"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"
"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"
"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 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 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"
"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"
"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"
"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,"
"Olympics and then had a long career as a swimming coach in Moscow. His trainees included Dmitry Volkov. Nikolai Pankin Nikolai Ivanovich Pankin (; born 2 January 1949 – 13 October 2018) was a Russian breaststroke swimmer and swimming coach. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke and 4 × 100 m medley relay. In 1968 he won a bronze medal in the 100 m and narrowly missed a bronze in the 200 m; he also swam the semifinal for the Soviet medley relay team that won a bronze medal."
"setting a world record in the 100 m breaststroke. Geweniger was tipped for further Olympic success, but her career was ended when the Soviet bloc, including East Germany, staged a retaliatory boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles. Ute Geweniger Ute Geweniger (later Strauß, born 24 February 1964 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany) is a former breaststroke and medley swimmer who was a leading member of the East German swimming team in the 1980s. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 100 m breaststroke and 4×100 m medley relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and"
"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"
"Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 9–11 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. Japan's Kosuke Kitajima set a new world record of 58.91 to defend his Olympic title in the event. Alexander Dale Oen powered home with a silver in 59.20, earning a first Olympic medal for Norway in swimming. Coming from seventh place in the final turn, France's Hugues Duboscq managed to repeat a bronze from Athens four years earlier, in a time of 59.37. U.S."
"set during this competition. Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 9–11 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. Japan's Kosuke Kitajima set a new world record of 58.91 to defend his Olympic title in the event. Alexander Dale Oen powered home with a silver in 59.20, earning a first Olympic medal for Norway in swimming. Coming from seventh place in the final turn, France's Hugues Duboscq managed to repeat a bronze from Athens four years earlier, in a"
"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"
"medal. Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 100 metre breaststroke The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 16 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre. There were 18 competitors from 12 countries who took part in this event. Three heats were held, the heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals. Ji Liping and Chen Huijia from China won the gold and bronze medal respectively, Japanese swimmer Satomi Suzuki won the"
"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"
"for the 200 meter event. In 1998 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Lina Kačiušytė Lina Kačiušytė (born 1 January 1963 in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR) is a Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union, winner of a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke with the Olympic record time of 2:29:54 at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She trained at the VSS ""Žalgiris"" in Vilnius. Her first coach from 1974 to 1977, Arvydas Gražiūnas, saw her great potential and guided her in the right direction. By 1976 she was invited to train with the USSR's youth swimming"
"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,"
"Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 15 and 16. Chinese swimmer and triple world champion Luo Xuejuan won the gold medal in this event, with an Olympic record time of 1:06.64, missing the world record by 0.27 of a second. Australia's Brooke Hanson took home the silver at 1:07.15, while her teammate and world record holder Leisel Jones, who won silver as a 15-year-old in Sydney"
"hammer thrower. She came out of retirement to compete at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. She made the semi-finals of the 100m and won a bronze medal as part of the Soviet women's 4 × 100 m relay. <br> Lyudmila Kondratyeva Lyudmila Andreyevna Kondratyeva (; born April 11, 1958) is a Russian former track and field athlete, who competed for the Soviet Union and is the 1980 Olympic 100 m champion. Kondratyeva began athletics at age 11 at the Children and Youth Sport School in Shakhty, her first trainer being Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlenko. Two years later she passed exams into"
"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"
"in the 200-metre breaststroke, silver medals in the 100-metre breaststroke and 4x100-metre freestyle relay, and a bronze in the 100-metre freestyle. Kathy Bald Katherine Ann Bald (born December 19, 1963) is a former competitive freestyle swimmer from Canada. She was affiliated with the University of Toronto. Bald competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There she finished in sixth position in the women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay, with her teammates Patricia Noall, Andrea Nugent and Jane Kerr. Bald won a gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke and a silver in the 200-metre breaststroke at"
"Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 100 metre breaststroke The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 16 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre. There were 18 competitors from 12 countries who took part in this event. Three heats were held, the heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals. Ji Liping and Chen Huijia from China won the gold and bronze medal respectively, Japanese swimmer Satomi Suzuki won the silver"
"silver medallists in the 100 m backstroke and breaststroke, Viktor Kuznetsov and Arsens Miskarovs respectively, and their butterflyer Yevgeny Seredin had come fifth in his 100 m event. Their freestyler Sergey Koplyakov later came fourth in the corresponding 100 m event. The British boasted Duncan Goodhew, the 100 m breaststroke gold medallist, and Gary Abraham, who had placed fifth in the 100 m backstroke. Sweden's butterflyer Pär Arvidsson and backstroker Bengt Baron had won their respective 100 m events and their freestyle swimmer Per Holmertz would win silver in the 100 m a few days later. Their weakest swimmer was"
"54 kg) Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Nine cyclists represented France in 1980. Alain Bondue won a silver medal in the individual pursuit. 16 fencers, 11 men and 5 women, represented France in 1980. Three male pentathletes represented France in 1980. Men's Individual Competition: Men's Team Competition: Men's 100m Freestyle Men's 200m Freestyle Men's 100m Butterfly Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay <br> Women's 100m Freestyle Women's 100m Breaststroke France at the 1980 Summer Olympics France competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott"
"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"
"category. After marriage she changed her last name to Pashkanova (). Larisa Belokon Larisa Yuryevna Belokon (; born 1964) is a Soviet breaststroke swimmer who mostly competed in the 100 m and 200 m breastroke and 4 × 100 m medley relay. In these events she won a bronze and two silver medals at the 1981 European Aquatics Championships and three gold medals at the 1983 Summer Universiade. She missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to the boycott by the Soviet Union and took part in the Friendship Games instead, winning three medals in the same three events. She lives"
"Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 14 and 15. After finishing fourth in Sydney (2000), Japan's Kosuke Kitajima edged out U.S. swimmer and world-record holder Brendan Hansen to claim the gold medal by 0.17 of a second, in a time of 1:00.08. Hansen, who turned 23 on the final day, earned a silver in 1:00.25, while France's Hugues Duboscq held off onrushing American Mark Gangloff to"
"Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly The final of the men's 100 metres butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held in Moscow, Soviet Union, on Wednesday, 23 July 1980. The semi final heats for the Men's 100m butterfly took place on July 22, 1980 at the Olympic Swimming Pool. The fastest 8 swimmers, irrespective of heat, qualified for the final. <br> The first round heats for the Men's 100m butterfly took place on July 22, 1980 at the Olympic Swimming Pool. The fastest 16 swimmers, irrespective of heat, qualified for the semi finals."
"<br> <br> <br> <br> Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly The final of the men's 100 metres butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held in Moscow, Soviet Union, on Wednesday, 23 July 1980. The semi final heats for the Men's 100m butterfly took place on July 22, 1980 at the Olympic Swimming Pool. The fastest 8 swimmers, irrespective of heat, qualified for the final. <br> The first round heats for the Men's 100m butterfly took place on July 22, 1980 at the Olympic Swimming Pool. The fastest 16 swimmers, irrespective of heat, qualified"
"silver medal with her teammates Vera Komisova, and Natalya Bochina. Vera Anisimova Vera Vasilyevna Anisimova (; born 25 May 1952 in Moscow) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Anisimova trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. She competed for USSR in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her teammates Tatyana Prorochenko, Lyudmila Maslakova and Nadezhda Besfamilnaya. She returned for Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, in the 4 x 100 metres where she"