The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition of the swimming events at the 1986 Commonwealth Games took place on 30 July.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Date Event Nation Athletes Time Record 30 July 1986 Final Mark TewksburyVictor DavisTom PontingAlex Baumann 3:44.00 GR
Results
Heats 9 teams participated in 2 heats. Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 1 - Carl WilsonBrett StocksBarry ArmstrongGreg Fasala 3:53.67 Q 2 2 - Mike WestDarcy WallingfordClaude LamySandy Goss 3:54.77 Q 3 1 - Paul KingsmanGrant ForbesAnthony MosseRoss Anderson 3:54.84 Q 4 2 - Neil HarperNick GillinghamAndy JamesonRoland Lee 3:54.90 Q 5 2 - Craig NelsonGary WatsonRichard LeishmanColin Bole 4:02.86 Q 6 1 - David LimJin Teik OonAng Peng SiongJin Gee Oon 4:03.02 Q 7 2 - Hor Man YipMichael WattYi Ming TsangJohnny Li 4:05.22 Q 8 1 - Ian RosserBruce PerrySteven GwynneGareth Williams 4:09.56 Q 9 2 - Yul Du PontChris StapleyShan NissiotisTrevor Ncala 4:34.43
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 5 Mark TewksburyVictor DavisTom PontingAlex Baumann 3:44.00 6 Neil HarperAdrian MoorhouseAndy JamesonRoland Lee 3:44.85 4 Carl WilsonBrett StocksBarry ArmstrongGreg Fasala 3:45.86 3 Paul KingsmanGrant ForbesAnthony MosseRoss Anderson 3:48.58 2 Craig NelsonGary WatsonRichard LeishmanColin Bole 3:54.05 7 David LimJin Teik OonAng Peng SiongJin Gee Oon 3:56.99 1 Hor Man YipMichael WattYi Ming TsangJohnny Li 4:00.29 8 Ian RosserBruce PerrySteven GwynneGareth Williams 4:07.54
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