"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 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics, took place on July 23, at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow, Soviet Union. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 25 competitors from 18 nations participated in the event. Prior to this competition, the existing world and"
"100m Breaststroke Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Italy at the 1980 Summer Olympics Italy competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Italy competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 159 competitors, 121 men and 38 women, took part in 88 events in 19 sports. For the first time, Italy entered a woman in the Olympic archery competition. She placed a respectable tenth place. Giancarlo Ferrari repeated his bronze medal-winning performance of four years earlier. Women's Individual Competition: Men's Individual Competition: Men's"
"Breaststroke Women's 200m Butterfly Women's 100m Backstroke Women's 200m Backstroke Women's 400m Individual Medley Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Norman May's call of the Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay, in which he excitedly exclaimed """"Four, Three, Two, One. Gold, Gold to Australia, Gold"""", has become one of the most famous calls in the history of Australian sport. Australia at the 1980 Summer Olympics Australia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, athletes were encouraged to"
"backstroke and 110 yards butterfly. Natalie Steward Natalie Alwyne Steward (born 30 April 1943) is a former British Olympic swimmer. Steward represented Great Britain at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Italy in four events: she won the bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle in a time of 1:03.1, and the silver medal in the 100 m backstroke in 1:10.8. She was also a member of both the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relay teams, finishing fifth in both events. Competing for England, Steward was eliminated in the heats of the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games"
"torch relay for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Suki Brownsdon Susannah Claire ""Suki"" Brownsdon (born 16 October 1965) is an English former competitive swimmer who won a silver medal in the women's 100-metre breaststroke at the 1981 European Championships, and represented Great Britain at four consecutive Olympic Games, with her best results being sixth place in the 100-metre breaststroke final in 1980 and seventh place in the 200-metre breaststroke final in 1984. She also represented England at three Commonwealth Games, winning a total of five medals. Brownsdon's first Olympic experience was as a 14-year-old at the 1980 Summer Olympics"
"Suki Brownsdon Susannah Claire ""Suki"" Brownsdon (born 16 October 1965) is an English former competitive swimmer who won a silver medal in the women's 100-metre breaststroke at the 1981 European Championships, and represented Great Britain at four consecutive Olympic Games, with her best results being sixth place in the 100-metre breaststroke final in 1980 and seventh place in the 200-metre breaststroke final in 1984. She also represented England at three Commonwealth Games, winning a total of five medals. Brownsdon's first Olympic experience was as a 14-year-old at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where she finished sixth in the 100-metre"
"(Hunte, Kathy Smallwood, Beverley Goddard, and Sonia Lannaman) combined to win an Olympic bronze in the 4 × 100 metres relay, and the top three in the women's 400 metres (Linsey Macdonald, Joslyn Hoyte-Smith and Michelle Probert) joined Donna Hartley to take the 4 × 400 metres relay Olympic bronze. Allan Wells, Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Daley Thompson made the 1980 Olympic podium, but were not present at this national event. 1980 UK Athletics Championships The 1980 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium,"
"Great Britain in 1980. Individual Team: Men's Single scull Men's Double scull Men's Coxless pair Men's Coxed pair Men's Coxless four Men's Coxed four Men's Eight Women's Single scull Women's Double scull Women's Coxed four Women's Eight Men's 100 m Freestyle Men's 200 m Freestyle Men's 100 m Butterfly Men's 200 m Butterfly Men's 100 m Breaststroke Men's 200 m Breaststroke Men's 100 m Backstroke Men's 200 m Backstroke Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Women's 200 m Freestyle Women's 100 m Butterfly Women's 200 m Butterfly Women's 100 m Breaststroke Women's"
"qualified for the final of the 100m breaststroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but faded in the final to finish 8th to draw the curtain on his illustrious career. In the late 1980s, Adrian Moorhouse was one of Britain’s most successful sportspeople, finishing as runner-up in the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year contest in 1988 following his Olympic win. His achievements continued the tradition of successful British men’s breaststroke swimming that had started with Olympic golds from David Wilkie in 1976 and Duncan Goodhew in 1980. Moorhouse himself then inspired a new generation of British male breaststroke"
"winter and summer 1980, winter and summer 1981). He swam at the EN Castres, at the Cercle des nageurs d'Antibes, at the Racing Club de France and at the Toulouse Athletic Club (TAC), where he currently swims and coaches other swimmers. Olivier Borios Olivier Borios (born June 23, 1959) is a retired breaststroke swimmer from France, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He claimed the gold medal a year earlier at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in the Men's 100m Breaststroke event. He has been 10 times national champion of the 100 meters"
"Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 10–12 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. After winning a silver medal in Sydney and a bronze in Athens, Australia's Leisel Jones stormed home on the final lap to claim an elusive gold in the event. She established an Olympic record of 1:05.17, just eight-hundredths of a second (0.08) off her global standard. Coming from fifth place in the turn, U.S. swimmer Rebecca Soni earned a silver medal in 1:06.73. Finishing"
"Olivier Borios Olivier Borios (born June 23, 1959) is a retired breaststroke swimmer from France, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He claimed the gold medal a year earlier at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in the Men's 100m Breaststroke event. He has been 10 times national champion of the 100 meters breaststroke (winter and summer 1978, winter and summer 1979, winter and summer 1980, winter and summer 1981, winter and summer 1982) and 9 times national champion of the 200 meters breaststroke (winter and summer 1977, winter and summer 1978, winter 1979,"
"Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 17–18 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. At only 16 years of age, U.S. swimmer Megan Quann fulfilled her merciless prediction by knocking off South Africa's defending Olympic champion Penny Heyns in the event. Coming from third at the final turn, she surged powerfully past the champion over the last 25 metres to snatch the gold medal in a new American record of 1:07.05, just a small fraction closer to an"
"eighth in the final and soon retired from swimming. He has since enjoyed a successful career as a Management Consultant, co-founding Lane4 in 1995, where he works with a wide range of organisations to help individuals and teams around the world reach their potential. Moorhouse was chosen as an official Team GB Ambassador for London 2012 Games and was also a torchbearer. Adrian Moorhouse Adrian David Moorhouse MBE (born 24 May 1964) is an English former competitive swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics"
"Backstroke Women's 100 m Breaststroke Women's 200 m Breaststroke Vietnam at the 1980 Summer Olympics Vietnam competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. This was the first participation in the Olympics by the nation following the end of the Vietnam War and the Reunification of Vietnam. Men's 1,500 metres Men's Marathon Men's Triple Jump Women's 1,500 metres Women's 100 metres Women's 200 metres Women's Long Jump Men's 100m Freestyle Men's 200m Freestyle Men's 100 m Backstroke Men's 200 m Backstroke Men's 100 m Breaststroke Men's 200 m Breaststroke Men's 100 m Butterfly Men's 200 m Butterfly Women's 100"
"Adrian Moorhouse Adrian David Moorhouse MBE (born 24 May 1964) is an English former competitive swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Since then Moorhouse, a former pupil of Bradford Grammar School, has translated his sporting success to a successful career in the business world, as managing director of Lane4, a consultancy helping individuals and teams around the world reach their fullest potential. He was voted Best Leader at the ""Sunday Times"" Best Small Companies to Work for in 2009 and"
"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"
"Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 29–30 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. At only 15 years of age, Rūta Meilutytė defeated a vastly more sophisticated field to become Lithuania's first ever gold medalist in swimming under its own banner. Dominating the race from the start, she pulled away from the field to an unexpected triumph in a sterling time of 1:05.47. U.S. top favorite and reigning world champion Rebecca Soni held on a sprint challenge from"
"Olympic records were: The following records were established during the competition: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics, took place on July 23, at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow, Soviet Union. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 25 competitors from 18 nations participated"
"Breaststroke Women's 200m Breaststroke Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Olympics Czechoslovakia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 209 competitors, 162 men and 47 women, took part in 114 events in 21 sports. In its first appearance in the Olympic archery competition, Czechoslovakia sent two women and one man. Zdeňka Padevětová earned a fourth-place finish. <br> Women's Individual Competition: <br> Men's Individual Competition: Men's 1,500 metres Men's 5,000 metres Men's 10,000 metres Men's Marathon Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay Men's 110 m Hurdles Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase Men's Long Jump Men's Discus Throw Men's Hammer Throw Men's"
"Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 16–17 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. Domenico Fioravanti made an Olympic milestone to become Italy's first ever gold medalist in swimming. He stormed home on the final lap to establish a new Olympic standard of 1:00.46, cutting off Frédérik Deburghgraeve's 1996 record by 0.14 seconds. U.S. swimmer Ed Moses enjoyed a strong lead on the first length of the pool, but ended up only with a silver in 1:00.73. Meanwhile,"
"Mark Tonelli Mark Lyndon Tonelli (born 13 April 1957), whose birth name was Mark Lyndon Leembruggen, is an Australian former backstroke, butterfly, and freestyle swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as a makeshift butterfly swimmer in the self-named ""Quietly Confident Quartet"". Tonelli unofficially led the relay team and was an athletes' spokesperson who fought for the right of Australian Olympians to compete in the face of a government call for a boycott to protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Tonelli took up swimming due to"
"Anita Lonsbrough Anita Lonsbrough, (born 10 August 1941 in York), later known by her married name Anita Porter, is a former swimmer from Great Britain who won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff she won gold in the 220 yards breaststroke and the medley relay. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, on 27 August 1960, at the age of 19, she won gold in the 200 m breaststroke in 2:49.5 ahead of West Germany's Wiltrud Urselmann (2:50.0), setting a new world record time. She was one of"
"established during the competition: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 28–29 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. Cameron van der Burgh smashed a new world record to end South Africa's medal drought for an Olympic gold in the event. He blasted out to a 27.07 split on the first length, and pulled strongly ahead of the field to touch the wall first in 58.46, slashing 0.12 seconds off the record set by Australia's Brenton Rickard in a"
"she is still active at Reading Athletic Club and is found each week coaching athletes there. Beverley Goddard Beverley Lanita Callender (née Goddard, born 28 August 1956) is an English former track and field sprinter. She competed for Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984, winning bronze medals in the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1980 and 1984. She is also the 1981 World Student Games 100 metres champion. Goddard was born in Barbados and raised in England. She was a member of the Reading Athletic Club. In 1976, she competed"
"on December 23, 1998; he was 45 years old. Mark Chatfield Mark Webster Chatfield (August 11, 1953 – December 23, 1998) was an American breaststroke swimmer and breaststroke specialist. Chatfield won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at the 1971 Pan American Games. He represented the United States as a 19-year-old at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. He advanced to the event final of the men's 100-meter breaststroke, finishing fourth overall with a time of 1:06.1. He was the 1973 U.S. national champion in the 100-yard breaststroke (57.36). He attended the University of Southern California (USC), where"
"Peter Evans (swimmer) Peter Maxwell Evans (born 1 August 1961) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s who won four Olympic medals, including a gold in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet. He also won consecutive bronze medals in the 100 m breaststroke at the 1980 Olympics and the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The son of prominent Western Australian businessman and politician Max Evans, Evans had a late start to his swimming career, making his debut at the Australian Championships in his hometown of Perth, aged 17. Despite"
"Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 28–29 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. Cameron van der Burgh smashed a new world record to end South Africa's medal drought for an Olympic gold in the event. He blasted out to a 27.07 split on the first length, and pulled strongly ahead of the field to touch the wall first in 58.46, slashing 0.12 seconds off the record set by Australia's Brenton Rickard in a high-tech bodysuit from the"
"in Donetsk, being edged out of a medal by teammate Kathy Smallwood (11.71 - 11.72). She won a bronze medal in the sprint relay. On 21 May 1980, at a meeting at the Crystal Palace, she ran the 100 metres in a wind-assisted 11.01 secs (+4.0). Later that year she competed for Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Moscow, where she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay, with her teammates Kathy Smallwood, Beverley Goddard and Sonia Lannaman. They ran a UK record of 42.43, which (as of 2013) still stands. She also placed eighth"
"100 m backstroke and breaststroke, and their butterflyer had come fifth; their freestyler would come fourth in his event. The British boasted Duncan Goodhew, the breaststroke gold medallist, while Sweden's butterflyer and backstroker had won their respective events and their freestyle swimmer would come second in the 100 m. On paper, Australia's team paled in comparison. Neil Brooks, the freestyler, would come fourteenth in the corresponding individual event after having an asthma attack, while Peter Evans was the only individual medallist in the distance, claiming bronze in the 100 m breaststroke. Kerry had been eliminated in the backstroke semifinals, while"
"by getting the gold medal. Strong achieved a creditable fifth place at the 1983 World Championships with a wind-assisted time of 12.78 seconds, Great Britain's highest placing in the event until Tiffany Porter finished in fourth place in 2011. With the eastern European countries absent through boycott at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Strong went into the 100 metres hurdles event as favourite. However, in the final Benita Fitzgerald-Brown of the United States ran the race of her life to take gold in 12.84 seconds, 0.04 seconds faster than the Briton. In the years following Los Angeles, Strong was"
"come up to us after the Games and pat us on the back for not going?"" Having arrived in Moscow, Evans' first event was the 100 m breaststroke, which the Soviets were favoured to win. Evans' former flat-mate and training partner Goodhew was another of the favourites. Evans placed equal first in his heat and advanced to the final as the fourth-fastest qualifier, along with Goodhew, two Soviets and fellow Australian Spencer. In a hard-fought final, Goodhew won the gold medal, while Evans narrowly missed out on silver, finishing 0.14 s behind the Soviet Union's Arsens Miskarovs to claim bronze"