Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Continental records
The women's 10,000 metres provided the first two continental records of the Olympics, in Almaz Ayana's African record and Molly Huddle's record for the North, Central American and Caribbean region.

Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Section Title: Continental records
Table Section Text: The women's 10,000 metres provided the first two continental records of the Olympics, in Almaz Ayana's African record and Molly Huddle's record for the North, Central American and Caribbean region.

Event	Date	Name	Nationality	Result	Type

Women's 10,000 metres	12 August	Almaz Ayana	Ethiopia	29:17.45 min	AR

Women's 10,000 metres	12 August	Molly Huddle	United States	30:13.17 min	AR

Men's 400 metres	14 August	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	43.03 sec	AR

3000 metres steeplechase	15 August	Ruth Jebet	Bahrain	8:59.75 min	AR

3000 metres steeplechase	15 August	Emma Coburn	United States	9:07.63 min	AR

Women's hammer throw	15 August	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	82.29 m	AR

Men's 4 × 100 m relay	18 August	Tang Xingqiang Xie Zhenye Su Bingtian Zhang Peimeng	China	37.82 sec	AR

Men's 4 × 100 m relay	18 August	Ryota Yamagata Shota Iizuka Yoshihide Kiryu Asuka Cambridge	Japan	37.68 sec	AR

Men's 4 × 100 m relay	19 August	Ryota Yamagata Shota Iizuka Yoshihide Kiryu Asuka Cambridge	Japan	37.60 sec	AR

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Bahrain's Ruth Jebet competed in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase.

final_sentence: Bahrain's Ruth Jebet competed in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase.