South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) blasted a time in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke tonight at the London Aquatic Center tonight worthy of 2009. Van der Burgh was out like a rocket, in 27.07 and 0.60 under world record pace. Van der Burgh managed to hold on, breaking the world mark set by Brenton Rickard (AUS) in Rome in 2009, in a polyurethane suit.
A half second back was world record holder in the 200m Breaststroke, Christian Sprenger (AUS), picking up silver. The bronze went to Brendan Hansen (USA) in 59.49, with what is now the most successful comeback we’ve seen in the pool at these Games. Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) was locked out of the pool in fifth, posting a 59.79.
Splits Compared:
| Men’s 100m Breaststroke | 50m | 100m (50m) |
| Brenton Rickard (Rome 2009) WR | 27.67 | 58.58 (30.91) |
| Cameron van der Burgh (London 2012) WR | 27.07 | 58.46 (31.39) |
Brenton Rickard’s Wortld Record from Rome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVfzzVjTUAc
Are you guys serious? Every single swimmer pushes the boundaries. Every single swimmer in that final does fly kicks on entry. Just because De Burgh was on camera is that we saw it? It is peer pressure these days. If you dont do it you are putting yourself behind the rest from the start.
Disappointed to hear this. Why didn’t anybody file a protest??
Hang your head in shame Fina. You should have knocked this blatent cheating out well before the olympics. Sprenger is the Olympic Champion.
i see one thing here , what’s really positive : Hansen ‘s come back with a bronze medal . Well done Branden ; good for the 400 im relay .
He did not deserve this win and world record. He is a cheater and should have been DQed. he clearly took 3 fly kicks off the start and popped up way in front of everybody. This makes me sick to watch someone blatantly cheat and win Medals over people who swam a clean race. it is a disgrace
Nice to se Cameron send some thoughts to Alexander Dale Oen after the race.
He should have been DQ’d…..Sorry,but double kick on the start….
then the whole final lineup should have been DQed…. just take a look at swimmers that are next to him…
I agree. Christina Sprenger is the real winner. Three dolphin kicks at the start and he gets away with it?? Sad stuff
Who cares? He still beat him by almost half a second. He would have won with no kicking at all, or even blindfolded.
Yeah I’m going to go out on a limb and say nope
Not only that, NBC’s coverage showed he had a pretty obvious non-simultaneous touch at the turn.