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100 metres Breaststroke, Men

Date	6 – 7 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	46 from 38 countries

Britain’s Adam Peaty had won the 2015 World Championship and was the only swimmer to ever break 58 seconds in this event, with the second best performer over ½-second behind his personal best. The battle seemed to be for the other medals, and was felt to be contested by South African Cameron van der Bergh, the defending gold medalist, and Americans Kevin Cordes and Cody Miller.

That was exactly how the final worked out, as Peaty won gold in a stunning world record 57.13, winning by more than 1½ seconds over van der Bergh, with Miller winning a slightly surprising bronze, as he had not been heard from much before 2016. Peaty had actually broken his world record of 57.92 in the sixth heat, finishing in 57.55, then shattering that in the final. In all, he lowered the pre-Rio world mark by 0.79 seconds, a huge margin at this distance, and his record was 1.33 seconds ahead of the second fastest performer of all-time, van der Bergh.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Adam Peaty	GBR	57.55 (1 h6)	57.62 (1 h2)	57.13 (1)	Gold	WR
2	Cameron van der Burgh	RSA	59.35 (2 h5)	59.21 (3 h2)	58.69 (2)	Silver
3	Cody Miller	USA	59.17 (3 h4)	59.05 (2 h2)	58.87 (3)	Bronze
4	Kevin Cordes	USA	59.13 (2 h4)	59.33 (2 h1)	59.22 (4)
5	João Gomes Júnior	BRA	59.46 (3 h5)	59.40 (3 h1)	59.31 (5)
6	Yasuhiro Koseki	JPN	58.91 (1 h4)	59.23 (1 h1)	59.37 (6)
7	Felipe França	BRA	59.01 (1 h5)	59.35 (4 h2)	59.38 (7)
8	Dmitry Balandin	KAZ	59.47 (4 h4)	59.45 (5 h2)	59.95 (8)
9	Jake Packard	AUS	59.26 (2 h6)	59.48 (4 h1)	–
10	Giedrius Titenis	LTU	59.90 (5 h6)	59.80 (5 h1)	–
11	Ross Murdoch	GBR	59.47 (3 h6)	1:00.05 (6 h1)	–
12	Christian vom Lehn	GER	1:00.13 (5 h4)	1:00.23 (6 h2)	–
13	Li Xiang	CHN	59.55 (4 h6)	1:00.25 (7 h2)	–
14	Vsevolod Zanko	RUS	59.91 (6 h6)	1:00.39 (8 h2)	–
15	Glenn Snyders	NZL	1:00.26 (=6 h4)	1:00.50 (7 h1)	–
16	Jorge Murillo	COL	59.93 (1 h3)	1:00.81 (8 h1)	–
17	Dániel Gyurta	HUN	1:00.26 (=6 h4)	–	–
18	Ippei Watanabe	JPN	1:00.33 (4 h5)	–	–
19	Panagiotis Samilidis	GRE	1:00.35 (7 h6)	–	–
20	Kirill Prigoda	RUS	1:00.37 (5 h5)	–	–
21	Damir Dugonjič	SLO	1:00.41 (6 h5)	–	–
22	Andrea Toniato	ITA	1:00.45 (7 h5)	–	–
23	Andrius Šidlauskas	LTU	1:00.59 (2 h3)	–	–
24	Yannick Käser	SUI	1:00.71 (1 h2)	–	–
25	Jason Block	CAN	1:00.71 (3 h3)	–	–
26	Čaba Silađi	SRB	1:00.76 (8 h5)	–	–
27	Laurent Carnol	LUX	1:00.88 (4 h3)	–	–
28	Yan Zibei	CHN	1:00.88 (8 h6)	–	–
29	Marcin Stolarski	POL	1:01.06 (8 h4)	–	–
30	Carlos Claverie	VEN	1:01.13 (2 h2)	–	–
31	Josh Palmer	AUS	1:01.13 (5 h3)	–	–
32	Erik Persson	SWE	1:01.20 (3 h2)	–	–
33	Nicholas Quinn	IRL	1:01.29 (4 h2)	–	–
34	Vladislav Mustafin	UZB	1:01.66 (6 h3)	–	–
35	Anton McKee	ISL	1:01.84 (7 h3)	–	–
36	Azad Barazi	SYR	1:02.22 (5 h2)	–	–
37	Radomyos Matjiur	THA	1:02.36 (1 h1)	–	–
38	Matti Mattsson	FIN	1:02.45 (6 h2)	–	–
39	Martín Melconian	URU	1:02.67 (2 h1)	–	–
40	Julian Fletcher	BER	1:02.73 (3 h1)	–	–
41	Édgar Crespo	PAN	1:02.78 (7 h2)	–	–
42	Tomáš Klobučník	SVK	1:02.93 (8 h3)	–	–
43	Benjamin Schulte	GUM	1:03.29 (4 h1)	–	–
44	Dustin Tynes	BAH	1:03.71 (8 h2)	–	–
45	Amini Fonua	TGA	1:06.40 (5 h1)	–	–
46	Corey Ollivierre	GRN	1:08.68 (6 h1)	–	–

Round One (6 August 2016 — 15:04)

Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Heat One (15:04)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Radomyos Matjiur	THA	29.20 (3) 33.16 (1)	1:02.36	0.74
2	4	Martín Melconian	URU	29.06 (1) 33.61 (2)	1:02.67	0.72
3	3	Julian Fletcher	BER	29.10 (2) 33.63 (3)	1:02.73	0.68
4	2	Benjamin Schulte	GUM	29.57 (4) 33.72 (4)	1:03.29	0.69
5	6	Amini Fonua	TGA	29.89 (5) 36.51 (5)	1:06.40	0.64
6	7	Corey Ollivierre	GRN	31.26 (6) 37.42 (6)	1:08.68	0.67

Heat Two (15:07)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Yannick Käser	SUI	28.41 (3) 32.30 (3)	1:00.71	0.77
2	4	Carlos Claverie	VEN	28.27 (1) 32.86 (4)	1:01.13	0.71
3	6	Erik Persson	SWE	29.00 (6) 32.20 (2)	1:01.20	0.68
4	3	Nicholas Quinn	IRL	29.15 (7) 32.14 (1)	1:01.29	0.71
5	2	Azad Barazi	SYR	28.29 (2) 33.93 (7)	1:02.22	0.69
6	1	Matti Mattsson	FIN	28.78 (4) 33.67 (5)	1:02.45	0.70
7	7	Édgar Crespo	PAN	28.94 (5) 33.84 (6)	1:02.78	0.65
8	8	Dustin Tynes	BAH	29.66 (8) 34.05 (8)	1:03.71	0.64

Heat Three (15:10)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Jorge Murillo	COL	28.18 (2) 31.75 (1)	59.93	0.68	Q
2	3	Andrius Šidlauskas	LTU	28.58 (4) 32.01 (4)	1:00.59	0.73
3	7	Jason Block	CAN	28.78 (6) 31.93 (3)	1:00.71	0.73
4	8	Laurent Carnol	LUX	29.02 (7) 31.86 (2)	1:00.88	0.71
5	4	Josh Palmer	AUS	28.15 (1) 32.98 (5)	1:01.13	0.69
6	1	Vladislav Mustafin	UZB	28.46 (3) 33.20 (7)	1:01.66	0.68
7	6	Anton McKee	ISL	28.67 (5) 33.17 (6)	1:01.84	0.66
8	2	Tomáš Klobučník	SVK	29.11 (8) 33.82 (8)	1:02.93	0.75

Heat Four (15:13)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	6	Yasuhiro Koseki	JPN	27.81 (2) 31.10 (1)	58.91	0.67	Q
2	4	Kevin Cordes	USA	27.71 (1) 31.42 (3)	59.13	0.70	Q
3	5	Cody Miller	USA	27.82 (3) 31.35 (2)	59.17	0.66	Q
4	3	Dmitry Balandin	KAZ	28.02 (4) 31.45 (4)	59.47	0.68	Q
5	2	Christian vom Lehn	GER	28.48 (8) 31.65 (5)	1:00.13	0.70	Q
=6	7	Glenn Snyders	NZL	28.12 (6) 32.14 (7)	1:00.26	0.65	Q	1
=6	8	Dániel Gyurta	HUN	28.46 (7) 31.80 (6)	1:00.26	0.70		2
8	1	Marcin Stolarski	POL	28.03 (5) 33.03 (8)	1:01.06	0.66

Heat Five (15:16)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Felipe França	BRA	28.01 (3) 31.00 (1)	59.01	0.70	Q
2	4	Cameron van der Burgh	RSA	27.69 (1) 31.66 (3)	59.35	0.64	Q
3	5	João Gomes Júnior	BRA	27.86 (2) 31.60 (2)	59.46	0.67	Q
4	1	Ippei Watanabe	JPN	28.23 (=6) 32.10 (5)	1:00.33	0.67
5	6	Kirill Prigoda	RUS	28.10 (5) 32.27 (6)	1:00.37	0.61
6	7	Damir Dugonjič	SLO	28.43 (8) 31.98 (4)	1:00.41	0.69
7	8	Andrea Toniato	ITA	28.03 (4) 32.42 (7)	1:00.45	0.61
8	2	Čaba Silađi	SRB	28.23 (=6) 32.53 (8)	1:00.76	0.69

Heat Six (15:19)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Adam Peaty	GBR	26.69 (1) 30.86 (1)	57.55	0.55	QWR
2	6	Jake Packard	AUS	28.03 (4) 31.23 (=2)	59.26	0.67	Q
3	3	Ross Murdoch	GBR	27.78 (3) 31.69 (4)	59.47	0.63	Q
4	1	Li Xiang	CHN	28.32 (6) 31.23 (=2)	59.55	0.68	Q
5	5	Giedrius Titenis	LTU	27.51 (2) 32.39 (8)	59.90	0.69	Q
6	2	Vsevolod Zanko	RUS	28.21 (5) 31.70 (5)	59.91	0.66	Q
7	8	Panagiotis Samilidis	GRE	28.49 (7) 31.86 (7)	1:00.35	0.65
8	7	Yan Zibei	CHN	29.10 (8) 31.78 (6)	1:00.88	0.64

Semi-Finals (6 August 2016 — 23:08)

Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Heat One (23:08)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Yasuhiro Koseki	JPN	27.62 (1) 31.61 (5)	59.23	0.67	Q
2	5	Kevin Cordes	USA	27.89 (=3) 31.44 (2)	59.33	0.70	Q
3	6	João Gomes Júnior	BRA	28.11 (7) 31.29 (1)	59.40	0.70	Q
4	3	Jake Packard	AUS	27.89 (=3) 31.59 (4)	59.48	0.67
5	7	Giedrius Titenis	LTU	28.35 (8) 31.45 (3)	59.80	0.71
6	2	Ross Murdoch	GBR	27.81 (2) 32.24 (6)	1:00.05	0.61
7	8	Glenn Snyders	NZL	28.02 (6) 32.48 (7)	1:00.50	0.67
8	1	Jorge Murillo	COL	27.94 (5) 32.87 (8)	1:00.81	0.67

Heat Two (23:16)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Adam Peaty	GBR	26.71 (1) 30.91 (1)	57.62	0.58	Q
2	3	Cody Miller	USA	27.52 (3) 31.53 (5)	59.05	0.66	Q
3	6	Cameron van der Burgh	RSA	27.37 (2) 31.84 (7)	59.21	0.66	Q
4	5	Felipe França	BRA	28.23 (5) 31.12 (2)	59.35	0.74	Q
5	2	Dmitry Balandin	KAZ	27.78 (4) 31.67 (6)	59.45	0.69	Q
6	8	Christian vom Lehn	GER	28.81 (7) 31.42 (4)	1:00.23	0.72
7	7	Li Xiang	CHN	28.90 (8) 31.35 (3)	1:00.25	0.73
8	1	Vsevolod Zanko	RUS	28.25 (6) 32.14 (8)	1:00.39	0.67

Final (7 August 2016 — 22:53)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Adam Peaty	GBR	26.61 (1) 30.52 (1)	57.13	0.57	WR
2	3	Cameron van der Burgh	RSA	27.24 (2) 31.45 (5)	58.69	0.64
3	5	Cody Miller	USA	27.48 (5) 31.39 (4)	58.87	0.67
4	2	Kevin Cordes	USA	27.39 (3) 31.83 (7)	59.22	0.69
5	1	João Gomes Júnior	BRA	27.46 (4) 31.85 (8)	59.31	0.68
6	6	Yasuhiro Koseki	JPN	28.17 (6) 31.20 (3)	59.37	0.69
7	7	Felipe França	BRA	28.69 (8) 30.69 (2)	59.38	0.67
8	8	Dmitry Balandin	KAZ	28.48 (7) 31.47 (6)	59.95	0.69