Men's Breaststroke

At Athens 2004, Britain had two swimmers in the 100m Breastroke final. Darren Mew finished sixth, just ahead of James Gibson. With two British swimmers claiming Gold and Silver at the Commonwealth Games, there is a chance that this could be repeated in Beijing. But can it be bettered?

Form

Christopher Cook won Gold with James Gibson claiming silver for England in the men's 100m breaststroke at the Commonwealth Games. Gibson recorded a faster time later in the season, to finish higher in 2006's Woorld Rankings. Both will be hoping to improve at the World Championships in March.

Events	Men's A	Men's B	Competitor	2006 World Rank	2006 Ranking Time	Championship Medal
100 m Breaststroke	1:01.57	1:03.72	Christopher Cook	11	1:00.98	Gold @ Commonwealth Games
			James Gibson	8	1:00.74	Silver @ Commonwealth Games
200 m Breaststroke	2:13.69	2:18.37	Kristopher Gilchrist	14	2:12.79	Bronze @ European Championship

Qualification

The A and B qualification times are shown in the table above for the specific events. All three featured swimmers have reached the 'A' standard.

What to watch

The breaststroke events are not one of those that are on our Medal Chance list, so whether we get to see these swimmers will depend on whetherthe races occur on the same night as one of the events that we have targeted.