World records in London 2012

The Olympic Games featured 31 world records in 7 sports as listed below. The largest number of records were set in swimming (9) and most of these were set by the USA (6).

	Event Athlete Nation Record description Archery – Men's individual Im Dong-Hyun South Korea Scored a world record of 699 in the ranking round Archery – Men's team Im Dong-Hyun Kim Bub-Min Oh Jin-Hyek South Korea Scored a world record of 2087 in the ranking round Rowing – Men's coxless pair Eric Murray Hamish Bond New Zealand Set a world record time of 6:08.50 in the heats Swimming – W's 400 metre individual medley Ye Shiwen China Set a world record time of 4:28.43 in the final Weightlifting – Women's 53 kg Zulfiya Chinshanlo Kazakhstan Set a world record at clean and jerk of 131 kg Swimming – Ws 100 metre butterfly Dana Vollmer United States Set a world record time of 55.98 Swimming – Men's 100 metre breaststroke Cameron van der Burgh South Africa Set a world record time of 58.46 Weightlifting – Men's 62 kg Kim Un-Guk North Korea Set a world record at total of 327 kg Swimming – Men's 200 metre breaststroke Dániel Gyurta Hungary Set a world record time of 2:07.28 Weightlifting – Men's 77 kg Lü Xiaojun China Set world record at snatch of 175 kg Set world record at total of 379 kg Swimming – Women's 200 metre breaststroke Rebecca Soni United States Set a world record time of 2:20.00 in the semi-final. Set a world record time of 2:19.59 in the final. Cycling – Women's team sprint Victoria Pendleton Jessica Varnish Great Britain Set a world record time of 32.526 in the qualification. Cycling – Women's team sprint Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang China Set a world record time of 32.447 in the qualification. Set a world record time of 32.422 in the first round. Cycling – Men's team pursuit Ed Clancy Geraint Thomas Steven Burke Peter Kennaugh Great Britain Set a world record time of 3:52.499 in the qualification. Set a world record time of 3:51.659 in the final. Cycling – Men's team sprint Philip Hindes Chris Hoy Jason Kenny Great Britain Set a world record time of 42.747 in the first round. Set a world record time of 42.600 in the final. Shooting – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol Alexei Klimov Russia Set a world record of 592 in the qualification Cycling – Women's team pursuit Danielle King Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell Great Britain Set a world record time of 3:15.669 in the qualification. Shooting – Men's 50 metre rifle prone Sergei Martynov Belarus Set a world record result of 705.5 in the final. Swimming – Women's 200 metre backstroke Missy Franklin United States Set a world record time of 2:04.06 in the final. Shooting – Women's trap Jessica Rossi Italy Scored a world record of 75 in the qualification. Scored a world record of 99 in the final. Cycling – Women's team pursuit Danielle King Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell Great Britain Set a world record time of 3:14.682 in the first round. Set a world record time of 3:14.051 in the final. Swimming – Men's 1500 metre freestyle Sun Yang China Set a world record time of 14:31.02 in the final. Swimming – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay Missy Franklin Rebecca Soni Dana Vollmer Allison Schmitt United States Set a world record time of 3:52.05 in the final. Weightlifting – Men's 94 kg Ilya Ilin Kazakhstan Set a world record at clean and jerk of 233 kg. Set a world record total of 418 kg. Weightlifting – Women's +75 kg Tatiana Kashirina Russia Set a world record at snatch of 151 kg. Weightlifting – Women's +75 kg Zhou Lulu China Set a world record total of 333 kg. Athletics – Men's 800 metres David Rudisha Kenya Set a world record time of 1:40.91 in the final. Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay Tianna Madison Allyson Felix Bianca Knight Carmelita Jeter United States Set a world record time of 40.82 in the final. Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk Elena Lashmanova Russia Set a world record time of 1:25:02. Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt   Jamaica Set a world record time of 36.84 in the final.
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	2012 Summer Olympics medal table  Rank  NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  United States (USA) 46 29 29 104 2  China (CHN) 38 27 23 88 3  Great Britain (GBR)* 29 17 19 65 4  Russia (RUS) 24 26 32 82 5  South Korea (KOR) 13 8 7 28 6  Germany (GER) 11 19 14 44 7  France (FRA) 11 11 12 34 8  Italy (ITA) 8 9 11 28 9  Hungary (HUN) 8 4 5 17 10  Australia (AUS) 7 16 12 35 11  Japan (JPN) 7 14 17 38 12  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 7 1 5 13 13  Netherlands (NED) 6 6 8 20 14  Ukraine (UKR) 6 5 9 20 15  New Zealand (NZL) 6 2 5 13 16  Cuba (CUB) 5 3 6 14 17  Iran (IRI) 4 5 3 12 18  Jamaica (JAM) 4 4 4 12 19  Czech Republic (CZE) 4 3 3 10 20  North Korea (PRK) 4 0 2 6 21  Spain (ESP) 3 10 4 17 22  Brazil (BRA) 3 5 9 17 23  South Africa (RSA) 3 2 1 6 24  Ethiopia (ETH) 3 1 3 7 25  Croatia (CRO) 3 1 2 6 26  Belarus (BLR) 2 5 5 12 27  Romania (ROU) 2 5 2 9 28  Kenya (KEN) 2 4 5 11 29  Denmark (DEN) 2 4 3 9 30  Azerbaijan (AZE) 2 2 6 10 30  Poland (POL) 2 2 6 10 32  Turkey (TUR) 2 2 1 5 33  Switzerland (SUI) 2 2 0 4 34  Lithuania (LTU) 2 1 2 5 35  Norway (NOR) 2 1 1 4 36  Canada (CAN) 1 5 12 18 37  Sweden (SWE) 1 4 3 8 38  Colombia (COL) 1 3 4 8 39  Georgia (GEO) 1 3 3 7 39  Mexico (MEX) 1 3 3 7 41  Ireland (IRL) 1 1 3 5 42  Argentina (ARG) 1 1 2 4 42  Slovenia (SLO) 1 1 2 4 42  Serbia (SRB) 1 1 2 4 45  Tunisia (TUN) 1 1 1 3 46  Dominican Republic (DOM) 1 1 0 2 47  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 1 0 3 4 47  Uzbekistan (UZB) 1 0 3 4 49  Latvia (LAT) 1 0 1 2 50  Algeria (ALG) 1 0 0 1 50  Bahamas (BAH) 1 0 0 1 50  Grenada (GRN) 1 0 0 1 50  Uganda (UGA) 1 0 0 1 50  Venezuela (VEN) 1 0 0 1 55  India (IND) 0 2 4 6 56  Mongolia (MGL) 0 2 3 5 57  Thailand (THA) 0 2 1 3 58  Egypt (EGY) 0 2 0 2 59  Slovakia (SVK) 0 1 3 4 60  Armenia (ARM) 0 1 2 3 60  Belgium (BEL) 0 1 2 3 60  Finland (FIN) 0 1 2 3 63  Bulgaria (BUL) 0 1 1 2 63  Estonia (EST) 0 1 1 2 63  Indonesia (INA) 0 1 1 2 63  Malaysia (MAS) 0 1 1 2 63  Puerto Rico (PUR) 0 1 1 2 63  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 0 1 1 2 69  Botswana (BOT) 0 1 0 1 69  Cyprus (CYP) 0 1 0 1 69  Gabon (GAB) 0 1 0 1 69  Guatemala (GUA) 0 1 0 1 69  Montenegro (MNE) 0 1 0 1 69  Portugal (POR) 0 1 0 1 75  Greece (GRE) 0 0 2 2 75  Moldova (MDA) 0 0 2 2 75  Qatar (QAT) 0 0 2 2 75  Singapore (SIN) 0 0 2 2 79  Afghanistan (AFG) 0 0 1 1 79  Bahrain (BRN) 0 0 1 1 79  Hong Kong (HKG) 0 0 1 1 79  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 0 0 1 1 79  Kuwait (KUW) 0 0 1 1 79  Morocco (MAR) 0 0 1 1 79  Tajikistan (TJK) 0 0 1 1 Total (85 NOCs) 302 304 356 962 Changes in medal standings On 13 August 2012, the IOC stripped Belarusian athlete Nadzeya Ostapchuk of her gold medal in the women's shot put after she tested positive for the anabolic steroid metenolone. As a result, New Zealand silver medallist Valerie Adams was awarded gold, Russian bronze medallist Yevgeniya Kolodko was awarded silver, and the fourth-placed Gong Lijiao from China was awarded bronze.