Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke explained

Event:Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Olympic Aquatics Centre,
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates:27 July 2024 (heats and semifinals)
28 July 2024 (final)
Competitors:36
Nations:28
Win Value:59.03
Gold:Nicolò Martinenghi
Goldnoc:ITA
Silver:Adam Peaty
Silvernoc:GBR
Silver2:Nic Fink
Silvernoc2:USA
Prev:2020
Next:2028

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 27 to 28 July 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.[1]

Records

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

Qualification

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[2] [3]

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.

Time standards

The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[4]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

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.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
27 July 2024 11:30 Heats
21:12 Semifinals
28 July 2024 21:44 Final

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1 3 6
2 4 4
3 4 7
4 4 5
5 5
6 4 1
7 5 6
8 4 3
9 5 4
10 3 4
11 4 8
12 3 1
13 3 5
14 4 6
15 3 2
16 3 8 1:00.00 , NR
17 5 3 1:00.11
18 5 7 1:00.17
19 3 7 1:00.20
20 4 2 1:00.29
21 5 2 1:00.36
22 5 8 1:00.40
23 5 1 1:00.42
24 3 3 1:00.50
25 2 5 1:00.62
26 2 6 1:02.70
27 2 2 1:02.79
28 2 3 1:02.85
29 2 1 1:04.14
30 2 8 1:04.31
31 1 4 1:04.64
32 1 3 1:04.95
33 2 7 1:05.20
34 1 5 1:05.95
35 1 6 Chadd Ng Chiu Hing Ning1:09.85
2 4 DSQ
[5]

Semifinals

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[6]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1 1 4 58.86
2 2 2 58.93
3 2 3 59.12
4 1 2 59.16
5 2 4 59.24
6 1 5 59.28
7 1 6 59.31
8 2 6 59.38
2 8 59.38
10 2 5 59.45
11 1 3 59.49
12 1 7 59.64
13 2 1
14 1 1
15 2 7
16 1 8
Swim-off
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 4 59.69
2 5 59.90
[7]

Final

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
7 59.03
4 59.05
6 59.05
4 8 59.11
5 1 59.30
6 3 59.32
7 5 59.50
8 2 59.98
[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Competition Schedule World Aquatics Official . 2024-07-16 . World Aquatics . en.
  2. Web site: 5 April 2022 . Paris 2024 – Swimming Info . 12 November 2022 . World Aquatics.
  3. News: Rieder . David . 3 April 2022 . Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals . 12 November 2022 . Swimming World Magazine.
  4. News: 3 October 2022 . Paris 2024 - Swimming Info . World Aquatics.
  5. Web site: Men's 100m Breaststroke – Heats – Results Summary. olympics.com . 27 July 2024 . 27 July 2024.
  6. Web site: Men's 100m Breaststroke – Semifinals – Results Summary. olympics.com. 27 July 2024. 27 July 2024.
  7. Web site: Men's 100m Breaststroke – Semifinal Swim-Off – Results . Olympics . 27 July 2024 . 27 July 2024.
  8. Web site: Men's 100m Breaststroke – Final – Results . Olympics . 29 July 2024 . 28 July 2024.