# World and Paralympic records set at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The following records were set in various events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. The records listed include those broken in a later round of the event.

## Paralympic and world records set by sport
### Athletics

| Event | Class | Date | Round | Athlete(s) | Nation | Time or distance | Record |
| Men's 100 metres | T11 | 11 September | Final | David Brown (Guide: Jerome Avery) | United States | 10.99 | PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T33 | 10 September | Final | Ahmad Almutairi | Kuwait | 16.61 | PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T34 | 11 September | Heats | Rheed McCracken | Australia | 15.50 | PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T34 | 11 September | Heats | Walid Ktila | Tunisia | 15.44 | PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T34 | 12 September | Final | Walid Ktila | Tunisia | 15.14 | PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T35 | 9 September | Heats | Ihor Tsvietov | Ukraine | 12.22 | WR, PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T36 | 10 September | Final | Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi | Malaysia | 12.07 | PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T37 | 10 September | Heats | Mateus Evangelista Cardoso | Brazil | 11.47 | PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T37 | 10 September | Heats | Charl Du Toit | South Africa | 11.42 | WR, PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T38 | 13 September | Final | Hu Jianwen | China | 10.74 | WR, PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T43–44 | 8 September | Heats | Jonnie Peacock (T44) | Great Britain | 10.81 | PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T43–44 | 8 September | Heats | Liam Malone (T43) | New Zealand | 10.90 | PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T43–44 | 9 September | Final | Jonnie Peacock (T44) | Great Britain | 10.81 | PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T45–47 | 10 September | Heats | Petrucio Ferreira Dos Santos (T47) | Brazil | 10.67 | WR, PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T45–47 | 11 September | Final | Petrucio Ferreira Dos Santos (T47) | Brazil | 10.57 | WR, PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T51 | 13 September | Final | Peter Genyn | Belgium | 21.15 | PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T53 | 9 September | Heats | Arlosvaldo Fernandes Silva | Brazil | 14.69 | PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T53 | 9 September | Heats | Pongsakorn Paeyo | Thailand | 14.56 | PR |
| Men's 100 metres | T53 | 9 September | Heats | Brent Lakatos | Canada | 14.43 | PR |
| Women's 100 metres | T11 | 9 September | Semifinals | Liu Cuiqing (Guide: Donglin Xu) | China | 11.96 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metres | T11 | 9 September | Semifinals | Libby Clegg (Guide: Chris Clarke) | Great Britain | 11.91 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metres | T12 | 8 September | Heats | Omara Durand (Guide: Yuniol Kindelan) | Cuba | 11.58 | PR |
| Women's 100 metres | T12 | 9 September | Semifinals | Omara Durand (Guide: Yuniol Kindelan) | Cuba | 11.55 | PR |
| Women's 100 metres | T12 | 9 September | Final | Omara Durand (Guide: Yuniol Kindelan) | Cuba | 11.40 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metres | T13 | 10 September | Heats | Leilia Adzhametova | Ukraine | 11.86 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metres | T13 | 10 September | Final | Leilia Adzhametova | Ukraine | 11.79 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metres | T33–34 | 10 September | Final | Hannah Cockroft (T34) | Great Britain | 17.42 | PR |
| Women's 100 metres | T37 | 8 September | Heats | Mandy Francois-Elie | France | 13.69 | PR |
| Women's 100 metres | T37 | 8 September | Heats | Georgina Hermitage | Great Britain | 13.39 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metres | T37 | 9 September | Final | Georgina Hermitage | Great Britain | 13.13 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metres | T38 | 9 September | Heats | Veronica Hipolito | Brazil | 12.84 | PR |
| Women's 100 metres | T38 | 9 September | Heats | Sophie Hahn | Great Britain | 12.62 | PR |
| Women's 100 metres | T38 | 9 September | Final | Sophie Hahn | Great Britain | 12.62 | PR |
| Women's 100 metres | T53 | 8 September | Heats | Lisha Huang | China | 16.19 | WR, PR |
| Men's 200 metres | T11 | 14 September | Semifinals | Ananias Shikongo (Guide: Even Tjiviju) | Namibia | 22.48 | PR |
| Men's 200 metres | T35 | 11 September | Heats | Ihor Tsvietov | Ukraine | 25.64 | PR |
| Men's 200 metres | T35 | 12 September | Final | Ihor Tsvietov | Ukraine | 25.11 | PR |
| Men's 200 metres | T42 | 10 September | Heats | Richard Whitehead | Great Britain | 23.07 | PR |
| Men's 200 metres | T43–44 | 12 September | Heats | David Prince (T44) | United States | 22.42 | PR |
| Men's 200 metres | T43–44 | 12 September | Final | Liam Malone (T43) | New Zealand | 21.06 | PR |
| Men's 200 metres | T43–44 | 12 September | Final | David Prince (T44) | United States | 22.01 | PR |
| Women's 200 metres | T11 | 13 September | Final | Libby Clegg (Guide: Chris Clarke) | Great Britain | 24.51 | PR |
| Women's 200 metres | T12 | 11 September | Heats | Elena Chebanu (Guide: Hakim Ibrahimov) | Azerbaijan | 24.16 | PR |
| Women's 200 metres | T12 | 11 September | Heats | Omara Durand (Guide: Yuniol Kindelan) | Cuba | 23.67 | PR |
| Women's 200 metres | T12 | 12 September | Final | Omara Durand (Guide: Yuniol Kindelan) | Cuba | 23.05 | PR |
| Men's 400 metres | T20 | 9 September | Final | Daniel Martins | Brazil | 47.22 | WR, PR |
| Women's 400 metres | T37 | 12 September | Heats | Georgina Hermitage | Great Britain | 1:03.44 | PR |
| Women's 400 metres | T37 | 13 September | Final | Georgina Hermitage | Great Britain | 1:00.53 | WR, PR |
| Women's 400 metres | T38 | 14 September | Final | Kadeena Cox | Great Britain | 1:00.71 | WR, PR |
| Women's 400 metres | T43–44 | 12 September | Final | Marie-Amelie Le Fur (T44) | France | 59.27 | WR, PR |
| Women's 400 metres | T51–52 | 10 September | Final | Michelle Stilwell (T52) | Canada | 1:05.43 | PR |
| Women's 400 metres | T53 | 11 September | Final | Zhou Hongzhuan | China | 54.43 | WR, PR |
| Men's 800 metres | T33–34 | 13 September | Heats | Walid Ktila | Tunisia | 1:46.28 | PR |
| Men's 800 metres | T33–34 | 13 September | Heats | Mohamed Alhammadi | United Arab Emirates | 1:44.96 | PR |
| Men's 800 metres | T33–34 | 14 September | Final | Mohamed Alhammadi | United Arab Emirates | 1:40.24 | PR |
| Men's 1500 metres | T12–13 | 13 September | Final | Abdellatif Baka (T13) | Algeria | 3:48.29 | WR, PR |
| Men's discus throw | F37 | 8 September | Final | Khusniddin Norbekov | Uzbekistan | 59.75 m | WR, PR |
| Men's shot put | F20 | 11 September | Final | Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli | Malaysia | 16.84 m | WR |
| Men's shot put | F32 | 8 September | Final | Athanasios Konstantinidis | Greece | 10.39 m | WR, PR |
| Women's shot put | F56 | 8 September | Final | Nadia Medjmedj | Algeria | 9.92 m | WR, PR |
| Men's javelin throw | F43 | 9 September | Final | Akeem Stewart | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.32 | WR, PR |
| Men's javelin throw | F46 | 14 September | Final | Devendra Jhajharia | India | 63.97 | WR, PR |
| Men's long jump | T20 | 11 September | Final | Abdul Latif Romly | Malaysia | 7.60 | WR, PR |

### Cycling (track)

| Event | Class | Date | Round | Athlete(s) | Nation | Time | Record |
| Men's individual pursuit | B | 8 September | Qualification | Steve Bate (Pilot: Adam Duggleby) | Great Britain | 4:08.146 | WR, PR |
| Men's individual pursuit | C1 | 9 September | Qualification | Li Zhangyu | China | 3:50.373 | WR, PR |
| Men's individual pursuit | C2 | 9 September | Qualification | Liang Guihua | China | 3:42.916 | PR |
| Men's individual pursuit | C3 | 9 September | Qualification | David Nicholas | Australia | 3:32.336 | PR |
| Men's individual pursuit | C4 | 10 September | Qualification | Jozef Metelka | Slovakia | 4:29.112 | PR |
| Women's individual pursuit | B | 11 September | Qualification | Lora Turnham (Pilot: Corrine Hall) | Great Britain | 3:27.460 | PR |
| Women's individual pursuit | C1–3 | 8 September | Qualification | Megan Giglia (C3) | Great Britain | 4.03.544 | WR, PR |
| Women's individual pursuit | C1–3 | 8 September | Qualification | Alyda Norbruis (C2) | Netherlands | 4:12.030 | PR |
| Women's individual pursuit | C1–3 | 8 September | Bronze medal race | Alyda Norbruis (C2) | Netherlands | 4:10.654 | PR |
| Women's individual pursuit | C4 | 8 September | Qualification | Shawn Morelli | United States | 3.57.741 | PR |
| Women's individual pursuit | C5 | 8 September | Qualification | Sarah Storey | Great Britain | 3.31.394 | WR, PR |
| Men's 1 km time trial | B | 11 September | Final | Tristan Bangma (Pilot: Teun Mulder) | Netherlands | 59.822 | PR |
| Men's 1 km time trial | C1–3 | 10 September | Final | Li Zhangyu (C1) | China | 1:06.678 | WR, PR |
| Men's 1 km time trial | C1–3 | 10 September | Final | Tristen Chernove (C2) | Canada | 1:09.583 | PR |
| Men's 1 km time trial | C4–5 | 9 September | Final | Jody Cundy (C4) | Great Britain | 1:02.473 | PR |
| Men's 1 km time trial | C4–5 | 9 September | Final | Alfonso Cabello Llamas (C5) | Spain | 1:04.494 | PR |
| Women's 1 km time trial | B | 9 September | Final | Sophie Thornhill (Pilot: Helen Scott) | Great Britain | 1:06.283 | PR |
| Women's 500 m time trial | C1–3 | 10 September | Final | Alyda Norbruis (C2) | Netherlands | 39.908 | WR, PR |
| Women's 500 m time trial | C1–3 | 10 September | Final | Megan Giglia (C3) | Great Britain | 41.252 | WR, PR |
| Women's 500 m time trial | C4–5 | 10 September | Final | Kadeena Cox (C4) | Great Britain | 34.598 | WR, PR |
| Women's 500 m time trial | C4–5 | 10 September | Final | Zhou Jufang (C5) | China | 36.004 | WR, PR |
| Mixed team sprint | C1–5 | 10 September | Qualification | Louis Rolfe Jon-Allan Butterworth Jody Cundy | Great Britain | 49.004 | WR, PR |
| Mixed team sprint | C1–5 | 10 September | Final | Louis Rolfe Jon-Allan Butterworth Jody Cundy | Great Britain | 48.635 | WR, PR |

### Powerlifting

| Event | Date | Athlete | Nation | Weight (kg) | Record |
| Men's 49 kg | 8 September | Lê Văn Công | Vietnam | 181 | WR, PR |
| Women's 41 kg | 8 September | Nazmiye Muratlı | Turkey | 104 | WR, PR |
| Women's 45 kg | 9 September | Hu Dandan | China | 107 | WR, PR |
| Men's 54 kg | 9 September | Roland Ezuruike | Nigeria | 200 | PR |
| Men's 59 kg | 9 September | Sherif Osman | Egypt | 203 | WR, PR |
| Women's 50 kg | 10 September | Lidiia Soloviova | Ukraine | 107 | PR |
| Women's 55 kg | 10 September | Amalia Perez | Mexico | 130 | WR, PR |
| Men's 65 kg | 10 September | Paul Kehinde | Nigeria | 220 | WR, PR |
| Women's 61 kg | 11 September | Lucy Ejike | Nigeria | 142 | WR, PR |
| Men's 72 kg | 11 September | Rasool Mohsin | Iraq | 227 | WR, PR |
| Women's 67 kg | 11 September | Yujiao Tan | China | 138.5 | WR, PR |
| Women's 73 kg | 12 September | Souhad Ghazouani | France | 140 | PR |
| Women's 79 kg | 12 September | Bose Omolayo | Nigeria | 138 | WR, PR |
| Men's 80 kg | 12 September | Majid Farzin | Iran | 240 | WR, PR |
| Women's 86 kg | 13 September | Randa Mahmoud | Egypt | 130 | PR |

### Rowing

| Event | Date | Round | Athlete(s) | Nation | Time | Record |
| Women's single sculls | 9 September | Heats | Lili Wang | China | 5:21.04 | PR |
| Women's single sculls | 11 September | Final | Rachel Morris | Great Britain | 5:13.69 | PR |
| Men's single sculls | 9 September | Heats | Roman Polianskyi | Ukraine | 4:44.70 | PR |
| Men's single sculls | 11 September | Final | Roman Polianskyi | Ukraine | 4:39.56 | PR |
| Mixed double sculls | 9 September | Heats | Lauren Rowles Laurence Whiteley | Great Britain | 3.52.16 | WR, PR |

### Shooting

| Event | Class | Date | Round | Athlete | Nation | Points | Record |
| Men's 10 metre air rifle standing | SH1 | 8 September | Qualification | Jim Ho Park | South Korea | 625.3 | PR |
| Men's 10 metre air rifle standing | SH1 | 8 September | Final | Dong Chao | China | 205.8 | FPR |
| Women's 10 metre air rifle standing | SH1 | 8 September | Qualification | Cuiping Zhang | China | 413.4 | PR |
| Women's 10 metre air rifle standing | SH1 | 8 September | Final | Veronika Vadovičová | Slovakia | 207.8 | FPR |
| Mixed 10 metre air rifle standing | SH2 | 10 September | Qualification | Veselka Pevec | Slovenia | 634.9 | PR |
| Mixed 10 metre air rifle standing | SH2 | 10 September | Final | Veselka Pevec | Slovenia | 211.0 | FPR |
| Women's 10 metre air pistol | SH1 | 9 September | Final | Sareh Javanmardidodmani | Iran | 193.4 | FPR |
| Men's 10 metre air pistol | SH1 | 9 September | Final | Chao Yang | China | 198.2 | FPR |
| Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone | SH1 | 10 September | Qualification | Veronika Vadovicova | Slovakia | 636.7 | PR |
| Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone | SH1 | 10 September | Final | Veronika Vadovicova | Slovakia | 212.5 | FPR |
| Men's 10 metre air rifle prone | SH2 | 13 September | Qualification | Vasyl Kovalchuk | Ukraine | 637.1 | PR |
| Men's 10 metre air rifle prone | SH2 | 13 September | Final | Vasyl Kovalchuk | Ukraine | 211.7 | FPR |
| Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions | SH1 | 12 September | Qualification | Laslo Suranji | Serbia | 1165-57x | PR |
| Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions | SH1 | 12 September | Final | Laslo Suranji | Serbia | 453.7 | FPR |
| Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions | SH1 | 13 September | Qualification | Cuiping Zhang | China | 583-24x | PR |
| Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions | SH1 | 13 September | Final | Cuiping Zhang | China | 455.4 | FPR |

### Swimming

| Event | Class | Date | Round | Athlete(s) | Nation | Time | Record |
| Men's 400 metre freestyle | S8 | 8 September | Final | Oliver Hynd | Great Britain | 4.21.89 | WR, PR |
| Women's 400 metre freestyle | S8 | 8 September | Final | Lakeisha Patterson | Australia | 4.40.33 | WR, PR |
| Men's 100 metre backstroke | S6 | 8 September | Final | Tao Zheng | China | 1.10.84 | WR, PR |
| Men's 100 metre backstroke | S14 | 8 September | Final | Kook Lee In | South Korea | 59.82 | PR |
| Men's 100 metre backstroke | S2 | 9 September | Heats | Benying Liu | China | 1.58.29 | WR, PR |
| Men's 100 metre backstroke | S2 | 9 September | Final | Liankang Zou | China | 1.45.25 | WR, PR |
| Men's 100 metre backstroke | S11 | 9 September | Final | Dymitro Zalevskyi | Ukraine | 1:06.66 | WR, PR |
| Men's 100 metre backstroke | S1 | 9 September | Final | Hennadii Boiko | Ukraine | 2.08.01 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metre backstroke | S7 | 8 September | Heats | Ke Liting | China | 1.22.72 | PR |
| Women's 100 metre backstroke | S14 | 8 September | Heats | Bethany Firth | Great Britain | 1.04.53 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metre backstroke | S14 | 8 September | Final | Bethany Firth | Great Britain | 1.04.05 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metre backstroke | S11 | 9 September | Heats | Mary Fisher | New Zealand | 1:18.68 | PR |
| Women's 100 metre backstroke | S11 | 9 September | Final | Mary Fisher | New Zealand | 1.17.96 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metre backstroke | S2 | 9 September | Final | Xiu Pin Yip | Singapore | 2:07.09 | WR, PR |
| Men's 100 metre breaststroke | S6 | 8 September | Heats | Jia Hongguang | China | 1.12.27 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metre breaststroke | S6 | 8 September | Heats | Lingling Song | China | 1.24.66 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metre breaststroke | S6 | 8 September | Final | Lingling Song | China | 1.21.43 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metre breaststroke | S9 | 8 September | Heats | Lisa Kruger | Netherlands | 1.15.47 | WR, PR |
| Men's 100 metre butterfly | S13 | 8 September | Final | Ihar Boki | Belarus | 53.85 | WR, PR |
| Men's 100 metre butterfly | S8 | 9 September | Final | Song Maodang | China | 59.19 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metre butterfly | S13 | 8 September | Heats | Amilova Fotimakhon | Uzbekistan | 1.04.72 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metre butterfly | S13 | 8 September | Final | Rebecca Meyers | United States | 1.03.25 | WR, PR |
| Women's 100 metre butterfly | S8 | 9 September | Final | Kateryna Istomina | Ukraine | 1:09.04 | PR |
| Women's 100 metre freestyle | S3 | 8 September | Final | Zulfiya Gabidulina | Kazakhstan | 1.30.07 | WR, PR |
| Men's 100 metre freestyle | S11 | 15 September | Final | Brad Snyder | United States | 56.15 | WR, PR |
| Men's 50 metre freestyle | S7 | 9 September | Final | Shiyun Pan | China | 27.35 | WR, PR |
| Women's 50 metre freestyle | S7 | 9 September | Heats | McKenzie Coan | United States | 32.57 | PR |
| Women's 50 metre freestyle | S7 | 9 September | Final | McKenzie Coan | United States | 32.42 | PR |
| Women's 50 metre backstroke | S2 | 9 September | Final | Xiu Pin Yip | Singapore | 59.38 | WR, PR |
| Men's 50 metre butterfly | S6 | 9 September | Final | Qing Xu | China | 29.89 | WR, PR |
| Women's 50 metre butterfly | S6 | 9 September | Final | Ellie Robinson | Great Britain | 29.89 | PR |
| Mixed 4 x 50 metre freestyle relay | 20 pts | 9 September | Final | Qiuping Peng Shengnan Jiang Wenpan Huang Qing Xu | China | 2.18.20 | WR, PR |