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In 19 instances, the Olympic records (OR) in various individual swimming events were broken at the Tokyo Olympics. In three competitions -the women's 100rn backstroke, the women's 100m freesty

In 19 instances, the Olympic records (OR) in various individual swimming events were broken at the Tokyo Olympics. In three competitions -the women's 100rn backstroke, the women's 100m freestyle, and the men's 200m breaststroke - all the medalists this year broke the earlier ORs. Two new world records (WR) — one in the women's 200m breaststroke and the other in the men's 100m butterfly — were also created. Most records were broken in the shorter distance races while they remained intact in the longer distance events. Swimmers from Australia and the U.S. shattered four ORs each.