Every Olympics sees a host of incredible athletes manage incredible feats, the likes of which the world has never seen before. The Paris 2024 Olympics was no exception, with several world records being shattered.
Here is a list of all the world records broken at 2024 Paris:
Swimming:
Pan Zhanle (China) - men’s 100m freestyle - 46.40s
Previous record - Pan Zhanle (China) - Doha, 11 February 2024 - 46.80s
USA (Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske)- mixed 4x100m medley relay- 3:37.43s
Previous record - Great Britain - Tokyo, 31 July 2021 - 3:37.58s
Bobby Finke (USA) - men’s 1500m freestyle - 14:30.67s
Previous record - Sun Yang (China) - London, 4 August 2012 - 14:31.02s
USA (Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske)- women’s 4x100m medley relay - 3:49.63s
Previous record - USA - Gwangju, 28 July 2019 - 3:50.40s
Athletics:
USA (Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon, Kaylyn Brown) - 4x400m mixed relay - 3:07.41s
Previous record - USA - Budapest, 19 August 2023 - 3:08.80s
Armand Duplantis (Sweden) - pole vault - 6.25m
Previous record - Armand Duplantis (Sweden) - Xiamen, 20 April 2024 - 6.24m
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) - women’s 400m hurdles - 50.37s
Previous record - Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) - Eugene, 30 Junel 2024 - 50.65s
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Archery:
Lim Sihyeon (Republic of Korea) - women’s 70m 72 arrows round - 694
Previous record - Chaeyoung Kang (Republic of Korea) - ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 10 June 2019 - 692
Track Cycling:
Great Britain - women’s team sprint - 45.186s
Previous record - Great Britain - Paris, 5 August 2024 - 45.338s
Netherlands - men’s team sprint - 40.949s
Previous record - Netherlands - Paris, 6 August 2024 - 41.191s
Australia - men’s team pursuit - 3:40.730s
Previous record - Italy - Tokyo, 3 August 2021 - 3:42.032s
Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands) - men’s 200m flying start - 9.088s
Previous record - Matthew Richardson (Australia) - Paris, 7 August 2024 - 9.091s
Lea Friedrich (Germany) - women’s 200m flying start - 10.029s
Previous record - Ellesse Andrews (New Zealand) - Paris, 9 August 2024 - 10.108s
Sport climbing:
Aleksandra Miroslaw (Poland) - women’s speed - 6.06s
Previous record - Aleksandra Miroslaw (Poland) - Paris, 5 August 2024 - 6.21s
Sam Watson (USA) - men’s speed - 4.74s
Previous record - Sam Watson (USA) - Paris, 6 August 2024 - 4.75s
Weightlifting:
Karlos Nasar (Bulgaria) - men’s 89kg - 224kg (clean and jerk)
Previous record - Karlos Nasar (Bulgaria) - Paris, 9 August 2024 - 213kg
Karlos Nasar (Bulgaria) - men’s 89kg - 404kg (total)
Previous record - Li Dayin (China) - Jinju, 10 May 2023 - 396kg
Modern pentathlon
Emiliano Hernandez (Mexico) - laser run - 9:40.80, 720 points
Previous record - Martin Vlach (Czechia) - Budapest, 30 April 2023 - 9:44.80, 716 points
Ahmed Elgendy (Egypt) - overall points - 1555 points
Previous record - Csaba Bohm (Hungary) - Zhengzhou, 15 June 2024 - 1551 points
Michelle Gulyas (Hungary) - overall points - 1461 points
Previous record - Alice Sotero (Italy) - Krakow, 1 July 2023 - 1443 points
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