Récords Olímpicos
| Archery | |||||||
| Individual - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 12/08 | Individual - Men |  Changhwan Lee | 117 | ||||
| 12/08 | Individual - Men |  Jacek Proc | 116 | ||||
| Individual - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 14/08 | Individual - Women | Sunghyun Park | 115 | ||||
| Athletics | |||||||
| 10,000m - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 17/08 | 10,000m - Men |  Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha | 27:01.17 | ||||
| 20km walk - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 20/08 | 20km walk - Women |  Olga Kaniskina | 1h26:31 | ||||
| 4x400m relay - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 23/08 | 4x400m relay - Men |  United States | 2:55.39 | ||||
| 5000m - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 23/08 | 5000m - Men | Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha | 12:57.82 | ||||
| 50km walk - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 21/08 | 50km walk - Men |  Alex Schwazer | 3h37:09 | ||||
| Hammer - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 20/08 | Hammer - Women |  Aksana Miankova | 76.34 | ||||
| Javelin - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 23/08 | Javelin - Men |  Andreas Thorkildsen | 90.57 | ||||
| Marathon - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 23/08 | Marathon - Men |  Samuel Wanjiru | 2h06:32 | ||||
| Pole vault - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 22/08 | Pole vault - Men |  Steve Hooker | 5.96 | ||||
| Cycling - Track | |||||||
| Individual pursuit - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 15/08 | Individual pursuit - Men |  Bradley Wiggins | 4:15.031 | ||||
| Sprint - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 16/08 | Sprint - Men | Chris Hoy | 9.815 | ||||
| Sprint - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 16/08 | Sprint - Women | Victoria Pendleton | 10.963 | ||||
| Swimming | |||||||
| 100m backstroke - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 10/08 | 100m backstroke - Men | Hayden Stoeckel | 52.97 | ||||
| 10/08 | 100m backstroke - Men | Arkady Vyatchanin | 53.06 | ||||
| 10/08 | 100m backstroke - Men | Matt Grevers | 53.41 | ||||
| 100m backstroke - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 10/08 | 100m backstroke - Women |  Kirsty Coventry | 59.00 | ||||
| 10/08 | 100m backstroke - Women |  Reiko Nakamura | 59.36 | ||||
| 10/08 | 100m backstroke - Women | Anastasia Zueva | 59.61 | ||||
| 100m breaststroke - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 09/08 | 100m breaststroke - Men | Alexander Dale Oen | 59.16 | ||||
| 09/08 | 100m breaststroke - Men | Alexander Dale Oen | 59.41 | ||||
| 100m breaststroke - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 11/08 | 100m breaststroke - Women | Leisel Jones | 1:05.17 | ||||
| 10/08 | 100m breaststroke - Women | Leisel Jones | 1:05.64 | ||||
| 100m butterfly - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 15/08 | 100m butterfly - Men | Michael Phelps | 50.58 | ||||
| 14/08 | 100m butterfly - Men |  Milorad Cavic | 50.76 | ||||
| 14/08 | 100m butterfly - Men | Jason Dunford | 51.14 | ||||
| 100m freestyle - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 14/08 | 100m freestyle - Women |  Britta Steffen | 53.12 | ||||
| 1500m freestyle - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 15/08 | 1500m freestyle - Men | Grant Hackett | 14:38.92 | ||||
| 15/08 | 1500m freestyle - Men |  Ryan Cochrane | 14:40.84 | ||||
| 200m backstroke - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 14/08 | 200m backstroke - Women | Kirsty Coventry | 2:06.76 | ||||
| 200m breaststroke - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 13/08 | 200m breaststroke - Men | Kosuke Kitajima | 2:07.64 | ||||
| 12/08 | 200m breaststroke - Men | Kosuke Kitajima | 2:08.61 | ||||
| 12/08 | 200m breaststroke - Men |  Daniel Gyurta | 2:08.68 | ||||
| 12/08 | 200m breaststroke - Men | Paolo Bossini | 2:08.98 | ||||
| 200m breaststroke - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 13/08 | 200m breaststroke - Women | Rebecca Soni | 2:22.17 | ||||
| 200m butterfly - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 11/08 | 200m butterfly - Men | Michael Phelps | 1:53.70 | ||||
| 200m freestyle - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 11/08 | 200m freestyle - Women |  Sara Isakovic | 1:55.86 | ||||
| 11/08 | 200m freestyle - Women |  Jiaying Pang | 1:57.37 | ||||
| 200m individual medley - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 11/08 | 200m individual medley - Women | Kirsty Coventry | 2:09.53 | ||||
| 400m freestyle - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 10/08 | 400m freestyle - Women | Kathryn Hoff | 4:03.71 | ||||
| 10/08 | 400m freestyle - Women | Federica Pellegrini | 4:02.19 | ||||
| 400m individual medley - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 09/08 | 400m individual medley - Men | Michael Phelps | 4:07.82 | ||||
| 4 x 100m freestyle - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 09/08 | 4 x 100m freestyle - Women |  Netherlands | 3:33.76 | ||||
| 4 x 200m freestyle - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 12/08 | 4 x 200m freestyle - Men | United States | 7:04.66 | ||||
| 4 x 200m freestyle - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 13/08 | 4 x 200m freestyle - Women |  France | 7:50.37 | ||||
| 50m freestyle - Men | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 15/08 | 50m freestyle - Men |  César Cielo Filho | 21.30 | ||||
| 14/08 | 50m freestyle - Men | César Cielo Filho | 21.34 | ||||
| 14/08 | 50m freestyle - Men | Amaury Leveaux | 21.46 | ||||
| 14/08 | 50m freestyle - Men | César Cielo Filho | 21.47 | ||||
| 50m freestyle - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 16/08 | 50m freestyle - Women | Britta Steffen | 24.06 | ||||
| 800m freestyle re - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 14/08 | 800m freestyle re - Women | Rebecca Adlington | 8:18.06 | ||||
| Weightlifting | |||||||
| 53-58kg - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 11/08 | 53-58kg - Women | Yanqing Chen | 244 | ||||
| 69-75kg - Women | |||||||
| DAY | MODALITY | ATHLETE/COUNTRY | LATEST RECORD | ||||
| 15/08 | 69-75kg - Women | Lei Cao | 282 | ||||