| | Final 21:17 |  | time | gap |  | L | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Clyde Lewis |  Australia | 4:13.12 |  |  | 4 |  | 2. Mark Szaranek |  Scotland | 4:13.72 | +0.60 |  | 3 |  | 3. Lewis Clareburt |  New Zealand | 4:14.42 | +1.30 | NR | 7 |  | 4. Ayrton Sweeney |  South Africa | 4:17.79 | +4.67 |  | 5 |  | 5. Bradlee Ashby |  New Zealand | 4:18.61 | +5.51 |  | 2 |  | 6. Joe Litchfield |  England | 4:19.41 | +8.29 |  | 8 |  | 7. Tristan Cote |  Canada | 4:20.29 | +7.17 |  | 6 |  | 8. Travis Mahoney |  Australia | 4:21.50 | +9.38 |  | 1 | 
 | 10 Competitors from 10 Nations. Gold Coast Aquatics Centre. |  | World Record: Michael Phelps, United States 4:03.84 Beijing, China 10 August 2008 |  | Commonwealth record: Max Litchfield, Great Britain 4:09.62 Budapest, Hungary 30 July 2017 |  | Commonwealth Games Record: Dan Wallace, Scotland 4:11.04 Glasgow, United Kingdom 25 July 2014 | 
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 | Heats - Friday, 6th April 11:26 |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final. | 
 | Heat 1 11:26 |  | time | gap |  | L | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Clyde Lewis |  Australia | 4:17.25 |  | Q | 5 | 1. |  | 2. Ayrton Sweeney |  South Africa | 4:18.08 | +0.83 | Q | 4 | 2. |  | 5. Bradlee Ashby |  New Zealand | 4:18.83 | +1.58 | Q | 6 | 5. |  | 6. Lewis Clareburt |  New Zealand | 4:19.16 | +1.91 | Q | 3 | 6. |  | 10.Brandon Schuster |  Samoa | 4:31.99 | +14.74 |  | 2 | 10. | 
 | Heat 2 11:-- |  | time | gap |  | L | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 3. Mark Szaranek |  Scotland | 4:18.47 | +1.22 | Q | 4 | 3. |  | 4. Tristan Cote |  Canada | 4:18.73 | +1.48 | Q | 5 | 4. |  | 7. Travis Mahoney |  Australia | 4:19.17 | +1.92 | Q | 6 | 7. |  | 8. Joe Litchfield |  England | 4:21.34 | +4.09 | Q | 3 | 8. |  | 9. Lun Grobbelaar |  South Africa | 4:22.77 | +5.52 |  | 2 | 9. | 
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