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The 2024 Paris Olympics is poised to be an exhilarating event with the presence of world record holders, including Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Katie Ledecky vying for the greatest glory in sports. While Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is set to compete in 400m hurdles, Ledecky will compete in 800m and 1500m freestyle events.
Several records are expected to be broken at the Paris Olympics. The participation of elite athletes like Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Katie Ledecky will be a potential highlight for more historic achievements.
On that note, let's take a look at five world record holders who will compete in the French capital.
#5 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will compete in the 400m hurdles at the Paris Olympics
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone earned a spot to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics after registering a world record in the women's 400m hurdles at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon.
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She posted a time of 50.65 seconds to defeat Anna Cockrell and Jasmine Jones, who posted 52.64 and 52.77 seconds, respectively. By clocking 50.65s, McLaughlin-Levrone surpassed her previous world record of 50.68s, which she set at the 2022 WAC at the same arena.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will compete in the 400m hurdles events in Paris, locking horns with Femke Bol.
#4 Katie Ledecky will contend in the 800m freestyle, 1500m freestyle
Katie Ledecky will compete in the women's 800m and 1500m freestyle events in Paris. She set the 800m world record in the finals of the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, posting a spectacular 8:04.79 to defeat Great Britain's Jazz Carlin and Hungary's Boglarka Kapas.
Two years later at the 2018 TYR Pro Swim, Ledecky clocked an impressive time of 15:20.48 to set a new world record in the 1500m freestyle event. The beloved American swimmer is all set to compete in the two events in Paris.
#3 Ryan Crouser - Shot put
Ryan Crouser, who holds the top two best throws in the shot put event, will compete in Paris to defend his title.
Crouser registered the world record of 23.56m on May 27, 2023, at the Los Angeles Grand Prix to surpass Tom Walsh and Payton Otterdahl with 22.12m and 21.99m, respectively. By achieving this feat, he improved his previous record of 23.37m, set in 2021.
Crouser is all set to compete in Paris to clinch his third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the event.
#2 Ariarne Titmus - 400m freestyle
Ariarne Titmus will compete in the women's 400m freestyle event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, an event in which she set the world record.
At the 2023 World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, she posted a time of 3:55.38 to register a world record by surpassing Katie Ledecky, who recorded 3:58.73. Titmus will face Ledecky, Page Madden, and Jamie Perkins in the 400m freestyle in Paris.
#1 Caeleb Dressel - Men's 100m Butterfly
Caeleb Dressel will compete in 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, and 100m butterfly in Paris. Dressel holds the top three fastest times in the men's 100m butterfly event.
He posted the world record in the 100m butterfly at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a stunning time of 49.45 seconds to defeat Kristof Malik and Noe Ponti, who clocked 49.68 and 50.74, respectively. Dressel will lock horns with Ben Armbruster, Matthew Temple, and Thomas Heilman in the 100m butterfly at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
