Gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima of Japan won the gold medal in men's 100 meter breaststroke at the 2008 Games in Beijing in a time of 58.91 seconds, a new world record.
Christian SprengerAustralia (AUS)
Men: Kosuke Kitajima (59.91). Women: Leisel Jones (1:05.17).
Andrew Astbury
Cameron van der BurghSouth Africa (RSA)
Yes! Nicholas did compete. How came 2nd in 200m breaststroke and 4th in 100m breaststroke.
Kristy Coventry from Zimbabwe rewrote the world record for the women's 100m breastroke, and the record is 58.77 seconds.
Kosuke Kitajima has been swimming for competitions since he was 17. He set his first world record for 100m breaststroke in 2003 and 200m breaststroke in 2002.
Satomi SuzukiJapan (JPN)
The world record for the women's 100m breaststroke is 1:04.13, set by Lilly King (USA) on July 24, 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics.
9.58s for men and 10.49s for women.
10.06
5 seconds