Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held on 30 July at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre. New Zealand's Lewis Clareburt won the event, from Australia's Brendon Smith and Scotland's Duncan Scott, setting a new Commonwealth record, Oceanian record, and New Zealand record. He also became the first New Zealand swimmer in 16 years since Moss Burmester did in 2006 to claim a Commonwealth gold medal.[1]

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueSandwell Aquatics Centre
DatesJuly 30
Competitors10 from 7 nations
Winning time4:08.70
Medalists
gold medal    New Zealand
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Scotland
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Schedule

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The schedule is as follows:[2]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Sunday 30 July 2022 10:30 Heats
20:49 Final

Records

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

World record   Michael Phelps (USA) 4:03.84 Beijing, China 10 August 2008
Commonwealth record   Max Litchfield (GBR) 4:09.62 Budapest, Hungary 30 July 2017
Games record   Dan Wallace (SCO) 4:11.04 Glasgow, United Kingdom 25 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
30 July Final Lewis Clareburt   New Zealand 4:08.70 GR, NR, OC

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 2 5 Lewis Clareburt   New Zealand 4:17.72 Q
2 1 4 Brendon Smith   Australia 4:18.32 Q
3 1 5 Matthew Sates   South Africa 4:19.04 Q
4 1 6 Collyn Gagne   Canada 4:19.63 Q
5 2 6 Kieren Pollard   Australia 4:19.64 Q
6 1 3 Se-Bom Lee   Australia 4:19.66 Q
7 2 4 Duncan Scott   Scotland 4:20.92 Q
8 2 2 Mark Szaranek   Scotland 4:21.34 Q
9 1 2 Isaac Dodds   Jersey 4:29.70 R
10 2 7 Mohamed Rihan Shiham   Maldives 5:35.70 R
2 3 Brodie Williams   England DNS

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
  4 Lewis Clareburt   New Zealand 4:08.70 GR, OC
  5 Brendon Smith   Australia 4:10.15
  1 Duncan Scott   Scotland 4:11.27
4 3 Matthew Sates   South Africa 4:16.61
5 7 Se-Bom Lee   Australia 4:16.68
6 2 Kieren Pollard   Australia 4:17.02
7 6 Collyn Gagne   Canada 4:19.32
8 8 Mark Szaranek   Scotland 4:19.62

References

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  1. ^ Overend, Riley (30 July 2022). "With 400IM Win, Lewis Clareburt Breaks Commonwealth, CG, NZ, and Oceanian Records". SwimSwam. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Results - Sport - Aquatics - Swimming and Para Swimming". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. ^ Heats results
  4. ^ Final results