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Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

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Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Peaty on his way to a gold-medal finish
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates6 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
7 August 2016 (final)
Competitors46 from 38 nations
Winning time57.13 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adam Peaty  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cody Miller  United States
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The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 6–7 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

The winning margin was 1.56 seconds which as of 2023 remains the only time this event for men was won by more than one second at the Olympics.

Summary

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Great Britain's Adam Peaty defeated the field with a new world record to become the country's third gold medalist in this event, since Duncan Goodhew topped the podium in 1980 and Adrian Moorhouse in 1988.[2][3] He jumped to an immediate lead, and never looked back, charging ahead of the field with his trademark high stroke rate to lower his own world record at 57.13. Peaty's time also gave him the largest margin of victory in the event's Olympic history, sparing 1.56 seconds over South Africa's defending champion Cameron van der Burgh, who won a silver in 58.69.[4] Meanwhile, U.S. swimmer Cody Miller overcame his rib condition to set a new American record of 58.87 for the bronze medal, edging out his teammate Kevin Cordes (59.22) to fourth by 0.35 of a second.[5][6]

Backed by a raucous home crowd, Brazil's João Gomes Júnior managed to pull off a fifth-place finish in 59.31, almost a tenth-second margin ahead of Japan's Yasuhiro Koseki (59.37) and his countryman Felipe França Silva (59.38). Swimming on the outside lane, Kazakhstan's Dmitriy Balandin rounded out the final with an eighth-place time in 59.85. For the first time in Olympic history, all eight finalists finished the race in less than a minute.[6]

Earlier in the prelims, Peaty established a new world-record time in 57.55 to lead all swimmers for the top seed, not only clipping 0.37 seconds off his own standard one year earlier, but also erasing van der Burgh's 2012 Olympic record by almost a second.[7]

Notable swimmers missed the final roster, including Australia's Jake Packard, Peaty's teammate and 2015 world bronze medalist Ross Murdoch, Lithuania's Giedrius Titenis, and Hungary's Dániel Gyurta, who elected not to do the swimoff with New Zealand's Glenn Snyders (a matching 1:00.26) on the morning prelims.[7]

The medals for the competition were presented by Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, Kuwait, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Mr. Andrey Kryukov, Bureau Member of the FINA.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Adam Peaty (GBR) 57.92 London, United Kingdom 17 April 2015 [8]
Olympic record  Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) 58.46 London, United Kingdom 29 July 2012 [9]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
6 August Heat 6 Adam Peaty  Great Britain 57.55 WR
7 August Final Adam Peaty  Great Britain 57.13 WR

Competition format

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The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Adam Peaty  Great Britain 57.55 Q, WR
2 4 6 Yasuhiro Koseki  Japan 58.91 Q
3 5 3 Felipe França Silva  Brazil 59.01 Q, SA
4 4 4 Kevin Cordes  United States 59.13 Q
5 4 5 Cody Miller  United States 59.17 Q
6 6 6 Jake Packard  Australia 59.26 Q
7 5 4 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 59.35 Q
8 5 5 João Gomes Júnior  Brazil 59.46 Q
9 4 3 Dmitriy Balandin  Kazakhstan 59.47 Q
6 3 Ross Murdoch  Great Britain Q
11 6 1 Li Xiang  China 59.55 Q
12 6 5 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 59.90 Q
13 6 2 Vsevolod Zanko  Russia 59.91 Q
14 3 5 Jorge Murillo  Colombia 59.93 Q NR
15 4 2 Christian vom Lehn  Germany 1:00.13 Q
16 4 7 Glenn Snyders  New Zealand 1:00.26 WSO
4 8 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary LSO
18 5 1 Ippei Watanabe  Japan 1:00.33
19 6 8 Panagiotis Samilidis  Greece 1:00.35
20 5 6 Kirill Prigoda  Russia 1:00.37
21 5 7 Damir Dugonjič  Slovenia 1:00.41
22 5 8 Andrea Toniato  Italy 1:00.45
23 3 3 Andrius Šidlauskas  Lithuania 1:00.59
24 2 5 Yannick Käser  Switzerland 1:00.71
3 7 Jason Block  Canada
26 5 2 Čaba Silađi  Serbia 1:00.76
27 3 8 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 1:00.88
6 7 Yan Zibei  China
29 4 1 Marcin Stolarski  Poland 1:01.06
30 2 4 Carlos Claverie  Venezuela 1:01.13
3 4 Joshua Palmer  Australia
32 2 6 Erik Persson  Sweden 1:01.20
33 2 3 Nicholas Quinn  Ireland 1:01.29
34 3 1 Vladislav Mustafin  Uzbekistan 1:01.66
35 3 6 Anton Sveinn McKee  Iceland 1:01.84
36 2 2 Azad Al-Barazi  Syria 1:02.22
37 1 5 Radomyos Matjiur  Thailand 1:02.36
38 2 1 Matti Mattsson  Finland 1:02.45
39 1 4 Martin Melconian  Uruguay 1:02.67
40 1 3 Julian Fletcher  Bermuda 1:02.73
41 2 7 Édgar Crespo  Panama 1:02.78
42 3 2 Tomáš Klobučník  Slovakia 1:02.93
43 1 2 Benjamin Schulte  Guam 1:03.29
44 2 8 Dustin Tynes  Bahamas 1:03.71
45 1 6 Amini Fonua  Tonga 1:06.40
46 1 7 Corey Ollivierre  Grenada 1:08.68

Semi-finals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Yasuhiro Koseki  Japan 59.23 Q
2 5 Kevin Cordes  United States 59.33 Q
3 6 João Gomes Júnior  Brazil 59.40 Q
4 3 Jake Packard  Australia 59.48
5 7 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 59.80
6 2 Ross Murdoch  Great Britain 1:00.05
7 8 Glenn Snyders  New Zealand 1:00.50
8 1 Jorge Murillo  Colombia 1:00.81

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Adam Peaty  Great Britain 57.62 Q
2 3 Cody Miller  United States 59.05 Q
3 6 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 59.21 Q
4 5 Felipe França Silva  Brazil 59.35 Q
5 2 Dmitriy Balandin  Kazakhstan 59.45 Q
6 8 Christian vom Lehn  Germany 1:00.23
7 7 Li Xiang  China 1:00.25
8 1 Vsevolod Zanko  Russia 1:00.39

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Adam Peaty  Great Britain 57.13 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 58.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Cody Miller  United States 58.87 AM
4 2 Kevin Cordes  United States 59.22
5 1 João Gomes Júnior  Brazil 59.31
6 6 Yasuhiro Koseki  Japan 59.37
7 7 Felipe França Silva  Brazil 59.38
8 8 Dmitriy Balandin  Kazakhstan 59.85

References

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  2. ^ "Adam Peaty wins first Olympic gold and smashes world record again". The Guardian. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Adam Peaty wins GB's first medal with swimming gold". BBC Sport. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Van der Burgh takes silver in Rio". News24. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Cody Miller Overcomes Rib Condition To Win Bronze For U.S. Swim Team". The Huffington Post. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Adam Peaty Lowers 100 Breaststroke World Record on Way to Gold". Swimming World Magazine. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Adam Peaty Scorches 100 Breast Prelims With New World Record At 2016 Rio Olympic Games". Swimming World Magazine. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Britain's Adam Peaty breaks 100m breaststroke world record". The Guardian. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  9. ^ "2012 London Olympics: Cameron van der Burgh's World Record Ends Kosuke Kitajima's Threepeat Bid in 100 Breast; Hansen Medals". Swimming World Magazine. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  10. ^ "SWM031900_StartList_2016_08_04.pdf" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  11. ^ "SWM031900_ResultsSummary_2016_08_06.pdf" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  12. ^ "SWM031200_StartList_2016_08_06.pdf" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
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