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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.
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.
[2] [3] Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), which was 1:07.12 for this event. [2] In total, 23 athletes qualified through achieving the OQT, twelve athletes qualified through universality places and two athletes qualified through achieving the OCT.
PARIS — In the men’s 100-meter breaststroke final here at the 2024 Olympics on Sunday, eight world-class swimmers glided through a pool … and not a single one would have finished better than ...
100 m backstroke: 57.28 Regan Smith United States (USA) 2024 Paris: 4 August 2024 [27] 200 m backstroke: 2:03.73 Kaylee McKeown Australia (AUS) 2024 Paris: 2 August 2024 [28] 100 m breaststroke: 1:04.82 Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa (RSA) 2020 Tokyo: 25 July 2021 [29] 200 m breaststroke: 2:18.95 Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa (RSA) 2020 Tokyo
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. King's time also shaved 0.24 seconds off the Olympic record set by Australia's four-time Olympian Leisel Jones in Beijing in 2008. [3] [4] Yefimova finished with a silver in 1:05.50.
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.
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.