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
Ireland at the 1980 Summer Olympics Competition: Men's 1,500 metres Men's 5,000 metres Men's 10,000 metres Men's Marathon Men's Hammer Throw Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg) Three cyclists represented Ireland in 1980. Three male pentathletes represented Ireland in 1980. Individual Competition: Team Competition: Men's Coxless Pairs Men's 100m Freestyle Men's 200m Freestyle Women's 100 m Breaststroke Women's 400 m Individual Medley Ireland at the 1980 Summer Olympics Ireland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 47 competitors, 44