| Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | |
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| Venue | Gold Coast Aquatic Centre |
| Dates | 6 April |
| Competitors | 57 from 12 nations |
| Winning time | 3:12.96 |
| Medalists | |
| ← 20142022 → | |
| Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 50 m S7/S8 | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 100 m S9 | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 200 m S14 | men | |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 100 m S9 | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 100 m SB8/SB9 | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 50 m S7 | women | |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 200 m SM8 | men | |
| 200 m SM10 | women | |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming program took place on 6 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
| World record |  United States (USA) |
3:08.24 | Beijing, China | 11 August 2008 |
| Commonwealth record |  Australia (AUS) |
3:09.91 | Beijing, China | 11 August 2008 |
| Games record |  Australia (AUS) |
3:13.44 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 25 July 2014 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Record |
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| 6 April | Heats | Australia |
Cameron McEvoy (48.63) James Magnussen (47.87) Jack Cartwright (47.74) James Roberts (48.48) |
3:12.72 | GR |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 11:54.
Final
The final was held at 22:07.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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4 | Australia |
Cameron McEvoy (48.91) James Magnussen (48.09) Jack Cartwright (47.71) Kyle Chalmers (48.25) |
3:12.96 | |
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6 |  England |
David Cumberlidge (49.28) Ben Proud (48.35) Jarvis Parkinson (49.28) James Guy (48.34) |
3:15.25 | |
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5 |  Scotland |
Duncan Scott (48.54) Jack Thorpe (49.48) Kieran McGukin (49.19) Stephen Milne (48.65) |
3:15.86 | |
| 4 | 3 |  New Zealand |
Daniel Hunter (49.44) Sam Perry (48.60) Corey Main (49.90) Matthew Stanley (48.66) |
3:16.60 | |
| 5 | 2 |  Canada |
Yuri Kisil (48.94) Markus Thormeyer (48.73) Ruslan Gaziev (49.38) Carson Olafson (49.93) |
3:16.98 | |
| 6 | 1 |  South Africa |
Calvyn Justus (49.98) Chad le Clos (47.97) Brad Tandy (49.36) Ryan Coetzee (49.96) |
3:17.27 | |
| 7 | 7 |  Northern Ireland |
Jordan Sloan (49.87) Calum Bain (50.21) David Thompson (48.64) Curtis Coulter (51.31) |
3:20.03 | |
| 8 |  Sri Lanka |
Matthew Abeysinghe (49.53) Akalanka Peiris (52.19) Kyle Abeysinghe (50.79) Cherantha de Silva |
DSQ |
References
| Commonwealth champions in men's 4×100 m freestyle relay | |
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