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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.
Breaststroke is the slowest of the four official styles in competitive swimming.The fastest breaststrokers can swim about 1.70 meters (~5.6 feet) per second. It is sometimes the hardest to teach to rising swimmers after butterfly due to the importance of timing and the coordination required to move the legs properly.
Almost half a second ahead of world record pace at the final turn, Schoenmaker closed strongly to become the first woman to break the 2:19 barrier and win gold in a world record time of 2:18.95. King, a 100 m breaststroke specialist over the years, established an early lead out of lane 2.
The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 29–30 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. [1] [2] At only 15 years of age, Rūta Meilutytė defeated a vastly more sophisticated field to become Lithuania's first gold medalist in swimming under its own banner. Dominating the race from ...
Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre Dates 8 April (heats, semifinals) 9 April (final) Competitors 26 from 15 nations Winning time 1:06.41 Medalists Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa Kierra Smith Canada Georgia Bohl Australia ← 2014 2022 → Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Freestyle 50 m men women 50 m S7/S8 men women 100 m men ...
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]
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 1–2 August 2012 at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. [1] U.S. swimmer Rebecca Soni cleared a 2:20-barrier in a remarkable world record to defend her Olympic title for the first time in the event's history. Dominating the race from the start ...
women: 10 m: mixed: Open water swimming; Single; 5 km: men: women: 10 km: men: women: ... The Women's 100 metre breaststroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics ...