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
Venue	Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates	July 30
Competitors	10 from 7 nations
Winning time	4:08.70
Medalists
Lewis Clareburt    New Zealand   Brendon Smith    Australia   Duncan Scott    Scotland
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Schedule

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

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

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