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
Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics Great Britain in 1980. Individual Team: Men's Single scull Men's Double scull Men's Coxless pair Men's Coxed pair Men's Coxless four Men's Coxed four Men's Eight Women's Single scull Women's Double scull Women's Coxed four Women's Eight Men's 100 m Freestyle Men's 200 m Freestyle Men's 100 m Butterfly Men's 200 m Butterfly Men's 100 m Breaststroke Men's 200 m Breaststroke Men's 100 m Backstroke Men's 200 m Backstroke Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Women's 200 m Freestyle Women's 100 m Butterfly Women's 200 m Butterfly Women's 100 m Breaststroke Women's