2024 Paris Olympics Records Recap

2024 Paris Olympics Records Recap

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To highlight a few of the records broken, Katie Ledecky (USA) tied the record of Larisa Latynina for the most gold Olympic medals won by a female athlete (9 gold medals), Mijaín López (Cuba) is now the sole holder of the record for the most gold medals won for Wrestling events at the Olympics (5 gold medals), Isabelle Werth (Germany) extended her record for the most wins in a single Olympics event (winning 7 times for Dressage), Lisa Carrington (New Zealand) tied the record for the most gold medals won in Canoeing events (8 gold medals), Alex Yee (Great Britain) became the first person to win 4 overall Olympic medals in triathlon events, Ma Long (China) extended his record for the most gold medals won in Table Tennis events at the Olympics (now 6), Diana Taurasi (USA) became the first player to win 6 gold medals for Basketball events (male or female) at the Olympics, Teddy Riner (France) became the athlete with the most gold medals won for Judo events (5 gold medals), Simone Biles (USA) extended her record as the most awarded American gymnast at the Olympics of all time and Vincent Hancock (USA) extended his record for the most gold medals won in Skeet Shooting Men’s Event at the Olympics after winning his 4th gold medal.

Several world records were also broken at the Olympics, for example Lim Si-hyeon (South Korea) broke the world record in the ranking round of the Women’s Individual Archery event, in the final of the Men’s Pole Vault Athletics event, Armand Duplantis (Sweden) broke his own world record with a height of 6.25 m and Aleksandra Miroslaw (Poland) broke her own world record in the qualification round of the Women’s Speed Sport Climbing event with a time of 6.06.

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ARCHERY

• Kim Woo-jin (South Korea) broke the record for the most Olympic medals won in Archery events at the Olympics after winning 3 gold medals  (Individual event, Men’s Team event & Mixed Team event) and bringing his total to 5 gold medals – the previous record holder was Kim Soo-nyung (South Korea) who won 4 gold medals for Archery events between 1988 – 2000

• In the ranking round of the Women’s Individual Archery event, Lim Si-hyeon (South Korea) broke the world record with a score of 694 (the record was previously held by Kang Chae-young (South Korea) with a score of 692)

• In the ranking round of the Women’s Team Archery event, South Korea’s Lim Si-hyeon, Nam Su-hyeon & Jeon Hun-young broke the Olympic record with a score of 2046 (the record was previously held by South Korea’s An San, Jang Min-hee & Kang Chae-young who scored 2032 at the Tokyo Olympics)

• In the ranking round of the Mixed Team Archery event, South Korea’s Kim Woo-jin and Lim Si-hyeon broke the Olympic record with a score of 1380 (the record was previously held by South Korea’s An San & Kim Je-deok who scored 1368 at the Tokyo Olympics)

ATHLETICS

• Ryan Crouser (USA) became the first athlete to win three gold medals for the Men’s Shot Put event at the Olympics after winning gold

• Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) won Botswana’s first-ever Olympic gold medal when he won the Men’s 200m Athletics event

• In the final of the Men’s Pole Vault Athletics event, Armand Duplantis (Sweden) broke his own world record with a height of 6.25 m (Duplantis’ previous record was 6.24m)

• In the final of the Men’s 10,000m Athletics event, Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) broke the Olympic record with a time of 26:43.14 (the record was previously held by Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) with a time of 27:01.17)

• In the final of the Men’s 1500m Athletics event, Cole Hocker (USA) broke the Olympic record with a time of 3:27.65 (the record was previously held by Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) with a time of 3.28.32)

• In the final of the Men’s Discus Throw Athletics event, Roje Stona (Jamaica) broke the Olympic record with a distance of 70m (the record was previously held by Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) with a distance of 69.89m)

• In the final of the Men’s Javelin Throw Athletics event, Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan) broke the Olympic record with a distance of 92.97m (the record was previously held by Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) with a distance of 90.67m)

• In the final of the Men’s Marathon Athletics event, Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia) broke the Olympic record with a time of 2:06.26 (the Olympic record was previously held by Samuel Wanjiru (Kenya) with a time of 2:06.32)

• In the final of the Men’s 4x400m relay Athletics event, the USA team (Christopher Bailey, Rai Benjamin, Bryce Deadmon & Vernon Norwood) broke the Olympic record with a time of 2:54.43 (the Olympic record was previously also held by the USA team with a time of 2:55.39)

• Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) became the first athlete (male or female) to win three gold medals in the 1500 metres event at the Olympics

• Nafissatou Thiam (Belgium) became the first athlete to win three gold medals for the Women’s Heptathlon event at the Olympics after winning gold

• Thea LaFond (Dominica) won Dominica’s first-ever Olympic medal when she won the gold medal for Women’s Triple Jump Athletics event

• Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia) won Saint Lucia’s first-ever Olympic medal when she won the gold medal for Women’s 100m Athletics event

• In the final of the Women’s 400m hurdles Athletics event, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) broke her own world record with a time of 50.37 (her previous world record was 50.65)

• In the final of the Women’s 3000m steeplechase Athletics event, Winfred Yavi (Bahrain) broke the Olympic record with a time of 8:52.76 (the record was previously held by Gulnara Galkina (Russia) with a time of 8:58.81)

• In the final of the Women’s 400m Athletics event, Marileidy Paulino (Dominican Republic) broke the Olympic record with a time of 48.17 (the Olympic record was previously held by Maira-José Pérec (France) with a time of 48.25)

• In the final of the Women’s 1500m Athletics event, Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) broke her own Olympic record with a time of 3:51.29 (Kipyegon’s previous Olympic record was 3:53.11)

• In the final of the Women’s marathon event, Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) broke the Olympic record with a time of 2:22:55 (the Olympic record was previously held by Tiki Gelana (Ethiopia) with a time of 2:23:07)

• In the final of the Mixed 4x400m relay Athletics event, the US team (Kaylyn Brown, Bryce Deadmon, Shamier Little, Vernon Norwood) broke the world record with a time of 3:07.41 (the record was previously also held by the USA team with a time of 3:08.80)

BADMINTON

• Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) tied the record of Lin Dan (China) for the most gold medals won in the Individual Badminton event (2), and he also joined only 6 other badminton players that have won 3 or more Olympic medals for badminton

BASKETBALL

• Kevin Durant (USA) broke his tie with Carmelo Anthony and he became the sole holder of the record for the most gold medals won for Men’s Basketball events at the Olympics  – Paris was Durant’s 4th gold medal, which also made him the first player to win 4 gold medals for Men’s Basketball

• Diana Taurasi (USA) broke her tie with Sue Bird and she became the sole holder of the record for the most gold medals won for Women’s Basketball Events at the Olympics – Paris was Taurasi’s 6th medal, which also made her the first player to win 6 gold medals for Basketball events (male or female) at the Olympics

BOXING

• Daniel Varela de Pina (Cape Verde) won Cape Verde’s first-ever Olympic medal when he won the bronze medal in Men’s 51kg Boxing event

• Cindy Ngamba (IOC) won IOC Refugees Team’s first-ever Olympic medal when she won the bronze medal in Women’s Middleweight event

CANOEING

• Lisa Carrington (New Zealand) tied the record of Birgit Fischer for the most gold medals won in Canoeing events (8 gold medals) at the Olympics after winning gold in K-1 500 metres, K-2 500 metres, K-4 500 metres; Carrington also became only the second woman to ever win the K-1, K-2 and K-4 gold medals in one year, joining Danuta Kozák who did so in 2016 in Rio

CYCLING

• The Australian team (Oliver Bleddyn, Conor Leahy, Kelland O’Brien, Sam Welsford) broke the world record in the first round of the Men’s Team Pursuit Track Cycling event with a time of 3:40.730 (the record was previously held by Italy with a time of 3:42.032)

• The Dutch team (Jeffrey Hoogland, Harrie Lavreysen & Roy van den Berg) broke their own world record in the Men’s Team Sprint Track Cycling event multiple times during the 2024 Olympics, setting the highest score with a time of 40.949 in the final (prior to the 2024 Olympics, their best time was 41.225)

• Great Britain (Emma Finucane, Sophie Capewell & Katy Marchant) broke the world record in the Women’s Team Sprint Track Cycling event multiple times during the 2024 Olympics, setting highest score with a time of 45.186 in the final (the record was previously held by China with a time of 45.487)

EQUESTRIAN

• Isabelle Werth (Germany) is now in a tie with Katie Ledecky (USA) and Emma McKeon (Australia) for the 2nd most Olympic medals won by a female athlete (14 medals), second only to the gymnast Larisa Latynina (18 medals) after winning the gold for Team Dressage event and silver for Individual dressage event ; Werth also extended her record for the most medals won by an individual for the Equestrian events (14) and she also extended her record for the most wins in a single Olympics event (winning 7 times for Dressage)

GYMNASTICS

• Simone Biles (USA) now holds the record for the longest gaps between gold medals won in the Individual all-around and Vault Gymnastics events (8 years) and Biles also tied the record for the most gold medals won for Women’s Vault (2) and most medals won for Team All-around event (3). Biles also became the first American athlete to win two gold medals for Individual all-around and Vault, the first American athlete to win 3 medals for gymnastics team events and she extended her record as the most awarded American gymnast at the Olympics of all time. Additionally, Biles is now in 2nd place for the total amount of medals won in Women’s Gymnastics events (11 medals), second only to Larisa Latynina, who won 18 medals

JUDO

• Teddy Riner (France) broke his tie with Ryoko Tani (5 medals) and he became the athlete with the most Judo medals won at the Olympics (7 medals) and also he became the athlete with the most gold medals won for Judo events (5 gold medals); Riner also became the first man to win 3 gold medals in the Judo 100+ kg event

SHOOTING

• Vincent Hancock (USA) extended his record for the most gold medals won in Skeet Shooting Men’s Event at the Olympics after winning his 4th gold medal  (Hancock remains to be only man to win the gold medal in the event on multiple occasions)

• Sheng Lihao (China) broke the Olympic record in the final of the men’s 10m Air Rifle event with a score of 252.2 (the previous record holder was USA’s William Shaner with a score of 251.6)

• Nathan Hales (Great Britain) broke the Olympic record in the final of the Men’s Trap event with a score of 48 (the record was previously shared by the Czech Republic’s Jiri Lipták & David Kostelecký with a score of 43)

• Adriana Ruano (Guatemala) won Guatemala’s first-ever gold medal when she won Women’s Trap event

• Oh Ye-jin (South Korea) broke the Olympic record in the final of the Women’s 10m Air Pistol event with a score of 243.2 (the previous record holder was Russia’s Vitalina Batsarashkina with a score of 240.3)

• Ban Hyo-jin (South Korea) broke the Olympic record in the qualification round of the Women’s 10m Air Rifle event with a score of 634.5 (the record was previously held by Norway’s Jeanette Hegg Duestad with a score of 632.9)

• Adriana Ruano Oliva (Guatemala) broke the Olympic record in the final of the Women’s Trap event with a score of 45 (the record was previously held by Slovakia’s Zuzana Rehák-Stefeceková with a score of 43)

• Chiara Leone (Switzerland) broke the Olympic record in the final of the Women’s 50m Rifle Three Positions event with a score of 464.4 (the record was previously held by Switzerland’s Nina Christen with a score of 463.9)

• The Italian team (Diana Bacosi & Gabriele Rossetti) set the world record in the qualification round of the Mixed Skeet Team event with a score of 149

SPORT CLIMBING

• Sam Watson (USA) broke his own world record in the final of the Men’s Speed Sport Climbing event  with a time of 4.74 (Watson’s previous world record from April of this year was 4.79)

• Aleksandra Miroslaw (Poland) broke her own world record in the qualification round of the Women’s Speed Sport Climbing event  with a time of 6.06 (Miroslaw’s previous world record was a time of 6.24 from 2023)

SWIMMING

• Katie Ledecky (USA) tied the record of Larisa Latynina for the most gold Olympic medals won by a female athlete (9 gold medals) after she won gold medals for 800m and 1500m freestyle events  – by doing so, she also joined an elite group of 7 athletes (male or female) who have won 9 or more gold medals

• Katie Ledecky (USA) also extended her record for the most consecutive gold medals won in the 800m freestyle swimming event at the Olympics – Paris was her 4th gold medal in a row

• Katie Ledecky (USA) and Emma McKeon (Australia) are now jointly holding the record for the second most overall medals won at the summer Olympics (14 medals) for a female athlete (in a tie with the Equestrian champion Isabelle Werth), second only to the gymnast Larisa Latynina (18 medals won); Ledecky and McKeon are also tied for the most Olympic medals won by a female swimmer (14)

• Gretchen Walsh (USA) broke the Olympic record in the semifinal of the Women’s 100m Butterfly event with a time of 55.38 (the record was previously held by Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom with a time of 55.48)

• The Australian team broke the Olympic record in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay event (Harris, Jack, O’Callaghan, McKeon) with a time of 3:28.92 (record previously also held by Australia with a time of 3:29.69) and also in the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay event (O’Callaghan, Pallister, Throssell, Titmus) with a time of 7:38.08 (record previously held by China with a time of 7:40.33)

• Mollie O’Callaghan (Australia) broke the Olympic record in the final of the Women’s 200m Freestyle event with a time of 1:53.27 (the record was previously held by Australia’s Ariarne Titmus with a time of 1:53.50)

• Kaylee McKeown (Australia) broke her own Olympic record in the final of the Women’ 100m Backstroke event with a time of 57.33 (her previous best was 57.47) and also the Olympic record in the final of the Women’s 200m Backstroke event with a time of 2:03.73 (breaking the Olympic record of USA’s Missy Franklin with a time of 2:04.06)

• Katie Ledecky (USA) broke her own Olympic record in the final of the Women’s 1500m Freestyle event with a time of 15:30.02 (her previous record was 15:35.35)

• Summer McIntosh (Canada) broke the Olympic record in the final of the Women’s 200m Butterfly event with a time of 2:03.03 (the Olympic record was previously held by China’s Zhang Yufei with a time of 2:03.86) and also the Olympic record in the final of Women’s 200m Individual Medley event with a time of 2:06.56 (breaking the Olympic record of Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú with a time of 2:06.58)

• Sarah Sjostrom (Sweden) broke the Olympic record in the semifinal of the Women’s 50m Freestyle event with a time of 23.66 (the record was previously held by Australia’s Emma McKeon with a time of 23.81)

• The USA team (Torri Huske, Lilly King, Regan Smith & Gretchen Walsh) broke the world record in the final of the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay with a time of 3:49.63 (the record was previously also held by the US team with a time of 3:50.40)

• USA’s Caeleb Dressel also joined the elite 9 gold medals group after winning 2 gold medals for 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m mixed events and bringing his gold medals total to 9

• Pan Zhanle (China) broke his own world record in the final of the Men’s 100m Freestyle event with a time of 46.40 (his previous best was 46.80)

• Bobby Finke (USA) broke the world record in the final of the Men’s 1500m Freestyle event with a time of 14:30.67 (the previous record holder was Sun Yang (China) with a time of 14:31.02)

• The USA team (Nic Fink, Torri Huske, Ryan Murphy & Gretchen Walsh) broke the world record in the final of the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay with a time of 3:37.43 (the record was previously held by Great Britain with a time of 3:37.58)

• Léon Marchand (France) broke the Olympic records in the finals of Men’s 400m Individual Medley (with a time of 4:02.95, breaking the Olympic record of USA’s Michael Phelps who had a time of 4:03.84), Men’s 200m Butterfly (1:51.21, breaking the record of Hungary’s Kristóf Milák who had a time of 1:51.25), Men’s 200m Breaststroke (2:05.85, breaking the Olympic record of Australia’s Zac Stubblety-Cook who had a time of 2:06.38) and Men’s 200m Individual Medley (1:54.06, breaking the Olympic record of USA’s Michael Phelps who had a time of 1:54.23)

• Daniel Wiffen (Ireland) broke the Olympic record in the final of the Men’s 800m Freestyle event with a time of 7:38.19 (the Olympic record was previously held by Ukraine’s Mykhailo Romanchuk with a time of 7:41.28)

TABLE TENNIS

• Ma Long (China) extended his record for the most gold medals won in Table Tennis events at the Olympics (now 6) after winning Men’s Team Table Tennis event , and he also broke his tie with Wang Nan for the most overall medals won for Table Tennis events (Wang Nan won 5, Ma Long 6)

TRIATHLON

• Alex Yee (Great Britain) tied the record of Alistair Brownlee (Great Britain) for the most gold medals won in Triathlon events at the Olympics (2 gold medals) and he also became the first person to win 4 overall Olympic medals in triathlon events – Yee won the Individual Triathlon gold medal and also the Mixed Relay event

WEIGHT LIFTING

• Lasha Talakhadze (Georgia) is now one of only 6 athletes who have won 3 gold medals at the Olympics for Weightlifting events after winning a gold medal  for the +102 kg Weightlifting event

WRESTLING

• Mijaín López (Cuba) broke his tie with Kaori Icho and he is now the sole holder of the record for the most gold medals won for Wrestling events at the Olympics (5 gold medals); López also became the athlete with the most consecutive gold medals won in a single Olympics event for individual events – López has won Men’s Greco-Roman 130 kg Wrestling event for the last 5 Olympics in a row

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