Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 25 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	25 July 2014
Competitors	14 from 7 nations
Winning time	4:11.20
Medalists
Dan Wallace    Scotland   Thomas Fraser-Holmes    Australia   Sebastien Rousseau    South Africa

The medals were presented by Bruce Robertson, Vice-President of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister of Scotland.

Records

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

World record	Michael Phelps (USA)	4:03.84	Beijing, China	10 August 2008	[1][2]
Commonwealth record
Games record	Chad le Clos (RSA)	4:13.25	Delhi, India	4 October 2010	[3]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
25 July	Heat	Dan Wallace	Scotland	4:11.04	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	5	Dan Wallace	Scotland	4:11.04	Q, GR
2	2	2	Travis Mahoney	Australia	4:14.99	Q
3	2	5	Roberto Pavoni	England	4:15.26	Q
4	2	4	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	Australia	4:15.34	Q
5	2	3	Lewis Smith	Scotland	4:15.64	Q
6	1	4	Sebastien Rousseau	South Africa	4:16.02	Q
7	1	3	Luke Reilly	Canada	4:18.49	Q
8	2	7	Ross Muir	Scotland	4:19.22	Q
9	1	6	Thomas Haffield	Wales	4:19.23
10	1	2	Jared Gilliland	Australia	4:21.78
11	1	7	Will Brothers	Canada	4:22.61
12	2	6	Max Litchfield	England	4:25.08
13	1	1	Dominic Walter	Jamaica	4:43.86
	2	1	Xavier Mohammed	Wales		DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Dan Wallace	Scotland	4:11.20
	6	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	Australia	4:12.04
	7	Sebastien Rousseau	South Africa	4:13.09
4	3	Roberto Pavoni	England	4:14.42
5	2	Lewis Smith	Scotland	4:16.17
6	5	Travis Mahoney	Australia	4:18.51
7	1	Luke Reilly	Canada	4:19.72
8	8	Ross Muir	Scotland	4:21.50

References

1. Bishop, Greg (9 August 2008). "Phelps smashes world record to win gold". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
2. "Opening statement: Phelps grabs gold, WR in 400 IM". ESPN. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
3. "Commonwealth Games: Alicia Coutts Wins Third Gold Medal, Brent Hayden Swims World-Leading 100 Freestyle During Day Four Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 7 October 2010. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2010.

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