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The Olympics are one of the most watched sporting events around the world. The 2024 Summer Paris Olympic Games are just weeks away, and we’ve already seen incredible feats from talented athletes, including breaking previously unbroken world records. Take a look below!
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July 30: Women’s 100m backstroke
Australia’s Kayleigh McKeown broke her own Olympic record of 57.47 seconds at the 2021 Tokyo Games. She swam the women’s 100m backstroke in 57.33 seconds to win gold for Australia.
July 30: Men’s 800 m freestyle
Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen broke the Olympic record of 7:41.28 set by Ukraine’s Mikhailo Romanchuk at the 2021 Tokyo Games. He swam the men’s 800m freestyle in 7:38.19.
July 29: Women’s 200 m freestyle
Australia’s Mollie O’Callaghan broke the Olympic record of 1:53:50 set by another Australian, Ariane Titmus, at the 2021 Tokyo Games. She swam the women’s 200m freestyle final in 1:53.27.
July 28: Men’s 400 m individual medley
Leon Marchand of France broke the Olympic record of 4:03.84 set by American champion Michael Phelps at the 2008 Beijing Games. He swam the men’s 400-meter individual medley in 4:02.95.
July 27: Women’s 100m butterfly
Gretchen Walsh of the United States broke Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström’s Olympic record of 55.48 seconds set at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. She swam the women’s 100-meter butterfly in 55.37 seconds.
July 27: Men’s 100m Freestyle
China’s Pan Zhanlei broke the Olympic record of 47.02 seconds set by Caeleb Dressel at the 2021 Tokyo Games. He swam the men’s 100m freestyle in 46.92 seconds.
July 27: 4×100 freestyle relay
Australia’s Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris broke their own Olympic record of 3:29.69 from the Tokyo Games in 2021. They swam the 4×100 freestyle relay in 3:28.92.
Surfing
July 29: Men’s Surfing
Three-time world champion Gabriel Medina of Brazil scored 9.90 in the fifth heat of the surfing event, giving him the highest score ever on a single wave in Olympic history.
Shooting
July 30: Men’s Trap
Britain’s Nathan Hales broke the Olympic record of 43 set by Czech shooters Jiri Liptak and David Kostelek at the 2021 Tokyo Games. His score was 48.
July 29: Men’s 10m Air Rifle
China’s Sheng Lihao broke the Olympic record of 251.6 set by William Shaner of the United States at the 2021 Tokyo Games. His score was 252.
July 29: Women’s Team 10m Air Rifle
Ban Hyojin of South Korea and Huang Yuting of China broke the Olympic record set by China’s Yang Qian at the 2021 Tokyo Games. Both had scores of 251.8.
July 29: Mixed team 10m air pistol
Turkey’s Yusef Dikeç and İlayda Tarhan equalled the record set by India’s Manu Bhaker and Chaudhary Saurabh at the 2021 Tokyo Games.
July 28: Mixed team 10m air pistol
South Korea’s Oh Ye Jin broke the Olympic record of 240.3 set by Vitalina Batsarashkina, who represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2021 Tokyo Games. She scored 243.2.
Archery
July 25: Women’s 72 arrows, 70m round
Lim Si-hyeon of South Korea broke the world record of Kang Chae-young of South Korea, who scored 692 points at the Hyundai World Archery Championships in 2019. She scored 694 points.
The record is also higher than the official Olympic record of 680 set by An San at the 2021 Tokyo Games.
July 25: Women’s 216 arrows, 70m round
South Korea’s Jeon Hun-young, Lim Si-hyeon and Nam Su-hyeon broke the Olympic record of 2,032 set by South Korea’s An San, Jung Min-hee and Kang Chae-young at the 2021 Tokyo Games. Their score was 2,046.
Rugby
29 July: Women’s rugby sevens
Madison Levy broke the previous Olympic record for number of attempts in an Olympic Games, which was 10, set by Portia Woodman-Wickliffe in Rio in 2016. Madison’s score was 11.
29 July: Women’s rugby sevens
The New Zealand rugby team scored twice in the match against China, breaking Australia’s record of 53 goals set against Colombia at Rio 2016. They scored 55-5.
With just a few weeks left, we eagerly await more breathtaking performances and the possibility of even more records being broken.
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