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Tandem Molly Hannis and Lilly King, the newly-crowned Olympic champion of the 100 m breaststroke, had put their medal hunt to an end in this event, as neither of them advanced to the final. [8] Other notable swimmers missed the top eight roster, featuring Japan's Kanako Watanabe , the 2015 world champion, and Turkey's Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş ...
Interior view of the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, the temporary venue used for swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Similar to the program's format in 2012, swimming features a total of 34 events (17 each for men and women), including two 10 km open-water marathons. The following events were contested (all pool events are long course, and ...
U.S. swimmer Lilly King stormed home on the final lap in a match against Russia's Yuliya Yefimova to capture the sprint breaststroke title for the first time since Megan Quann topped the podium in 2000. With 15 metres to go, King launched a mighty surge to pass Yefimova by more than half a second for the gold medal with a time of 1:04.93.
Breaststroke world-record holder Adam Peaty threw down the fastest breaststroke split ever in 56.59 to deliver the British team of Chris Walker-Hebborn (53.68), James Guy (51.35), and Duncan Scott (47.62) a brief lead on the second leg, before the Americans edged them out to the front at the remaining laps of the race, leaving Great Britain ...
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 9–10 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. [1]The winning margin was 0.07 seconds which as of 2023 remains the only time this event for men was won by less than a tenth of a second at the Olympics.
In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Balandin won a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke, setting up new national record with 2:07.46. This was his first Olympic medal, and Kazakhstan's first-ever medal in a swimming event. [3] Balandin emerged as an unexpected medal contender at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, where
16 April 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [44] 200 m backstroke: 2:08.41 Kirsty Coventry / Minas TC: 3 May 2011 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [29] 50 m breaststroke: 30.17 Jessica Hardy / CR Flamengo: 7 May 2011 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [29] 100 m breaststroke: 1:05.79 Rebecca Soni / Minas TC: 5 May 2011 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [29] 200 m breaststroke: 2:24 ...
Rie Kaneto (金藤 理絵, Kanetō Rie, born 8 September 1988) is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in breaststroke events. [1] She won the gold medal in the 200 meter breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics.