Olympic Records created at Paris Olympics 2024

Lim Si-Hyeon set new world and Olympic record

With a score of 694, the South Korean archer set a new world and Olympic record in the qualifying round for Paris 2024. In the case of the former, she surpassed the mark achieved by her compatriot Kang Chae-young in 2019 at the World Archery Championships. While in the Olympic mark, she surpassed the one achieved by An San in the Tokyo Olympics, of 680 points.

South Korean women's archery team

During the first day of the discipline, Lim Sihyeon, Hunyoung Jeon, and Nam Suhyeon also set a new Olympic record of 2046 points, 14 more than the one achieved in Tokyo 2020. On that occasion, it was San An, Minhee Jang, and Chaeyoung Kang who set a new mark. 

Pan Zhanle surpassed Caeleb Dressel

The Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle surpassed the record set by American Caeleb Dressel in Tokyo 2020. The multi-world medalist had a time of 46.92, ten hundredths more than Dressel, although he was eight short of the world record, which Pan himself recorded at the Doha World Championships in February of this year. 

Australian women's swimming team beat their own Olympic record 

Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon, and Meg Harris claimed Olympic gold for their country in the relay event, beating the representatives of the United States and China. With a time of 3:28.92, they beat their Olympic record of 3:29.69, which they had achieved in Tokyo 2020, by 77 hundredths of a second. 

Gretchen Walsh was two-tenths short of the world record

The American swimmer Gretchen Walsh recorded a time of 55.38 in her semi-final heat, beating the Olympic record of 55.48 set in Rio 2016 by Sweden's Sarah Sjöström. However, Gretchen was two-tenths short of the world record, which she achieved herself in Indianapolis in June this year.

Asians' domination

Four of the five records that have been broken recently have been set by Asian athletes, with the rifle and pistol disciplines being where athletes Ban Hyo-jin, Sheng Lihao, and Oh Ye-jin have set records in Paris 2024. The only non-Asian athlete to set a new record in a discipline was Frenchman Léon Marchand, who set a time of 4:02.95 in the 400-meter event, leaving behind a record held by Michael Phelps.

Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem wins gold with new Olympic record

Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem set a new Olympic record of 92.97m to walk away with the gold, the first track and field gold medal for his country at the Olympic Games. Nadeem threw an Olympic record of 92.97m for victory. Before Arshad, Pakistan had never won an individual gold medal at the Olympics.

All of Pakistan’s previous three gold medals came in field hockey, with their team winning gold in 1960, 1968, and 1984. Prior to Arshad Nadeem, only two Pakistan athletes had won individual medals of any color, with a wrestling bronze in 1960 and a boxing bronze in 1988. Since the 1992 Barcelona Games, Pakistan has not won a medal of any kind.

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