List of world records broken at the Paris 2024 Olympics

The Paris 2024 Olympics saw several world records being shattered. Here’s a list of all WRs broken at the Summer Games.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of Team United States competes in the Women’s 4 x 400m Relay Final on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

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

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