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
Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres The Men's 100 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place at Hampden Park on 27 and 28 July 2014. Kemar Bailey-Cole won the gold medal. The first round consisted of nine heats, with qualification for the first two in each heat and the sixth fastest losers. However, due to a dead heat for second in Heat 7, three runners qualified automatically, and the fastest losers places were reduced to five. Adam Gemili was the fastest qualifier from the first round, at 10.15 seconds.