Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games | |
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Venue | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre |
Dates | 21 March 2006 |
Competitors | 47 from 9 nations |
Winning time | 3:34.37 |
Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | women | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
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, and Ross Davenport. The Scottish team of Gregor Tait, Kristopher Gilchrist, Todd Cooper and finished third.
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and game records were as follows.
World Record | 3:30.68 | Aaron Peirsol (53.45) Brendan Hansen (59.37) Ian Crocker (50.28) Jason Lezak (47.58) |
USA | Athens, Greece | 21 August 2004 |
Games Record | 3:36.05 | Matt Welsh Jim Piper Geoff Huegill Ian Thorpe |
AUS | Manchester, England | 4 August 2002 |
The Commonwealth Games record was broken by Australia in the final.
Results[]
Heats[]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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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) (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) (55.21) Ross Davenport (52.02) |
3:47.27 | Q |
5 | 2 | 3 | ![]() |
Gregor Tait (58.40) (1:03.29) Todd Cooper (53.88) (52.18) |
3:47.75 | Q |
6 | 2 | 4 | ![]() |
(58.08) (1:03.47) George du Rand (54.41) Karl Thaning (51.98) |
3:47.94 | Q |
7 | 2 | 6 | ![]() |
Lee Yu Tan (59.04) (1:08.36) (57.64) Zhirong Tay (52.22) |
3:57.26 | Q |
8 | 1 | 6 | ![]() |
(1:03.04) (1:09.31) (55.98) (53.20) |
4:01.53 | Q |
9 | 2 | 2 | ![]() |
(1:00.16) (1:13.16) Ian Powell (55.23) (54.08) |
4:02.63 |
Final[]
Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Time behind | Notes |
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4 | ![]() |
Matt Welsh (54.84) Brenton Rickard (59.51) Michael Klim (51.87) Eamon Sullivan (48.15) |
3:34.37 | GR | |
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6 | ![]() |
Liam Tancock (54.42) Chris Cook (1:00.29) (52.53) Ross Davenport (49.16) |
3:36.40 | 2.03 | |
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2 | ![]() |
Gregor Tait (55.15) Kristopher Gilchrist (1:01.83) Todd Cooper (52.85) (49.92) |
3:39.75 | 5.38 | |
4 | 5 | ![]() |
Matthew Rose (56.29) Scott Dickens (1:01.32) (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 | ![]() |
(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) (1:07.43) (57.51) Zhirong Tay (51.94) |
3:56.08 | 21.71 | |
8 | 8 | ![]() |
(1:03.20) (1:08.85) (56.03) (52.84) |
4:00.92 | 26.55 |
References[]
Categories:
- Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay