A number of new Olympic and World records were set in various events at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Figure skating

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition: Event Discipline Skaters Score Date RefPairsShort program76.6614 February 2010Free skating141.8115 February 2010Total score216.5715 February 2010LadiesShort program78.5023 February 2010Free skating150.06 25 February 2010Total score228.56

Short track speed skating

Event RoundTimeNameNationDateRecordRefMen's 500 metres Quarterfinal40.770 Charles HamelinFebruary 25ORMen's 1000 metres Heats1:24.245 Sung Si-BakFebruary 17OR Final A1:23.747 Lee Jung-SuFebruary 20ORMen's 1500 metres Semifinals2:10.949 Lee Jung-SuFebruary 13ORWomen's 500 metres Heats43.926 Wang MengFebruary 13OR Quarterfinals43.834 Katherine ReutterFebruaryOR Semifinals42.985 Wang MengFebruary 17ORWomen's 1000 meters Heats1:30.508 Katherine ReutterFebruary 24OR Quarterfinals1:29.849 Zhou YangFebruary OR Semifinals1:29.049 Zhou YangFebruary 25OR, WRWomen's 1500 metres Semifinals2:20.859 Park Seung-HiFebruary 20OR Final A2:16.993 Zhou YangFebruary 20ORWomen's 3000 metre relay Semifinals 4:08.797 Sun LinlinWang MengZhang HuiZhou YangFebruary 24OR Final A  4:06.610 Sun LinlinWang MengZhang HuiZhou YangFebruary 24OR, WR OR = Olympic record, WR = World record

Speed skating

Event Date Round Name Country Time Record Men's 5000 metres February 13 Pair 11 Sven Kramer 6:14.60 OR Men's 10000 metres February 23 Pair 5 Lee Seung-hoon 12:58.55 ORMen's team pursuit February 26 Quarterfinal 1 Mathieu GirouxLucas MakowskyDenny Morrison 3:42.38 OR, TR February 26 Semifinal 1 Mathieu GirouxLucas MakowskyDenny Morrison 3:42.22 OR, TR February 27 Final B Jan BlokhuijsenSven KramerSimon Kuipers 3:39.95 OR, TR OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

World records set by date Date Event Athlete Nation Record description Ref 24 February 2010 Short track speed skating – Women's 3000 metre relay Sun LinlinWang MengZhang HuiZhou Yang Set a time of 4:06.610 in Final A (gold medal race) 24 February 2010 Short track speed skating – Women's 1000 metres Zhou Yang Set a time of 1:29.049 in the semifinals

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