# World and Olympic records set at the 2016 Summer Olympics

23 world records and 91 Olympic records (exact counts were announced during the closing ceremony) were set in various events at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

## Olympic and world records set by sport
### Archery

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Points | Date | Record |
| Men's Individual | Ranking round | Kim Woo-jin | South Korea | 700 | 5 August | WR |

### Athletics

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time (distance) | Date | Record |
| Women's 10,000 metres | Final | Almaz Ayana | Ethiopia | 29:17.45 | 12 August | WR |
| Men's 400 metres | Final | Wayde van Niekerk | South Africa | 43.03 | 14 August | WR |
| Women's hammer throw | Final | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland | 82.29 m | 15 August | WR |
| Men's pole vault | Final | Thiago Braz da Silva | Brazil | 6.03 m | 15 August | OR |
| 3000m Steeplechase | Final | Conseslus Kipruto | Kenya | 8:03.28 | 16 August | OR |
| Men's shot put | Final | Ryan Crouser | United States | 22.52 m | 18 August | OR |
| Men's decathlon | Final | Ashton Eaton | United States | 8893 pts | 18 August | OR |
| Women's 5,000 metres | Final | Vivian Cheruiyot | Kenya | 14:26.17 | 20 August | OR |

### Canoeing

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
| Women's Kayak Single 200m | Final | Lisa Carrington | New Zealand | 39.864 | 15 August | OR |
| Men's Kayak Single 200m | Final | Yuriy Cheban | Ukraine | 39.279 | 18 August | OR |

### Cycling track

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
| Women's Team Pursuit | Qualifying | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4:13.260 | 11 August | OR, WR |
| Men's Team Sprint | Qualifying | Great Britain | Great Britain | 42.562 | 11 August | OR |
| Men's Team Sprint | First Round | New Zealand | New Zealand | 42.535 | 11 August | OR |
| Men's Team Sprint | Finals | Great Britain | Great Britain | 42.440 | 11 August | OR |
| Men's Sprint | Qualifying | Jason Kenny | Great Britain | 9.551 | 12 August | OR |
| Women's Team Sprint | Qualifying | China | China | 32.305 | 12 August | OR |
| Women's Team Sprint | First Round | China | China | 31.928 | 12 August | OR, WR |
| Men's Team Pursuit | First Round | Great Britain | Great Britain | 3:50.570 | 12 August | OR, WR |
| Men's Team Pursuit | Finals | Great Britain | Great Britain | 3:50.265 | 12 August | OR, WR |
| Women's Team Pursuit | First Round | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4:12.152 | 13 August | OR, WR |
| Women's Team Pursuit | Finals | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4:10.236 | 13 August | OR, WR |
| Omnium Individual Pursuit | Finals | Lasse Norman Hansen | Denmark | 4:14.982 | 13 August | OR |

### Modern pentathlon

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Points | Date | Record |
| Men's modern pentathlon | Fencing (ranking round) | Aleksander Lesun | Russia | 268 | 18 August | OR |
| Women's modern pentathlon | Swimming | Gulnaz Gubaydullina | Russia | 2:07:94 | 19 August | OR |
| Women's modern pentathlon | Combined Running/Shooting | Laura Asadauskaitė | Lithuania | 12:01:01 | 19 August | OR |
| Men's modern pentathlon | Swimming | James Cooke | Great Britain | 1:55:60 | 20 August | OR |

### Rowing

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
| Men's Single Sculls | Final | Mahé Drysdale | New Zealand | 6:41.34 | 13 August | OR |

### Shooting

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Score | Date | Record |
| Women's 10 metre air rifle | Qualifying | Du Li | China | 420.7 | 6 August | OR |
| Women's 10 metre air rifle | Final | Virginia Thrasher | United States | 208.0 | 6 August | OR |
| Men's 10 metre air pistol | Final | Hoàng Xuân Vinh | Vietnam | 202.5 | 6 August | OR |
| Women's 10 metre air pistol | Final | Zhang Mengxue | China | 199.4 | 7 August | OR |
| Men's 10 metre air rifle | Qualifying | Niccolò Campriani | Italy | 630.2 | 8 August | OR |
| Men's skeet | Qualifying | Marcus Svensson Abdullah Al-Rashidi | Sweden Independent Olympic Athletes | 123 | 12 August | OR |
| 50m Rifle Prone Men | Qualifying | Sergey Kamenskiy | Russia | 629.0 | 12 August | OR |
| 50m Rifle Prone Men | Finals | Henri Junghänel | Germany | 209.5 | 12 August | OR |
| 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men | Qualifying | Sergey Kamenskiy | Russia | 1184-67 | 14 August | OR |
| 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men | Finals | Niccolò Campriani | Italy | 458.8 | 14 August | OR |

### Men

| Event | Established for | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record | Day |
| Men's 100 metre breaststroke | (same) | 6 August | Heats | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 57.55 | WR | 1 |
| Men's 100 metre breaststroke | (same) | 7 August | Final | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 57.13 | WR | 2 |
| Men's 100 metre backstroke | (same) | 8 August | Final | Ryan Murphy | United States | 51.97 | OR | 3 |
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke | (same) | 9 August | Semifinal | Ippei Watanabe | Japan | 2:07.22 | OR | 4 |
| Men's 100 metre butterfly | (same) | 12 August | Final | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 50.39 | OR | 7 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | Men's 100 metre backstroke | 13 August | Final | Ryan Murphy | United States | 51.85 r | WR | 8 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | (same) | 13 August | Final | Ryan Murphy (51.85) Cody Miller (59.03) Michael Phelps (50.33) Nathan Adrian (46.74) | United States | 3:27.95 | OR | 8 |

### Women

| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record | Day |
| Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 6 August | Heats | Madison Wilson (54.11) Brittany Elmslie (53.22) Bronte Campbell (53.26) Cate Campbell (51.80) | Australia | 3:32.39 | OR | 1 |
| Women's 100 metre butterfly | 6 August | Semifinal | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 55.84 | OR | 1 |
| Women's 400 metre individual medley | 6 August | Final | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 4:26.36 | WR | 1 |
| Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 6 August | Final | Emma McKeon (53.41) Brittany Elmslie (53.12) Bronte Campbell (52.15) Cate Campbell (51.97) | Australia | 3:30.65 | WR | 1 |
| Women's 400 metre freestyle | 7 August | Heats | Katie Ledecky | United States | 3:58.71 | OR | 2 |
| Women's 100 metre butterfly | 7 August | Final | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 55.48 | WR | 2 |
| Women's 400 metre freestyle | 7 August | Final | Katie Ledecky | United States | 3:56.46 | WR | 2 |
| Women's 200 metre individual medley | 8 August | Heats | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.45 | OR | 3 |
| Women's 100 metre breaststroke | 8 August | Final | Lilly King | United States | 1:04.93 | OR | 3 |
| Women's 200 metre individual medley | 9 August | Final | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:06.58 | OR | 4 |
| Women's 100 metre freestyle | 10 August | Heats | Cate Campbell | Australia | 52.78 | OR | 5 |
| Women's 100 metre freestyle | 10 August | Semifinals | Cate Campbell | Australia | 52.71 | OR | 5 |
| Women's 800 metre freestyle | 11 August | Heats | Katie Ledecky | United States | 8.12.86 | OR | 6 |
| Women's 100 metre freestyle | 11 August | Final | Simone Manuel | United States | 52.70 | OR | 6 |
| Women's 100 metre freestyle | 11 August | Final | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 52.70 | OR | 6 |
| Women's 800 metre freestyle | 12 August | Final | Katie Ledecky | United States | 8.04.79 | WR | 7 |
Legend: r – First leg of relay
* All world records (WR) are consequently Olympic records (OR).

### Weightlifting
#### Men's

| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Weight | Record |
| Men's 56kg | 7 August | Clean & Jerk | Long Qingquan | China | 170 kg | OR |
| Men's 56kg | 7 August | Total | Long Qingquan | China | 307 kg | WR |
| Men's 77kg | 10 August | Snatch | Lü Xiaojun | China | 177 kg | WR |
| Men's 77kg | 10 August | Clean & Jerk | Nijat Rahimov | Kazakhstan | 214 kg | WR |
| Men's 85kg | 12 August | Clean & Jerk | Tian Tao | China | 217 kg | OR |
| Men's 85kg | 12 August | Total | Kianoush Rostami | Iran | 396 kg | WR |
| Men's 105 kg | 16 August | Clean & Jerk | Ruslan Nurudinov | Uzbekistan | 237 kg | OR |
| Men's +105 kg | 16 August | Snatch | Behdad Salimi | Iran | 216 kg | WR |
| Men's +105 kg | 16 August | Total | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | 473 kg | WR |

#### Women's

| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Weight | Record |
| Women's 53kg | 7 August | Snatch | Li Yajun | China | 101 kg | OR |
| Women's 58kg | 8 August | Snatch | Sukanya Srisurat | Thailand | 110 kg | OR |
| Women's 63kg | 9 August | Clean & Jerk Total | Deng Wei | China | 147 kg262 kg | WR |

## World records set by date

| Date | Event | Athlete | Nation | Record description |
| 5 August 2016 | Archery – Men's individual | Kim Woo-jin | South Korea | Scored a world record of 700 in the ranking round |
| 6 August 2016 | Swimming – Men's 100 metre breaststroke | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | Set a world record time of 57.55 in the heats |
| 6 August 2016 | Swimming – Women's 400 metre individual medley | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | Set a world record time of 4:26.36 in the final |
| 6 August 2016 | Swimming – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | Emma McKeon Brittany Elmslie Bronte Campbell Cate Campbell | Australia | Set a world record time of 3:30.65 in the final |
| 7 August 2016 | Swimming – Men's 100 metre breaststroke | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | Set a world record time of 57.13 in the final |
| 7 August 2016 | Swimming – Women's 100 metre butterfly | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | Set a world record time of 55.48 in the final |
| 7 August 2016 | Swimming – Women's 400 metre freestyle | Katie Ledecky | United States | Set a world record time of 3:56.46 in the final |
| 7 August 2016 | Weightlifting – Men's 56 kg | Long Qingquan | China | Set a world record total of 307 kg |
| 9 August 2016 | Weightlifting – Women's 63 kg | Deng Wei | China | Set a world record at clean and jerk of 147 kg Set a world record total of 262 kg |
| 10 August 2016 | Weightlifting – Men's 77 kg | Lü Xiaojun | China | Set a world record at snatch of 177 kg |
| 10 August 2016 | Weightlifting – Men's 77 kg | Nijat Rahimov | Kazakhstan | Set a world record at clean and jerk of 214 kg |
| 11 August 2016 | Cycling – Women's team pursuit | Katie Archibald Laura Trott Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell | Great Britain | Set a world record time of 4:13.260 in the qualification |
| 12 August 2016 | Cycling – Women's team sprint | Gong Jinjie Zhong Tianshi | China | Set a world record time of 31.928 in the first round |
| 12 August 2016 | Cycling – Men's team pursuit | Ed Clancy Steven Burke Owain Doull Bradley Wiggins | Great Britain | Set a world record time of 3:50.570 in the first round |
| 12 August 2016 | Cycling – Men's team pursuit | Ed Clancy Steven Burke Owain Doull Bradley Wiggins | Great Britain | Set a world record time of 3:50.265 in the final |
| 12 August 2016 | Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres | Almaz Ayana | Ethiopia | Set a world record time of 29:17.45 in the final |
| 12 August 2016 | Weightlifting – Men's 85 kg | Kianoush Rostami | Iran | Set a world record total of 396 kg |
| 12 August 2016 | Swimming – Women's 800 metre freestyle | Katie Ledecky | United States | Set a world record time of 8:04.79 in the final |
| 14 August 2016 | Athletics - Men's 400 metres | Wayde van Niekerk | South Africa | Set a world record time of 43.03 in the final |
| 15 August 2016 | Athletics - Women's hammer throw | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland | Set a world record distance of 82.29 m in the final |
| 16 August 2016 | Weightlifting - Men's +105 kg | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | Set a world record at snatch of 215 kg |
| 16 August 2016 | Weightlifting - Men's +105 kg | Behdad Salimi | Iran | Set a world record at snatch of 216 kg |
| 16 August 2016 | Weightlifting - Men's +105 kg | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | Set a world record total of 473 kg |