\t\t\t\t\t2026 Commonwealth Games<\/p>\n
MEN\u2019S 4\u00d7100 FREESTYLE RELAY \u2013 FINAL<\/p>\n
World Record \u2013 3:08.24, USA, 2008
\nCommonwealth Record \u2013 3:08.97, Australia, 2025
\nCommonwealth Games Record \u2013 3:11.12, Australia, 2022
\n2022 Champion \u2013 Australia, 3:11.12<\/p>\n
GOLD \u2013 Australia, 3:09.49 *Commonwealth Games Record*
SILVER \u2013 England, 3:11.69
BRONZE \u2013 South Africa, 3:13.99<\/p>\n
Leadoff Legs<\/p>\n
Flynn Southam<\/a> was electric 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 best by six tenths of a second and led this field by nearly a full second as the only man under 48 seconds.<\/p>\n Jacob Mills<\/a> split 22.96 at the 50 and closed in 25.06 for a time of 48.02, the third-fastest of his young career. Josh Liendo<\/a> was the third-fastest leadoff in 48.13, over half a second off his best of 47.55.<\/p>\n Pieter Coetze<\/a> backed up his Games record in the 50 back with a 48.38 for South Africa, two tenths off his season best and half a second off his lifetime best of 47.88 from last summer. Evan Jones<\/a> was just off his lifetime best of 48.93 for Scotland.<\/p>\n The Cayman Islands\u2019 James Allison<\/a> broke 50 seconds for just the second time, having done so the first time this morning. He knocked four tenths off the 49.78 he swam in the heats with a 49.39 tonight, moving closer to the Fraser brothers and Jordan Crooks<\/a> in the all-time rankings for his nation.<\/p>\n Rolling Splits<\/p>\n Australia had three of the top five splits, led, unsurprisingly, by Kyle Chalmers<\/a> in 46.93. That was the fastest split in the field by over half a second and the only one sub-47, which gives him 16 career splits under that barrier.<\/p>\n Kai Taylor<\/a> was half a second off the 47.04 he split last summer, while Harrison Turner<\/a> was 47.94 in his first appearance on this relay.<\/p>\n England had three splits in the top seven, getting 47.7s from anchor Jacob Whittle<\/a> and youngster Gabriel Shepherd<\/a>. Both were significantly faster than their season bests of 48.52 and 48.43 respectively. James Guy<\/a> split 48.24, a solid return for the 200\/400 free specialist, but slower than the 47.72 he split at the 2019 World Championships.<\/p>\n Duncan Scott<\/a> was Scotland\u2019s only leg under 49 seconds, and the second-fastest in the field with a 47.48. South Africa had a pair of 48-low splits from Chad le Clos<\/a>, who was two seconds faster than his split this morning, and Ruard van Renen<\/a>, who undercut his flat-start best by over a second in 48.34.<\/p>\n