Paris 2024 Olympics: A Record-Breaking Games

The Paris 2024 Olympics witnessed a thrilling display of athletic prowess, with numerous records falling across various disciplines. From the pool to the track and field, athletes pushed their limits and etched their names into the history books.

Swimming

saw a flurry of record-breaking performances. Gretchen Walsh (USA) set a new mark in the women’s 100m butterfly, while Australia dominated the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay. Leon Marchand (France) emerged as a standout, rewriting records in the men’s 400m individual medley, 200m butterfly, and 200m breaststroke. Other notable records were achieved by Mollie O’Callaghan (Australia) in the women’s 200m freestyle, Daniel Wiffen (Ireland) in the 800m freestyle, Katie Ledecky (USA) in the women’s 1500m freestyle, Summer MacIntosh (Canada) in the women’s 200m butterfly, and Kaylee McKeown (Australia) in the women’s 200m backstroke.

In

Athletics

, Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) broke the men’s 10,000m record previously held by Kenenisa Bekele. Niklas Kaul (Germany) and Lindon Victor (Grenada) established new marks in the decathlon. Winfrid Yavi (Bahrain) set a new record in the women’s 3000m steeplechase. Other standout performances included Cole Hocker (USA) in the men’s 1500m, Roje Stona (Jamaica) in the men’s discus throw, Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan) in the javelin throw, and Marileidy Paulino (Dominica) in the women’s 400m. Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia) and Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) dominated the men’s and women’s marathon respectively, breaking previous records. Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) further solidified her dominance in the women’s 1500m.

Shooting

saw a number of record-breaking performances. Oh Ye Jin (South Korea) set a new mark in the women’s 10m air pistol, while Ban Hyojin (Korea) and Huang Yutin (China) tied the existing record in the women’s 10m air rifle. Sheng Lihao (China) set a new record in the men’s 10m air rifle. Nathan Hales (Great Britain) and Adriana Ruano (Guatemala) established new records in the men’s and women’s trap shooting respectively. Chiara Leone (Switzerland) set a new record in the women’s 50m rifle 3 position.

In

Archery

, the Republic of Korea continued their dominance, setting new records in the women’s 216 arrows 70m round and mixed 144 arrows 70m round.

Weightlifting

witnessed a number of remarkable performances. Li Fabin (China) set a new record in the men’s 61kg snatch, while Zhihui Hou (China) broke the record in the women’s 49kg clean and jerk. Luo Shifang (China) dominated the women’s 59kg category, shattering records in the snatch, clean and jerk, and overall total. Rizki Juniansyah (Japan) set a new record in the men’s 73kg clean and jerk. Olivia Reeves (USA) set a new record in the women’s 71kg snatch. Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda (Norway) set new records in the women’s 81kg clean and jerk and overall total.

Canoe sprint

saw Hao Lui and Bowen Ji (China) setting a new record in the men’s canoe 500m double. Australia also set a new record in the men’s kayak four 500m. Jean van der Westhuyzen and Tom Green (Australia) established a new record in the men’s kayak double 500m. Xu Shixiao and Sun Mengya (China) set a new record in the women’s canoe 500m double. Martin Fuksa (Czechia) set a new record in the men’s canoe single 1000m. Lisa Carrington (New Zealand) set a new record in the women’s kayak single 500m.

Modern pentathlon

saw Anna Jurt (Switzerland) setting a new record in the women’s laser run.

Rowing

saw Oliver Zeidler (Germany) setting a new record in the men’s single sculls.