The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 7–8 August at the

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Summary

U.S. swimmer

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stormed home on the final lap in a match against Russia's

Yuliya Yefimova Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova (russian: Юлия Андреевна Ефимова, also romanized Efimova; born 3 April 1992) is a Russian competitive swimmer. She is the Russian record holder in the 200 metre individual medley (short course), ...

to capture the sprint breaststroke title for the first time since

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topped the podium in 2000. With 15 metres to go, King launched a mighty surge to pass Yefimova by more than half a second for the gold medal with a time of 1:04.93. King's time also shaved 0.24 seconds off the Olympic record set by Australia's four-time Olympian

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in Beijing in 2008. Yefimova finished with a silver in 1:05.50. King's teammate

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snared the final podium spot with a 1:05.69 for the bronze. China's Shi Jinglin delivered a time of 1:06.37 to pick up the fourth spot, just ahead of Canada's Rachel Nicol (1:06.68) by about three tenths of a second. Iceland's

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placed sixth in 1:07.18, while Lithuania's world-record holder and defending champion

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could not reproduce her effort from London 2012 with a seventh-place time in 1:07.32. Jamaica's Alia Atkinson, fourth-place finalist at the previous Games, rounded out the top eight with a 1:08.10. The medals for the competition were presented by

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member from

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, and the gifts were presented by Donald Rukare,

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bureau member.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition:

Competition format

The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Results

Heats

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final

References

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