Paris Olympics: Full list of all World and Games records broken so far

Post At: Aug 01/2024 02:10PM

The Paris Olympics is entering its seventh day of sporting action, and a bunch of World and Olympic records have already been broken by athletes across events.

While certain athletes set a fresh benchmark, a few accomplished stars rewrote their own records from previous Olympic appearances.

Ahead of August 1’s action in Paris, two World Records and 17 Olympic Records have been rewritten. Here is a sport-wise look at the records broken at the Games so far:

ARCHERY

Three Archery records have been set in Paris, including a World Record effort in the women’s individual event. South Korea’s Lim Si-hyeon set a World Record score of 694 on July 25. Featuring in her first Olympics, the 21-year-old Si-hyeon obliterated the previous World and Olympic records set by her compatriots Kang Chae-young and An San. While Chae-young held the WR with a score of 692 set in 2019, An San held the Olympic record with her effort in the Tokyo Games in 2021 with a score of 680.

Paris 2024 Olympics – Archery Training – Invalides, Paris, France – July 23, 2024. South Korea’s Lim Si-hyeon during training. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

The South Korean trio of Jeon Hun-young, Lim Si-hyeon and Nam Su-hyeon also broke the previous Olympic record in the women’s team event set by their compatriots. Incidentally, Lim Si-hyeon also became a part of a third Olympic record at her first Games as she bettered the mixed team record alongside Kim Woo-jin — all three coming on a single day on July 25!

Event Round Name Nation Score Date Record
Women’s individual Ranking round Lim Si-hyeon South Korea 694 25 July WR
Women’s team Ranking round Jeon Hun-young
Lim Si-hyeon
Nam Su-hyeon		 South Korea 2046 25 July OR
Mixed team Ranking round Kim Woo-jin
Lim Si-hyeon		 South Korea 1380 25 July OR

SHOOTING

As many as five Olympic records were rewritten in shooting with South Koreans leading the charts by claiming new highs in the women’s 10m air pistol event and the women’s 10m air rifle events.

Event Round Name Nation Score Date Record
Women’s 10 metre air pistol Final Oh Ye-jin South Korea 243.2 28 July OR
Men’s 10 metre air rifle Final Sheng Lihao China 252.2 29 July OR
Women’s 10 metre air rifle Qualification Ban Hyo-jin South Korea 634.5 29 July OR
Men’s trap Final Nathan Hales Great Britain 48 30 July OR
Women’s trap Final Adriana Ruano Oliva Guatemala 45 31 July OR

SWIMMING

While the subtle ripple effects of the ‘slower’ Olympic pools at the Paris Games have not favoured the easy upheaval of World Records, China’s Pan Zhanle broke the men’s 100m freestyle record on July 31 with a timing of 46.4s to claim the gold medal. Debuting at the Games, the 19-year-old rewrote the 100m freestyle Olympic record timing of Caeleb Dressel in the with a timing of 46.92s as part of the first leg of the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.

Pan Zhanle during the Men’s 100m freestyle semi-final. (REUTERS)

France’s Leon Marchand also made headlines on July 31 when he smashed two Olympic world records in the space of a few hours to propel to the hosts into the top-two on the medals tally in terms of gold medals.

Men

Event Round Name Nation Time Date Record
Men’s 100 metre freestyle Final Pan Zhanle China 46.92 r 27 July OR
Men’s 100 metre freestyle Final Pan Zhanle China 46.4 31 July WR
Men’s 200 metre breaststroke Final Léon Marchand France 2:05.85 31 July OR
Men’s 200 metre butterfly Final Léon Marchand France 1:51.21 31 July OR
Men’s 400 metre individual medley Final Léon Marchand France 4:02.95 28 July OR
Men’s 800 metre freestyle Final Daniel Wiffen Ireland 7:38.19 30 July OR

Women

As many as five Olympic records have been splashed in the pool by women thus far. USA’s Katie Ledecky claimed her eighth Olympic gold medal as she defended her women’s 1500m freestyle title with an Olympic record timing of 15:30.02 on Wednesday.

Event Round Name Nation Time Date Record
Women’s 100 metre butterfly Semifinal Gretchen Walsh United States 55.38 27 July OR
Women’s 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Final Mollie O’Callaghan (52.24)
Shayna Jack (52.35)
Emma McKeon (52.39)
Meg Harris (51.94)		 Australia 3:28.92 27 July OR
Women’s 200 metre freestyle Final Mollie O’Callaghan Australia 1:53.27 29 July OR
Women’s 100 metre backstroke Final Kaylee McKeown Australia 57.33 30 July OR
Women’s 1500 metre freestyle Final Katie Ledecky United States 15:30.02 31 July OR

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