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
Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 7–8 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. U.S. swimmer Lilly King stormed home on the final lap in a grudge match against Russia's Yuliya Yefimova to capture the sprint breaststroke title for the first time, since Megan Quann topped the podium in 2000. With 15 metres to go, King launched a mighty surge to pass Yefimova by more than half a second for the gold medal with a time of 1:04.93. King's time also shaved