# World and Olympic records set at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Numerous world records and Olympic records were set in various events at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Some events occur under non-standard conditions, such as canoeing. In these cases, there are no official records, just "world best" and "Olympic best" results.

## Archery

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Score | Date | Record |
| Women's individual | Ranking round | An San | South Korea | 680 | 23 July | OR |
| Women's team | Ranking round | An San Jang Min-hee Kang Chae-young | South Korea | 2032 | 23 July | OR |
| Mixed team | Ranking round | Kim Je-deok An San | South Korea | 1368 | 23 July | OR |

## Athletics

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time (distance) | Date | Record |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | Round 1 | Dariusz Kowaluk Iga Baumgart-Witan Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik Kajetan Duszyński | Poland | 3:10.44 | 30 July | OR |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | Final | Karol Zalewski Natalia Kaczmarek Justyna Święty-Ersetic Kajetan Duszyński | Poland | 3:09.87 | 31 July | OR |
| Women's 100 metres | Final | Elaine Thompson Herah | Jamaica | 10.61 | 31 July | OR |
| Women's 100 metres hurdles | Semifinal | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Puerto Rico | 12.26 | 1 August | OR |
| Women's triple jump | Final | Yulimar Rojas | Venezuela | 15.67 m | 1 August | WR |
| Women's 200 metres | Round 1 | Christine Mboma | Namibia | 22.11 | 2 August | WU20R |
| Women's 200 metres | Semifinal | Christine Mboma | Namibia | 21.97 | 2 August | WU20R |
| Men's 400 metres hurdles | Final | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 45.94 | 3 August | WR |
| Women's 200 metres | Final | Christine Mboma | Namibia | 21.81 | 3 August | WU20R |
| Men's decathlon | 100 metres | Damian Warner | Canada | 10.12 | 4 August | =WDB |
| Men's decathlon | Long jump | Damian Warner | Canada | 8.24 m | 4 August | ODB |
| Women's 400 metres hurdles | Final | Sydney McLaughlin | United States | 51.46 | 4 August | WR |
| Men's decathlon | 110 metres hurdles | Damian Warner | Canada | 13.46 | 5 August | ODB |
| Men's shot put | Final | Ryan Crouser | United States | 23.30 m | 5 August | OR |
| Men's 1500 metres | Semifinal | Abel Kipsang | Kenya | 3:31.65 | 5 August | OR |
| Women's 1500 metres | Final | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya | 3:53.11 | 6 August | OR |
| Men's 1500 metres | Final | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:28.32 | 7 August | OR |

## Canoe sprint

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
| Women's K-1 200 metres | Semifinal | Lisa Carrington | New Zealand | 38.127 | 3 August | OB |
| Men's C-2 1000 metres | Semifinal | Liu Hao Zheng Pengfei | China | 3:27.023 | 3 August | OB |
| Men's C-2 1000 metres | Semifinal | Sebastian Brendel Tim Hecker | Germany | 3:26.812 | 3 August | OB |
| Men's K-1 1000 metres | Semifinal | Bálint Kopasz | Hungary | 3:24.558 | 3 August | OB |
| Men's K-1 1000 metres | Semifinal | Fernando Pimenta | Portugal | 3:22.942 | 3 August | OB |
| Women's K-2 500 metres | Semifinal | Danuta Kozák Dóra Bodonyi | Hungary | 1:37.912 | 3 August | OB |
| Women's K-2 500 metres | Semifinal | Lisa Carrington Caitlin Regal | New Zealand | 1:36.724 | 3 August | OB |
| Women's K-1 200 metres | Final | Lisa Carrington | New Zealand | 38.120 | 3 August | OB |
| Men's C-2 1000 metres | Final | Serguey Torres Fernando Jorge | Cuba | 3:24.995 | 3 August | OB |
| Men's K-1 1000 metres | Final | Bálint Kopasz | Hungary | 3:20.643 | 3 August | OB |
| Women's K-2 500 metres | Final | Lisa Carrington Caitlin Regal | New Zealand | 1:35.785 | 3 August | OB |
| Men's K-1 200 metres | Heat | Petter Menning | Sweden | 34.698 | 4 August | OB |
| Men's K-1 200 metres | Heat | Kolos Csizmadia | Hungary | 34.442 | 4 August | OB |
| Women's C-1 200 metres | Heat | Liudmyla Luzan | Ukraine | 45.571 | 4 August | OB |
| Women's C-1 200 metres | Heat | Nevin Harrison | United States | 44.938 | 4 August | OB |
| Men’s K-2 1000 metres | Heat | Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green | Australia | 3:08.773 | 4 August | OB |
| Men's K-1 200 metres | Quarterfinal | Liam Heath | Great Britain | 33.985 | 4 August | OB |
| Women's C-2 500 metres | Heat | Xu Shixiao Sun Mengya | China | 1:57.870 | 6 August | OB |
| Men's K-4 500 metres | Heat | Max Rendschmidt Ronald Rauhe Tom Liebscher Max Lemke | Germany | 1:21.890 | 6 August | OB |
| Men's K-4 500 metres | Heat | Saúl Craviotto Marcus Walz Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade | Spain | 1:21.658 | 6 August | OB |
| Women's C-2 500 metres | Final | Xu Shixiao Sun Mengya | China | 1:55.495 | 7 August | OB |

## Track cycling

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
| Women's team pursuit | Qualifying | Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger | Germany | 4:07.307 | 2 August | WR |
| Women's team sprint | First round | Bao Shanju Zhong Tianshi | China | 31.804 | 2 August | WR |
| Men's team pursuit | Qualifying | Lasse Norman Hansen Niklas Larsen Frederik Rodenberg Rasmus Pedersen | Denmark | 3:45.014 | 2 August | OR |
| Women's team pursuit | First round | Katie Archibald Laura Kenny Neah Evans Josie Knight | Great Britain | 4:06.748 | 3 August | WR |
| Women's team pursuit | First round | Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger | Germany | 4:06.159 | 3 August | WR |
| Men's team sprint | Qualifying | Matthew Richardson Nathan Hart Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | 42.371 | 3 August | OR |
| Men's team sprint | Qualifying | Roy van den Berg Harrie Lavreysen Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands | 42.134 | 3 August | OR |
| Men's team pursuit | First round | Kelland O'Brien Sam Welsford Leigh Howard Luke Plapp | Australia | 3:44.902 | 3 August | OR |
| Men's team pursuit | First round | Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Jonathan Milan | Italy | 3:42.307 | 3 August | WR |
| Men's team sprint | First round | Matthew Richardson Nathan Hart Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | 42.103 | 3 August | OR |
| Men's team sprint | First round | Jack Carlin Jason Kenny Ryan Owens | Great Britain | 41.829 | 3 August | OR |
| Men's team sprint | First round | Roy van den Berg Harrie Lavreysen Jeffrey Hoogland | Netherlands | 41.431 | 3 August | OR |
| Women's team pursuit | Final | Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger | Germany | 4:04.242 | 3 August | WR |
| Men's team sprint | Final | Roy van den Berg Harrie Lavreysen Jeffrey Hoogland | Netherlands | 41.369 | 3 August | OR |
| Men's sprint | Qualifying | Jeffrey Hoogland | Netherlands | 9.215 | 4 August | OR |
| Men's team pursuit | Final | Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Jonathan Milan | Italy | 3:42.032 | 4 August | WR |
| Women's sprint | Qualifying | Lea Friedrich | Germany | 10.310 | 6 August | OR |

## Modern pentathlon

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time/Points | Date | Record |
| Women's modern pentathlon | Swimming | Gulnaz Gubaydullina | ROC | 2:07.31 | 6 August | OR |
| Women's modern pentathlon | Fencing (BR) | Annika Schleu | Germany | 274 pts | 6 August | OR |
| Women's modern pentathlon | Laser run | Laura Asadauskaitė | Lithuania | 11:38.37 | 6 August | OR |
| Women's modern pentathlon | Overall | Kate French | Great Britain | 1385 pts | 6 August | OR |
| Men's modern pentathlon | Swimming | Amro El Geziry | United States | 1:52.96 | 7 August | OR |
| Men's modern pentathlon | Laser run | Martin Vlach | Czech Republic | 10:30.13 | 7 August | OR |
| Men's modern pentathlon | Overall | Joe Choong | Great Britain | 1482 pts | 7 August | OR |

## Rowing

World Rowing do not recognize records due to the huge variability that weather conditions can have on times. Instead, they observe best times over the international racing distance of 2000 metres.
| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
| Men's double sculls | Heats | Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias | France | 6:10.45 | 23 July | OB |
| Men's double sculls | Heats | Melvin Twellaar Stef Broenink | Netherlands | 6:08.38 | 23 July | OB |
| Women's four | Heats | Ellen Hogerwerf Karolien Florijn Ymkje Clevering Veronique Meester | Netherlands | 6:33.47 | 24 July | OB |
| Women's four | Heats | Lucy Stephan Rosemary Popa Jessica Morrison Annabelle McIntyre | Australia | 6:28.76 | 24 July | OB |
| Women's double sculls | Final | Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar Simona Radiș | Romania | 6:41.03 | 28 July | OB |
| Men's double sculls | Final | Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias | France | 6:00.33 | 28 July | OB |
| Women's four | Final | Lucy Stephan Rosemary Popa Jessica Morrison Annabelle McIntyre | Australia | 6:15.37 | 28 July | OB |
| Men's four | Final | Alexander Purnell Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill | Australia | 5:42.76 | 28 July | OB |
| Men's quadruple sculls | Final | Dirk Uittenbogaard Abe Wiersma Tone Wieten Koen Metsemakers | Netherlands | 5:32.03 | 28 July | WB |
| Women's quadruple sculls | Final | Chen Yunxia Zhang Ling Lü Yang Cui Xiaotong | China | 6:05.13 | 28 July | WB |
| Men's lightweight double sculls | Semifinal | Jonathan Rommelmann Jason Osborne | Germany | 6:07.33 | 28 July | OB |
| Men's lightweight double sculls | Semifinal | Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:05.33 | 28 July | WB |
| Women's lightweight double sculls | Semifinal | Emily Craig Imogen Grant | Great Britain | 6:41.99 | 28 July | WB |
| Women's lightweight double sculls | Semifinal | Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini | Italy | 6:41.36 | 28 July | WB |
| Women's coxless pair | Semifinal | Maria Kyridou Christina Bourmpou | Greece | 6:48.70 | 28 July | WB |
| Women's coxless pair | Semifinal | Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler | New Zealand | 6:47.41 | 28 July | WB |
| Women's eight | Repechage | Maria-Magdalena Rusu Viviana Iuliana Bejinariu Georgiana Dedu Maria Tivodariu Ioana Vrînceanu Amalia Bereș Mădălina Bereș Denisa Tîlvescu Daniela Druncea | Romania | 5:52.99 | 28 July | WB |
| Women's single sculls | Final | Emma Twigg | New Zealand | 7:13.97 | 30 July | OB |
| Men's single sculls | Final | Stefanos Ntouskos | Greece | 6:40.45 | 30 July | OB |

## Shooting

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Score | Date | Record |
| Women's 10 metre air rifle | Qualification | Jeanette Hegg Duestad | Norway | 632.9 | 24 July | OR |
| Women's 10 metre air rifle | Final | Yang Qian | China | 251.8 | 24 July | OR |
| Men's 10 metre air pistol | Final | Javad Foroughi | Iran | 244.8 | 24 July | OR |
| Women's 10 metre air pistol | Qualification | Jiang Ranxin | China | 587 | 25 July | =WR |
| Women's 10 metre air pistol | Final | Vitalina Batsarashkina | ROC | 240.3 | 25 July | OR |
| Men's 10 metre air rifle | Qualification | Yang Haoran | China | 632.7 | 25 July | OR |
| Men's 10 metre air rifle | Final | William Shaner | United States | 251.6 | 25 July | OR |
| Women's skeet | Qualification | Wei Meng | China | 124 | 26 July | =WR |
| Men's skeet | Qualification | Éric Delaunay | France | 124 | 26 July | OR |
| Men's skeet | Qualification | Tammaro Cassandro | Italy | 124 | 26 July | OR |
| Women's skeet | Final | Amber English | United States | 56 | 26 July | OR |
| Men's skeet | Final | Vincent Hancock | United States | 59 | 26 July | OR |
| Mixed 10 metre air pistol team | Qualification | Manu Bhaker Saurabh Chaudhary | India | 582 | 27 July | OR |
| Mixed 10 metre air rifle team | Qualification | Yang Qian Yang Haoran | China | 633.2 | 27 July | WR |
| Women's trap | Qualification | Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková | Slovakia | 125 | 29 July | WR |
| Women's trap | Final | Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková | Slovakia | 43 | 29 July | OR |
| Men's trap | Final | Jiří Lipták | Czech Republic | 43 | 29 July | OR |
| Men's trap | Final | David Kostelecký | Czech Republic | 43 | 29 July | OR |
| Women's 25 metre pistol | Final | Vitalina Batsarashkina | ROC | 38 | 30 July | OR |
| Women's 25 metre pistol | Final | Kim Min-jung | South Korea | 38 | 30 July | OR |
| Mixed trap team | Qualification | Fátima Gálvez Alberto Fernández | Spain | 148 | 31 July | OR |
| Mixed trap team | Qualification | Alessandra Perilli Gian Marco Berti | San Marino | 148 | 31 July | OR |
| Women's 50 metre rifle three positions | Qualification | Yulia Zykova | ROC | 1182 | 31 July | OR |
| Women's 50 metre rifle three positions | Final | Nina Christen | Switzerland | 463.9 | 31 July | OR |
| Men's 50 metre rifle three positions | Final | Zhang Changhong | China | 466.0 | 2 August | WR |

## Sport climbing

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
| Men's combined (speed) | Qualification | Bassa Mawem | France | 5.45 | 3 August | OR |
| Women's combined (speed) | Qualification | Aleksandra Mirosław | Poland | 6.97 | 4 August | OR |
| Women's combined (speed) | Final | Aleksandra Mirosław | Poland | 6.84 | 6 August | WR |

## Swimming
### Men

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record | Day |
| Men's 800 metre freestyle | Heats | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 7:41.28 | 27 July | OR | 4 |
| Men's 200 metre butterfly | Final | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:51.25 | 28 July | OR | 5 |
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke | Final | Zac Stubblety-Cook | Australia | 2:06.38 | 29 July | OR | 6 |
| Men's 100 metre freestyle | Final | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 47.02 | 29 July | OR | 6 |
| Men's 100 metre butterfly | Heats | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 50.39 | 29 July | OR | 6 |
| Men's 100 metre butterfly | Semifinal | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 50.31 | 30 July | OR | 7 |
| Men's 100 metre butterfly | Semifinal | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 49.71 | 30 July | OR | 7 |
| Men's 200 metre backstroke | Final | Evgeny Rylov | ROC | 1:53.27 | 30 July | OR | 7 |
| Men's 100 metre butterfly | Final | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 49.45 | 31 July | WR | 8 |
| Men's 50 metre freestyle | Final | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 21.07 | 1 August | OR | 9 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | Final | Ryan Murphy (52.31) Michael Andrew (58.49) Caeleb Dressel (49.03) Zach Apple (46.95) | United States | 3:26.78 | 1 August | WR | 9 |

### Women

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record | Day |
| Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | Final | Bronte Campbell (53.01) Meg Harris (53.09) Emma McKeon (51.35) Cate Campbell (52.24) | Australia | 3:29.69 | 25 July | WR | 2 |
| Women's 100 metre freestyle | Final | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 52.62 r | 25 July | OR | 2 |
| Women's 100 metre backstroke | Heats | Kylie Masse | Canada | 58.17 | 25 July | OR | 2 |
| Women's 100 metre backstroke | Heats | Regan Smith | United States | 57.96 | 25 July | OR | 2 |
| Women's 100 metre backstroke | Heats | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 57.88 | 25 July | OR | 2 |
| Women's 100 metre breaststroke | Heats | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 1:04.82 | 25 July | OR | 2 |
| Women's 100 metre backstroke | Semifinal | Regan Smith | United States | 57.86 | 26 July | OR | 3 |
| Women's 1500 metre freestyle | Heats | Katie Ledecky | United States | 15:35.35 | 26 July | OR | 3 |
| Women's 100 metre backstroke | Final | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 57.47 | 27 July | OR | 4 |
| Women's 200 metre freestyle | Final | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 1:53.50 | 28 July | OR | 5 |
| Women's 100 metre freestyle | Heats | Emma McKeon | Australia | 52.13 | 28 July | OR | 5 |
| Women's 200 metre breaststroke | Heats | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 2:19.16 | 28 July | OR | 5 |
| Women's 200 metre butterfly | Final | Zhang Yufei | China | 2:03.86 | 29 July | OR | 6 |
| Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | Final | Yang Junxuan (1:54.37) Tang Muhan (1:55.00) Zhang Yufei (1:55.66) Li Bingjie (1:55.30) | China | 7:40.33 | 29 July | WR | 6 |
| Women's 200 metre breaststroke | Final | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 2:18.95 | 30 July | WR | 7 |
| Women's 100 metre freestyle | Final | Emma McKeon | Australia | 51.96 | 30 July | OR | 7 |
| Women's 50 metre freestyle | Heats | Emma McKeon | Australia | 24.02 | 30 July | OR | 7 |
| Women's 50 metre freestyle | Semifinal | Emma McKeon | Australia | 24.00 | 31 July | OR | 8 |
| Women's 50 metre freestyle | Final | Emma McKeon | Australia | 23.81 | 1 August | OR | 9 |
| Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | Final | Kaylee McKeown (58.01) Chelsea Hodges (1:05.57) Emma McKeon (55.91) Cate Campbell (52.11) | Australia | 3:51.60 | 1 August | OR | 9 |
Legend: r – First leg of relay
* All world records (WR) are consequently Olympic records (OR).

### Mixed

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record | Day |
| Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay | Heats | Kathleen Dawson (58.50) Adam Peaty (57.08) James Guy (50.58) Freya Anderson (52.59) | Great Britain | 3:38.75 | 29 July | OR | 6 |
| Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay | Final | Kathleen Dawson (58.80) Adam Peaty (56.78) James Guy (50.00) Anna Hopkin (52.00) | Great Britain | 3:37.58 | 31 July | WR | 8 |

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Event | Round | Name | Nationality | Weight | Date | Record |
| Men's 61 kg | Clean & Jerk | Li Fabin | China | 172 kg | 25 July | OR |
| Men's 61 kg | Total | Li Fabin | China | 313 kg | 25 July | OR |
| Men's 67 kg | Clean & Jerk | Chen Lijun | China | 187 kg | 25 July | OR |
| Men's 67 kg | Total | Luis Javier Mosquera | Colombia | 331 kg | 25 July | OR |
| Men's 67 kg | Total | Chen Lijun | China | 332 kg | 25 July | OR |
| Men's 73 kg | Snatch | Shi Zhiyong | China | 163 kg | 28 July | OR |
| Men's 73 kg | Snatch | Shi Zhiyong | China | 166 kg | 28 July | OR |
| Men's 73 kg | Clean & Jerk | Shi Zhiyong | China | 198 kg | 28 July | OR |
| Men's 73 kg | Total | Shi Zhiyong | China | 354 kg | 28 July | OR |
| Men's 73 kg | Total | Shi Zhiyong | China | 364 kg | 28 July | WR |
| Men's 81 kg | Snatch | Lü Xiaojun | China | 170 kg | 31 July | OR |
| Men's 81 kg | Clean & Jerk | Zacarías Bonnat | Dominican Republic | 202 kg | 31 July | OR |
| Men's 81 kg | Clean & Jerk | Lü Xiaojun | China | 204 kg | 31 July | OR |
| Men's 81 kg | Total | Lü Xiaojun | China | 367 kg | 31 July | OR |
| Men's 81 kg | Total | Lü Xiaojun | China | 374 kg | 31 July | OR |
| Men's 96 kg | Clean & Jerk | Fares El-Bakh | Qatar | 225 kg | 31 July | OR |
| Men's 96 kg | Total | Fares El-Bakh | Qatar | 402 kg | 31 July | OR |
| Men's 109 kg | Snatch | Simon Martirosyan | Armenia | 195 kg | 3 August | OR |
| Men's 109 kg | Total | Akbar Djuraev | Uzbekistan | 420 kg | 3 August | OR |
| Men's 109 kg | Total | Simon Martirosyan | Armenia | 423 kg | 3 August | OR |
| Men's 109 kg | Clean & Jerk | Akbar Djuraev | Uzbekistan | 237 kg | 3 August | OR |
| Men's 109 kg | Total | Akbar Djuraev | Uzbekistan | 430 kg | 3 August | OR |
| Men's +109 kg | Snatch | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | 208 kg | 4 August | OR |
| Men's +109 kg | Snatch | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | 215 kg | 4 August | OR |
| Men's +109 kg | Snatch | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | 223 kg | 4 August | WR |
| Men's +109 kg | Total | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | 468 kg | 4 August | OR |
| Men's +109 kg | Clean & Jerk | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | 255 kg | 4 August | OR |
| Men's +109 kg | Total | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | 478 kg | 4 August | OR |
| Men's +109 kg | Clean & Jerk | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | 265 kg | 4 August | WR |
| Men's +109 kg | Total | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | 488 kg | 4 August | WR |

### Women

| Event | Round | Name | Nationality | Weight | Date | Record |
| Women's 49 kg | Snatch | Hou Zhihui | China | 92 kg | 24 July | OR |
| Women's 49 kg | Snatch | Hou Zhihui | China | 94 kg | 24 July | OR |
| Women's 49 kg | Clean & Jerk | Hou Zhihui | China | 114 kg | 24 July | OR |
| Women's 49 kg | Clean & Jerk | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu | India | 115 kg | 24 July | OR |
| Women's 49 kg | Clean & Jerk | Hou Zhihui | China | 116 kg | 24 July | OR |
| Women's 49 kg | Total | Hou Zhihui | China | 203 kg | 24 July | OR |
| Women's 49 kg | Total | Hou Zhihui | China | 208 kg | 24 July | OR |
| Women's 49 kg | Total | Hou Zhihui | China | 210 kg | 24 July | OR |
| Women's 55 kg | Snatch | Muattar Nabieva | Uzbekistan | 98 kg | 26 July | OR |
| Women's 55 kg | Clean & Jerk | Liao Qiuyun | China | 123 kg | 26 July | OR |
| Women's 55 kg | Clean & Jerk | Hidilyn Diaz | Philippines | 124 kg | 26 July | OR |
| Women's 55 kg | Clean & Jerk | Liao Qiuyun | China | 126 kg | 26 July | OR |
| Women's 55 kg | Clean & Jerk | Hidilyn Diaz | Philippines | 127 kg | 26 July | OR |
| Women's 55 kg | Total | Liao Qiuyun | China | 220 kg | 26 July | OR |
| Women's 55 kg | Total | Hidilyn Diaz | Philippines | 221 kg | 26 July | OR |
| Women's 55 kg | Total | Liao Qiuyun | China | 223 kg | 26 July | OR |
| Women's 55 kg | Total | Hidilyn Diaz | Philippines | 224 kg | 26 July | OR |
| Women's 59 kg | Snatch | Kuo Hsing-chun | Chinese Taipei | 103 kg | 27 July | OR |
| Women's 59 kg | Clean & Jerk | Kuo Hsing-chun | Chinese Taipei | 133 kg | 27 July | OR |
| Women's 59 kg | Total | Kuo Hsing-chun | Chinese Taipei | 236 kg | 27 July | OR |
| Women's +87 kg | Snatch | Li Wenwen | China | 140 kg | 2 August | OR |
| Women's +87 kg | Clean & Jerk | Li Wenwen | China | 173 kg | 2 August | OR |
| Women's +87 kg | Clean & Jerk | Li Wenwen | China | 180 kg | 2 August | OR |
| Women's +87 kg | Total | Li Wenwen | China | 313 kg | 2 August | OR |
| Women's +87 kg | Total | Li Wenwen | China | 320 kg | 2 August | OR |

## Footnotes

* ^ While Jiang Ranxin and Wei Meng did not break the qualification world records for the women's 10m air pistol or the women's skeet respectively, they did set Olympic records since they were not previously established in those events.
* ^ Sjöström broke the Olympic record for the women's 100 m freestyle in the women's 4x100 m freestyle relay final.