| Sport |
Athlete/Team |
Event |
New Record |
Previous Record |
Previous Record Holder |
Date of Previous Record |
| Swimming |
Gretchen Walsh (USA) |
Women’s 100m butterfly |
55.38 |
55.48 |
Sarah Sjoestroem (Sweden) |
Rio de Janeiro, 7 August 2016 |
| Swimming |
Australia |
Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay |
3:28.92 |
3:29.69 |
Australia |
Tokyo, 25 July 2021 |
| Swimming |
Leon Marchand (France) |
Men’s 400m individual medley |
4:02.95 |
4:03.84 |
Michael Phelps (USA) |
Beijing, 10 August 2008 |
| Swimming |
Mollie O’Callaghan (Australia) |
Women’s 200m freestyle |
1:53.27 |
1:53.50 |
Ariarne Titmus (Australia) |
Tokyo, 28 July 2021 |
| Swimming |
Daniel Wiffen (Ireland) |
800m freestyle |
7:38.19 |
7:41.28 |
Mykhailo Romanchuk (Ukraine) |
Tokyo, 27 July 2021 |
| Swimming |
Leon Marchand (France) |
Men’s 200m butterfly |
1:51.21 |
1:51.25 |
Kristof Milak (Hungary) |
Tokyo, 28 July 2021 |
| Swimming |
Katie Ledecky (USA) |
Women’s 1500m freestyle |
15:30.02 |
15:35.35 |
Katie Ledecky (USA) |
Tokyo, 28 July 2021 |
| Swimming |
Leon Marchand (France) |
Men’s 200m breaststroke |
2:05.85 |
2:06.38 |
Zac Stubblety-Cook (Australia) |
Tokyo, 29 July 2021 |
| Swimming |
Summer MacIntosh (Canada) |
Women’s 200m butterfly |
2:03.03 |
2:03.86 |
Yufei Zhang (China) |
Tokyo, 29 July 2021 |
| Swimming |
Australia |
Women’s 4x200m freestyle relay |
7:38.08 |
7:40.33 |
China |
Tokyo, 29 July 2021 |
| Swimming |
Kaylee McKeown (Australia) |
Women’s 200m backstroke |
2:03.73 |
2:04.06 |
Missy Franklin (USA) |
London, 3 August 2012 |
| Swimming |
Leon Marchand (France) |
Men’s 200m individual medley |
1:54.06 |
1:54.23 |
Michael Phelps (USA) |
Beijing, 15 August 2008 |
| Swimming |
Summer McIntosh (Canada) |
Women’s 200m individual medley |
2:06.56 |
2:06.58 |
Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) |
Rio de Janeiro, 9 August 2016 |
| Swimming |
Sarah Sjoestroem (Sweden) |
Women’s 50m freestyle |
23.66 |
23.81 |
Emma McKeon (Australia) |
Tokyo, 1 August 2021 |
| Swimming |
Regan Smith (USA) |
Women’s 100m backstroke |
57.28* |
57.33 |
Kaylee McKeown (Australia) |
Paris, 28 July 2024 |
| Athletics |
Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) |
Men’s 10000m |
26:43.14 |
27:01.17 |
Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) |
Beijing, 17 August 2008 |
| Athletics |
Niklas Kaul (Germany) |
Decathlon javelin |
77.78m |
76.94m |
Leonel Suarez (Cuba) |
London, 9 August 2012 |
| Athletics |
Lindon Victor (Grenada) |
Men’s decathlon discus throw |
53.91m |
53.79m |
Bryan Clay (USA) |
Beijing, 22 August 2008 |
| Athletics |
Winfrid Yavi (Bahrain) |
Women’s 3000m steeplechase |
8:52.76 |
8:58.81 |
Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (Russia) |
Beijing, 17 August 2008 |
| Athletics |
Cole Hocker (USA) |
Men’s 1500m |
3:27.65 |
3:28.32 |
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) |
Tokyo, 7 August 2021 |
| Athletics |
Roje Stona (Jamaica) |
Men’s discus throw |
70.00m |
69.89m |
Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) |
Athens, 23 August 2004 |
| Athletics |
Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan) |
Javelin throw |
92.97m |
90.57m |
Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) |
Beijing, 23 August 2008 |
| Athletics |
Marileidy Paulino (Dominica) |
Women’s 400m |
48.17 |
48.25 |
Marie-Jose Perec (France) |
Atlanta, 29 July 1996 |
| Athletics |
Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia) |
Men’s marathon |
2:06.26 |
2:06.32 |
Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (Kenya) |
Beijing, 24 August 2008 |
| Athletics |
USA |
Men’s 4x400m relay |
2:54.43 |
2:55.39 |
USA |
Beijing, 23 August 2008 |
| Athletics |
Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) |
Women’s marathon |
2:22.55 |
2:23.07 |
Tiki Gelana (Ethiopia) |
London, 5 August 2012 |
| Athletics |
Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) |
Women’s 1500m |
3:51.29 |
3:53.11 |
Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) |
Tokyo, 6 August 2021 |
| Shooting |
Oh Ye Jin (South Korea) |
Women’s 10m air pistol |
243.2 |
240.3 |
Vitalina Batsarashkina (ROC) |
Tokyo, 25 July 2021 |
| Shooting |
Ban Hyojin (Korea) |
Women’s 10m air rifle (gold medal) |
251.8 (equalled record) |
251.8 (equalled record) |
Huang Yutin (China) |
Tokyo, 25 July 2021 |
| Shooting |
Sheng Lihao (China) |
Men’s 10m air rifle (gold medal) |
252.2 |
251.6 |
William Shaner (USA) |
Tokyo, 25 July 2021 |
| Shooting |
Nathan Hales (Great Britain) |
Men’s trap shooting |
48 points |
43 points |
Jiri Liptak and David Kostelecky (Czechia) |
Tokyo, 29 July 2021 |
| Shooting |
Adriana Ruano (Guatemala) |
Women’s trap shooting |
45 points |
43 points |
Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova (Slovakia) |
Tokyo, 29 July 2021 |
| Shooting |
Chiara Leone (Switzerland) |
Women’s 50m rifle 3 position |
464.4 |
463.9 |
Nina Christen (Switzerland) |
Tokyo, 31 July 2021 |
| Archery |
Republic of Korea |
Women’s 216 arrows 70m round |
2046 |
2032 |
Republic of Korea |
Tokyo, 23 July 2021 |
| Archery |
Republic of Korea |
Mixed 144 arrows 70m round |
1380 |
1368 |
Republic of Korea |
Tokyo, 23 July 2021 |
| Weightlifting |
Li Fabin (China) |
Men’s 61kg |
143kg (snatch) |
139kg |
Eko Yuli Irawan (Indonesia) |
Tokyo, 25 July 2021 |
| Weightlifting |
Zhihui Hou (China) |
Women’s 49kg |
117kg (clean and jerk) |
116kg |
Zhihui Hou (China) |
Tokyo, 24 July 2021 |
| Weightlifting |
Luo Shifang (China) |
Women’s 59kg |
107kg (snatch) |
106kg |
Maude Charron (Canada) |
Paris, 8 August 2024 |
| Weightlifting |
Luo Shifang (China) |
Women’s 59kg |
134kg (clean and jerk) |
133kg |
Hsing-Chun Kuo (Chinese Taipei) |
Tokyo, 27 July 2021 |
| Weightlifting |
Luo Shifang (China) |
Women’s 59kg |
241kg (overall) |
236kg |
Hsing-Chun Kuo (Chinese Taipei) |
Tokyo, 27 July 2021 |
| Weightlifting |
Rizki Juniansyah (Japan) |
Men’s 73kg |
199kg (clean and jerk) |
198kg |
Zhiyong Shi (China) |
Tokyo, 28 July 2021 |
| Weightlifting |
Olivia Reeves (USA) |
Women’s 71kg |
117kg (snatch) |
116kg |
Angie Paola Palacios Dajomes (Ecuador) |
Paris, 9 August 2024 |
| Weightlifting |
Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda (Norway) |
Women’s 81kg |
154kg (clean and jerk) |
151kg |
Sara Ahmed (Egypt) |
Paris, 10 August 2024 |
| Weightlifting |
Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda (Norway) |
Women’s 81kg |
275kg (total) |
269kg |
Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda (Norway) |
Paris, 10 August 2024 |
| Canoe Sprint |
Hao Lui and Bowen Ji (China) |
Men’s canoe 500m double |
1:37.40 |
1:19.39 |
Zakhar Petrov and Alexey Korovashkov (AIN) |
Paris, 6 August 2024 |
| Canoe Sprint |
Australia |
Men’s kayak four 500m |
1:19.22 |
1:19.39 |
Australia |
Paris, 6 August 2024 |
| Canoe Sprint |
Jean van der Westhuyzen and Tom Green (Australia) |
Men’s kayak double 500m |
1:26.85 |
1:27.04 |
Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskotter (Germany) |
Athens, 28 August 2004 |
| Canoe Sprint |
Xu Shixiao and Sun Mengya (China) |
Women’s canoe 500m double |
1:52.81 |
1:53.73 |
Xu Shixiao and Sun Mengya (China) |
Paris, 9 August 2024 |
| Canoe Sprint |
Martin Fuksa (Czechia) |
Men’s canoe single 1000m |
3:43.16 |
3:44.69 |
Martin Fuksa (Czechia) |
Paris, 9 August 2024 |
| Canoe Sprint |
Lisa Carrington (New Zealand) |
Women’s kayak single 500m |
1:47.36 |
1:47.65 |
Rita Koban (Hungary) |
Atlanta, 4 August 1996 |
| Modern Pentathlon |
Anna Jurt (Switzerland) |
Women’s laser run |
633 points |
630 points |
Laura Asadauskaite (Lithuania) |
Paris, 10 August 2024 |
| Rowing |
Oliver Zeidler (Germany) |
Men’s single sculls |
6:35.77 |
6:40.45 |
Stefanos Ntouskos (Greece) |
Tokyo, 30 July 2021 |
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