Australia touched first in the men's 4x100m medley relay on the final night of swimming at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, winning gold in a Games record of 3:28.71. The medley relay — where four swimmers each race a different stroke (backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle) — closed out six days of competition at the Tollcross pool.

England took silver in 3:30.68 through the quartet of Oliver Morgan, Adam Ramsay-Peaty, Edward Mildred and Jacob Mills, 1.97 seconds behind the Australians. South Africa claimed bronze. (The Guardian)

That bronze carried a subplot. Chad le Clos, who swam in the morning heats, earned his 21st Commonwealth Games medal from the relay — passing the previous record to become the most decorated athlete in the history of the Games. Le Clos did not swim in the final itself, but under relay rules a heats swimmer shares the medal.

The same evening, South Africa also picked up silver in the mixed 4x100m medley relay — an event where teams of two men and two women each swim a different stroke. Le Clos competed in the heats of that event too but was not part of the final quartet. (Glasgow 2026 Live Blog)

Adam Ramsay-Peaty's silver in the men's relay marked the end of his Commonwealth Games career. He finishes with a career that has made him one of England's most recognisable swimmers across multiple Games cycles.

Australia's swimming programme was the story of the week. Across six days they collected 37 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze — a haul of 76 medals that dwarfed every other nation in the pool. (The Guardian)

Elsewhere on Day 6, New Zealand's Lewis Clareburt successfully defended his 400m individual medley title — an event that requires a swimmer to cover all four strokes in a single race, 100 metres of each. Clareburt, who won the same event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, became a back-to-back champion. (Glasgow 2026 Live Blog)

The medal table also widened. Singapore joined the list of medalling nations when 16-year-old Amanda Yap claimed a podium finish, giving the Games a fresh face on the final stretch of the swimming programme. (The Commonwealth Games Federation)

For le Clos, the record caps a Commonwealth Games career stretching back more than a decade. At 34, he has been a fixture of South African swimming since his breakout Olympic campaign. To pass every athlete who has ever competed across the Games' 92-year history is a mark few in any sport will reach.

For Australia, the Glasgow pool delivered exactly what they have come to expect of themselves — and what the rest of the field has come to dread.