The Records and Firsts (So Far!) from the Rio Olympics That You Need to Know

The 2016 Olympics have been one for the record books, literally.

And if you’re having trouble keeping track of all the world records and first-ever happenings down in Rio – we don’t blame you, there’s been a lot – we’ve compiled all the data (so far!)

Swimming
World Records Broken:
Adam Peaty of Team Great Britain set a world record in the Men’s 100 meter breaststroke twice, first with a time of 57.55 in the heats and then with a time of 57.13 in the final.
Katinka Hosszu of Team Hungary set a world record in the women’s 400 meter individual medley with a time of 4:26.36.
Emma McKeon, Brittany Elmslie, Bronte Campbell and Cate Campbell of Team Australia set a world record in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay with a time of 3:30.65.

Sarah Sjöström of Team Sweden set a world record in the women’s 100 meter butterfly with a time of 55.48.

Katie Ledecky of Team USA set a world record in the women’s 400 meter freestyle with a time of 3:56.46.

Katie Ledecky of Team USA set a world record in the women’s 800 meter freestyle with a time of 8:04.79.

Micheal Phelps won his 13th individual gold medal, beating a record set by Leonidas of Rhodes in 152BC.

Firsts of Rio:
After he won the men’s 200 meter individual medley, Michael Phelps became the first-ever swimmer to win four consecutive gold medals in a single event. He’s also the first American man to make five Olympic teams.

When she won the women’s 100 meter freestyle Simone Manuel of Team USA became the first African-American woman to win an individual medal.

Penny Oleksiak of Team Canada became the youngest Canadian gold medalist in Olympic history – she’s 16 years and 59 days old.

Gymnastics
Firsts of Rio:
Simone Biles became the second-ever African-American woman to win the all-around gold medal with a score of 62.36.

Her margin of victory is bigger than the margins from the 1980 games to the 2012 games – combined. No woman, ever, has won the all-around gold by more than a point.
Biles is also the first American woman to hold the World Championship and Olympic all-around titles at the same time.

The women’s team won the all-around goal, the first time Team USA had ever won the team all-around in two consecutive Olympics.

Biles and Aly Raisman’s medal wins make them the second-ever pair of Americans to claim the gold and silver medals in the all-around competition.

Biles also won the gold medal in the vault final, becoming the first-ever American to do so.

Track and Field
World Records Broken:
Wayde Van Niekerk of Team South Africa set a world record in the Men’s 400 meter race with a time of 43.03.
Almaz Ayana of Team Ethiopia set a world record in the Women’s 10,000 meter race with a time of 29.17.45.
Thiago Braz Da Silva of Team Brazil set a world record in the Men’s Pole Vault with a height of 6.03m.
Anita Wlodarczyk of Team Poland set a world record in the Women’s Hammer Throw with a distance of 82.29m.
Cycling
World Records Broken:
Team Great Britain set a world record in the Women’s Team Pursuit Qualifying with a time of 4:13.260.
Rugby Sevens
Firsts of Rio:
Fiji won their first-ever gold medal (in a sport that hasn’t been in the Olympics in 92 years!)

Weightlifting
World Records Broken:
Long Qingquan of Team China set a world record in the men’s 56kg with a weight of 307kg.
Lü Xiaojun of Team China set a world record in the men’s 77kg with a weight of 177kg in the snatch round.
Nijat Rahimov of Team Kazakhstan set a world record in the men’s 77kg with a weight of 214kg in the clean & jerk round.
Deng Wei of Team China set a world record in the men’s 63kg with a weight of 147kg and 262kg in the clean & jerk round and total scores.
Shooting
Firsts of Rio:
Hoang Xuan Vinh of Team Vietnam won the country’s first-ever gold medal in the men’s 10 meter air pistol competition.

Virginia Thrasher of Team USA in the women’s 10-meter air rifle event won the first gold medal of the Rio games.

Fehaid Aldeehani, an independent Olympic athlete, won the Independent Olympic Athlete’s first-ever gold medal in the men’s double trap.

Archery
World Records Broken:
Kim Woo-jin of South Korea set a world record in the men’s individual competition with a score of 700 points.