PARIS (AP) — Records are being broken daily at the 2024 Olympics, which run from July 27-Aug. 11, as athletes and teams win medals across 32 sports. See which countries lead the medal count, the medal winners and the highlights in today’s schedule. Below is a list of all the world and Olympic records set at the Paris Games.
AUG. 1
ROWING
Oliver Zeidler of Germany completed his semifinal in men’s singles sculls in 6:35.77, breaking the Olympic record of 6:40.45 set by Stefanos Ntouskos of Greece at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
JULY 31
SWIMMING
Pan Zhanle of China swam the men’s 100-meter freestyle in 46.40 seconds to break his own world record of 46.80 from the world aquatics championship in February.
Léon Marchand of France broke two Olympic records set three years ago in Tokyo on the same night. He swam the men’s 200-meter butterfly in 1:51.21 to best the 1:51.25 time by Kristof Milak of Hungary, then two hours later completed the 200 breaststroke in 2:05.85 to eclipse the previous mark of 2:06.38 by Zac Stubblety-Cook of Australia.
Katie Ledecky of the United States swam the women’s 1,500-meter freestyle in 15:30.02, breaking her own Olympic record of 15:35.35 from Tokyo in 2021.
SHOOTING
Adriana Ruano of Guatemala hit 45 of 50 targets in the women’s trap competition to break the Olympic record of 43 set by Rehak Stefecekova of Slovakia at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
JULY 30
SWIMMING
Kaylee McKeown of Australia swam the women’s 100-meter backstroke in 57.33 seconds, breaking her own Olympic record of 57.47 set at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
Daniel Wiffen of Ireland swam the men’s 800-meter freestyle in 7:38.19, breaking the Olympic record of 7:41.28 set by Mykhailo Romanchuk of Ukraine at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
SHOOTING
Nathan Hales of Britain scored a 48 in men’s trap, breaking the Olympic record of 43 set by Jiri Liptak and David Kosteleck at the Tokyo Games in 2021, when they decided gold in a shoot-off.
JULY 29
SWIMMING
Mollie O’Callaghan of Australia swam the women’s 200-meter freestyle final in 1:53.27, breaking the Olympic record of 153:50 set by Ariarne Titmus, also from Australia, at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
SHOOTING
Sheng Lihao of China scored 252 in men’s 10-meter air rifle, breaking the Olympic record of 251.6 set by William Shaner of the United States at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
Ban Hyojin of South Korea and Huang Yuting of China each scored a 251.8 in women’s team 10-meter air rifle to tie the Olympic record set by China’s Yang Qian at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
Yusef Dikec and Ilayda Tarhan of Turkey scored a 582 in mixed team 10-meter air pistol to tie the Olympic record set by India’s Manu Bhaker and Chaudhary Saurabh at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
JULY 28
SWIMMING
Léon Marchand of France swam the men’s 400-meter individual medley in 4:02.95, breaking the Olympic record of 4:03.84 set by Michael Phelps of the United States at the 2008 Beijing Games.
SHOOTING
Oh Ye Jin of South Korea scored a 243.2 in women’s 10-meter air pistol, breaking the Olympic record of 240.3 set by Vitalina Batsarashkina representing the Russian Olympic Committee at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Roommate Kim Yeji also surpassed the previous mark with her score of 241.3 and won the silver medal.
JULY 27
Gretchen Walsh of the United States swam the women’s 100-meter butterfly in 55.37 seconds, breaking the Olympic record of 55.48 seconds set by Sarah Sjöström of Sweden at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris of Australia swam the 4×100 freestyle relay in 3:28.92, breaking their own Olympic record of 3:29.69 from the Tokyo Games in 2021.
Pan Zhanle of China swam the men’s 100-meter freestyle in 46.92 seconds, breaking the Olympic record set by Caeleb Dressel at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
JULY 25
ARCHERY
Lim Si-hyeon of South Korea scored 694 in the women’s 72 arrows 70-meter round, breaking the world record held by Kang Chae-young, also from South Korea, who had a 692 in 2019.
Jeon Hun-young, Lim Si-hyeon and Nam Su-hyeon of South Korea scored 2,046 in women’s 216 arrows 70-meter round, breaking the Olympic record of 2,032 set by South Korea’s An San, Jang Min-hee, Kang Chae-young at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
Lim Si-hyeon and Kim Woo-jin of South Korea scored 1,380 in mixed 144 arrows 70-meter round, breaking the Olympic record of 1,368 set by South Korea’s An San and Kim Je-deok at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
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