The 17th edition of the Paralympic Games, held in Paris from August 28 to September 8, 2024, proved to be a record-breaking spectacle. Over the course of the 11-day event, athletes across archery, athletics, swimming, track cycling, rowing, and powerlifting shattered nearly 100 world records, demonstrating the exceptional skill and determination of these incredible individuals.
Archery
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Women’s Individual – W1 – 72 Arrow Ranking Round:
Sarka Pultar Musilova (CZE) set a new world record with a score of 659 points, surpassing the previous record of 657 points held by Jessica Stretton (GBR) since 2017.*
Women’s Individual Compound – Open – 72 Arrow Ranking Round:
Oznur Cure Girdi (TUR) claimed a new world record of 704 points, exceeding the previous record of 698 points set by Phoebe Paterson Pine (GBR) in 2024.*
Mixed Team Compound – Open – 144 Arrow Ranking Round:
The Indian duo of Sheetal Devi & Rakesh Kumar established a new world record of 1399 points, surpassing the previous record of 1398 points set by their compatriots Sarita & Rakesh Kumar in 2023.Athletics
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Men’s 100m – T38:
Jaydin Blackwell (USA) bettered his own world record set earlier in 2024, clocking in at 10.64 seconds.*
Men’s 200m – T44:
Mpumelelo Mhlongo (RSA) improved upon his own world record set in Tokyo 2021, finishing in 22.62 seconds.*
Men’s 400m – T36:
James Turner (AUS) broke his previous world record set in 2019, finishing in 51.54 seconds.*
Men’s 400m – T38:
Jaydin Blackwell (USA) equaled his own world record set in 2023, with a time of 48.49 seconds.*
Men’s 400m – T46/47:
Aymane El Haddaoui (MAR) established a new world record of 46.65 seconds, surpassing his own record set earlier in 2024.*
Men’s 1500m – T11:
Yeltsin Jacques (BRA) improved upon his own world record set in Tokyo 2021, finishing in 3:55.82 seconds.*
Men’s 1500m – T13:
Yassine Ouhdadi El Ataby (ESP) set a new world record of 3:46.20 seconds, breaking the record held by Abdellatif Baka (Algeria) since 2016.*
Men’s 1500m – T20:
Ben Sandilands (GBR) established a new world record of 3:45.40 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 3:45.50 seconds set by Michael Brannigan (USA) in 2017.*
Men’s 5000m – T11:
Julio Cesar Agripino Dos Santos (BRA) broke the world record set by Yeltsin Jacques (BRA) in 2024, finishing in 14:48.85 seconds.*
Men’s Long Jump – T11:
Di Dongdong (CHN) set a new world record of 6.85m, breaking the record held by Lex Gillette (USA) since 2014.*
Men’s Long Jump – T44:
Mpumelelo Mhlongo (RSA) broke his own world record set in 2019, jumping 7.12 meters.*
Men’s Long Jump – T63:
Joel de Jong (NED) improved upon his own world record set earlier in 2024, jumping 7.68 meters.*
Men’s Shot Put – F20:
Oleksandr Yarovyi (UKR) set a new world record of 17.61m, surpassing the previous record of 17.57m set by Maksym Koval (UKR) in 2023.*
Men’s Shot Put – F33:
Cai Bingchen (CHN) set a new world record of 12.77m, breaking the previous record of 12.36m held by Evgenii Malykh (RUS).*
Men’s Shot Put – F36:
Vladimir Sviridov (NPA) set a new world record of 17.18m, breaking the record held by Yassine Guenichi (TUN) since 2023.*
Men’s Shot Put – F53:
Giga Ochkhikidze (GEO) established a new world record of 9.66m, surpassing the previous record of 8.84m set by Abdelillah Gani (MAR) in 2024.*
Men’s Discus Throw – F52:
Rigivan Ganeshamoorthy (ITA) set a new world record of 27.06m, breaking the record held by Andre Rocha (BRA) since 2017.*
Men’s Javelin Throw – F13:
Daniel Pembroke (GBR) set a new world record of 74.49m, surpassing the previous record of 71.01m set by Aleksandr Svechnikov (UZB) in 2017.*
Men’s Javelin Throw – F34:
Saeid Afrooz (IRI) broke his own world record set in 2023, with a throw of 41.16 meters.*
Men’s Javelin Throw – F38:
Jose Gregorio Lemos Rivas (COL) broke his own world record set in 2023, throwing 63.81 meters.*
Men’s Javelin Throw – F44:
Dulan Kodithuwakku (SRI) broke his own world record set earlier in 2024, with a throw of 67.03 meters.*
Women’s 100m – T11:
Jerusa Geber dos Santos (BRA) improved upon her own world record set in 2023, finishing in 11.80 seconds.*
Women’s 100m – T13:
Lamiya Valiyeva (AZE) set a new world record of 11.76 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 11.79 seconds set by Leilia Adzhametova (UKR) in 2016.*
Women’s 100m – T38:
Karen Tatiana Palomeque Moreno (COL) set a new world record of 12.26 seconds, breaking the record held by Sophie Hahn (GBR) since 2021.*
Women’s 100m – T42:
Karisma Evi Tiarani (INA) improved upon her own world record set in 2023, finishing in 14.34 seconds.*
Women’s 400m – T13:
Rayane Soares da Silva (BRA) set a new world record of 53.55 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 54.46 seconds set by Marla Runyan (USA) in 1995.*
Women’s 400m – T20:
Aysel Onder (TUR) established a new world record of 54.96 seconds, breaking the record held by Deepthi Jeevanji (IND) since 2024.*
Women’s 400m – T38:
Karen Tatiana Palomeque Moreno (COL) broke her own world record set earlier in 2024, finishing in 58.67 seconds.*
Women’s 1500m – T11:
Yayesh Gate Tesfaw (ETH) broke her own world record set in 2024, finishing in 4:27.68 seconds.*
Women’s Marathon – T12:
Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi (MAR) set a new world record of 2:48:36, breaking the record held by Misato Michishita (JPN) since 2020.*
Women’s Long Jump – T61:
Vanessa Low (AUS) improved upon her own world record set earlier in 2024, jumping 5.45 meters.*
Women’s Shot Put – F20:
Sabrina Fortune (GBR) improved upon her own world record set earlier in 2024, throwing 15.12 meters.*
Women’s Shot Put – F32:
Anastasiia Moskalenko (UKR) set a new world record of 8.00m, surpassing the previous record of 7.85m set by Wanna Helena Brito Oliveira (BRA) in 2024.*
Women’s Shot Put – F46:
Noelle Malkamaki (USA) broke her own world record set earlier in 2024, throwing 14.06 meters.*
Women’s Shot Put – F53:
Elizabeth Rodrigues Gomes (BRA) improved upon her own world record set in 2023, throwing 7.82 meters.*
Women’s Javelin Throw – F12:
Zhao Yuping (CHN) broke her own world record set in 2019, throwing 47.06 meters.*
Women’s Javelin Throw – F34:
Zou Lijuan (CHN) improved upon her own world record set in Tokyo 2021, throwing 22.55 meters.*
Women’s Javelin Throw – F54:
Nurkhon Kurbanova (UZB) broke her own world record set in 2024, throwing 21.12 meters.*
Women’s Club Throw – F32:
Maroua Ibrahmi (TUN) set a new world record of 29.00m, surpassing the previous record of 28.77m set by Roza Kozakowska (POL) in 2024.*
4x100m Universal Relay:
China (Zhou Guohua, Wang Hao, Wen Xiaoyan, Hu Yang) set a new world record of 45.07 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 45.52 seconds set by the USA in Tokyo 2021.Swimming
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Men’s 50m Freestyle – S4:
Sebastian Massabie (CAN) set a new world record of 35.61 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 36.25 seconds held by Ami Omer Dadaon (ISR) since 2022.*
Men’s 50m Freestyle – S5:
Guo Jincheng (CHN) broke his own world record set in 2023, finishing in 29.33 seconds.*
Men’s 50m Freestyle – S7:
Andrii Trusov (UKR) broke his own world record set in 2019, finishing in 26.38 seconds.*
Men’s 50m Freestyle – S9:
Simone Barlaam (ITA) broke his own world record set in 2023, finishing in 23.90 seconds.*
Men’s 200m Freestyle – S14:
William Ellard (GBR) set a new world record of 1:51.30, breaking the record held by Reece Dunn (GBR) since Tokyo 2021.*
Men’s 100m Backstroke – S11:
Mykhailo Serbin (UKR) broke his own world record set in 2023, finishing in 1:05.84 seconds.*
Men’s 100m Backstroke – S12:
Stephen Clegg (GBR) set a new world record of 59.02 seconds, breaking the record held by Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov (RUS) since 2012.*
Men’s 100m Backstroke – S14:
Benjamin Hance (AUS) broke his own world record set in 2021, finishing in 56.52 seconds.*
Men’s 100m Breaststroke – SB13:
Taliso Engel (GER) broke his own world record set earlier in 2024, finishing in 1:01.84 seconds.*
Men’s 50m Butterfly – S5:
Guo Jincheng (CHN) set a new world record of 30.28 seconds, breaking the record held by Zheng Tao (CHN) since Tokyo 2021.*
Men’s 150m Individual Medley – SM2:
Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo (BRA) broke his own world record set in 2023, finishing in 3:15.06 seconds.*
Men’s 200m Individual Medley – SM6:
Yang Hong (CHN) broke his own world record set in 2023, finishing in 2:37.31 seconds.*
Men’s 200m Individual Medley – SM13:
Ihar Boki (NPA) improved upon his own world record set in Tokyo 2021, finishing in 2:02.03 seconds.*
Women’s 50m Freestyle – S3:
Leanne Smith (USA) set a new world record of 40.03 seconds, breaking the record held by Arjola Trimi (ITA) and previously by herself since 2021 and 2022, respectively.*
Women’s 50m Freestyle – S9:
Christie Raleigh-Crossley (USA) set a new world record of 27.28 seconds, breaking the record held by Sophie Pascoe (NZL) since 2019.*
Women’s 50m Freestyle – S10:
Chen Yi (CHN) set a new world record of 27.10 seconds, breaking the record held by Aurelie Rivard (CAN) since 2016.*
Women’s 50m Freestyle – S11:
Ma Jia (CHN) broke her own world record set in Tokyo 2021, finishing in 28.96 seconds.*
Women’s 100m Freestyle – S6:
Jiang Yuyan (CHN) broke her own world record set in 2023, finishing in 1:09.68 seconds.*
Women’s 100m Freestyle – S9:
Alexa Leary (AUS) broke her own world record set earlier in 2024, finishing in 59.53 seconds.*
Women’s 100m Freestyle – S11:
Daria Lukianenko (NPA) set a new world record of 1:04.88 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 1:05.14 seconds set by Liesette Bruinsma (NED) in 2018.*
Women’s 100m Backstroke – S6:
Jiang Yuyan (CHN) set a new world record of 1:19.44 seconds, breaking the record held by Ellie Marks (USA) since Tokyo 2021.*
Women’s 100m Breaststroke – SB7:
Mariia Pavlova (NPA) broke her own world record set earlier in 2024, finishing in 1:26.09 seconds.*
Women’s 100m Breaststroke – SB12:
Elena Krawzow (GER) broke her own world record set in 2019, finishing in 1:12.54 seconds.*
Women’s 50m Butterfly – S5:
Lu Dong (CHN) set a new world record of 38.17 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 39.32 seconds set by He Shenggao (CHN) in 2023.*
Women’s 100m Butterfly – S14:
Poppy Maskill (GBR) set a new world record of 1:03.00, breaking the record held by Olivia Newman-Baronius (GBR) and Valeriia Shabalina (RUS) since 2024 and 2022, respectively.*
Women’s 200m Individual Medley – SM11:
Daria Lukianenko (NPA) broke her own world record set earlier in 2024, finishing in 2:37.77 seconds.*
Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay – 34 Points:
Italy (Stefano Raimondi, Giulia Terzi, Xenia Francesca Palazzo, Simone Barlaam) set a new world record of 4:01.54 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 4:02.53 seconds set by the same team in 2022.*
Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay – 20 Points:
China (Peng Qiuping, Yuan Weiyi, Jiang Yuyan, Guo Jincheng) set a new world record of 2:14.98 seconds, breaking the previous record of 2:15.49 seconds set by the same team in Tokyo 2021.*
Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay – 20 Points:
China (Lu Dong, Zhang Li, Wang Lichao, Guo Jincheng) set a new world record of 2:24.83 seconds, breaking the previous record of 2:27.45 seconds set by the same team in 2023.Cycling
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Men’s C1 3000m Individual Pursuit:
Li Zhangyu (CHN) set a new world record of 3:31.338 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 3:35.954 seconds set by Mikhail Astashov (RPC) in Tokyo 2021.*
Men’s B 4000m Individual Pursuit:
Tristan Bangma (NED) broke his own world record set earlier in 2024, finishing in 3:55.396 seconds.*
Men’s C2 3000m Individual Pursuit:
Alexandre Leaute (FRA) broke his own world record set in 2023, finishing in 3:24.298 seconds.*
Men’s C3 3000m Individual Pursuit:
Jaco van Gass (GBR) broke his own world record set in Tokyo 2021, finishing in 3:15.488 seconds.*
Men’s C4 4000m Individual Pursuit:
Archie Atkinson (GBR) set a new world record of 4:17.700 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 4:22.772 seconds set by Jozef Metelka (SVK) in Tokyo 2021.*
Men’s C2 1000m Time Trial:
Alexandre Leaute (FRA) broke his own world record set earlier in 2024, finishing in 1:07.944 seconds.*
Men’s C3 1000m Time Trial:
Jaco van Gass (GBR) set a new world record of 1:04.825 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 1:05.259 seconds set by Devon Briggs (NZL) in 2024.*
Men’s C5 4000m Individual Pursuit:
Dorian Foulon (FRA) broke his own world record set in Tokyo 2021, finishing in 4:13.934 seconds.*
Women’s B 3000m Individual Pursuit:
Sophie Unwin (GBR) set a new world record of 3:17.643 seconds, breaking the record held by Lora Fachie (GBR) since Tokyo 2021.*
Women’s C2 3000m Individual Pursuit:
Daphne Schrager (GBR) broke her own world record set in 2023, finishing in 3:45.133 seconds.*
Women’s C3 3000m Individual Pursuit:
Wang Xiaomei (CHN) set a new world record of 3:41.692 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 3:50.815 seconds set by Greco Paige (AUS) in Tokyo 2021.*
Women’s C4 3000m Individual Pursuit:
Emily Petricola (AUS) broke her own world record set in Tokyo 2021, finishing in 3:35.856 seconds.*
Women’s C1 500m Time Trial:
Qian Wangwei (CHN) broke her own world record set in 2023, finishing in 40.878 seconds.*
Women’s C3 500m Time Trial:
Mel Pemble (CAN) set a new world record of 38.512 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 39.093 seconds set by Aniek Van Den Aarssen (AUS) in 2022.*
Women’s C5 500m Time Trial:
Caroline Groot (NED) broke her own world record set in Tokyo 2021, finishing in 35.390 seconds.Rowing
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PARA ROWING Mixed Double Sculls – PR2Mix2x:
Lauren Rowles & Gregg Stevenson (GBR) broke their own world record set in 2023, finishing in 7:56.92 seconds.*
Mixed Coxed Four – PR3Mix4+:
Great Britain (Francesca Allen, Giedre Rakauskaite, Josh O’Brien, Ed Fuller, Erin Kennedy) set a new world record of 6:43.68 seconds, breaking the previous record of 6:47.29 seconds set by the same team in 2023.Powerlifting
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Men’s -72kg:
Bonnie Bunyau Gustin (MAS) broke his own world record set in 2023, lifting 232 kg.*
Men’s -80kg:
Roohallah Rostami (IRI) broke his own world record set in 2021, lifting 242 kg.*
Men’s -97kg:
Abdelkareem Mohmmad Ahmad Khattab (JOR) set a new world record of 270 kg, surpassing the previous record of 260 kg set by himself in 2024.*
Women’s -45kg:
Guo Lingling (CHN) broke her own world record set earlier in 2024, lifting 123 kg.*
Women’s -61kg:
Onyinyechi Mark (NGR) broke her own world record set in 2023, lifting 150 kg.*
Women’s -67kg:
Tan Yujiao (CHN) broke her own world record set in 2023, lifting 142 kg.*
Women’s -79kg:
Han Miaoyu (CHN) broke her own world record set earlier in 2024, lifting 154 kg.*
