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 Men's Shot Put Men's Javelin Throw Men's Hammer Throw Men's Decathlon Men's 20 km Walk Men's 50 km Walk Women's 100 metres Women's 800 metres Women's 1,500 metres Women's 100 m Hurdles Women's High Jump Women's Long Jump Women's Discus Throw Women's Javelin Throw Women's Shot Put Women's Pentathlon Men's Flyweight (51 kg) <br> Men's Bantamweight (54 kg) <br> Men's Featherweight (57 kg) <br> Men's Lightweight (60 kg) <br> Men's Light-Welterweight (63.5 kg) Twelve cyclists represented Great Britain in 1980. Men's Springboard Men's Platform Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Great Britain in 1980. Three male pentathletes represented