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Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 28–29 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
DateJuly 28, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
July 29, 2012 (final)
Competitors44 from 36 nations
Winning time58.46 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Christian Sprenger  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brendan Hansen  United States
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Cameron van der Burgh smashed a new world record to end South Africa's medal drought for an Olympic gold in the event. He blasted out to a 27.07 split on the first length, and pulled strongly ahead of the field to touch the wall first in 58.46, slashing 0.12 seconds off the record set by Australia's Brenton Rickard in a high-tech bodysuit from the 2009 World Championships.[2][3] An underwater camera footage also showed him executing three illegal butterfly kicks on the pullout. The champion later admitted that he was doing it, saying that by not doing it "you are falling behind or giving yourself a disadvantage."[4][5] Rickard's teammate Christian Sprenger ripped off a sterling time of 58.93 to snatch the silver, moving him to sixth all time in the event's history.[6] Meanwhile, U.S. swimmer Brendan Hansen ended his three-year retirement to take the bronze in 59.49.[7][8]

Hungary's Dániel Gyurta finished off the podium with a fourth-place time and a national record in 59.53. Japan's defending Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima witnessed his three-peat bid come to an end with a fifth-place time in 59.79.[9] Rickard, the former world record holder, earned a sixth spot in 59.87, while Italy's Fabio Scozzoli (59.97) and Lithuania's Giedrius Titenis (1:00.84) closed out the field.[8]

Earlier in the semifinals, Van der Burgh cleared a 59-second barrier for the second time in his career and the first in textile to pick up a final top seed in 58.83, erasing Kitajima's 2008 Olympic record by eight-hundredths of a second.[10][11]

Records edit

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

World record   Brenton Rickard (AUS) 58.58 Rome, Italy 27 July 2009 [12][13]
Olympic record   Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) 58.91 Beijing, China 11 August 2008 [14]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
July 28 Semifinal 1 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 58.83 OR
July 29 Final Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 58.46 WR

Results edit

Heats edit

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 3 Christian Sprenger   Australia 59.62 Q
2 6 4 Kosuke Kitajima   Japan 59.63 Q
3 6 2 Giedrius Titenis   Lithuania 59.68 Q
4 4 6 Dániel Gyurta   Hungary 59.76 Q, NR
5 5 3 Glenn Snyders   New Zealand 59.78 Q, NR
6 4 4 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 59.79 Q
7 5 2 Scott Dickens   Canada 59.85 Q, NR
8 6 5 Ryo Tateishi   Japan 59.86 Q
9 5 7 Michael Jamieson   Great Britain 59.89 Q
10 4 5 Brendan Hansen   United States 59.93 Q
11 5 6 Eric Shanteau   United States 59.96 Q
12 5 4 Fabio Scozzoli   Italy 59.99 Q
13 4 2 Craig Benson   Great Britain 1:00.04 Q
14 4 3 Brenton Rickard   Australia 1:00.07 Q
15 5 5 Felipe França Silva   Brazil 1:00.38 Q
16 6 6 Felipe Lima   Brazil 1:00.57 Q
17 3 4 Giacomo Perez d'Ortona   France 1:00.59
18 5 1 Damir Dugonjič   Slovenia 1:00.77
19 6 1 Christian vom Lehn   Germany 1:00.78
20 4 7 Lennart Stekelenburg   Netherlands 1:00.96
21 6 7 Hendrik Feldwehr   Germany 1:01.00
22 3 6 Panagiotis Samilidis   Greece 1:01.20
23 4 1 Valeriy Dymo   Ukraine 1:01.27
5 8 Mattia Pesce   Italy
25 3 1 Carlos Almeida   Portugal 1:01.40
26 2 3 Laurent Carnol   Luxembourg 1:01.46
27 6 8 Roman Sloudnov   Russia 1:01.47
28 3 3 Li Xiayan   China 1:01.55
29 3 8 Martin Liivamägi   Estonia 1:01.57
4 8 Barry Murphy   Ireland
31 2 6 Čaba Silađi   Serbia 1:01.95
32 3 2 Dawid Szulich   Poland 1:02.07
3 5 Imri Ganiel   Israel
34 2 4 Vladislav Polyakov   Kazakhstan 1:02.15
35 2 2 Édgar Crespo   Panama 1:02.18
36 2 5 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson   Iceland 1:02.65
37 2 1 Malick Fall   Senegal 1:02.93
3 7 Dragos Agache   Romania
39 2 8 Azad Al-Barazi   Syria 1:03.48 NR
40 2 7 Danila Artiomov   Moldova 1:03.57
41 1 4 Amini Fonua   Tonga 1:03.65
42 1 3 Mubarak Al-Besher   United Arab Emirates 1:05.26
43 1 5 Diguan Pigot   Suriname 1:05.55
44 1 6 Wael Koubrousli   Lebanon 1:07.06

Semifinals edit

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 58.83 Q, OR, AF
2 7 Fabio Scozzoli   Italy 59.44 Q
3 1 Brenton Rickard   Australia 59.50 Q
4 4 Kosuke Kitajima   Japan 59.69 Q
5 5 Dániel Gyurta   Hungary 59.74 Q, NR
6 2 Brendan Hansen   United States 59.78 Q
7 6 Ryo Tateishi   Japan 59.93
8 8 Felipe Lima   Brazil 1:00.08

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Christian Sprenger   Australia 59.61 Q
2 5 Giedrius Titenis   Lithuania 59.66 Q
3 2 Michael Jamieson   Great Britain 59.89
4 7 Eric Shanteau   United States 59.96
5 8 Felipe França Silva   Brazil 1:00.01
6 1 Craig Benson   Great Britain 1:00.13
7 3 Glenn Snyders   New Zealand 1:00.15
8 6 Scott Dickens   Canada 1:00.16

Final edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 58.46 WR
  6 Christian Sprenger   Australia 58.93
  8 Brendan Hansen   United States 59.49
4 1 Dániel Gyurta   Hungary 59.53 NR
5 7 Kosuke Kitajima   Japan 59.79
6 3 Brenton Rickard   Australia 59.87
7 5 Fabio Scozzoli   Italy 59.97
8 2 Giedrius Titenis   Lithuania 1:00.84

References edit

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  2. ^ "Vollmer, van der Burgh break world records at finals". London 2012. NBC Olympics. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  3. ^ Ferreira-Marques, Clara (29 July 2012). "Swimming: Van der Burgh ends South African men's gold drought". Reuters. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  4. ^ Jeffery, Nicole (4 August 2012). "South African Cameron van der Burgh admits using illegal dolphin kicks to win gold medal". The Australian. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  5. ^ Gleeson, Scott (7 August 2012). "Gold medal swimmer admits to cheating at Games". USA Today. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  6. ^ Cowley, Michael (30 July 2012). "South African Cameron van der Burgh admits using illegal dolphin kicks to win gold medal". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Van der Burgh wins 100 breast; Hansen gets bronze". Fox News. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  8. ^ a b "2012 London Olympics: Cameron van der Burgh's World Record Ends Kosuke Kitajima's Threepeat Bid in 100 Breast; Hansen Medals". Swimming World Magazine. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Cameron van der Burgh sets mark". ESPN. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  10. ^ "Van der Burgh breaks record". Sport24. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  11. ^ "2012 London Olympics: Cameron van der Burgh Downs Olympic Record in 100 Breast Semis". Swimming World Magazine. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  12. ^ Jeffery, Nicole (28 July 2009). "Brenton Rickard wins breaststroke gold for Australia at world swimming championships". Herald Sun. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  13. ^ "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Australia's Brenton Rickard Smashes World Record in 100 Breast". Swimming World Magazine. 27 July 2009. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  14. ^ "Kitajima wins 100m breaststroke in WR time". ABC News Australia. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  15. ^ "Men's 100m Breaststroke – Heats". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

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