100m breaststroke, the event is the time it takes to compete in the breaststroke swim the 100m.
Video, the women's 100m breaststroke final appearance of the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008.
Regulations commentary seen in 5 minutes
The competition area
- 501 m pool swim round trip.
- 1Is performed in eight human race.
Start
- Take the starting blocks at the whistle.
- Gun after the starting signal will be; "(provided by Take Your Marks) Take Your Marks".
- Until the gun had to be stationary from "Take Your Marks", will be disqualified if moved.
Stroke
- Player is used to cycle the kick of one leg and one arm of oysters in the prone posture, you must swim to move symmetrically.
- To go to somewhere other than their own lane, to touch the rope course, you can walk or kicking the bottom of the pool is not allowed.
- During the competition are not on the surface of the water must be part of the head during the cycle of each swim.
- Turn (wrap), you will need to touch the wall with both hands at the same time.
Finish
- 100will finish at the same time when you touch both hands to the wall of the pool swimming in the m.
The road to gold medal
- Proceed through the semi-finals and finals → → qualifying.
- In qualifying, the top 16 will advance to the semifinals name.
- In the semifinals, the name of the top eight will advance to the finals.
World Record / Japanese record
100m level swimming ぎ
| Record | Name | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
World | 58"58 | Brenton Rickard ( | 2009/07/27 |
World | 1:04"45 | Jessica Hardy ( | 2009/08/07 |
| Japan | 58"90 | Kitajima | 2012/04/03 |
| Japan | 1:06"32 | Satomi Suzuki | 2009/09/04 |