Swimming — 100 metres Breaststroke, Women

Times held	14
Total participants	460
Total countries	120

Participants

Year	Event	Status	Participants	NOCs
1968	100 metres Breaststroke, Women	Olympic	33	20
1972	100 metres Breaststroke, Women	Olympic	40	22
1976	100 metres Breaststroke, Women	Olympic	38	22
1980	100 metres Breaststroke, Women	Olympic	25	19
1984	100 metres Breaststroke, Women	Olympic	30	21
1988	100 metres Breaststroke, Women	Olympic	42	27
1992	100 metres Breaststroke, Women	Olympic	43	31
1996	100 metres Breaststroke, Women	Olympic	46	38
2000	100 metres Breaststroke, Women	Olympic	43	37
2004	100 metres Breaststroke, Women	Olympic	48	43
2008	100 metres Breaststroke, Women	Olympic	49	39
2012	100 metres Breaststroke, Women	Olympic	46	36
2016	100 metres Breaststroke, Women	Olympic	44	35
2020	100 metres Breaststroke, Women	Olympic	45	38

Medal winners

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1968	Đurđica Bjedov	YUG	Galina Prozumenshchikova	URS	Sharon Wichman	USA
1972	Cathy Carr	USA	Galina Stepanova	URS	Beverley Whitfield	AUS
1976	Hannelore Anke	GDR	Lyubov Rusanova	URS	Marina Koshevaya	URS
1980	Ute Geweniger	GDR	Elvira Vasilkova	URS	Susanne Nielsson	DEN
1984	Petra van Staveren	NED	Anne Ottenbrite	CAN	Catherine Poirot	FRA
1988	Tanya Dangalakova	BUL	Antoaneta Frenkeva	BUL	Silke Hörner	GDR
1992	Alena Rudkouskaya	EUN	Anita Nall	USA	Sam Riley	AUS
1996	Penny Heyns	RSA	Amanda Beard	USA	Sam Riley	AUS
2000	Megan Quann	USA	Leisel Jones	AUS	Penny Heyns	RSA
2004	Luo Xuejuan	CHN	Brooke Hanson	AUS	Leisel Jones	AUS
2008	Leisel Jones	AUS	Rebecca Soni	USA	Mirna Jukic	AUT
2012	Rūta Meilutytė	LTU	Rebecca Soni	USA	Satomi Suzuki	JPN
2016	Lilly King	USA	Yuliya Yefimova	RUS	Katie Meili	USA
2020	Lydia Jacoby	USA	Tatjana Schoenmaker	RSA	Lilly King	USA

Medals by country

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	USA	4	4	3	11
East Germany	GDR	2	0	1	3
Australia	AUS	1	2	4	7
South Africa	RSA	1	1	1	3
Bulgaria	BUL	1	1	0	2
Lithuania	LTU	1	0	0	1
Netherlands	NED	1	0	0	1
People's Republic of China	CHN	1	0	0	1
Unified Team	EUN	1	0	0	1
Yugoslavia	YUG	1	0	0	1
Soviet Union	URS	0	4	1	5
Canada	CAN	0	1	0	1
Russian Federation	RUS	0	1	0	1
Austria	AUT	0	0	1	1
Denmark	DEN	0	0	1	1
France	FRA	0	0	1	1
Japan	JPN	0	0	1	1

Top medallists

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Leisel Jones	AUS	1	1	1	3
Penny Heyns	RSA	1	0	1	2
Lilly King	USA	1	0	1	2
Alena Rudkouskaya	BLR EUN	1	0	0	1
Tanya Bogomilova-Dangalakova	BUL	1	0	0	1
Hannelore Anke	GDR	1	0	0	1
Ute Geweniger	GDR	1	0	0	1
Petra van Staveren	NED	1	0	0	1
Cathy Carr	USA	1	0	0	1
Đurđica Bjedov	CRO YUG	1	0	0	1
Luo Xuejuan	CHN	1	0	0	1
Megan Quann-Jendrick	USA	1	0	0	1
Rūta Meilutytė	LTU	1	0	0	1
Lydia Jacoby	USA	1	0	0	1