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The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 24 to 26 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. [1] It was the event's fourteenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1968.
[5] [6] Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), which was 59.79 for this event. [5] In total, 21 athletes qualified through achieving the OQT, 15 athletes qualified through universality places and two athletes qualified through achieving the OCT.
This is a listing of the history of the World Record in the 100 breaststroke swimming event.. The first world record in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognized by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1961, while the women's world record times were officially acknowledged in 1958.
Great Britain's Adam Peaty through to 100m breaststroke semi-finals at Paris Olympics.
The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 25 July to 27 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. [1] [2] It was the event's fourteenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1968.
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.
The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 28–29 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. [1]Cameron van der Burgh smashed a new world record to end South Africa's medal drought for an Olympic gold in the event.
South African Tatjana Smith topped the 100 breaststroke prelims in 1:05.00, while American world record holder and 2016 Olympic gold medalist Lilly King advanced to the evening semifinals as the ...