Date |
Event |
Athlete |
Nation |
Record description |
Ref
|
5 August 2016 |
Archery – Men's individual |
Kim Woo-jin |
South Korea |
Scored a world record of 700 in the ranking round |
[1]
|
6 August 2016 |
Swimming – Men's 100 metre breaststroke |
Adam Peaty |
Great Britain |
Set a world record time of 57.55 in the heats |
[2]
|
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 |
[3]
|
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 |
[4]
|
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
|
[5]
|
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
|
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