2024 Olympics: Five Historic World Records Broken

Aug 14, 2024 Tanvi Kaushik

Pan Zhanle (China) - Men's 100m freestyle swimming New WR: 46.40s Previous WR: 46.80s (Pan, Feb 2024)

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Bobby Finke (USA) - Men's 1500m freestyle swimming New WR: 14:30.67 Previous WR: 14.31.02 (Sun Yang, Aug 2012)

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Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) - Men's Pole Vault New WR: 6.25m Previous WR: 6.24m (Duplantis, April 2024)

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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) - Women's 400m hurdles New WR: 50.37s Previous WR: 60.65s (McLaughlin- Levrone, June 2024)

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Karlos Nasar (Bulgaria) - Men's 89kg weightlifting total GARIA New WR: 404kg Previous WR: 396kg (Li Dayin, May 2023R: 50.37s

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