Olympic Records

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Olympic Records
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Athletics (Men)

100 metres: Donovan Bailey, Canada 9.84

200 metres: Michael Johnson, USA 19.32

400 Metres: Michael Johnson, USA 43.49

800 Metres: Vebjørn Rodal, Norway 01:42.6

1,500 Metres: Noah Ngeny, Kenya 03:32.1

5,000 Metres: Saïd Aouita, Morocco 13:05.6

10,000 Metres: Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia 27:05.1

Marathon: Carlos Lopes, Portugal 2:09:21

4 x 100 M relay: Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis-- USA 37.4

3,000 m Steeplechase: Julius Kariuki, Kenya 08:05.5

4 x 400 M relay: Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis USA-- 02:55.7

110 M hurdles: Xiang Liu, China 12.91

400 M hurdles: Kevin Young, USA 46.78

20 Km walk: Robert Korzeniowski, Poland 1:18:59

50 Km walk: Vyacheslav Ivanenko, USSR 3:38:29

High jump: Charles Austin, USA 2.39 m

Long jump: Bob Beamon, USA 8.9 m

Triple jump: Kenny Harrison, USA 18.09 m

Pole vault: Tim Mack, USA 5.95 m

Shot put: Ulf Timmermann, E. Germany 22.47 m

Discus throw: Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania 69.89 m

Hammer throw: Sergey Litvinov, USSR 84.8 m

Javelin throw: Jan Zelezny, Czech Rep 90.17 m

Decathlon: Roman Ebrle, Czech 8,893 pts

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Athletics (Women)
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Florence G. Joyner

100 metres: Florence G. Joyner, USA 10.62

200 metres: Florence G. Joyner, USA 21.34

400 Meters: Marie-José Pérec, France 48.25

800 Metres: Nadezhda Olizarenko, USSR 01:53.4

1,500 Metres: Paula Ivan, Romania 03:54

5,000 Meters: Gabriela Szabo, Romania 14:40.8

10,000 Meters: Derartu Tulu, Ethiopia 30:17.5

4 x 100 M relay: Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr-- E. Germany 41.6

Marathon: Naoko Takahashi, Japan 2:23:14

4 x 400 M relay: Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina-- USSR 03:15.2

100 M hurdles: Joanna Hayes, USA 12.37

400 M hurdles: Faní Halkiá, Greece 52.77

20 Km walk: Liping Wang, China 1:29:05

High jump: Yelena Slesarenko, Russia 2.06 m

Long jump: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA 7.4 m

Triple jump: Inessa Kravets, Ukraine 15.33 m

Pole vault: Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia 4.91 m

Shot put: Ilona Slupianek, E. Germany 22.41 m

Discus throw: Martina Hellmann, E. Germany 72.3 m

Hammer throw: Olga Kuzenkova, Russia 75.02 m

Javelin throw: Osleidys Menéndez, Cuba 71.53 m

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Heptathlon: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA 7291 pts

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Swimming (Women)

50 m Freestyle: Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands 24.13

100 m Freestyle: Jodie Henry, Australia 53.52

200 m Freestyle: Heike Friedrich, E. Germany 01:57.7

400 m Freestyle: Janet Evans, USA 04:03.9

800 m Freestyle: Brooke Bennett, USA 08:19.7

100 m Backstroke: Natalie Coughlin, USA 59.68

200 m Backstroke: Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungary 02:07.1

100 m Breaststroke: Xuejuan Luo, China 01:06.6

200 m Breaststroke: Amanda Beard, USA 02:23.4

100 m Butterfly: Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands 56.61

200 m Butterfly: Misty Hyman, USA 02:05.9

200 m Ind. Medley: Yana Klochkova, Ukraine 02:10.7

400 m Ind. Medley: Yana Klochkova, Ukraine 04:33.6

4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay: Alice Mills, Lisbeth Lenton, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry-- Australia 03:35.9

4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay: Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer, Kaitlin Sandeno-- USA 07:53.4

4 x 100 m Medley Relay: Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry-- Australia 03:57.3

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Swimming (Men)

50 m Freestyle: Alexander Popov, Russia 21.91

100 m Freestyle: Pieter Hoogenband, Netherlands 47.84

200 m Freestyle: Ian Thorpe, Australia 01:44.7

400 m Freestyle: Ian Thorpe, Australia 03:40.6

1,500 m Freestyle: Grant Hackett, Australia 14:43.4

100 m Backstroke: Aaron Peirsol, USA 53.45

200 m Backstroke: Aaron Peirsol, USA 1:55

100 m Breaststroke: Brendan Hansen, USA 1:00

200 m Breaststroke: Kosuke Kitajima, Japan 2:09.4

100 m Butterfly: Michael Phelps, USA 51.25

200 m Butterfly: Michael Phelps, USA 01:54.0

200 m Ind. Medley: Michael Phelps, USA 01:57.1

400 m Ind. Medley: Michael Phelps, USA 04:08.3

4 x 100m Freestyle Relay: Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend, Ryk Neethling-- S. Africa 03:13.2

4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim, Todd Pearson, Bill Kirby-- Australia 07:07.0

4 x 100m Medley Relay: Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Jason Lezak-- USA 03:30.7

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