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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.
The swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 13 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. [1] The women's open-water marathon was held on August 15, and the men's open water race on August 16 in Fort Copacabana .
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.
The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 August 2016 to 21 August 2016. Approximately 11,000 athletes from 206 nations [1] participated in 306 events in 42 Olympic sport disciplines. [2]
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 ...
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 he competed in all breaststroke events.
6 August 2016: Swimming – Men's 100 metre breaststroke: Adam Peaty Great Britain: Set a world record time of 57.55 in the heats [2] 6 August 2016: Swimming – Women's 400 metre individual medley: Katinka Hosszú Hungary: Set a world record time of 4:26.36 in the final: 6 August 2016: Swimming – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay: Emma ...
For 2016, the OQT was 48.99 seconds while the OST was 50.70 seconds. The qualifying window was 1 March 2015 to 3 July 2016; only approved meets (generally international competitions and national Olympic trials) during that period could be used to meet the standards.