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Swimming — 100 metres Breaststroke, Men

Times held 14
Total participants 519
Total countries 129

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1968 100 metres Breaststroke, Men Olympic 39 24
1972 100 metres Breaststroke, Men Olympic 44 30
1976 100 metres Breaststroke, Men Olympic 32 22
1980 100 metres Breaststroke, Men Olympic 26 20
1984 100 metres Breaststroke, Men Olympic 52 37
1988 100 metres Breaststroke, Men Olympic 61 45
1992 100 metres Breaststroke, Men Olympic 59 45
1996 100 metres Breaststroke, Men Olympic 45 41
2000 100 metres Breaststroke, Men Olympic 66 60
2004 100 metres Breaststroke, Men Olympic 60 55
2008 100 metres Breaststroke, Men Olympic 64 52
2012 100 metres Breaststroke, Men Olympic 44 37
2016 100 metres Breaststroke, Men Olympic 46 38
2020 100 metres Breaststroke, Men Olympic 49 38

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1968 Don McKenzieUSA Vladimir KosinskyURS Nikolay PankinURS
1972 Nobutaka TaguchiJPN Tom BruceUSA John HenckenUSA
1976 John HenckenUSA David WilkieGBR Arvydas JuozaitisURS
1980 Duncan GoodhewGBR Arsens MiskarovsURS Peter EvansAUS
1984 Steve LundquistUSA Victor DavisCAN Peter EvansAUS
1988 Adrian MoorhouseGBR Károly GüttlerHUN Dmitry VolkovURS
1992 Nelson DiebelUSA Norbert RózsaHUN Phil RogersAUS
1996 Fred DeburghgraeveBEL Jeremy LinnUSA Mark WarneckeGER
2000 Domenico FioravantiITA Ed MosesUSA Roman SludnovRUS
2004 Kosuke KitajimaJPN Brendan HansenUSA Hugues DuboscqFRA
2008 Kosuke KitajimaJPN Alexander Dale OenNOR Hugues DuboscqFRA
2012 Cameron van der BurghRSA Christian SprengerAUS Brendan HansenUSA
2016 Adam PeatyGBR Cameron van der BurghRSA Cody MillerUSA
2020 Adam PeatyGBR Arno KammingaNED Nicolò MartinenghiITA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 4 4 3 11
Great Britain GBR 4 1 0 5
Japan JPN 3 0 0 3
South Africa RSA 1 1 0 2
Italy ITA 1 0 1 2
Belgium BEL 1 0 0 1
Soviet Union URS 0 2 3 5
Hungary HUN 0 2 0 2
Australia AUS 0 1 3 4
Canada CAN 0 1 0 1
Netherlands NED 0 1 0 1
Norway NOR 0 1 0 1
France FRA 0 0 2 2
Germany GER 0 0 1 1
Russian Federation RUS 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Kosuke Kitajima JPN 2 0 0 2
Adam Peaty GBR 2 0 0 2
Cameron van der Burgh RSA 1 1 0 2
John Hencken USA 1 0 1 2
Fred Deburghgraeve BEL 1 0 0 1
Duncan Goodhew GBR 1 0 0 1
Adrian Moorhouse GBR 1 0 0 1
Nobutaka Taguchi JPN 1 0 0 1
Nelson Diebel USA 1 0 0 1
Steve Lundquist USA 1 0 0 1
Don McKenzie USA 1 0 0 1
Domenico Fioravanti ITA 1 0 0 1