48.60) Corey Main (49.90) Matthew Stanley (48.66)	3:16.60
5	2	Canada	Yuri Kisil (48.94) Markus Thormeyer (48.73) Ruslan Gaziev (49.38) Carson Olafson (49.93)	3:16.98
6	1	South Africa	Calvyn Justus (49.98) Chad le Clos (47.97) Brad Tandy (49.36) Ryan Coetzee (49.96)	3:17.27
7	7	Northern Ireland	Jordan Sloan (49.87) Calum Bain (50.21) David Thompson (48.64) Curtis Coulter (51.31)	3:20.03
	8	Sri Lanka	Matthew Abeysinghe (49.53) Akalanka Peiris (52.19) Kyle Abeysinghe (50.79) Cherantha de Silva	DSQ