World and Olympic records set at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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Olympic and world records set by sport
Archery
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Event | Round | Name | Nation | Points | Date | Record |
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Men's Individual | Ranking round | Kim Woo-jin | ![]() |
700 | 5 August | WR |
Athletics
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Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time (distance) | Date | Record |
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Women's 10,000 metres | Final | Almaz Ayana | ![]() |
29:17.45 | 12 August | WR |
Men's 400 metres | Final | Wayde van Niekerk | ![]() |
43.03 | 14 August | WR |
Women's hammer throw | Final | Anita Włodarczyk | ![]() |
82.29 m | 15 August | WR |
Men's pole vault | Final | Thiago Braz da Silva | ![]() |
6.03 m | 15 August | OR |
3000m Steeplechase | Final | Conseslus Kipruto | ![]() |
8:03.28 | 16 August | OR |
Men's shot put | Final | Ryan Crouser | ![]() |
22.52 m | 18 August | OR |
Men's decathlon | Final | Ashton Eaton | ![]() |
8893 pts | 18 August | OR |
Women's 5,000 metres | Final | Vivian Cheruiyot | ![]() |
14:26.17 | 20 August | OR |
Canoeing
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Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
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Women's Kayak Single 200m | Final | Lisa Carrington | ![]() |
39.864 | 15 August | OR |
Men's Kayak Single 200m | Final | Yuriy Cheban | ![]() |
39.279 | 18 August | OR |
Cycling track
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Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
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Women's Team Pursuit | Qualifying | Great Britain | ![]() |
4:13.260 | 11 August | OR, WR |
Men's Team Sprint | Qualifying | Great Britain | ![]() |
42.562 | 11 August | OR |
Men's Team Sprint | First Round | New Zealand | ![]() |
42.535 | 11 August | OR |
Men's Team Sprint | Finals | Great Britain | ![]() |
42.440 | 11 August | OR |
Men's Sprint | Qualifying | Jason Kenny | ![]() |
9.551 | 12 August | OR |
Women's Team Sprint | Qualifying | China | ![]() |
32.305 | 12 August | OR |
Women's Team Sprint | First Round | China | ![]() |
31.928 | 12 August | OR, WR |
Men's Team Pursuit | First Round | Great Britain | ![]() |
3:50.570 | 12 August | OR, WR |
Men's Team Pursuit | Finals | Great Britain | ![]() |
3:50.265 | 12 August | OR, WR |
Women's Team Pursuit | First Round | Great Britain | ![]() |
4:12.152 | 13 August | OR, WR |
Women's Team Pursuit | Finals | Great Britain | ![]() |
4:10.236 | 13 August | OR, WR |
Omnium Individual Pursuit | Finals | Lasse Norman Hansen | ![]() |
4:14.982 | 13 August | OR |
Modern pentathlon
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Event | Round | Name | Nation | Points | Date | Record |
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Men's modern pentathlon | Fencing (ranking round) | Aleksander Lesun | ![]() |
268 | 18 August | OR |
Women's modern pentathlon | Swimming | Gulnaz Gubaydullina | ![]() |
2:07:94 | 19 August | OR |
Women's modern pentathlon | Combined Running/Shooting | Laura Asadauskaitė | ![]() |
12:01:01 | 19 August | OR |
Men's modern pentathlon | Swimming | James Cooke | ![]() |
1:55:60 | 20 August | OR |
Rowing
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Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
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Men's Single Sculls | Final | Mahé Drysdale | ![]() |
6:41.34 | 13 August | OR |
Shooting
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Event | Round | Name | Nation | Score | Date | Record |
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Women's 10 metre air rifle | Qualifying | Du Li | ![]() |
420.7 | 6 August | OR |
Women's 10 metre air rifle | Final | Virginia Thrasher | ![]() |
208.0 | 6 August | OR |
Men's 10 metre air pistol | Final | Hoàng Xuân Vinh | ![]() |
202.5 | 6 August | OR |
Women's 10 metre air pistol | Final | Zhang Mengxue | ![]() |
199.4 | 7 August | OR |
Men's 10 metre air rifle | Qualifying | Niccolò Campriani | ![]() |
630.2 | 8 August | OR |
Men's skeet | Qualifying | Marcus Svensson Abdullah Al-Rashidi |
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123 | 12 August | OR |
50m Rifle Prone Men | Qualifying | Sergey Kamenskiy | ![]() |
629.0 | 12 August | OR |
50m Rifle Prone Men | Finals | Henri Junghänel | ![]() |
209.5 | 12 August | OR |
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men | Qualifying | Sergey Kamenskiy | ![]() |
1184-67 | 14 August | OR |
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men | Finals | Niccolò Campriani | ![]() |
458.8 | 14 August | OR |
Swimming
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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 | ![]() |
57.55 | WR | 1 |
Men's 100 metre breaststroke | (same) | 7 August | Final | Adam Peaty | ![]() |
57.13 | WR | 2 |
Men's 100 metre backstroke | (same) | 8 August | Final | Ryan Murphy | ![]() |
51.97 | OR | 3 |
Men's 200 metre breaststroke | (same) | 9 August | Semifinal | Ippei Watanabe | ![]() |
2:07.22 | OR | 4 |
Men's 100 metre butterfly | (same) | 12 August | Final | Joseph Schooling | ![]() |
50.39 | OR | 7 |
Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | Men's 100 metre backstroke | 13 August | Final | Ryan Murphy | ![]() |
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) |
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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 |
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Men's 56kg | 7 August | Clean & Jerk | Long Qingquan | ![]() |
170 kg | OR |
Men's 56kg | 7 August | Total | Long Qingquan | ![]() |
307 kg | WR |
Men's 77kg | 10 August | Snatch | Lü Xiaojun | ![]() |
177 kg | WR |
Men's 77kg | 10 August | Clean & Jerk | Nijat Rahimov | ![]() |
214 kg | WR |
Men's 85kg | 12 August | Clean & Jerk | Tian Tao | ![]() |
217 kg | OR |
Men's 85kg | 12 August | Total | Kianoush Rostami | ![]() |
396 kg | WR |
Men's 105 kg | 16 August | Clean & Jerk | Ruslan Nurudinov | ![]() |
237 kg | OR |
Men's +105 kg | 16 August | Snatch | Behdad Salimi | ![]() |
216 kg | WR |
Men's +105 kg | 16 August | Total | Lasha Talakhadze | ![]() |
473 kg | WR |
Women's
Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Weight | Record |
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Women's 53kg | 7 August | Snatch | Li Yajun | ![]() |
101 kg | OR |
Women's 58kg | 8 August | Snatch | Sukanya Srisurat | ![]() |
110 kg | OR |
Women's 63kg | 9 August | Clean & Jerk
Total |
Deng Wei | ![]() |
147 kg
262 kg |
WR |
World records set by date
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Date | Event | Athlete | Nation | Record description | Ref |
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5 August 2016 | Archery – Men's individual | Kim Woo-jin | ![]() |
Scored a world record of 700 in the ranking round | [1] |
6 August 2016 | Swimming – Men's 100 metre breaststroke | Adam Peaty | ![]() |
Set a world record time of 57.55 in the heats | [2] |
6 August 2016 | Swimming – Women's 400 metre individual medley | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() |
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 |
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Set a world record time of 3:30.65 in the final | |
7 August 2016 | Swimming – Men's 100 metre breaststroke | Adam Peaty | ![]() |
Set a world record time of 57.13 in the final | [3] |
7 August 2016 | Swimming – Women's 100 metre butterfly | Sarah Sjöström | ![]() |
Set a world record time of 55.48 in the final | |
7 August 2016 | Swimming – Women's 400 metre freestyle | Katie Ledecky | ![]() |
Set a world record time of 3:56.46 in the final | |
7 August 2016 | Weightlifting – Men's 56 kg | Long Qingquan | ![]() |
Set a world record total of 307 kg | [4] |
9 August 2016 | Weightlifting – Women's 63 kg | Deng Wei | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Set a world record at snatch of 177 kg | |
10 August 2016 | Weightlifting – Men's 77 kg | Nijat Rahimov | ![]() |
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 |
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Set a world record time of 4:13.260 in the qualification | |
12 August 2016 | Cycling – Women's team sprint | Gong Jinjie Zhong Tianshi |
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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 |
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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 |
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Set a world record time of 3:50.265 in the final | |
12 August 2016 | Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres | Almaz Ayana | ![]() |
Set a world record time of 29:17.45 in the final | |
12 August 2016 | Weightlifting – Men's 85 kg | Kianoush Rostami | ![]() |
Set a world record total of 396 kg | |
12 August 2016 | Swimming – Women's 800 metre freestyle | Katie Ledecky | ![]() |
Set a world record time of 8:04.79 in the final | |
14 August 2016 | Athletics - Men's 400 metres | Wayde van Niekerk | ![]() |
Set a world record time of 43.03 in the final | |
15 August 2016 | Athletics - Women's hammer throw | Anita Włodarczyk | ![]() |
Set a world record distance of 82.29 m in the final | |
16 August 2016 | Weightlifting - Men's +105 kg | Lasha Talakhadze | ![]() |
Set a world record at snatch of 215 kg | [5] |
16 August 2016 | Weightlifting - Men's +105 kg | Behdad Salimi | ![]() |
Set a world record at snatch of 216 kg | |
16 August 2016 | Weightlifting - Men's +105 kg | Lasha Talakhadze | ![]() |
Set a world record total of 473 kg |