All the world records that have been shattered at the Tokyo Olympics
- Norway's Karsten Warholm broke his own world record in the men's 400-meter hurdles.
- Team USA kept their winning streak alive in the men's 4×100-meter medley relay with a new record.
- Three world records in women's track cycling team pursuit were broken in one day.
Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela set a new world record in the women's triple jump.
On August 1, Rojas jumped 15.67 meters, breaking the record of 15.50 set by Inessa Kravets of Ukraine in 1995.
"I knew. I already knew. I knew from the run. I knew I couldn't miss that one. I knew it was right there," Rojas told AP. "I didn't even have to look. My head, my heart, my body."
Karsten Warholm was stunned when he broke his own world record in the men's 400-meter hurdles.
On August 3, just a month after breaking a 29-year-old record with a time of 46.70 seconds, Warholm broke his own record with a new, faster time of 45.94 seconds.
Three world records in women's track cycling team pursuit were broken in one day, with Germany ultimately setting the record and winning gold.
Germany and Great Britain battled each other in the qualifying- and first-round races, each besting the world record, until Germany came out on top with a time of 4:04.242 on August 3.
China's Zhong Tianshi and Bao Shanju set a world record in women's team sprint.
China set the women's team sprint world record at the 2016 Rio Olympics. In Tokyo, Zhong Tianshi and Bao Shanju of Team China lowered the record even further in their first round against Lithuana, with a time of 31.804. In the final, they beat Germany by 0.085 seconds for another gold medal.
Team Italy set a new world record in the men's team pursuit qualifying.
Italy posted a record-breaking time of 3:42.307 — just nine hundreths of a second ahead of New Zealand.
American swimmer Caeleb Dressel broke his own world record in the men's 100-meter butterfly final.
Dressel earned the third of his five gold medals of the Tokyo Olympics with a time of 49.45 seconds.
Team USA finished the men's 4×100-meter medley relay in world-record time.
The United States has never lost the men's 4x100 medley relay. Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel, and Zach Apple kept Team USA's perfect streak alive on August 1.
In the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, Australia set a new world record.
Emma Mckeon, Meg Harris, and sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell beat the world record by 0.36 seconds, setting a new record of 3:29.69.
China set a new world record in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay.
Junxuan Yang, Muhan Tang, Yufei Zhang, and Bingjie Li finished the race with a time of 7:40.33, besting favorites US and Australia and beating the world record.
Shi Zhiyong of China broke his own world record in men's 73kg weightlifting.
Zhiyong broke his world record by 1 kilogram, lifting a total of 364 kilograms (802.48 pounds), on July 28.
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