List Of World Records Set At Tokyo Olympics

The sporting extravaganza at the Tokyo Olympics drew to a close after over two weeks of high-octane action. The Indian contingent at the Games returns with seven medals, including a historic first gold medal in athletics for Neeraj Chopra in men's javelin throw. Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won silver while the Indian men's hockey team won a bronze medal, ending a 41-year wait for an Olympic medal. The Indians aside, there were several Olympic and world records broken at the Games, including the men's and women's 400m hurdles and women's team pursuit in cycling among others. 

Here are the new world records that were set during the Tokyo Olympics: 

Athletics 

Men's 400m hurdles

Karsten Warholm (Norway) - 45.94 seconds 

Previous record: Karsten Warholm - 46.70 seconds 

Women's 400m hurdles

Sydney McLaughlin (Australia) - 51.46 seconds 

Previous record: Sydney McLaughlin - 51.90 seconds 

Women's Triple Jump 

Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) - 15.67 metres 

Previous record: Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) - 15.50 metres 

Cycling 

Men's Team Pursuit  

Francesco Lamon, Simone Consonni, Jonathan Milan, Filippo Ganna (Italy) - 3:42.032 

Previous record: Francesco Lamon, Simone Consonni, Jonathan Milan, Filippo Ganna (Italy) - 3:44.307 

Women's Team Sprint 

Shanju Bao and Tianshi Zhong (China) - 31.804 

Previous record: Jinjie Gong and Tianshi Zhong (China) - 32.034 

Women's Team Pursuit 

Franziska Brausse, Lisa Brennauer, Lisa Klein, Mieke Kroeger (Germany) - 4:04.242 

Previous record: Franziska Brausse, Lisa Brennauer, Lisa Klein, Mieke Kroeger (Germany) - 4:06.166 

Rowing 

Women's Pair  

Grace Prendergast, Kerri Gowler (New Zealand) - 6:47.41 

Previous record: Maria Kyridou and Christina Ioanna Bourmpou (Greece) - 6:48.70 

Lightweight Women's Double Sculls  

Valentina Rodini and Federica Cesarini (Italy) - 6:41.36  

Previous record: Emily Craig and Imogen Grant (Great Britain) - 6:41.99 

Lightweight Men's Double Sculls 

Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan (Ireland) - 6:05.33 

Previous record: James Thompson and John Smith (South Africa) - 6:05.36 

Women's Quadruple Sculls 

Yunxia Chen, Ling Zhang, Yang Lyu, Xiaotong Cui (China) - 6:05.13 

Previous record: Annekatrin Thiele, Carina Baer, Julia Lier, Lisa Schmidla (Germany) - 6:06.84 

Men's Quadruple Sculls 

Lucas Theodoor Dirk Uittenbogaard, Abe Wiersma, Tone Wieten, Koen Metsemakers (Netherlands) - 5:32.03 

Previous record: Dmytro Mykhay, Artem Morozov, Olexandr Nadtoka and Ivan Dovhodko (Ukraine) - 5:32.26

Women's Eight - Repechage 

Romania - 5:52.99

Previous record: USA - 5:54.16

Shooting 

50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Final  

Changhong Zhang (China) - 466.0pts 

Previous record: Haoran Yang (China) - 465.3pts 

Sport Climbing 

Aleksandra Miroslaw (Poland) - 6.84 

Previous record: Iuliia Kaplina (Russia) - 6.96 

Swimming 

Women's 200m Breaststroke  

Tatjana Schoenmaker (South Africa) - 2:18.95 

Previous record: Rikke Moller Pedersen (Denmark) - 2:19.11 

Women's 4X100m Freestyle Relay 

Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell (Australia) - 3:29.69 

Previous record: Shayana Jack, Bronte Campbell, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell (Australia) - 3:30.05 

Women's 4X200m Freestyle Relay 

Junxuan Yang, Muhan Tang, Yufei Zhang, Bingjie Li (China) - 7:40.33 

Previous record: Ariarne Titmus, Madison Wilson, Brianna Throssell, Emma McKeon (Australia) - 7:41.50 

Men's 100 Butterfly 

Caeleb Dressel (United States of America) - 49.45 seconds

Previous best: Caeleb Dressel (United States of America) - 49.50 seconds

Men's 4X100m Medley Relay 

Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel and Zach Apple (USA) - 3:26.78 

Aaron Piersol, Eric Shanteau, Michale Phelps, and David Walters (USA) - 3:27.28 

Mixed 4X100m Medley Relay 

Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Anna Hopkin (Great Britain) - 3:37.58 

Previous record: Jiayu Xu, Zibei Yan, Yufei Zhang, Junxuan Yang (China) - 3:38.41  

Weightlifting 

Men's +109kg - Snatch 

Lasha Talakhadze (Georgia) - 223kg 

Previous record: Lasha Talakhadze (Georgia) - 222kg 

Men's +109kg - Clean and Jerk 

Lasha Talakhadze (Georgia) - 265kg 

Previous record: Lasha Talakhadze (Georgia) - 264kg 

Men's +109kg - Total 

Lasha Talakhadze (Georgia) - 488kg 

Previous record: Lasha Talakhadze (Georgia) - 485kg