Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
| Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the Games of the Olympiad
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| Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 24 July 2021 (heats) 25 July 2021 (semifinals) 26 July 2021 (final) |
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| Competitors | 49 from 38 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 57.37 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics |
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| Qualification | |||
| Freestyle | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| 800 m | men | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women | |
| Backstroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Breaststroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Butterfly | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Individual medley | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| Freestyle relay | |||
| 4×100 m | men | women | |
| 4×200 m | men | women | |
| Medley relay | |||
| 4×100 m | men | mixed | women |
| Marathon | |||
| 10 km | men | women | |
The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 24 to 26 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It will be the event's fourteenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1968.
The medals for the competition were presented by Sir Craig Reedie, United Kingdom; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Zouheir El Moufti, Morocco; FINA Bureau Member.
Contents
Records
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] |
No new records were set during the competition.
Qualification
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The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 59.93 seconds. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 1:01.73. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[5]
Competition format
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.[6]
Schedule
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]
| Date | Time | Round |
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| 24 July | 20:25 | Heats |
| 25 July | 11:33 | Semifinals |
| 26 July | 11:12 | Final |
Results
Heats
The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.[7]
Semifinals
The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[8]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain |
57.63 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Arno Kamminga |  Netherlands |
58.19 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Nicolò Martinenghi |  Italy |
58.28 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Yan Zibei |  China |
58.72 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Michael Andrew |  United States |
58.99 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | James Wilby | Great Britain |
59.00 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Ilya Shymanovich |  Belarus |
59.08 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Andrew Wilson | United States |
59.18 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Lucas Matzerath |  Germany |
59.31 | |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | Fabian Schwingenschlögl | Germany |
59.32 | |
| 11 | 1 | 8 | Kirill Prigoda |  Republic of China |
59.44 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Felipe Lima |  Brazil |
59.80 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Ryuya Mura |  Japan |
59.82 | |
| 2 | 1 | Andrius Šidlauskas |  Lithuania |
59.82 | ||
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Federico Poggio | Italy |
59.91 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Anton Chupkov | Republic of China |
59.93 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain |
57.37 | |
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5 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands |
58.00 | |
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3 | Nicolò Martinenghi | Italy |
58.33 | |
| 4 | 2 | Michael Andrew | United States |
58.84 | |
| 5 | 7 | James Wilby | Great Britain |
58.96 | |
| 6 | 6 | Yan Zibei | China |
58.99 | |
| 8 | Andrew Wilson | United States |
58.99 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus |
59.36 |
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