Every Record Broken at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Putting world-class athletes up against each other will lead to extraordinary results.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, athletes across numerous disciplines are scoring at the highest level — and some are reaching heights never seen before! As the Games continue through Aug. 11, the best of the best are setting new bars for their sports.

From Gabriel Medina’s gravity-defying performance in men’s surfing to Katie Ledecky's continuing domination of the 1,500-meter freestyle, see all the athletes setting records at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Simone Biles in Women's Gymnastics

Simone Biles during the women's vault final.

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With her three gold and one silver medal wins in Paris, Team USA gymnast Simone Biles became the most decorated U.S. gymnast in Olympic history, overtaking fellow Team USA gymnastics star Shannon Miller.

Katie Ledecky in 1,500-Meter Freestyle

Katie Ledecky wins gold in 1,500-meter freestyle.

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Even after four Olympic Games, Team USA's Katie Ledecky is still the one to beat. She claimed her second 1,500-meter freestyle gold medal with a time of 15:30.02, outpacing her own time from the 2020 Games. It is her eighth time at the top of the podium, tying her for the most gold medals won by a female swimmer and most gold medals won by a female Olympian.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in 400-Meter Hurdles

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in 400-meter hurdles.

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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone reigns supreme in the 400-meter hurdles, breaking her own world record for the gold medal with a time of 50.37 seconds.

Kevin Durant in Men's Basketball

Kevin Durant wins gold with Team USA in men's basketball.

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Kevin Durant won a fourth gold medal when the U.S. beat France in the men's basketball final and became Team USA's highest-scoring Olympic men's basketball player, recording 518 points over his four Games.

Gabriel Medina in Men's Surfing

Gabriel Medina in men's surfing.

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Brazilian Gabriel Medina proved why he’s one of the greatest surfers ever when he put up a score of 9.90 during a heat, the highest Olympic score for a single wave.

Lim Si-hyeon in 3 Archery Events

Lim Si-hyeon, Nam Su-hyeon and Jeon Hun-young in women's team archery.

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South Korean archer Lim Si-hyeon broke the world record in women's archery with a score of 694, previously held by compatriot Kang Chae-young since 2019. Lim also claimed two more Olympic records — one with Kim Woo-jin in the mixed competition and another with Jeon Hun-young and Nam Su-hyeon in the women's team event.

Sarah Sjöström in 50-Meter Freestyle

Sarah Sjöström wins the 50-meter freestyle.

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Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjöström sprinted to a gold medal and broke her own Olympic record from Tokyo 2020, setting a new bar with a time of 23.66 seconds.

Gretchen Walsh in 100-Meter Butterfly

Gretchen Walsh in 100-meter butterfly.

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U.S. swimmer Gretchen Walsh swam the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 55.37, 11 seconds faster than Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjöström’s Rio 2016 time.

Summer McIntosh in 200-Meter Butterfly

Summer McIntosh wins the 200-meter medley.

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On her way to three gold medals in Paris, Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh broke the 200-meter butterfly record in 2:03.03, surpassing Zhang Yufei of China's 2:03.86 from the Tokyo Games.

Kaylee McKeown in 2 Swimming Events

Kaylee McKeown in the 100-meter backstroke.

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Australia's Kaylee McKeown recorded an Olympic best in the 100-meter backstroke, flying across the pool in 57.33 seconds and surpassing her own time from Tokyo 2020. In the 200-meter backstroke, she broke a 12-year-old record set by Missy Franklin at the London Games by clocking in with a time of 2:03.73.

Léon Marchand in 4 Swimming Events

Léon Marchand in 400-meter individual medley.

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On his home turf, French swimmer Léon Marchand beat Michael Phelps’ 2008 record with a time of 4:02.95 in the 400-meter individual medley. Marchand also broke the Olympic record for the 200-meter butterfly in 1:51.25, a hair faster than the previous time set during the 2020 Games. Two hours after the butterfly, he turned around and broke the 200-meter breaststroke record in 2:05.85.

For his fourth gold medal in Paris, Marchand smashed another record in the 200-meter individual medley with a time of 1:54.06, beating out Phelps' 1:54.23 from the 2008 Beijing Games.

Pan Zhanle in 100-Meter Freestyle

Pan Zhanle in 100-meter freestyle.

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Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle swam a 100-meter freestyle heat in record time, finishing in 46.92 seconds and eclipsing Caeleb Dressel’s Tokyo 2020 time of 47.02 seconds. In the event’s final, he kicked it into another gear to break the first world record of the Games with a time of 46.40 seconds.

Daniel Wiffen in 800-Meter Freestyle

Daniel Wiffen wins gold in 100-meter backstroke.

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Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen swam the 800-meter freestyle in 7:38.19, outpacing Ukranian swimmer Mykhailo Romanchuk’s 2020 time of 7:41.28.

Bobby Finke in 1,500-Meter Freestyle

Bobby Finke wins the 1,500-meter freestyle.

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The United States' Bobby Finke set a new world record in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle with a time of 14:30.67, outpacing Sun Yang of China's 14:31.02 from the 2012 Games.

Team Australia in 2 Swimming Events

Emma McKeon, Meg Harris, Shayna Jack and Mollie O'Callaghan win the women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay.

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Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris dominated the 4x100-meter freestyle relay, finishing with a time of 3:28.92 and breaking their 2020 Olympic record of 3:29.69. O'Callaghan later returned with Lani Pallister, Brianna Throssell and Ariarne Titmus for the 4x200-meter relay, and the team finished in 7:38.08, breaking China's record from the 2020 Games.

Team USA in 2 Swimming Events

Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske win the 4x100-meter medley relay.

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Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske picked up another gold for the United States with a world record time in the 4x100-meter medley relay, finishing in 3:49.63. The day prior, Walsh and Huske also broke a world record with Ryan Murphy and Nic Fink in the mixed 4x100-meter relay with a time of 3:37.43.

Julien Alfred in 100 Meters

Julien Alfred wins the 100-meter final.

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Julien Alfred beat out Sha'Carri Richardson in the 100-meter race to win Saint Lucia's first gold medal in any discipline.

Marileidy Paulino in 400 Meters

Marileidy Paulino wins the women's 400-meter final.

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Marileidy Paulino became the third person from the Dominican Republic to take home gold when she won the 4,000-meter race in an Olympic record time of 48.17 seconds.

Faith Kipyegon in 1,500 Meters

Faith Kipyegon wins the women's 1,500-meter final.

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Faith Kipyegon of Kenya set an Olympic record time in her race to a third consecutive gold medal in the 1,500-meter event, finishing in 3:51.29.

Winfred Yavi in 3,000-Meter Steeplechase

Winfred Yavi in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

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Winfred Yavi won Bahrain its third gold medal ever with an Olympic best time in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase, completing the race in 8:52.76.

Sifan Hassan in Women's Marathon

Sifan Hassan wins the women's marathon.

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The Netherlands' Sifan Hassan broke the Olympic record with a gold medal-winning time of 2:22:55 in the women's marathon.

Cole Hocker in 1,500 Meters

Cole Hocker wins the 1,500-meter race.

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American Cole Hocker pulled off an upset to win gold in the 1,500-meter race, running an Olympic record time of 3:27.65.

Joshua Cheptegei in 10,000 Meters

Joshua Cheptegei wins the 10,000-meter final.

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Ugandan long-distance runner Joshua Cheptegei won his second Olympic gold — and his first in the 10,000-meter race — with an Olympic record time of 26:43.14.

Tamirat Tola in Men's Marathon

Tamirat Tola wins the men's marathon.

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Ethiopian long-distance runner Tamirat Tola claimed gold in the men's marathon with an Olympic record time of 2:06:26.

Team USA in 2 Track Events

Vernon Norwood, Kaylyn Brown, Bryce Deadmon and Shamier Little win the silver medal in the 4x400-meter mixed relay.

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In their qualifying race, Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown ran a time of 3:07.41, breaking a world record set by fellow Americans at the 2023 world championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Norwood and Deadmon also set an Olympic record in the men's 4x400-meter race with Rai Benjamin and Christopher Bailey when the team won gold in 2:54.43.

Mondo Duplantis in Pole Vault

Mondo Duplantis in pole vault.

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Mondo Duplantis of Sweden broke his own world record after handily winning his second pole vaulting gold medal, clearing a height of 6.25 meters to a packed stadium.

Roje Stona in Discus Throw

Roje Stona in the discus throw.

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Jamaica's Roje Stona narrowly defeated Lithuania's Mykolas Alekna to win the gold medal in the discus throw, tossing a winning distance and Olympic record of 70 meters.

Arshad Nadeem in Javelin Throw

Arshad Nadeem in the javelin throw.

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Arshad Nadeem won Pakistan its first Olympic gold in 32 years when he threw an Olympic record-breaking distance of 92.97 meters in the javelin event.

Thea LaFond in Triple Jump

Thea LaFond in the triple jump.

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Thea LaFond won Dominica's first-ever gold medal in the triple jump with a distance of 15.02 meters.

Team New Zealand in Rugby

Team New Zealand win gold in women's rugby sevens.

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The women of Team New Zealand scored 55 points in their quarter-final match against China, the most in an Olympic match since Australia scored 53 in 2016.

Maddison Levi in Rugby Sevens

Maddison Levi in women's rugby sevens.

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Australian rugby player Maddison Levi scored 11 tries throughout the team’s semi-final run at the Paris Olympics, surpassing the previous record of 10 in a single Games.

Sheng Lihao in 10-Meter Air Rifle

Sheng Lihao wins gold for 10-meter air rifle.

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In the 10-meter air rifle, Chinese sport shooter Sheng Lihao broke American William Shaner’s record of 251.6 from the Tokyo Games, scoring 252.2.

Ban Hyo-jin in 10-Meter Air Rifle

Ban Hyo-jin wins gold in 10-meter air rifle.

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South Korean sport shooter Ban Hyo-jin scored an Olympic record of 634.5 in qualifications, surpassing the previous total of 632.9 set by Norway's Jeanette Hegg Duestad at Tokyo 2020.

Oh Ye-jin in 10-Meter Air Pistol

Oh Ye-jin wins gold in 10-meter air pistol.

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Oh Ye-jin brought home the gold for South Korea with a record-setting score of 243.2 in women’s 10-meter air pistol, beating Russian shooter Vitalina Batsarashkina’s 240.3 from Tokyo 2020.

Chiara Leone in 50-Meter Rifle

Chiara Leone wins gold in 50-meter rifle.

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Chiara Leone of Switzerland earned her first gold medal with a record-breaking score of 464.4 in the 50-meter rifle final. The previous record-holder was compatriot Nina Christen, who scored 463.9 in Tokyo 2020.

Nathan Hales in Men's Trap Shooting

Nathan Hales wins gold in men's trap shooting.

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British shooter Nathan Hales smashed the men’s trap shooting Olympic record with a gold medal score of 48. Jiri Liptak and David Kostelecky previously held the record jointly when they tied with a score of 43 in Tokyo 2020.

Adriana Ruano in Women's Trap Shooting

Adriana Ruano wins gold in women's trap shooting.

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Adriana Ruano won Guatemala’s first-ever gold medal in women’s trap shooting and set a record at the same time, scoring 45 out of 50.

Oliver Zeidler in Single Sculls

Oliver Zeidler in men's single sculls.

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German rower Oliver Zeidler completed his semifinal with an Olympic record time of 6:35.77, blowing past the previous best of 6:40.45 from the 2020 Games.

Martin Fuksa in Men's C-1 1,000 Meters

Martin Fuksa in men's C-1 1,000-meter canoe sprint.

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Czech canoeist Martin Fuksa won gold in the men's C-1 1,000-meter sprint with an Olympic best time of 3:43.16.

Katie Vincent in Women's C-1 200 Meters

Katie Vincent wins the women's C-1 200-meter canoe sprint.

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Canadian canoeist Katie Vincent clocked in a world-best time of 44.12 seconds when she won gold in the women's C-1 200-meter sprint.

Hou Zhihui in Women's 49 Kilogram

Hou Zhihui in women's 49-kilogram weightlifting.

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Chinese weightlifter Hou Zhihui defended her Tokyo 2020 gold medal in the women's 49-kilogram contest, surpassing the Olympic record for the clean and jerk on the way by completing a 117-kilogram lift.

Solfrid Koanda in Women's 81 Kilogram

Solfrid Koanda in women's 81-kilogram weightlifting.

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Norway's Solfrid Koanda broke two Olympic records on the way to gold in the women's 81-kilogram weightlifting event, lifting 154 kilograms in the clean and jerk and 275 kilograms overall.

Aleksandra Mirosław in Women's Speed Climbing

Aleksandra Mirosław after her heat for speed climbing.

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Aleksandra Mirosław of Poland broke her own world record in the qualifying round of the women's speed climb, reaching the top in 6.06 seconds.

Sam Watson in Men's Speed Climbing

Sam Watson wins bronze in men's speed climbing.

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Although Team USA's Sam Watson did not take home the gold in the Summer Games, he left with a bronze medal and the world record of 4.74 seconds in men's speed climbing.

Harrie Levreysen in Cycling Sprint

Harrie Lavreysen wins the gold medal with Team Netherlands in the men's team sprint.

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Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands finished his qualifying heat of the men's cycling sprint in a world record-smashing 9.088 seconds. With his fellow Dutchmen Roy van den Berg and Jeffrey Hoogland, Team Netherlands also broke the Olympic record for the men's team sprint in 42.134 seconds.

Team Great Britain in Cycling Team Sprint

(L-R) Sophie Capewell, Katy Marchant and Emma Finucane win gold in the women's team sprint.

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British cyclists Emma Finucane, Katy Marchant and Sophie Capewell set a world record time in the women's team sprint final, claiming gold in 45.186 seconds.

Team USA

Team USA at the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

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On July 30, Team USA became the first nation in Olympic history to surpass 3,000 medals across the Summer and Winter Games.