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27 world records and 91 Olympic records (exact counts were announced during the closing ceremony) were set in various events at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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Olympic and world records set by sport
Archery
Event | Round | Name | Nation | Points | Date | Record |
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Men's Individual | Ranking round | Kim Woo-jin | South Korea | 700 | 5 August | WR |
Athletics
Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time (distance) | Date | Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women's 10,000 metres | Final | Almaz Ayana | Ethiopia | 29:17.45 | 12 August | WR |
Men's 400 metres | Final | Wayde van Niekerk | South Africa | 43.03 | 14 August | WR |
Women's hammer throw | Final | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland | 82.29 m | 15 August | WR |
Men's pole vault | Final | Thiago Braz da Silva | Brazil | 6.03 m | 15 August | OR |
3000m Steeplechase | Final | Conseslus Kipruto | Kenya | 8:03.28 | 16 August | OR |
Men's shot put | Final | Ryan Crouser | United States | 22.52 m | 18 August | OR |
Men's decathlon | Final | Ashton Eaton | United States | 8893 pts | 18 August | OR |
Women's 5,000 metres | Final | Vivian Cheruiyot | Kenya | 14:26.17 | 20 August | OR |
Canoeing
Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
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Women's Kayak Single 200m | Final | Lisa Carrington | New Zealand | 39.864 | 15 August | OR |
Men's Kayak Single 200m | Final | Yuriy Cheban | Ukraine | 39.279 | 18 August | OR |
Cycling track
Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
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Women's Team Pursuit | Qualifying | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4:13.260 | 11 August | OR, WR |
Men's Team Sprint | Qualifying | Great Britain | Great Britain | 42.562 | 11 August | OR |
Men's Team Sprint | First Round | New Zealand | New Zealand | 42.535 | 11 August | OR |
Men's Team Sprint | Finals | Great Britain | Great Britain | 42.440 | 11 August | OR |
Men's Sprint | Qualifying | Jason Kenny | Great Britain | 9.551 | 12 August | OR |
Women's Team Sprint | Qualifying | China | China | 32.305 | 12 August | OR |
Women's Team Sprint | First Round | China | China | 31.928 | 12 August | OR, WR |
Men's Team Pursuit | First Round | Great Britain | Great Britain | 3:50.570 | 12 August | OR, WR |
Men's Team Pursuit | Finals | Great Britain | Great Britain | 3:50.265 | 12 August | OR, WR |
Women's Team Pursuit | First Round | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4:12.152 | 13 August | OR, WR |
Women's Team Pursuit | Finals | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4:10.236 | 13 August | OR, WR |
Omnium Individual Pursuit | Finals | Lasse Norman Hansen | Denmark | 4:14.982 | 13 August | OR |
Modern pentathlon
Event | Round | Name | Nation | Points | Date | Record |
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Men's modern pentathlon | Fencing (ranking round) | Aleksander Lesun | Russia | 268 | 18 August | OR |
Women's modern pentathlon | Swimming | Gulnaz Gubaydullina | Russia | 2:07:94 | 19 August | OR |
Women's modern pentathlon | Combined Running/Shooting | Laura Asadauskaitė | Lithuania | 12:01:01 | 19 August | OR |
Men's modern pentathlon | Swimming | James Cooke | Great Britain | 1:55:60 | 20 August | OR |
Rowing
Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
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Men's Single Sculls | Final | Mahé Drysdale | New Zealand | 6:41.34 | 13 August | OR |
Shooting
Event | Round | Name | Nation | Score | Date | Record |
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Women's 10 metre air rifle | Qualifying | Du Li | China | 420.7 | 6 August | OR |
Women's 10 metre air rifle | Final | Virginia Thrasher | United States | 208.0 | 6 August | OR |
Men's 10 metre air pistol | Final | Hoàng Xuân Vinh | Vietnam | 202.5 | 6 August | OR |
Women's 10 metre air pistol | Final | Zhang Mengxue | China | 199.4 | 7 August | OR |
Men's 10 metre air rifle | Qualifying | Niccolò Campriani | Italy | 630.2 | 8 August | OR |
Men's skeet | Qualifying | Marcus Svensson Abdullah Al-Rashidi |
Sweden Independent Olympic Athletes |
123 | 12 August | OR |
50m Rifle Prone Men | Qualifying | Sergey Kamenskiy | Russia | 629.0 | 12 August | OR |
50m Rifle Prone Men | Finals | Henri Junghänel | Germany | 209.5 | 12 August | OR |
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men | Qualifying | Sergey Kamenskiy | Russia | 1184-67 | 14 August | OR |
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men | Finals | Niccolò Campriani | Italy | 458.8 | 14 August | OR |
Swimming
Men
Event | Established for | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record | Day |
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Men's 100 metre breaststroke | (same) | 6 August | Heats | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 57.55 | WR | 1 |
Men's 100 metre breaststroke | (same) | 7 August | Final | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 57.13 | WR | 2 |
Men's 100 metre backstroke | (same) | 8 August | Final | Ryan Murphy | United States | 51.97 | OR | 3 |
Men's 200 metre breaststroke | (same) | 9 August | Semifinal | Ippei Watanabe | Japan | 2:07.22 | OR | 4 |
Men's 100 metre butterfly | (same) | 12 August | Final | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 50.39 | OR | 7 |
Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | Men's 100 metre backstroke | 13 August | Final | Ryan Murphy | United States | 51.85 r | WR | 8 |
Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | (same) | 13 August | Final | Ryan Murphy (51.85) Cody Miller (59.03) Michael Phelps (50.33) Nathan Adrian (46.74) |
United States | 3:27.95 | OR | 8 |
Women
Legend: r – First leg of relay
- All world records (WR) are consequently Olympic records (OR).
Weightlifting
Men's
Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Weight | Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men's 56kg | 7 August | Clean & Jerk | Long Qingquan | China | 170 kg | OR |
Men's 56kg | 7 August | Total | Long Qingquan | China | 307 kg | WR |
Men's 77kg | 10 August | Snatch | Lü Xiaojun | China | 177 kg | WR |
Men's 77kg | 10 August | Clean & Jerk | Nijat Rahimov | Kazakhstan | 214 kg | WR |
Men's 85kg | 12 August | Clean & Jerk | Tian Tao | China | 217 kg | OR |
Men's 85kg | 12 August | Total | Kianoush Rostami | Iran | 396 kg | WR |
Men's 105 kg | 16 August | Clean & Jerk | Ruslan Nurudinov | Uzbekistan | 237 kg | OR |
Men's +105 kg | 16 August | Snatch | Behdad Salimi | Iran | 216 kg | WR |
Men's +105 kg | 16 August | Total | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | 473 kg | WR |
Women's
Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Weight | Record |
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Women's 53kg | 7 August | Snatch | Li Yajun | China | 101 kg | OR |
Women's 58kg | 8 August | Snatch | Sukanya Srisurat | Thailand | 110 kg | OR |
Women's 63kg | 9 August | Clean & Jerk Total |
Deng Wei | China | 147 kg 262 kg |
WR |
World records set by date
Date | Event | Athlete | Nation | Record description | Ref |
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5 August 2016 | Archery – Men's individual | Kim Woo-jin | South Korea | Scored a world record of 700 in the ranking round | [1] |
6 August 2016 | Swimming – Men's 100 metre breaststroke | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | Set a world record time of 57.55 in the heats | [2] |
6 August 2016 | Swimming – Women's 400 metre individual medley | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | Set a world record time of 4:26.36 in the final | |
6 August 2016 | Swimming – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | Emma McKeon Brittany Elmslie Bronte Campbell Cate Campbell |
Australia | Set a world record time of 3:30.65 in the final | |
7 August 2016 | Swimming – Men's 100 metre breaststroke | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | Set a world record time of 57.13 in the final | [3] |
7 August 2016 | Swimming – Women's 100 metre butterfly | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | Set a world record time of 55.48 in the final | |
7 August 2016 | Swimming – Women's 400 metre freestyle | Katie Ledecky | United States | Set a world record time of 3:56.46 in the final | |
7 August 2016 | Weightlifting – Men's 56 kg | Long Qingquan | China | Set a world record total of 307 kg | [4] |
9 August 2016 | Weightlifting – Women's 63 kg | Deng Wei | China | Set a world record at clean and jerk of 147 kg Set a world record total of 262 kg |
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10 August 2016 | Weightlifting – Men's 77 kg | Lü Xiaojun | China | Set a world record at snatch of 177 kg | |
10 August 2016 | Weightlifting – Men's 77 kg | Nijat Rahimov | Kazakhstan | Set a world record at clean and jerk of 214 kg | |
11 August 2016 | Cycling – Women's team pursuit | Katie Archibald Laura Trott Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell |
Great Britain | Set a world record time of 4:13.260 in the qualification | |
12 August 2016 | Cycling – Women's team sprint | Gong Jinjie Zhong Tianshi |
China | Set a world record time of 31.928 in the first round | |
12 August 2016 | Cycling – Men's team pursuit | Ed Clancy Steven Burke Owain Doull Bradley Wiggins |
Great Britain | Set a world record time of 3:50.570 in the first round | |
12 August 2016 | Cycling – Men's team pursuit | Ed Clancy Steven Burke Owain Doull Bradley Wiggins |
Great Britain | Set a world record time of 3:50.265 in the final | |
12 August 2016 | Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres | Almaz Ayana | Ethiopia | Set a world record time of 29:17.45 in the final | |
12 August 2016 | Weightlifting – Men's 85 kg | Kianoush Rostami | Iran | Set a world record total of 396 kg | |
12 August 2016 | Swimming – Women's 800 metre freestyle | Katie Ledecky | United States | Set a world record time of 8:04.79 in the final | |
14 August 2016 | Athletics - Men's 400 metres | Wayde van Niekerk | South Africa | Set a world record time of 43.03 in the final | |
15 August 2016 | Athletics - Women's hammer throw | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland | Set a world record distance of 82.29 m in the final | |
16 August 2016 | Weightlifting - Men's +105 kg | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | Set a world record at snatch of 215 kg | [5] |
16 August 2016 | Weightlifting - Men's +105 kg | Behdad Salimi | Iran | Set a world record at snatch of 216 kg | |
16 August 2016 | Weightlifting - Men's +105 kg | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | Set a world record total of 473 kg |
References
- ^ "Rio 2016 Olympics: South Korea's Kim Woo-jin sets archery world record". BBC. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "Adam Peaty sets world record in 100m breaststroke heat at Rio 2016". The Guardian. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Adam Peaty wins first Olympic gold and breaks world record again". TheGuardian.com. 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016 round-up: China's Long Qingquan smashes weightlifting record to take gold". Guinness World Records. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Men's +105kg Schedule & Results – Olympic Weightlifting". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
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