Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 6–7 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Great Britain's Adam Peaty defeated the field with a new world record to become the country's third gold medalist in this event, since Duncan Goodhew topped the podium in 1980 and Adrian Moorhouse in 1988. He jumped to an immediate lead, and never looked back, charging ahead of the field with his trademark high stroke rate to lower his own world record at 57.13. Peaty's time also gave
East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics East Germany in 1980. PRELIMINARY ROUND (GROUP C) Men's 100m Freestyle Men's 200m Freestyle Women's 100 m Breaststroke Women's 400 m Individual Medley -56 kg category -67.5 kg category -90 kg category -100 kg category +110 kg category East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 346 competitors, 222 men and 124 women, took part in 167 events in 17 sports. Men's 100 metres Men's 800 metres Men's 1,500 metres Men's 10,000 metres Men's Marathon Men's 4x400 metres Relay Men's 110 m Hurdles Men's 400