Adam Peaty’s British group crushed the world record to win the debut Olympic 4x100m blended mixture transfer gold on Saturday, outgunning China and Australia.

England’s four-in number group of Kathleen Dawson, Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin contacted in 3min 37.58sec to break the past 3:38.41 imprint set by China in Qingdao last year.

The Chinese stayed at second in 3:38.86 and Australia stayed at third in 3:38.95. The Caeleb Dressel-drove United States were consigned to fifth.

The blended transfer was one of three swimming occasions appearing in Japan alongside the men’s 800m free-form and ladies’ 1500m free-form.

Groups included two ladies and two men, with every one of the four swimmers allotted to one of the four customary mixture strokes – backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and free-form.

England decided to begin with Dawson, facing American backstroke monster Ryan Murphy and Australia’s Kaylee McKeown, who won the 200m individual title minutes sooner.

Peaty, who won 100m breaststroke gold in Tokyo, then, at that point took up the rod.

Fellow swam a raging butterfly leg to give up to Hopkin, who brought it home in front of China’s Yang Junxuan, Australian 100m free-form champion Emma McKeon and a pursuing Dressel.