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A number of world records and Olympic records were set in various events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. 32 world records were broken in eight sports. The largest number of world records was set in swimming, with eight. China, Great Britain and the United States set the most records, with five each.

Olympic and World records set by sport

Archery

See also: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics and List of Olympic records in archery
Event Name Nation Score Date Record
Men's individual
(216 arrow ranking round)		 Dong Hyun Im South Korea 699 Points 27 July WR, OR
Men's team Im Dong-Hyun
Kim Bub-Min
Oh Jin-Hyek		 South Korea 2087 Points 27 July WR, OR

Athletics

See also: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics and List of Olympic records in athletics
Event Name Nation Score Date Record
Women's marathon Tiki Gelana Ethiopia 2h 23:07 5 August OR
Men's 100 metres Usain Bolt Jamaica 9.63 s 5 August OR
Women's 100 metres hurdles Sally Pearson Australia 12.35 s 7 August OR
Men's 800 metres David Rudisha Kenya 1:40.91 9 August WR, OR
Women's 4 × 100 metres Tianna Madison
Allyson Felix
Bianca Knight
Carmelita Jeter		 USA 40.82 s 10 August WR, OR
Men's 4 × 100 metres Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt		 Jamaica 36.84 s 11 August WR, OR

Cycling

See also: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics and List of Olympic records in cycling
Event Name Nation Score Date Record
Women's team sprint Gong Jinjie
Guo Shuang		 China 32.447 s 2 August WR, OR
Gong Jinjie
Guo Shuang		 China 32.422 s 2 August WR, OR
Men's team sprint Philip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny		 Great Britain 42.747 s 2 August WR, OR
Philip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny		 Great Britain 42.600 s 2 August WR, OR
Men's team pursuit Ed Clancy
Geraint Thomas
Steven Burke
Peter Kennaugh		 Great Britain 3:52.499 2 August WR, OR
Ed Clancy
Geraint Thomas
Steven Burke
Peter Kennaugh		 Great Britain 3:51.659 3 August WR, OR
Women's team pursuit Dani King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell		 Great Britain 3:15.669 3 August WR, OR
Dani King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell		 Great Britain 3:14.682 4 August WR, OR
Dani King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell		 Great Britain 3:14.051 4 August WR, OR
Men's sprint Jason Kenny Great Britain 9.713 s 4 August OR
Women's sprint Victoria Pendleton Great Britain 10.724 s 5 August OR

Shooting

See also: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics and List of Olympic records in shooting
Event Name Nation Score Date Record
Women's 25 metre pistol
(Qualification)		 Kim Jangmi South Korea 591 Points 29 July OR
Women's skeet
(Qualification)		 Kim Rhode USA 74 Points 29 July OR
Women's skeet
(Final)		 Kim Rhode USA 99 Points 29 July OR
Men's skeet
(Qualification)		 Vincent Hancock USA 123 Points 30 July OR
Men's skeet
(Final)		 Vincent Hancock USA 148 Points 31 July OR
Men's 50 metre rifle prone
(Final)		 Sergei Martynov Bulgaria 705.5 Points 3 August WR, OR
Women's 50 metre rifle three positions
(Qualification)		 Jamie Lynn Gray USA 592 Points 4 August OR
Women's 50 metre rifle three positions
(Final)		 Jamie Lynn Gray USA 691.9 Points 4 August OR
Women's trap
(Qualification)		 Jessica Rossi Italy 75 Points 4 August OR
Women's trap
(Final)		 Jessica Rossi Italy 99 Points 4 August WR, OR
Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
(Qualification)		 Alexei Klimov Russia 592 Points 3 August WR, OR
Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
(Final)		 Leuris Pupo Cuba 34 Points 3 August WR, OR
Men's trap
(Qualification)		 Michael Diamond Australia 125 Points 6 August OR
Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
(Qualification)		 Niccolò Campriani Italy 1180 Points 6 August OR
Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
(Final)		 Niccolò Campriani Italy 1278.5 Points 6 August OR

Swimming

See also: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics and List of Olympic records in swimming

Men

Event Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
Men's 400 m freestyle 28 July Final Sun Yang   China 3:40.14 OR
Men's 100 m breaststroke 28 July Semifinal Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 58.83 OR
Men's 100 m breaststroke 29 July Final Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 58.46 WR, OR
Men's 100 m backstroke 30 July Final Matt Grevers   United States 52.16 OR
Men's 200 m breaststroke 1 August Final Dániel Gyurta   Hungary 2:07.28 WR, OR
Men's 200 m backstroke 2 August Final Tyler Clary   United States 1:53.41 OR
Men's 1500 m freestyle 4 August Final Sun Yang   China 14:31.02 WR, OR

Women

Event Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
Women's 100 m butterfly 28 July Heats Dana Vollmer   United States 56.25 OR
Women's 400 m individual medley 28 July Final Ye Shiwen   China 4:28.43 WR, OR
Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 28 July Final Alicia Coutts (53.90)
Cate Campbell (53.19)
Brittany Elmslie (53.41)
Melanie Schlanger (52.65)		   Australia 3:33.15 OR
Women's 100 m backstroke 29 July Heats Emily Seebohm   Australia 58.23 OR
Women's 100 m butterfly 29 July Final Dana Vollmer   United States 55.98 WR, OR
Women's 400 m freestyle 29 July Final Camille Muffat   France 4:01.45 OR
Women's 200 m individual medley 30 July Semifinal Ye Shiwen   China 2:08.39 OR
Women's 200 m freestyle 31 July Final Allison Schmitt   United States 1:53.61 OR
Women's 200 m individual medley 31 July Final Ye Shiwen   China 2:07.57 OR
Women's 100 m freestyle 1 August Semifinal Ranomi Kromowidjojo   Netherlands 53.05 OR
Women's 200 m butterfly 1 August Final Jiao Liuyang   China 2:04.06 OR
Women's 200 m breaststroke 1 August Semifinal Rebecca Soni   United States 2:20.00 WR, OR
Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 1 August Final Missy Franklin (1:55.96)
Dana Vollmer (1:56.02)
Shannon Vreeland (1:56.85)
Allison Schmitt (1:54.09)		   United States 7:42.92 OR
Women's 200 m breaststroke 2 August Final Rebecca Soni   United States 2:19.59 WR, OR
Women's 100 m freestyle 2 August Final Ranomi Kromowidjojo   Netherlands 53.00 OR
Women's 200 m backstroke 3 August Final Missy Franklin   United States 2:04.06 WR, OR
Women's 50 m freestyle 4 August Final Ranomi Kromowidjojo   Netherlands 24.05 OR
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay 4 August Final Missy Franklin (58.50)
Rebecca Soni (1:04.82)
Dana Vollmer (55.48)
Allison Schmitt (53.25)		   United States 3:52.05 WR, OR

Weightlifting

See also: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics and List of Olympic records in weightlifting

Women

Event Date Round Name Nationality Weight Record
Women's 53 kg 29 July Clean and jerk Zulfiya Chinshanlo   Kazakhstan 131 kg WR, OR
Women's 53 kg 29 July Total Zulfiya Chinshanlo   Kazakhstan 226 kg OR
Women's 58 kg 30 July Snatch Li Xueying   China 108 kg OR
Women's 58 kg 30 July Total Li Xueying   China 246 kg OR
Women's 63 kg 31 July Total Maiya Maneza   Kazakhstan 245 kg OR
Women's 75 kg 3 August Snatch Natalia Zabolotnaya   Russia 131 kg OR
Women's 75 kg 3 August Clean & Jerk Svetlana Podobedova   Kazakhstan 161 kg OR
Women's 75 kg 3 August Total Natalia Zabolotnaya   Russia 291 kg OR
Women's +75 kg 5 August Snatch Tatiana Kashirina   Russia 151 kg WR, OR
Women's +75 kg 5 August Clean & Jerk Zhou Lulu   China 187 kg OR
Women's +75 kg 5 August Total Zhou Lulu   China 333 kg WR, OR

Men

Event Date Round Name Nationality Weight Record
Men's 56 kg 29 July Clean and jerk Om Yun-Chol   North Korea 168 kg OR
Men's 62 kg 30 July Snatch Kim Un-Guk   North Korea 153 kg OR
Men's 62 kg 30 July Total Kim Un-Guk   North Korea 327 kg WR, OR
Men's 62 kg 30 July Clean and jerk Óscar Figueroa   Colombia 177 kg OR
Men's 77 kg 1 August Snatch Lü Xiaojun   China 175 kg WR, OR
Men's 77 kg 1 August Total Lü Xiaojun   China 379 kg WR, OR
Men's 94 kg 4 August Clean & Jerk Ilya Ilyin   Kazakhstan 233 kg WR, OR
Men's 94 kg 4 August Total Ilya Ilyin   Kazakhstan 418 kg WR, OR

World records set by date

Date Event Athlete Nation Record description Ref
27 July 2012 Archery – Men's individual Im Dong-Hyun   South Korea Scored a world record of 699 in the ranking round [1]
27 July 2012 Archery – Men's team Im Dong-Hyun
Kim Bub-Min
Oh Jin-Hyek		   South Korea Scored a world record of 2087 in the ranking round [1]
28 July 2012 Rowing – Men's coxless pair Eric Murray
Hamish Bond		   New Zealand Set a world record time of 6:08.50 in the heats [2]
28 July 2012 Swimming – Women's 400 metre individual medley Ye Shiwen   China Set a world record time of 4:28.43 in the final [3]
29 July 2012 Weightlifting – Women's 53 kg Zulfiya Chinshanlo   Kazakhstan Set a world record at clean and jerk of 131 kg [4]
29 July 2012 Swimming – Women's 100 metre butterfly Dana Vollmer   United States Set a world record time of 55.98 [5]
29 July 2012 Swimming – Men's 100 metre breaststroke Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa Set a world record time of 58.46 [6]
30 July 2012 Weightlifting – Men's 62 kg Kim Un-Guk   North Korea Set a world record at total of 327 kg [7]
1 August 2012 Swimming – Men's 200 metre breaststroke Dániel Gyurta   Hungary Set a world record time of 2:07.28 [8]
1 August 2012 Weightlifting – Men's 77 kg Lü Xiaojun   China Set world record at snatch of 175 kg
Set world record at total of 379 kg		 [9]
1 August 2012
2 August 2012		 Swimming – Women's 200 metre breaststroke Rebecca Soni   United States Set a world record time of 2:20.00 in the semi-final.
Set a world record time of 2:19.59 in the final.		 [8]
[10]
2 August 2012 Cycling – Women's team sprint Victoria Pendleton
Jessica Varnish		   Great Britain Set a world record time of 32.526 in the qualification.
2 August 2012 Cycling – Women's team sprint Gong Jinjie
Guo Shuang		   China Set a world record time of 32.447 in the qualification.
Set a world record time of 32.422 in the first round.		 [11]
2 August 2012 Cycling – Men's team pursuit Ed Clancy
Geraint Thomas
Steven Burke
Peter Kennaugh		   Great Britain Set a world record time of 3:52.499 in the qualification.
Set a world record time of 3:51.659 in the final.		 [12]
2 August 2012 Cycling – Men's team sprint Philip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny		   Great Britain Set a world record time of 42.747 in the first round.
Set a world record time of 42.600 in the final.		 [13]
2 August 2012 Shooting – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol Alexei Klimov   Russia Set a world record of 592 in the qualification [14]
3 August 2012 Cycling – Women's team pursuit Dani King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell		   Great Britain Set a world record time of 3:15.669 in the qualification.
3 August 2012 Shooting – Men's 50 metre rifle prone Sergei Martynov   Belarus Set a world record result of 705.5 in the final.
3 August 2012 Swimming – Women's 200 metre backstroke Missy Franklin   United States Set a world record time of 2:04.06 in the final.
4 August 2012 Shooting – Women's trap Jessica Rossi   Italy Scored a world record of 75 in the qualification.
Scored a world record of 99 in the final.
4 August 2012 Cycling – Women's team pursuit Dani King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell		   Great Britain Set a world record time of 3:14.682 in the first round.
Set a world record time of 3:14.051 in the final.
4 August 2012 Swimming – Men's 1500 metre freestyle Sun Yang   China Set a world record time of 14:31.02 in the final. [15]
4 August 2012 Swimming – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay Missy Franklin
Rebecca Soni
Dana Vollmer
Allison Schmitt		   United States Set a world record time of 3:52.05 in the final.
4 August 2012 Weightlifting – Men's 94 kg Ilya Ilyin   Kazakhstan Set a world record at clean and jerk of 233 kg.
Set a world record total of 418 kg.		 [16]
5 August 2012 Weightlifting – Women's +75 kg Tatiana Kashirina   Russia Set a world record at snatch of 151 kg.
5 August 2012 Weightlifting – Women's +75 kg Zhou Lulu   China Set a world record total of 333 kg.
9 August 2012 Athletics – Men's 800 metres David Rudisha   Kenya Set a world record time of 1:40.91 in the final.
10 August 2012 Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay Tianna Madison
Allyson Felix
Bianca Knight
Carmelita Jeter		   United States Set a world record time of 40.82 in the final.
11 August 2012 Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk Elena Lashmanova   Russia Set a world record time of 1:25.02.
11 August 2012 Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt		   Jamaica Set a world record time of 36.84 in the final. [17]
11 August 2012 Modern Pentathlon – Men's Nicola Benedetti   Italy Set a world record time of 9:23.63 in the running element. [18]
12 August 2012 Modern Pentathlon – Women's Anastasiya Prokopenko   Belarus Set a world record time of 10:20.90 in the running element. [19]

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