The 2024 Paris Olympics will be remembered with some exciting sporting history, as many major records were broken across various sports.
A staggering 125 Olympic records and 32 world records were broken at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, as the next generation of champions emerged to leave an indelible mark on their respective sports.
Here are the top ten records that were broken at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
10. Julien Alfred ( Saint Lucia)
Julien Alfred beat out Sha’Carri Richardson in the 100-meter race at the Paris 2024 to win Saint Lucia’s first gold medal in an Olympic event.
9. Novak Djokovic ( Serbia)
Novak Djokovic who is the most decorated tennis player in the world won Gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the first he has ever won and the first Serbian tennis player to win the Gold at the event.
8. D’Tigress (Nigeria)
The Nigeria Women’s basketball team, D’Tigress etched their names into the history book as they became the first African team to qualify for the quarter-final of an Olympic event.
7. Muzala Samukonga (Zambia)
Muzala Samukonga broke the Zambian National Record with a 43.74s clocking to win 400m Bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympic games. He is the 3rd person ever from Zambia to win an Olympic medal which was last achieved by Samuel Matete in 1996.
6. Letsile Tebogo (Botswana)
Letsile Tebogo won Gold in the men’s 200m at the Paris 2024 Olympics in an African Record of 19.46 seconds. He is the first person ever from Botswana to win Gold at an Olympic Games, and also the first African to medal in this event since 1996.
5. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (U.S.A)
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke the women’s 400mH World Record to win Gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, finishing in 50.37 seconds. She broke the World Record for the 6th time in the event, she has gone 40 races unbeaten.
4. Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan)
Arshad Nadeem shattered the Olympic record in the men’s Javelin at Paris 2024 to win Gold to set a new one of 92.97m. He beat Neeraj Chopra who landed 89.45m to take Silver, while Anderson Peters was 3rd with 88.54m
3. Marileidy Paulino (Dominican Republic)
Marileidy Paulino made history in the women’s 400m. She finished in 48.17 seconds and became the first woman from the Dominican Republic to win an Olympic Gold medal. is the fourth fastest woman of all-time also setting a new Olympic Record.
2. Beatrice Chebet (Kenya)
Beatrice Chebet won Gold in the women’s 10000m in 30:43.25 and completed the 5k/10k double, becoming only the 3rd woman to achieve that feat, at her first Olympics games. Nadia Battocletti of Italy won the Silver medal while Sifan Hassan of France took her 2nd Bronze of the games.
1. Tarrmat Tola (Ethiopia)
Tamirat Tola won GOLD in the men’s marathon at the Paris 2024 Olympic games to set a new Olympic Record in 2:06:26. He finished ahead 2nd place Bashir Abdi in 2:06:47, while Benson Kipruto got the Bronze medal in 2:07:00.
