2024 Olympics records list: US men's 4x400M relay team sets a new mark at the Games

PARIS — 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. Below is a selected list of world and Olympic records set at the Paris Games:

Saturday, Aug. 10

TRACK AND FIELD

Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Rai Benjamin of the United States ran the men's 4x400-meter relay in 2:54.43, breaking the Olympic record of 2:55.39 previously set by LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville and Jeremy Wariner at the Beijing Games in 2008.

Faith Kipyegon of Kenya ran the women's 1,500 meters in 3:51.29, breaking her own Olympic record of 3:53.11 from the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia ran the men’s marathon in 2:06:26, breaking the Olympic record of 2:06:32 previously set by Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya at the Beijing Games in 2008.

MODERN PENTATHLON

Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt completed his men's laser run with a score of 1,555, breaking the overall points world record of 1,551 set by Csaba Bohm of Hungary at the Modern Pentathlon World Championships in June.

Emiliano Hernández of Mexico did his men's laser run in 9:40.80/720, breaking the world record of 9:44.80/716 previously set by the Czech Republic's Martin Vlach at the 2023 Pentathlon World Cup.

Kerenza Bryson of Britain completed her women's laser run with a score of a 1,402, breaking the overall points Olympic record of 1,385 previously set by Kate French, also from Britain, at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania did her women's laser run in 11:10.90/630, breaking her own Olympic record of 11:38.37/602 set at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Friday, Aug. 9

TRACK AND FIELD

Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic ran the women’s 400 meters in 48.17 seconds, breaking the Olympic record of 48.25 seconds previously set by France’s Marie-José Perec at the Atlanta Games in 1996.

CYCLING TRACK

Lea Friedrich of Germany completed qualifying for the women's 200-meter flying start in 10.029 seconds, breaking the world record of 10.108 seconds set earlier in the same competition by Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand. Kelsey Mitchell of Canada had the record of 10.154 seconds from the 2019 Pan American Track Cycling Championships.

MODERN PENTATHLON

Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt completed his men's laser run semifinal with a score of 1,516, breaking the overall points Olympic record of 1,482 previously set by Joseph Choong of Britain at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Martin Vlach of the Czech Republic did his men's laser run in 9:47.46/713, breaking his own Olympic record of 10:30.13/670 from the Tokyo Games in 2021.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Karlos Nasar of Bulgaria lifted 224 kilograms in the men's 89-kilogram clean and jerk to break his own world record of 223 set in Doha, Qatar, in December. His overall total of 404 kilograms broke the world record of 396 set by Li Dayin of China at the 2023 Asian Championships.

Thursday, Aug. 8

TRACK AND FIELD

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the United States lowered her own world record to win the women’s 400-meter hurdles Olympic gold medal in 50.37 seconds. Her previous record was 50.65 set on June 30.

Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan won the men's javelin throw gold medal in an Olympic record 92.97 meters, breaking the previous record of 90.57 meters set by Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway at the 2008 Beijing Games.

SPORTS CLIMBING

Tom Watson of the United States set a speed climb world record of 4.74 seconds in the bronze-medal match after losing in the semifinals.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Luo Shifang set Olympic records in the snatch (107 kilograms), clean-and-jerk (134 kilograms) and total (241 kilograms) on her way to gold in the women's 59-kilogram snatch division.

Rizki Juniansyah of Indonesia set an Olympic record in clean and jerk with a lift of 199 kilograms in the men's 73-kilogram division.

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7

TRACK AND FIELD

Roje Stona of Jamaica won the men's discus throw gold medal in an Olympic record 70.00 meters.

TRACK CYCLING

Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands lowered the men's 200-meter flying start world record to 9.088 seconds.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Li Fabin set an Olympic record in 61-kilogram snatch with a lift of 143 kilograms.

Tuesday, Aug. 6

TRACK AND FIELD

Winfred Yavi of Bahrain won the women's 3000-meter steeplechase in an Olympic record 8 minutes, 52.76 seconds.

TRACK CYCLING

The Dutch men's team sprint set a world record of 40.949 to win the gold medal.

The Australian men's team pursuit set a world record of 3 minutes, 40.730 seconds in the heats of the Paris Games and went on to win the gold medal in the final.

The British women's team sprint set a world record of 45.186 to win the gold medal at the Paris Games.

Monday, Aug. 5

TRACK AND FIELD

Armand “Mondo” Duplantis improved his own pole vault world record to 6.25 meters to win the Olympic gold medal for Sweden.

CYCLING TRACK

Pauline Grabosch, Emma Hinze and Lea Friedrich of Germany completed their qualifying heat in women's team sprint in 45.377 seconds, breaking the world record of 45.472 set by Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane of Britain earlier in the day.

SPORT CLIMBING

Aleksandra Mirosław of Poland completed the women's speed climb in 6.06 seconds, breaking her own world record of 6.24 seconds set at the International Federation of Sport Climbing European qualifier in Rome in September 2023. Her second qualifying attempt of 6.21 was also under her old record.

Sunday, Aug. 4

SWIMMING

Bobby Finke of the United States swam the men's 1,500-meter freestyle in 14:30.67, breaking the world record of 14:31.02 set by Sun Yang of China at the London Games in 2012.

Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske of the United States swam the women's 4x100 medley relay in 3:49.63, breaking the world record of 3:50.40 set by the U.S. team of Smith, King, Kelsi Dahlia and Simone Manuel at the World Aquatics Championships in July 2019 in South Korea.

Saturday, Aug. 3

SWIMMING

Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske of the United States swam the mixed 4x100-meter relay in 3:37:43 to break the world record of 3:37.58 established by Britain when the event debuted at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Sarah Sjöström of Sweden swam her semifinal of the women's 50-meter freestyle in 23.66 seconds, breaking her own Olympic record of 23.85 previously set at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Friday, Aug. 2

TRACK AND FIELD

Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda ran the men's 10,000 meters in 26:43.14, breaking the Olympic record of 27:01.17 previously set by Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia at the Beijing Games in 2008.

Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown of the United States ran the mixed 4x400 meter relay in 3:07.41 in qualifying, breaking the world record of 3:08.80 set by fellow Americans Rosey Effiong, Matthew Boling, Alexis Holmes and Justin Robinson at the 2023 world championships in Budapest, Hungary.

SWIMMING

Léon Marchand of France swam the 200-meter individual medley in 1:54.06 for his fourth gold in Paris, breaking Michael Phelps' Olympic record of 1:54.23 set at the Beijing Games in 2008.

Kaylee McKeown of Australia swam the women's 200-meter backstroke in 2:03.73, breaking the Olympic record of 2:04.06 set by Missy Franklin of the U.S. at the London Games in 2012.

SHOOTING

Chiara Leone of Switzerland scored a 464.4 in the women's 50-meter rifle three positions final, breaking the Olympic record of 463.9 set by fellow Swiss shooter Nina Christen at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Thursday, Aug. 1

SWIMMING

Summer McIntosh of Canada swam the women's 200-meter butterfly in 2:03.03, breaking the Olympic record of 2:03.86 set by China's Zhang Yufei at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Mollie O’Callaghan, Lani Pallister, Brianna Throssell and Ariarne Titmus of Australia swam the women's 4x200-meter relay in 7:38.08, breaking the Olympic record of 7:40.33 set by China in 2021 at the Tokyo Games.

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.

Wednesday, 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.

Tuesday, 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.

RUGBY SEVENS

Maddison Levi of Australia scored 14 tries, breaking the single Olympics record of 10 by Portia Woodman-Wickliffe for New Zealand at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.

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.

Monday, 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 1:53:50 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.

Sunday, 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.

Saturday, July 27

SWIMMING

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 4x100 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.

Thursday, 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.