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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.
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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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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