Athletes make history by setting new world records at the Olympics

Some of the world's best athletes aren't just bringing home gold medals. They're also going home world record holders.

A total of 19 world records were broken in Rio this year. Watch the video above to see a full list of the new world record holders.

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Swimming:

Women's 800m freestyle
New world record: Katie Ledecky, USA, 8:04:79
Old world record: Katie Ledecky, USA, 8:06:68

Women's 400m freestyle:
New world record: Katie Ledecky, USA, 3:56:46
Old world record: Katie Ledecky, USA, 3:58:37

Men's 100m breaststroke:
New world record: Adam Peaty, Great Britain, 57.13
Old world record: Adam Peaty, Great Britain, 57.92

Men's 100m backstroke:
New world record: Ryan Murphy, USA, 51.85
Old world record: Aaron Peirsol, USA, 51.94

Women's 100m butterfly:
New world record: Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden, 55.48
Old world record: Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden, 55.64

Women's 4x100m freestyle relay:
New world record: Australia, 3:30:65
Old world record: Australia, 3:30:98

Women's 400m individual medley:
New world record: Katinka Hosszu, Hungary, 4:26:36
Old world record: Shiwen Ye, China, 4:28:43

Athletics:

Men's 400m:
New world record: Wayde van Niekerk, South Africa, 43.03
Old world record: Michael Johnson, USA, 43.18

Women's 10,000m:
New world record: Almaz Ayana, Ethiopia, 29:17:45
Old world record: Junxia Wang, China, 29:31:78

Women's hammer throw:
New world record: Anita Wlodarczyk, Poland, 82.29 meters
Old world record: Anita Wlodarczyk, Poland, 81.08 meters

Cycling:

Women's cycling team sprint:
New world record: Gong Jinjie and Zhong Tianshi, China, 31.928
Old world record: Gong Jinjie and Zhong Tianshi, China, 32.034

Women's cycling team pursuit:
New world record: Great Britain - 4:10:236
Old world record: Australia - 4:13:683

Men's cycling team pursuit:
New world record: Great Britain - 3:50:265
Old world record: Great Britain - 3:51:659

Weightlifting:

Men's weightlifting 105kg:
New world record: Lasha Talakhadze, Georgia, 473 kg
Old world record: Reza Zadeh, Iran, 472 kg

Men's weightlifting 85kg:
New world record: Kianoush Rostami, Iran, 396 kg
Old world record: Kianoush Rostami, Iran, 395 kg

Men's weightlifting 77 kg:
New world record: Nijat Rahimov, Kazakhstan, 215 kg
Old world record: Oleg Perepechenov, Russia, 210 kg

Men's weightlifting 56 kg:
New world record: Qingquan Long, China, 307 kg
Old world record: Halil Multlu, Turkey, 305kg

Women's weightlifting 63 kg:
New world record: Deng Wei, China, 262 kg
Old world record: Lin Tzu-chi, Tapei, 261 kg

Archery:

Men's individual archery:
New world record: Kim Woojin, South Korea, 700
Old world record: N/A

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