World and Olympic records set at the 2016 Summer Olympics

23 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.

Olympic and world records set by sport Archery

EventRoundNameNationPointsDateRecord Men's Individual Ranking round Kim Woo-jin 700 5 August WR

Athletics

EventRoundNameNationTime (distance)DateRecord 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 OR3000m 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

EventRoundNameNationTimeDateRecord 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

EventRoundNameNationTimeDateRecord 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

EventRoundNameNationPointsDateRecord 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

EventRoundNameNationTimeDateRecord Men's Single Sculls Final Mahé Drysdale 6:41.34 13 August OR

Shooting

EventRoundNameNationScoreDateRecord 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 123 12 August OR50m Rifle Prone Men Qualifying Sergey Kamenskiy 629.0 12 August OR50m 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

Men Event Established for Date Round Name Nationality Time Record DayMen's 100 metre breaststroke (same) 6 August Heats Adam Peaty 57.55 1Men's 100 metre breaststroke (same) 7 August Final Adam Peaty 57.13 2Men's 100 metre backstroke (same) 8 August Final Ryan Murphy 51.97 3Men's 200 metre breaststroke (same) 9 August Semifinal Ippei Watanabe 2:07.22 4Men's 100 metre butterfly (same) 12 August Final Joseph Schooling 50.39 7Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay Men's 100 metre backstroke 13 August Final Ryan Murphy 51.85 r 8Men'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) 3:27.95 8

Women Event Date Round Name Nationality Time Record DayWomen's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 6 August Heats Madison Wilson (54.11)Brittany Elmslie (53.22)Bronte Campbell (53.26)Cate Campbell (51.80) 3:32.39 1Women's 100 metre butterfly 6 August Semifinal Sarah Sjöström 55.84 1Women's 400 metre individual medley 6 August Final Katinka Hosszú 4:26.36 1Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 6 August Final Emma McKeon (53.41)Brittany Elmslie (53.12)Bronte Campbell (52.15)Cate Campbell (51.97) 3:30.65 1Women's 400 metre freestyle 7 August Heats Katie Ledecky 3:58.71 2Women's 100 metre butterfly 7 August Final Sarah Sjöström 55.48 2Women's 400 metre freestyle 7 August Final Katie Ledecky 3:56.46 2Women's 200 metre individual medley 8 August Heats Katinka Hosszú 2:07.45 3Women's 100 metre breaststroke 8 August Final Lilly King 1:04.93 3Women's 200 metre individual medley 9 August Final Katinka Hosszú 2:06.58 4Women's 100 metre freestyle 10 August Heats Cate Campbell 52.78 5Women's 100 metre freestyle 10 August Semifinals Cate Campbell 52.71 5Women's 800 metre freestyle 11 August Heats Katie Ledecky 8.12.86 6Women's 100 metre freestyle11 August Final Simone Manuel 52.70 6Women's 100 metre freestyle11 August Final Penny Oleksiak 52.70 6Women's 800 metre freestyle 12 August Final Katie Ledecky 8.04.79 7

Legend: r – First leg of relay

All world records (WR) are consequently Olympic records (OR).

Weightlifting Men's EventDateRoundNameNationalityWeightRecordMen's 56kg 7 August Clean & Jerk Long Qingquan 170 kg ORMen's 56kg 7 August Total Long Qingquan 307 kg WRMen's 77kg 10 August Snatch Lü Xiaojun 177 kg WRMen's 77kg 10 August Clean & Jerk Nijat Rahimov 214 kg WRMen's 85kg 12 August Clean & Jerk Tian Tao 217 kg ORMen's 85kg 12 August Total Kianoush Rostami 396 kg WRMen's 105 kg 16 August Clean & Jerk Ruslan Nurudinov 237 kg ORMen's +105 kg 16 August Snatch Behdad Salimi 216 kg WRMen's +105 kg 16 August Total Lasha Talakhadze 473 kg WR

Women's EventDateRoundNameNationalityWeightRecordWomen's 53kg 7 August Snatch Li Yajun 101 kg ORWomen's 58kg 8 August Snatch Sukanya Srisurat 110 kg ORWomen's 63kg 9 August Clean & Jerk Total Deng Wei 147 kg262 kg WR

World records set by date

Date Event Athlete Nation Record description Ref 5 August 2016 Archery – Men's individual Kim Woo-jin Scored a world record of 700 in the ranking round 6 August 2016 Swimming – Men's 100 metre breaststroke Adam Peaty Set a world record time of 57.55 in the heats 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 McKeonBrittany ElmslieBronte CampbellCate Campbell 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 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 9 August 2016 Weightlifting – Women's 63 kg Deng Wei Set a world record at clean and jerk of 147 kgSet a world record total of 262 kg 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 ArchibaldLaura TrottElinor BarkerJoanna Rowsell Set a world record time of 4:13.260 in the qualification 12 August 2016 Cycling – Women's team sprint Gong JinjieZhong Tianshi Set a world record time of 31.928 in the first round 12 August 2016 Cycling – Men's team pursuit Ed ClancySteven BurkeOwain DoullBradley Wiggins Set a world record time of 3:50.570 in the first round 12 August 2016 Cycling – Men's team pursuit Ed ClancySteven BurkeOwain DoullBradley Wiggins 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 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

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