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 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres as a silver medallist, with the gold medal withheld. Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: No new world or Olympic records were set for this event. All times shown are in seconds. Note: Thanou not awarded gold medal Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres The Women's 100 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Stadium Australia on 22 September 2000 and 23 September 2000. The top three runners in each of the initial ten heats automatically qualified for the second