World and Paralympic records set at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The following records were set in various events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. The records listed include those broken in a later round of the event.

Paralympic and world records set by sport edit

Athletics edit

Event Class Date Round Athlete(s) Nation Time or
distance
Record Ref
Men's 100 metres T11 11 September Final David Brown
(Guide: Jerome Avery)
  United States 10.99 PR [1]
T33 10 September Final Ahmad Almutairi   Kuwait 16.61 PR [2]
T34 11 September Heats Rheed McCracken   Australia 15.50 PR [3]
11 September Heats Walid Ktila   Tunisia 15.44 PR
12 September Final Walid Ktila   Tunisia 15.14 PR
T35 9 September Heats Ihor Tsvietov   Ukraine 12.22 WR, PR [4]
T36 10 September Final Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi   Malaysia 12.07 PR [5]
T37 10 September Heats Mateus Evangelista Cardoso   Brazil 11.47 PR [6]
10 September Heats Charl Du Toit   South Africa 11.42 WR, PR
T38 13 September Final Hu Jianwen   China 10.74 WR, PR [7]
T43–44 8 September Heats Jonnie Peacock (T44)   Great Britain 10.81 PR [8]
8 September Heats Liam Malone (T43)   New Zealand 10.90 PR
9 September Final Jonnie Peacock (T44)   Great Britain 10.81 PR
T45–47 10 September Heats Petrucio Ferreira Dos Santos (T47)   Brazil 10.67 WR, PR [9]
11 September Final Petrucio Ferreira Dos Santos (T47)   Brazil 10.57 WR, PR
T51 13 September Final Peter Genyn   Belgium 21.15 PR [10]
T53 9 September Heats Arlosvaldo Fernandes Silva   Brazil 14.69 PR [11]
9 September Heats Pongsakorn Paeyo   Thailand 14.56 PR
9 September Heats Brent Lakatos   Canada 14.43 PR
Women's 100 metres T11 9 September Semifinals Liu Cuiqing
(Guide: Donglin Xu)
  China 11.96 WR, PR [12]
9 September Semifinals Libby Clegg
(Guide: Chris Clarke)
  Great Britain 11.91 WR, PR
T12 8 September Heats Omara Durand
(Guide: Yuniol Kindelan)
  Cuba 11.58 PR [13]
9 September Semifinals Omara Durand
(Guide: Yuniol Kindelan)
  Cuba 11.55 PR
9 September Final Omara Durand
(Guide: Yuniol Kindelan)
  Cuba 11.40 WR, PR
T13 10 September Heats Leilia Adzhametova   Ukraine 11.86 WR, PR [14]
10 September Final Leilia Adzhametova   Ukraine 11.79 WR, PR
T33–34 10 September Final Hannah Cockroft (T34)   Great Britain 17.42 PR [15]
T37 8 September Heats Mandy Francois-Elie   France 13.69 PR [16]
8 September Heats Georgina Hermitage   Great Britain 13.39 WR, PR
9 September Final Georgina Hermitage   Great Britain 13.13 WR, PR
T38 9 September Heats Veronica Hipolito   Brazil 12.84 PR [17]
9 September Heats Sophie Hahn   Great Britain 12.62 PR
9 September Final Sophie Hahn   Great Britain 12.62 PR
T53 8 September Heats Lisha Huang   China 16.19 WR, PR [18]
Men's 200 metres T11 14 September Semifinals Ananias Shikongo
(Guide: Even Tjiviju)
  Namibia 22.48 PR [19]
T35 11 September Heats Ihor Tsvietov   Ukraine 25.64 PR [20]
12 September Final Ihor Tsvietov   Ukraine 25.11 PR
T42 10 September Heats Richard Whitehead   Great Britain 23.07 PR [21]
T43–44 12 September Heats David Prince (T44)   United States 22.42 PR [22]
12 September Final Liam Malone (T43)   New Zealand 21.06 PR
David Prince (T44)   United States 22.01 PR
Women's 200 metres T11 13 September Final Libby Clegg
(Guide: Chris Clarke)
  Great Britain 24.51 PR [23]
T12 11 September Heats Elena Chebanu
(Guide: Hakim Ibrahimov)
  Azerbaijan 24.16 PR [24]
11 September Heats Omara Durand
(Guide: Yuniol Kindelan)
  Cuba 23.67 PR
12 September Final Omara Durand
(Guide: Yuniol Kindelan)
  Cuba 23.05 PR
Men's 400 metres T20 9 September Final Daniel Martins   Brazil 47.22 WR, PR [25]
Women's 400 metres T37 12 September Heats Georgina Hermitage   Great Britain 1:03.44 PR [26]
13 September Final Georgina Hermitage   Great Britain 1:00.53 WR, PR
T38 14 September Final Kadeena Cox   Great Britain 1:00.71 WR, PR [27]
T43–44 12 September Final Marie-Amelie Le Fur (T44)   France 59.27 WR, PR [28]
T51–52 10 September Final Michelle Stilwell (T52)   Canada 1:05.43 PR [29]
T53 11 September Final Zhou Hongzhuan   China 54.43 WR, PR [30]
Men's 800 metres T33–34 13 September Heats Walid Ktila   Tunisia 1:46.28 PR [31]
13 September Heats Mohamed Alhammadi   United Arab Emirates 1:44.96 PR
14 September Final Mohamed Alhammadi   United Arab Emirates 1:40.24 PR
Men's 1500 metres T12–13 13 September Final Abdellatif Baka (T13)   Algeria 3:48.29 WR, PR [32][nb 1]
Men's discus throw F37 8 September Final Khusniddin Norbekov   Uzbekistan 59.75 m WR, PR
Men's shot put F20 11 September Final Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli   Malaysia 16.84 m WR
F32 8 September Final Athanasios Konstantinidis   Greece 10.39 m WR, PR
Women's shot put F56 8 September Final Nadia Medjmedj   Algeria 9.92 m WR, PR
Men's javelin throw F43 9 September Final Akeem Stewart   Trinidad and Tobago 57.32 WR, PR
F46 14 September Final Devendra Jhajharia   India 63.97 WR, PR
Men's long jump T20 11 September Final Abdul Latif Romly   Malaysia 7.60 WR, PR

Cycling (track) edit

Event Class Date Round Athlete(s) Nation Time Record
Men's individual pursuit B 8 September Qualification Steve Bate
(Pilot: Adam Duggleby)
  Great Britain 4:08.146 WR, PR
C1 9 September Qualification Li Zhangyu   China 3:50.373 WR, PR
C2 9 September Qualification Liang Guihua   China 3:42.916 PR
C3 9 September Qualification David Nicholas   Australia 3:32.336 PR
C4 10 September Qualification Jozef Metelka   Slovakia 4:29.112 PR
Women's individual pursuit B 11 September Qualification Lora Turnham
(Pilot: Corrine Hall)
  Great Britain 3:27.460 PR
C1–3 8 September Qualification Megan Giglia (C3)   Great Britain 4.03.544 WR, PR
Alyda Norbruis (C2)   Netherlands 4:12.030 PR
8 September Bronze medal race Alyda Norbruis (C2)   Netherlands 4:10.654 PR
C4 8 September Qualification Shawn Morelli   United States 3.57.741 PR
C5 8 September Qualification Sarah Storey   Great Britain 3.31.394 WR, PR
Men's 1 km time trial B 11 September Final Tristan Bangma
(Pilot: Teun Mulder)
  Netherlands 59.822 PR
C1–3 10 September Final Li Zhangyu (C1)   China 1:06.678 WR, PR
Tristen Chernove (C2)   Canada 1:09.583 PR
C4–5 9 September Final Jody Cundy (C4)   Great Britain 1:02.473 PR
Alfonso Cabello Llamas (C5)   Spain 1:04.494 PR
Women's 1 km time trial B 9 September Final Sophie Thornhill
(Pilot: Helen Scott)
  Great Britain 1:06.283 PR
Women's 500 m time trial C1–3 10 September Final Alyda Norbruis (C2)   Netherlands 39.908 WR, PR
Megan Giglia (C3)   Great Britain 41.252 WR, PR
C4–5 10 September Final Kadeena Cox (C4)   Great Britain 34.598 WR, PR
Zhou Jufang (C5)   China 36.004 WR, PR
Mixed team sprint C1–5 10 September Qualification Louis Rolfe
Jon-Allan Butterworth
Jody Cundy
  Great Britain 49.004 WR, PR
10 September Final Louis Rolfe
Jon-Allan Butterworth
Jody Cundy
  Great Britain 48.635 WR, PR

Powerlifting edit

Event Date Athlete Nation Weight (kg) Record
Men's 49 kg 8 September Lê Văn Công   Vietnam 181 WR, PR
Women's 41 kg 8 September Nazmiye Muratlı   Turkey 104 WR, PR
Women's 45 kg 9 September Hu Dandan   China 107 WR, PR
Men's 54 kg 9 September Roland Ezuruike   Nigeria 200 PR
Men's 59 kg 9 September Sherif Osman   Egypt 203 WR, PR
Women's 50 kg 10 September Lidiia Soloviova   Ukraine 107 PR
Women's 55 kg 10 September Amalia Perez   Mexico 130 WR, PR
Men's 65 kg 10 September Paul Kehinde   Nigeria 220 WR, PR
Women's 61 kg 11 September Lucy Ejike   Nigeria 142 WR, PR
Men's 72 kg 11 September Rasool Mohsin   Iraq 227 WR, PR
Women's 67 kg 11 September Yujiao Tan   China 138.5 WR, PR
Women's 73 kg 12 September Souhad Ghazouani   France 140 PR
Women's 79 kg 12 September Bose Omolayo   Nigeria 138 WR, PR
Men's 80 kg 12 September Majid Farzin   Iran 240 WR, PR
Women's 86 kg 13 September Randa Mahmoud   Egypt 130 PR

Rowing edit

Event Date Round Athlete(s) Nation Time Record
Women's single sculls 9 September Heats Lili Wang   China 5:21.04 PR
11 September Final Rachel Morris   Great Britain 5:13.69 PR
Men's single sculls 9 September Heats Roman Polianskyi   Ukraine 4:44.70 PR
11 September Final Roman Polianskyi   Ukraine 4:39.56 PR
Mixed double sculls 9 September Heats Lauren Rowles
Laurence Whiteley
  Great Britain 3.52.16 WR, PR

Shooting edit

Event Class Date Round Athlete Nation Points Record
Men's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1 8 September Qualification Jim Ho Park   South Korea 625.3 PR
8 September Final Dong Chao   China 205.8 FPR
Women's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1 8 September Qualification Cuiping Zhang   China 413.4 PR
8 September Final Veronika Vadovičová   Slovakia 207.8 FPR
Mixed 10 metre air rifle standing SH2 10 September Qualification Veselka Pevec   Slovenia 634.9 PR
10 September Final Veselka Pevec   Slovenia 211.0 FPR
Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1 9 September Final Sareh Javanmardidodmani   Iran 193.4 FPR
Men's 10 metre air pistol SH1 9 September Final Chao Yang   China 198.2 FPR
Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH1 10 September Qualification Veronika Vadovicova   Slovakia 636.7 PR
10 September Final Veronika Vadovicova   Slovakia 212.5 FPR
Men's 10 metre air rifle prone SH2 13 September Qualification Vasyl Kovalchuk   Ukraine 637.1 PR
13 September Final Vasyl Kovalchuk   Ukraine 211.7 FPR
Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1 12 September Qualification Laslo Suranji   Serbia 1165-57x PR
12 September Final Laslo Suranji   Serbia 453.7 FPR
Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1 13 September Qualification Cuiping Zhang   China 583-24x PR
13 September Final Cuiping Zhang   China 455.4 FPR

Swimming edit

Event Class Date Round Athlete(s) Nation Time Record
Men's 400 metre freestyle S8 8 September Final Oliver Hynd   Great Britain 4.21.89 WR, PR
Women's 400 metre freestyle S8 8 September Final Lakeisha Patterson   Australia 4.40.33 WR, PR
Men's 100 metre backstroke S6 8 September Final Tao Zheng   China 1.10.84 WR, PR
S14 8 September Final Kook Lee In   South Korea 59.82 PR
S2 9 September Heats Benying Liu   China 1.58.29 WR, PR
9 September Final Liankang Zou   China 1.45.25 WR, PR
S11 9 September Final Dymitro Zalevskyi   Ukraine 1:06.66 WR, PR
S1 9 September Final Hennadii Boiko   Ukraine 2.08.01 WR, PR
Women's 100 metre backstroke S7 8 September Heats Ke Liting   China 1.22.72 PR
S14 8 September Heats Bethany Firth   Great Britain 1.04.53 WR, PR
8 September Final Bethany Firth   Great Britain 1.04.05 WR, PR
S11 9 September Heats Mary Fisher   New Zealand 1:18.68 PR
9 September Final Mary Fisher   New Zealand 1.17.96 WR, PR
S2 9 September Final Xiu Pin Yip   Singapore 2:07.09 WR, PR
Men's 100 metre breaststroke S6 8 September Heats Jia Hongguang   China 1.12.27 WR, PR
Women's 100 metre breaststroke S6 8 September Heats Lingling Song   China 1.24.66 WR, PR
8 September Final Lingling Song   China 1.21.43 WR, PR
S9 8 September Heats Lisa Kruger   Netherlands 1.15.47 WR, PR
Men's 100 metre butterfly S13 8 September Final Ihar Boki   Belarus 53.85 WR, PR
S8 9 September Final Song Maodang   China 59.19 WR, PR
Women's 100 metre butterfly S13 8 September Heats Amilova Fotimakhon   Uzbekistan 1.04.72 WR, PR
8 September Final Rebecca Meyers   United States 1.03.25 WR, PR
S8 9 September Final Kateryna Istomina   Ukraine 1:09.04 PR
Women's 100 metre freestyle S3 8 September Final Zulfiya Gabidulina   Kazakhstan 1.30.07 WR, PR
Men's 100 metre freestyle S11 15 September Final Brad Snyder   United States 56.15 WR, PR
Men's 50 metre freestyle S7 9 September Final Shiyun Pan   China 27.35 WR, PR
Women's 50 metre freestyle S7 9 September Heats McKenzie Coan   United States 32.57 PR
9 September Final McKenzie Coan   United States 32.42 PR
Women's 50 metre backstroke S2 9 September Final Xiu Pin Yip   Singapore 59.38 WR, PR
Men's 50 metre butterfly S6 9 September Final Qing Xu   China 29.89 WR, PR
Women's 50 metre butterfly S6 9 September Final Ellie Robinson   Great Britain 29.89 PR
Mixed 4 x 50 metre freestyle relay 20 pts 9 September Final Qiuping Peng
Shengnan Jiang
Wenpan Huang
Qing Xu
  China 2.18.20 WR, PR

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The first four finalists in the T13 1500m men's final at the 2016 Summer Paralympics all finished faster than the winning time (3:50.00) of gold medallist Matthew Centrowitz Jr. at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[33][34]

References edit

  1. ^ "Men's 100m - T11 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Men's 100m - T33 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Men's 100m - T34 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Men's 100m - T35 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Men's 100m - T36 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Men's 100m - T37 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Men's 100m - T38 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Men's 100m - T43/44 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Men's 100m - T45/46/47 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Men's 100m - T51 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Men's 100m - T53 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Women's 100m - T11 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Women's 100m - T12 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Women's 100m - T13 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  15. ^ "Women's 100m - T33/34 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Women's 100m - T37 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  17. ^ "Women's 100m - T38 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  18. ^ "Women's 100m - T53 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  19. ^ "Men's 200m - T11 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  20. ^ "Men's 200m - T35 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  21. ^ "Men's 200m - T42 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  22. ^ "Men's 200m - T43/44 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  23. ^ "Women's 200m - T11 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  24. ^ "Women's 200m - T12 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  25. ^ "Men's 400m - T20 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  26. ^ "Women's 400m - T37 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  27. ^ "Women's 400m - T38 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  28. ^ "Women's 400m - T43/44 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  29. ^ "Women's 400m - T51/52 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  30. ^ "Women's 400m - T53 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  31. ^ "Men's 800m - T33/34 - Standings". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  32. ^ "Men's 1500m - T12/13 - Standings". Archived from the original on 15 September 2016.
  33. ^ Addley, Esther (17 September 2016). "Digested Week - Breadxit means breadxit: just when we kneaded a rise in baking puns". The Guardian. London. p. 20. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  34. ^ Strachan, Maxwell. "Four Paralympians Just Ran The 1500m Faster Than Anyone At The Rio Olympics Final". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 19 September 2016.