Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 27 to 28 July 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.[1]

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Centre,
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates27 July 2024 (heats and semifinals)
28 July 2024 (final)
Competitors36 from 28 nations
Winning time59.03
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nicolò Martinenghi  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Adam Peaty  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nic Fink  United States
← 2020
2028 →


Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record   Adam Peaty (GBR) 56.88 Gwangju, South Korea 21 July 2019 [2]
Olympic record   Adam Peaty (GBR) 57.13 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 August 2016 [3][4]

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[5][6]

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[5]

Time standards

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The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[7]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Men's events
Event OQT* OCT^
100 m breaststroke 59.49 59.79

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

Competition format

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The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Schedule

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
27 July 2024 11:30 Heats
21:12 Semifinals
28 July 2024 21:44 Final

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 3 6 Caspar Corbeau   Netherlands 59.04 Q
2 4 4 Adam Peaty   Great Britain 59.18 Q
3 4 7 Ilya Shymanovich   Individual Neutral Athletes 59.25 Q
4 4 5 Nicolò Martinenghi   Italy 59.39 Q
5 5 Arno Kamminga   Netherlands 59.39 Q
6 4 1 James Wilby   Great Britain 59.40 Q
7 5 6 Melvin Imoudu   Germany 59.49 Q
8 4 3 Lucas Matzerath   Germany 59.52 Q
9 5 4 Qin Haiyang   China 59.58 Q
10 3 4 Nic Fink   United States 59.66 Q
11 4 8 Bernhard Reitshammer   Austria 59.68 Q
12 3 1 Joshua Yong   Australia 59.75 Q
13 3 5 Evgenii Somov   Individual Neutral Athletes 59.83 Q
14 4 6 Charlie Swanson   United States 59.92 Q
15 3 2 Ludovico Blu Art Viberti   Italy 59.93 Q
16 3 8 Ron Polonsky   Israel 1:00.00 Q, NR
17 5 3 Sun Jiajun   China 1:00.11
18 5 7 Choi Dong-yeol   South Korea 1:00.17
19 3 7 Taku Taniguchi   Japan 1:00.20
20 4 2 Andrius Šidlauskas   Lithuania 1:00.29
21 5 2 Berkay Ömer Öğretir   Turkey 1:00.36
22 5 8 Jan Kałusowski   Poland 1:00.40
23 5 1 Denis Petrashov   Kyrgyzstan 1:00.42
24 3 3 Sam Williamson   Australia 1:00.50
25 2 5 Anton McKee   Iceland 1:00.62
26 2 6 Jadon Wuilliez   Antigua and Barbuda 1:02.70
27 2 2 Adrian Robinson   Botswana 1:02.79
28 2 3 Alexandre Grand'Pierre   Haiti 1:02.85
29 2 1 Tasi Limtiaco   Federated States of Micronesia 1:04.14
30 2 8 Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly   Qatar 1:04.31
31 1 4 Steven Insixiengmay   Laos 1:04.64
32 1 3 Matthew Lawrence   Mozambique 1:04.95
33 2 7 Jonathan Raharvel   Madagascar 1:05.20
34 1 5 Micah Masei   American Samoa 1:05.95
35 1 6 Chadd Ng Chiu Hing Ning   Eswatini 1:09.85
2 4 Miguel de Lara   Mexico DSQ

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Semifinals

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The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[9]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 1 4 Adam Peaty   Great Britain 58.86 Q
2 2 2 Qin Haiyang   China 58.93 Q
3 2 3 Arno Kamminga   Netherlands 59.12 Q
4 1 2 Nic Fink   United States 59.16 Q
5 2 4 Caspar Corbeau   Netherlands 59.24 Q
6 1 5 Nicolò Martinenghi   Italy 59.28 Q
7 1 6 Lucas Matzerath   Germany 59.31 Q
8 2 6 Melvin Imoudu   Germany 59.38 QSO
2 8 Ludovico Blu Art Viberti   Italy 59.38 QSO
10 2 5 Ilya Shymanovich   Individual Neutral Athletes 59.45
11 1 3 James Wilby   Great Britain 59.49
12 1 7 Joshua Yong   Australia 59.64
13 2 1 Evgenii Somov   Individual Neutral Athletes 1:00.00
14 1 1 Charlie Swanson   United States 1:00.16
15 2 7 Bernhard Reitshammer   Austria 1:00.18
16 1 8 Ron Polonsky   Israel 1:00.37
Swim-off
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 4 Melvin Imoudu   Germany 59.69 Q
2 5 Ludovico Blu Art Viberti   Italy 59.90

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Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
  7 Nicolò Martinenghi   Italy 59.03
  4 Adam Peaty   Great Britain 59.05
6 Nic Fink   United States 59.05
4 8 Melvin Imoudu   Germany 59.11
5 1 Lucas Matzerath   Germany 59.30
6 3 Arno Kamminga   Netherlands 59.32
7 5 Qin Haiyang   China 59.50
8 2 Caspar Corbeau   Netherlands 59.98

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References

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  2. ^ Rieder, David (21 July 2019). "Adam Peaty Achieves "Project 56," Breaks 100 Breast World Record". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Adam Peaty wins first Olympic gold and smashes world record again". The Guardian. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Adam Peaty wins GB's first medal with swimming gold". BBC Sport. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  6. ^ Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Men's 100m Breaststroke – Heats – Results Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Men's 100m Breaststroke – Semifinals – Results Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Men's 100m Breaststroke – Semifinal Swim-Off – Results" (PDF). Olympics. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Men's 100m Breaststroke – Final – Results" (PDF). Olympics. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.