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

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Date July 28, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
July 29, 2012 (final)
Competitors 44 from 36 nations
Winning time 58.46 WR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa
2nd, silver medalist(s) Christian Sprenger  Australia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Brendan Hansen  United States

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]

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, but the champion later admitted that he was 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

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

World record Brenton Rickard (AUS)58.58Rome, Italy27 July 2009
Olympic record Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)58.91Beijing, China11 August 2008

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
July 28Semifinal 1Cameron van der Burgh South Africa58.83OR
July 29FinalCameron van der Burgh South Africa58.46WR, OR

Results

Heats

[12]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
163Christian Sprenger Australia59.62Q
264Kosuke Kitajima Japan59.63Q
362Giedrius Titenis Lithuania59.68Q
446Dániel Gyurta Hungary59.76Q, NR
553Glenn Snyders New Zealand59.78Q, NR
644Cameron van der Burgh South Africa59.79Q
752Scott Dickens Canada59.85Q, NR
865Ryo Tateishi Japan59.86Q
957Michael Jamieson Great Britain59.89Q
1045Brendan Hansen United States59.93Q
1156Eric Shanteau United States59.96Q
1254Fabio Scozzoli Italy59.99Q
1342Craig Benson Great Britain1:00.04Q
1443Brenton Rickard Australia1:00.07Q
1555Felipe França Silva Brazil1:00.38Q
1666Felipe Lima Brazil1:00.57Q
1734Giacomo Perez d'Ortona France1:00.59
1851Damir Dugonjic Slovenia1:00.77
1961Christian vom Lehn Germany1:00.78
2047Lennart Stekelenburg Netherlands1:00.96
2167Hendrik Feldwehr Germany1:01.00
2236Panagiotis Samilidis Greece1:01.20
2341Valeriy Dymo Ukraine1:01.27
58Mattia Pesce Italy
2531Carlos Almeida Portugal1:01.40
2623Laurent Carnol Luxembourg1:01.46
2768Roman Sloudnov Russia1:01.47
2833Li Xiayan China1:01.55
2938Martin Liivamägi Estonia1:01.57
48Barry Murphy Ireland
3126Čaba Silađi Serbia1:01.95
3232Dawid Szulich Poland1:02.07
35Imri Ganiel Israel
3424Vladislav Polyakov Kazakhstan1:02.15
3522Edgar Crespo Panama1:02.18
3625Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Iceland1:02.65
3721Malick Fall Senegal1:02.93
37Dragos Agache Romania
3928Azad Al-Barazi Syria1:03.48NR
4027Danila Artiomov Moldova1:03.57
4114Amini Fonua Tonga1:03.65
4213Mubarak Al Besher United Arab Emirates1:05.26
4315Diguan Pigot Suriname1:05.55
4416Wael Koubrousli Lebanon1:07.06

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Cameron van der Burgh South Africa58.83Q, OR
27Fabio Scozzoli Italy59.44Q
31Brenton Rickard Australia59.50Q
44Kosuke Kitajima Japan59.69Q
55Dániel Gyurta Hungary59.74Q, NR
62Brendan Hansen United States59.78Q
76Ryo Tateishi Japan59.93
88Felipe Lima Brazil1:00.08

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Christian Sprenger Australia59.61Q
25Giedrius Titenis Lithuania59.66Q
32Michael Jamieson Great Britain59.89
47Eric Shanteau United States59.96
58Felipe França Silva Brazil1:00.01
61Craig Benson Great Britain1:00.13
73Glenn Snyders New Zealand1:00.15
86Scott Dickens Canada1:00.16

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Cameron van der Burgh South Africa58.46WR
2nd, silver medalist(s)6Christian Sprenger Australia58.93
3rd, bronze medalist(s)8Brendan Hansen United States59.49
41Dániel Gyurta Hungary59.53NR
57Kosuke Kitajima Japan59.79
63Brenton Rickard Australia59.87
75Fabio Scozzoli Italy59.97
82Giedrius Titenis Lithuania1:00.84

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming: Results & Schedules". London 2012. NBC Olympics. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  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. 1 2 "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. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Men's 100m Breaststroke – Heats". London 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
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