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 1976 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres B United States (11.6s) and Mats Lindblad of Sweden (11.8s). They were joined in the final by Norway's Terje Hansen (12.0s), and by three athletes who had run their heat in 12.1s. In the final, Haynes won gold in 11.4s, a tenth of a second ahead of Australian athletes Faulkner and Gianni, who finished almost simultaneously for silver and bronze. Hansen was fourth, while Lindblad withdrew before the final. Athletics at the 1976 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres B The Men's 100 metres B was a sprinting event in athletics at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, for blind athletes.