Swimming — 100 metres Breaststroke, Women

Times held 14
Total participants 460
Total countries 120

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1968 100 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 33 20
1972 100 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 40 22
1976 100 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 38 22
1980 100 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 25 19
1984 100 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 30 21
1988 100 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 42 27
1992 100 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 43 31
1996 100 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 46 38
2000 100 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 43 37
2004 100 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 48 43
2008 100 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 49 39
2012 100 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 46 36
2016 100 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 44 35
2020 100 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 45 38

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1968 Đurđica BjedovYUG Galina ProzumenshchikovaURS Sharon WichmanUSA
1972 Cathy CarrUSA Galina StepanovaURS Beverley WhitfieldAUS
1976 Hannelore AnkeGDR Lyubov RusanovaURS Marina KoshevayaURS
1980 Ute GewenigerGDR Elvira VasilkovaURS Susanne NielssonDEN
1984 Petra van StaverenNED Anne OttenbriteCAN Catherine PoirotFRA
1988 Tanya DangalakovaBUL Antoaneta FrenkevaBUL Silke HörnerGDR
1992 Alena RudkouskayaEUN Anita NallUSA Sam RileyAUS
1996 Penny HeynsRSA Amanda BeardUSA Sam RileyAUS
2000 Megan QuannUSA Leisel JonesAUS Penny HeynsRSA
2004 Luo XuejuanCHN Brooke HansonAUS Leisel JonesAUS
2008 Leisel JonesAUS Rebecca SoniUSA Mirna JukicAUT
2012 Rūta MeilutytėLTU Rebecca SoniUSA Satomi SuzukiJPN
2016 Lilly KingUSA Yuliya YefimovaRUS Katie MeiliUSA
2020 Lydia JacobyUSA Tatjana SchoenmakerRSA Lilly KingUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 4 4 3 11
East Germany GDR 2 0 1 3
Australia AUS 1 2 4 7
South Africa RSA 1 1 1 3
Bulgaria BUL 1 1 0 2
Lithuania LTU 1 0 0 1
Netherlands NED 1 0 0 1
People's Republic of China CHN 1 0 0 1
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
Yugoslavia YUG 1 0 0 1
Soviet Union URS 0 4 1 5
Canada CAN 0 1 0 1
Russian Federation RUS 0 1 0 1
Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
Denmark DEN 0 0 1 1
France FRA 0 0 1 1
Japan JPN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Leisel Jones AUS 1 1 1 3
Penny Heyns RSA 1 0 1 2
Lilly King USA 1 0 1 2
Alena Rudkouskaya BLR
EUN
1 0 0 1
Tanya Bogomilova-Dangalakova BUL 1 0 0 1
Hannelore Anke GDR 1 0 0 1
Ute Geweniger GDR 1 0 0 1
Petra van Staveren NED 1 0 0 1
Cathy Carr USA 1 0 0 1
Đurđica Bjedov CRO
YUG
1 0 0 1
Luo Xuejuan CHN 1 0 0 1
Megan Quann-Jendrick USA 1 0 0 1
Rūta Meilutytė LTU 1 0 0 1
Lydia Jacoby USA 1 0 0 1