# Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 4 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.
Two heats were held, with both containing six countries. The heat in which a country competed in did not formally matter for advancement, as the countries with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
| World record | United States (USA) Michael Phelps (47.51) Garrett Weber-Gale (47.02) Cullen Jones (47.65) Jason Lezak (46.06) | 3:08.24 | Beijing, China | 11 August 2008 |
| Commonwealth record | | | | |
| Games record | South Africa (RSA) Roland Schoeman (48.65) Lyndon Ferns (48.43) Gerhard Zandberg (49.44) Ryk Neethling (48.45) | 3:14.97 | Melbourne, Australia | 16 March 2006 |
The following new world and Commonwealth Games records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | GR | WR |
| 4 October | Final | Kyle Richardson Eamon Sullivan Tommaso D'Orsogna James Magnussen | Australia | 3:13.92 | GR | |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Australia | Kyle Richardson (49.56) Tommaso D'Orsogna (49.09) James Magnussen (48.24) Cameron Prosser (48.29) | 3:15.18 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | England | Adam Brown (49.72) Simon Burnett (49.23) Ross Davenport (48.84) Grant Turner (49.81) | 3:17.60 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | South Africa | Graeme Moore (49.90) Gideon Louw (49.93) Chad le Clos (50.15) Darian Townsend (48.96) | 3:18.94 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Canada | Tobias Oriwol (50.88) Blake Worsley (50.22) Brian Johns (50.21) Richard Hortness (50.69) | 3:22.01 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Scotland | Andrew Hunter (50.47) Jak Scott (50.28) Craig McNally (52.49) Cameron Brodie (52.90) | 3:26.14 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | India | Aaron D'Souza (51.80) Arjun Jayaprakash (53.14) Anshul Kothari (52.41) Virdhawal Khade (50.71) | 3:28.06 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Northern Ireland | Conor Leaney (52.45) Ryan Harrison (51.10) Micheal Dawson (54.13) Andrew Bree (50.94) | 3:28.63 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Singapore | Arren Quek (52.59) Richard Chng (52.52) Aaron Yeo (53.31) Dzulhaili Kamal (52.60) | 3:31.02 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | Trinidad and Tobago | Caryle Blondell (52.41) Joshua McLeod (52.80) Christian-Paul Homer (54.24) Jarryd Gregorie (52.11) | 3:31.56 | |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Guernsey | Ian Howell (54.45) Ian Hubert (53.56) Thomas Hollingsworth (53.84) Ben Lowndes (55.41) | 3:37.26 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Papua New Guinea | Daniel Pryke (56.77) Adam Ampa'oi (1:04.68) Peter Pokawin (56.98) Ryan Pini (52.68) | 3:51.11 | |
| - | 1 | 3 | Malaysia | Foo Jian Beng Soon Yeap Leam Lee Daniel Bego | - | DNS |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Australia | Kyle Richardson (49.23) Eamon Sullivan (47.49) Tommaso D'Orsogna (48.63) James Magnussen (48.57) | 3:13.92 | GR |
| | 5 | England | Simon Burnett (48.82) Liam Tancock (48.14) Grant Turner (49.01) Adam Brown (49.08) | 3:15.05 | |
| | 3 | South Africa | Graeme Moore (49.19) Gideon Louw (48.40) Roland Schoeman (49.09) Darian Townsend (48.53) | 3:15.21 | |
| 4 | 6 | Canada | Brent Hayden (48.18) CGR Stefan Hirniak (49.84) Brian Johns (49.79) Blake Worsley (50.18) | 3:17.99 | |
| 5 | 2 | Scotland | Andrew Hunter (50.03) Jak Scott (50.23) David Carry (50.15) Robert Renwick (50.29) | 3:20.70 | |
| 6 | 7 | India | Aaron D'Souza (51.64) Arjun Jayaprakash (52.99) Anshul Kothari (52.64) Virdhawal Khade (49.87) | 3:27.14 | |
| 7 | 1 | Northern Ireland | Conor Leaney (52.31) Ryan Harrison (51.06) Micheal Dawson (54.08) Andrew Bree (50.47) | 3:27.92 | |
| 8 | 8 | Singapore | Arren Quek (52.88) Richard Chng (52.37) Aaron Yeo (53.10) Dzulhaili Kamal (52.36) | 3:30.71 | |