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Swimming — 100 metres Breaststroke, Women

Times held 15
Total participants 478
Total countries 124

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
2024 100 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 37 32

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1968 Đurđica BjedovYUG Galina ProzumenshchikovaURS Sharon WichmanUSA
1972 Cathy CarrUSA Galina StepanovaURS Beverley WhitfieldAUS
1976 Hannelore AnkeGDR Lyubov RusanovaURS Marina KoshevayaURS
1980 Ute GewenigerGDR Elvira VasilkovaURS Susanne NielssonDEN
1984 Petra van StaverenNED Anne OttenbriteCAN Catherine PoirotFRA
1988 Tanya DangalakovaBUL Antoaneta FrenkevaBUL Silke HörnerGDR
1992 Alena RudkouskayaEUN Anita NallUSA Sam RileyAUS
1996 Penny HeynsRSA Amanda BeardUSA Sam RileyAUS
2000 Megan QuannUSA Leisel JonesAUS Penny HeynsRSA
2004 Luo XuejuanCHN Brooke HansonAUS Leisel JonesAUS
2008 Leisel JonesAUS Rebecca SoniUSA Mirna JukicAUT
2012 Rūta MeilutytėLTU Rebecca SoniUSA Satomi SuzukiJPN
2016 Lilly KingUSA Yuliya YefimovaRUS Katie MeiliUSA
2020 Lydia JacobyUSA Tatjana SchoenmakerRSA Lilly KingUSA
2024 Tatjana Schoenmaker-SmithRSA Tang QiantingCHN Mona McSharryIRL

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 4 4 3 11
South Africa RSA 2 1 1 4
East Germany GDR 2 0 1 3
Australia AUS 1 2 4 7
Bulgaria BUL 1 1 0 2
People's Republic of China CHN 1 1 0 2
Lithuania LTU 1 0 0 1
Netherlands NED 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
Ireland IRL 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
Tatjana Schoenmaker-Smith RSA 1 1 0 2
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

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
American Samoa ASA 2020 Summer Olympics Tilali Scanlan 32 See all
Angola ANG 2000 Summer Olympics Nádia Cruz 38 See all
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 2024 Summer Olympics Ellie Shaw 35 See all
Argentina ARG 2024 Summer Olympics Macarena Ceballos 15 See all
Armenia ARM 2004 Summer Olympics Varduhi Avetisyan 42 See all
Australia AUS 2008 Summer Olympics Leisel Jones 1 Gold See all
Austria AUT 2008 Summer Olympics Mirna Jukic 3 Bronze See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2004 Summer Olympics Nataliya Filina 44 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Oksana Hətəmxanova 44
Bangladesh BAN 2000 Summer Olympics Doli Akhtar DQ See all
Belarus BLR 2004 Summer Olympics Ina Kapishina 18 See all
Belgium BEL 1996 Summer Olympics Brigitte Becue 8 See all
Bermuda BER 1992 Summer Olympics Jenny Smatt 28 See all
Bolivia BOL 2000 Summer Olympics Katerine Moreno 37 See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 2012 Summer Olympics Ivana Ninković 41 See all
Brazil BRA 1976 Summer Olympics Cristina Teixeira 27 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1988 Summer Olympics Tanya Dangalakova 1 Gold See all
Cabo Verde CPV 2020 Summer Olympics Jayla Pina 40 See all
Cambodia CAM 1996 Summer Olympics Hem Raksmey 46 See all
Canada CAN 1984 Summer Olympics Anne Ottenbrite 2 Silver See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1988 Summer Olympics Seto Car-Wai 32 See all
Colombia COL 2000 Summer Olympics Isabel Ceballos 26 See all
Cook Islands COK 2024 Summer Olympics Lanihei Connolly 32 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1988 Summer Olympics Sigrid Niehaus 35 See all
Croatia CRO 2004 Summer Olympics Smiljana Marinović 20 See all
Cuba CUB 2004 Summer Olympics Imaday Núñez 27 See all
Czechia CZE 2012 Summer Olympics Petra Chocová 24 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1980 Summer Olympics Irena Fleissnerová 11 See all
Denmark DEN 1980 Summer Olympics Susanne Nielsson 3 Bronze See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Hannelore Anke 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Ute Geweniger 1 Gold
Ecuador ECU 1968 Summer Olympics Tamara Orejuela 30 See all
Egypt EGY 2004 Summer Olympics Salama Ismail 28 See all
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics María Moreno 31 See all
Estonia EST 2024 Summer Olympics Eneli Jefimova 7 See all
Federated States of Micronesia FSM 2020 Summer Olympics Taeyanna Adams 41 See all
Fiji FIJ 2012 Summer Olympics Matelita Buadromo 43 See all
Finland FIN 2020 Summer Olympics Ida Hulkko 12 See all
France FRA 1984 Summer Olympics Catherine Poirot 3 Bronze See all
Georgia GEO 2016 Summer Olympics Teona Bostashvili 43 See all
Germany GER 1992 Summer Olympics Jana Dörries 5 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Sarah Poewe 5
Great Britain GBR 1980 Summer Olympics Maggie Kelly 4 See all
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Katia Sarakatsani =29 See all
Grenada GRN 2004 Summer Olympics Melissa Ashby 45 See all
Guam GUM 1992 Summer Olympics Tammie Kaae 36 See all
Guinea GUI 2012 Summer Olympics Dede Camara 46 See all
Haiti HAI 2020 Summer Olympics Emilie Grand'Pierre 37 See all
Honduras HON 1984 Summer Olympics Isabel Lardizábal 29 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1984 Summer Olympics Chow Lai Yee 27 See all
Hungary HUN 1972 Summer Olympics Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss 4 See all
Iceland ISL 2016 Summer Olympics Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir 6 See all
Individual Neutral Athletes AIN 2024 Summer Olympics Alina Zmushka 8 See all
Ireland IRL 2024 Summer Olympics Mona McSharry 3 Bronze See all
Israel ISR 2024 Summer Olympics Anastasia Gorbenko 17 See all
Italy ITA 2024 Summer Olympics Benedetta Pilato =4 See all
Jamaica JAM 2012 Summer Olympics Alia Atkinson 4 See all
Japan JPN 2012 Summer Olympics Satomi Suzuki 3 Bronze See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2008 Summer Olympics Yekaterina Sadovnik 34 See all
Kuwait KUW 2024 Summer Olympics Lara Dashti 37 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Olga Molchanova 34 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Darya Talanova 34
Lebanon LBN 2024 Summer Olympics Lynn El-Hajj 31 See all
Libya LBA 2016 Summer Olympics Daniah Hagul 44 See all
Lithuania LTU 2012 Summer Olympics Rūta Meilutytė 1 Gold See all
Luxembourg LUX 1968 Summer Olympics Arlette Wilmes 27 See all
Madagascar MAD 1980 Summer Olympics Nicole Rajoharison 24 See all
Malaysia MAS 1984 Summer Olympics Helen Chow 28 See all
Maldives MDV 2020 Summer Olympics Aishath Sajina 43 See all
Mali MLI 2000 Summer Olympics Mariam Keita 40 See all
Mauritius MRI 2020 Summer Olympics Alicia Kok 38 See all
Mexico MEX 1980 Summer Olympics Elke Holtz 18 See all
Monaco MON 2020 Summer Olympics Claudia Verdino DQ See all
Mongolia MGL 2012 Summer Olympics Gantömöriin Oyuungerel 45 See all
Morocco MAR 2012 Summer Olympics Sara El-Bekri 18 See all
Nepal NEP 2004 Summer Olympics Nayana Shakya 47 See all
Netherlands NED 1984 Summer Olympics Petra van Staveren 1 Gold See all
New Zealand NZL 1996 Summer Olympics Anna Wilson 31 See all
Nicaragua NCA 1980 Summer Olympics Garnet Charwat 25 See all
Niger NIG 2000 Summer Olympics Balkissa Ouhoumoudou 41 See all
Nigeria NGR 2016 Summer Olympics Rachael Tonjor 42 See all
Norway NOR 1996 Summer Olympics Elin Austevoll 12 See all
Panama PAN 2024 Summer Olympics Emily Santos 30 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 2000 Summer Olympics Xenia Peni 39 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2004 Summer Olympics Luo Xuejuan 1 Gold See all
Peru PER 1980 Summer Olympics María Pia Ayora 22 See all
Philippines PHI 2004 Summer Olympics Jaclyn Pangilinan 31 See all
Poland POL 1992 Summer Olympics Magdalena Kupiec 10 See all
Portugal POR 2004 Summer Olympics Diana Gomes =24 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1968 Summer Olympics Liana Vicens 29 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Yevgeniya Chikunova 4 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Park Seong-Won 18 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2016 Summer Olympics Tatiana Chișca 36 See all
Romania ROU 1980 Summer Olympics Brigitte Prass 17 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2016 Summer Olympics Yuliya Yefimova 2 Silver See all
Rwanda RWA 2004 Summer Olympics Pamela Girimbabazi Rugabira 48 See all
Saint Lucia LCA 2012 Summer Olympics Danielle Beaubrun 36 See all
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN 2016 Summer Olympics Izzy Joachim 39 See all
Serbia SRB 2008 Summer Olympics Nađa Higl 43 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2004 Summer Olympics Marina Kuč 22 See all
Seychelles SEY 1992 Summer Olympics Elke Talma 42 See all
Singapore SGP 2024 Summer Olympics Letitia Sim 25 See all
Slovakia SVK 2020 Summer Olympics Andrea Podmaníková 28 See all
Slovenia SLO 2000 Summer Olympics Nataša Kejžar 16 See all
South Africa RSA 1996 Summer Olympics Penny Heyns 1 Gold See all
2024 Summer Olympics Tatjana Schoenmaker-Smith 1 Gold
Soviet Union URS 1968 Summer Olympics Galina Prozumenshchikova 2 Silver See all
1972 Summer Olympics Galina Stepanova 2 Silver
1976 Summer Olympics Lyubov Rusanova 2 Silver
1980 Summer Olympics Elvira Vasilkova 2 Silver
Spain ESP 2016 Summer Olympics Jessica Vall 16 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1988 Summer Olympics Dipika Chanmugam 38 See all
Suriname SUR 2016 Summer Olympics Evita Leter 37 See all
Sweden SWE 1980 Summer Olympics Eva-Marie Håkansson 5 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Eva-Marie Håkansson 5
Switzerland SUI 1972 Summer Olympics Erika Rüegg 11 See all
Thailand THA 1992 Summer Olympics Sornsawan Phuvichit 31 See all
The Gambia GAM 2024 Summer Olympics Aminata Barrow 36 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1996 Summer Olympics Cerian Gibbes 44 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 2020 Summer Olympics Darýa Semýonowa 39 See all
Türkiye TUR 2016 Summer Olympics Viktoria Zeynep Güneş 14 See all
Uganda UGA 2016 Summer Olympics Jamila Lunkuse 40 See all
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Svitlana Bondarenko 4 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Alena Rudkouskaya 1 Gold See all
United States USA 1972 Summer Olympics Cathy Carr 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Megan Quann 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Lilly King 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Lydia Jacoby 1 Gold
Uruguay URU 1968 Summer Olympics Ana María Norbis 8 See all
Venezuela VEN 1976 Summer Olympics Dacyl Pérez 34 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Phạm Thị Phú 23 See all
West Germany FRG 1968 Summer Olympics Uta Frommater 4 See all
Yemen YEM 2020 Summer Olympics Nuna Ba Matraf 42 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1968 Summer Olympics Đurđica Bjedov 1 Gold See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1980 Summer Olympics Lynne Tasker 21 See all