Following are the Olympic and world records set or tied during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing through Aug. 21.
WORLD RECORDS SET
ARCHERY
Women's Team (70m) Quarterfinal - South Korea (Joo Hyun-Jung, Park Sung-Hyun, Yun Ok-Hee), 231, Aug. 10, 2008. Previous record: 228, South Korea (Yun Ok-Hee, Yun Mi-Jin, Lee Tuk Young), Sept. 29, 2006, Shanghai, China.
ATHLETICS
Men's 100 - Final - Usain Bolt, Jamaica, 9.69, Aug. 16, 2008. Previous record: 9.72, Bolt, May 31, 2008, New York.
Men's 200 - Final - Usain Bolt, Jamaica, 19.30, Aug. 20, 2008. Previous record: 19.32, Michael Johnson, Aug. 1, 1996, Atlanta.
Women's 3000 Steeplechase - Final - Gulnara Galkina-Samitova, Russia, 8:58.81, Aug. 17, 2008. Previous record: 9:01.59, Gulnara Galkina-Samitova, Russia, July 4, 2004, Heraklion, Greece.
Women's Pole Vault - Elena Isinbaeva, Russia, 5.05, Aug. 18, 2008. Previous record: 5.04, Isinbaeva, July 29, 2008, Monaco.
CYCLING TRACK
Men's Team Pursuit - Round 1 - Britain (Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins), 3:55.205, Aug. 17, 2008. Previous record: 3:56.322, Britain (Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas), March 27, 2008, Manchester, England
Men's Team Pursuit - Gold Medal Race - Britain (Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins), 3:53.314, Aug. 18, 2008. Previous record: 3:56.322, Britain (Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas), March 27, 2008, Manchester, England.
SWIMMING
Men's 400 Individual Medley Final - Michael Phelps, Baltimore, 4:03.84, Aug. 10, 2008. Previous record: 4:05.25, Phelps, June 29, 2008, Omaha, Neb.
Men's 4x100 Freestyle - Qualification - United States (Nathan Adrian, Bremerton, Wash.; Cullen Jones, Irvington, N.J.; Ben Wildman-Tobriner, San Francisco; Matt Grevers, Lake Forest, Ill.), 3:12.23, Aug. 10, 2008. Previous record: 3:12.46, United States, Aug. 20, 2006, Victoria, Canada.
Men's 4x100 Freestyle - Final - United States (Michael Phelps, Baltimore, Garrett Weber-Gale, Milwaukee, Cullen Jones, Irvington, N.J., Jason Lezak, Irving, Calif.), 3:08.24, Aug, 11, 2008. Previous record: 3:12.23, United States (Aug. 10, 2008, Beijing.
Men's 200 Freestyle - Final - Michael Phelps, Baltimore, 1:42.96, Aug. 11, 2008. Previous record: 1:43.86, Phelps, March 27, 2007, Melbourne, Australia.
Men's 100 Freestyle - Qualification - Eamon Sullivan, Australia, 47.20, Aug, 11, 2008. Previous record: 47.50, Alain Bernard, France, March 22, 2008, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Men's 100 Freestyle - Semifinal - Eamon Sullivan, Australia, 47.05, Aug, 13, 2008. Previous record: 47.20, Sullivan, Aug. 11, 2008, Beijing.
Men's 200 Butterfly - Final - Michael Phelps, Baltimore, 1:52.03, Aug, 13, 2008. Previous record: 1:52:09, Phelps, March 28, 2007, Melbourne, Australia.
Men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay - United States (Michael Phelps, Baltimore, Ryan Lochte, Daytona Beach, Fla., Ricky Berens, Charlotte, N.C., Peter Vanderkaay, Rochester, Mich.), 6:58.56, Aug. 13, 2008. Previous record: 7:03.24, United States, March 30, 2007, Melbourne, Australia.
Men's 200 Backstroke - Final - Ryan Lochte, Daytona Beach, Fla., 1:53.94, Aug. 15, 2008. Previous record: 1:54.32, Lochte, March 30, 2007, Melbourne, Australia and Aaron Peirsol, United States, July 4, 2008, Omaha, Neb.
Men's 200 Individual Medley - Final - Michael Phelps, Baltimore, 1:54.23, Aug. 15, 2008. Previous record: 1:54.80, Phelps, July 4, 2008, Omaha, Neb.
Men's 4x100 Medley - Final - United States (Aaron Piersol, Irvine, Calif., Brendan Hansen, Havertown, Pa., Michael Phelps, Baltimore, Jason Lezak, Irving, Calif.), 3:29.34, Aug. 17, 2008. Previous record: 3:30.68, United States, Aug. 21, 2004, Athens.
Women's 400 Medley Final - Stephanie Rice, Australia, 4:29.45, Aug. 10, 2008. Previous record: 4:31.12, Katie Hoff, United States, June 29, 2008, Omaha, Neb.
Women's 200 Freestyle - Qualification - Federica Pellegrini, Italy, 1:55.45, Aug. 11, 2008. Previous record: 1:55.52, Laure Manaudou, France, March 27, 2007, Melbourne, Australia.
Women's 200 Freestyle - Final - Federica Pellegrini, Italy, 1:54.82, Aug. 13, 2008. Previous record: 1:55.45, Pellegrini, Aug. 11, 2008, Beijing.
Women's 200 Medley - Final - Stephanie Rice, Australia, 2:08.45. Previous record: 2:08.92, Rice, March 25, 2008, Sydney.
Women's 200 Butterfly - Final - Liu Zige, China, 2:04.18, Aug. 14, 2008. Previous record: 2:05.40, Jess Schipper, Australia, Aug. 17, 2006, Victoria, Canada.
Women's 4x200 Freestyle Relay - Final - Australia (Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer, Linda Mackenzie), 7:44.31, Aug. 14, 2008. Previous record: 7:50.09, United States, March 29, 2007, Melbourne, Australia.
Women's 200 Breaststroke - Final - Rebecca Soni, Plainsboro, N.J., 2:20.22, Aug. 15, 2008. Previous record: 2:20.54, Leisel Jones, Australia, Feb. 1, 2006, Melbourne, Australia.
Women's 200 Backstroke - Final - Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe, 2:05.24, Aug. 16, 2008. Previous record: 2:06.09, Margaret Hoelzer, United States, July 5, 2008, Omaha, Neb.
Women's 800 Freestyle - Final - Rebecca Adlington, Britain, 8:14.10, Aug. 16, 2008. Previous record: 8:16.22, Janet Evans, United States, Aug. 20, 1989, Tokyo.
Women's 4x100 Medley -Australia (Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Lisbeth Trickett), 3:52.69, Aug. 17, 2008. Previous record: 3:55.74, Australia March 31, 2007, Melbourne, Australia.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Men's 105kg - Snatch - Andrei Aramnau, Belarus, 200, Aug. 18, 2008. Previous record: 199, Marcin Dolega, Poland, 199, May 6, 2006, Wladyslawowo, Poland..
Men's 105kg - Clean & Jerk - Andrei Aramnau, Belarus, 236, Aug. 18, 2008. Previous record: 235, Denis Gotfrid, Ukraine, Nov. 28, 1999, Athens.
Men's 105kg - Total - Andrei Aramnau, Belarus, 436, Aug. 18, 2008. Previous record: 430, Denis Gotfrid, Ukraine, Nov. 28, 1999, Athens.
Women's 69kg - Snatch - Liu Chunhong, China, 128, Aug. 13, 2008. Previous record: 123, Oxana Slivenko, Russia, Oct. 4, 2006, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Women's 69kg - Clean & Jerk - Liu Chunhong, China, 158, Aug. 13, 2008. Previous record: 157, Zarema Kasaeva, Russia, Nova. 13, Doha, Qatar.
Women's 69kg - Total - Liu Chunhong, China, 286, Aug. 13, 2008. Previous record: 276, Oxana Slivenko, Russia, Sept. 24, 2007, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Women's Over 75kg - Snatch - Jang Miran, South Korea, 140, Aug. 16, 2008. Previous record: 139, Mu Shuangshuang, China, Dec. 6, 2006, Doha, Qater).
Women's Over 75kg - Clean & Jerk - Jang Miran, South Korea, 186, Aug. 16, 2008. Previous record: 182, Tang Gonghong, China, Aug. 21, 2004, Athens.
Women's over 75kg - Total - Jang Miran, South Korea, 326, Aug. 16, 2008. Previous record: 319, Mu Shuangshuang, China, Sept. 25, 2007, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
WORLD RECORDS TIED
SHOOTING
Women's 10-meter air rifle (40 shots) Qualification - Katerina Emmons, Czech Republic, 400, Aug. 9, 2008. Previous record: 400, Sonja Pfeilschifter, Germany (May 24, 2005, Milan, Italy.
OLYMPIC RECORDS BROKEN
ARCHERY
Women's Team (70-meter) - South Korea (Joo Hyun-Jung, Park Sung-Hyun, Yun Ok-Hee), 2004, Aug. 9, 2008. Previous record: 1994, South Korea (Soo-Nyung Kim, Nam-Soon Kim, Mi-Jin Yun), Sept. 16, 2000, Sydney.
Men's Individual (70-meter) - Eliminations - Lee Chang-Hwan, South Korea,, 117, Aug. 13, 2008. Previous record: 115, Kyo-Moon Oh, South Korea, Aug. 1, 1996, Atlanta.
Women's Individual (70-meter) - Round of 16 - Park Sung-Hyun, South Korea, 115, Aug. 14, 2008. Previous record: 114, Soo-Nyung Kim, South Korea, 114, Aug. 2, 1992, Barcelona.
ATHLETICS
Men's 10000 - Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia, 27:01.17. Previous record: 27:05.10, Bekele, Aug. 20, 2004, Athens.
Women's 10000 - Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia, 29:54.66, Aug. 15, 2008. Previous record: 30:17.49, Derartu Tulu, Ethiopia, Sept. 30, 2000, Sydney.
Women's Triple Jump - Francoise Mbango Etone, Cameroon, 15.39, Aug. 17, 2008. Previous record: 15.33, Inessa Kravets, Ukraine, July 31, 1996, Atlanta.
Women's Hammer Throw -Aksana Miankova, Belarus, 76.34, Aug. 20, 2008. Previous record: 75.02, Olga Kuzenkova, Russia, Aug. 25, 2004, Athens.
Women's 400 Hurdles - Melaine Walker, Jamaica, 52.64, Aug. 20, 2008. Previous record: 52.77, Fani Chalkia, Greece, 52.77, Aug. 22, 2004, Athens.
Women's 20km Race Walk - Olga Kaniskina, Russia, 1:26:31, Aug. 21, 2008. Previous record: 1:29:05, Liping Wang, China, Sept. 28, 2000, Sydney.
CYCLING TRACK
Men's Individual Pursuit - Qualification - Bradley Wiggins, Britain, 4:15.031, Aug. 15, 2008. Previous record: 4:15.165, Wiggins, Aug. 20, 2004, Athens.
Men's Sprint - Qualification - Chris Hoy, Britain, 9.815, Aug. 17, 2008. Previous record: Gary Neiwand, Australia, 10.129, July 24, 1996, Atlanta.
Women's Sprint - Qualification - Victoria Pendleton, Britain, 10.963, Aug. 17, 2008 Previous record: 11.212, Michelle Ferris, Australia, July 24, 1996, Atlanta.
SHOOTING
Men's double trap (150 targets) - Qualification - Glenn Eller, Katy, Texas, 145, Aug. 12, 2008. Previous record: 144, Ahmed Almaktoum, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 17, 2004, Athens.
Men's double trap (150 targets) - Final - Glenn Eller, Katy, Texas, 190, Aug. 12, 2008. Previous record: 189, Ahmed Almaktoum, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 17, 2004, Athens.
Women's 10-meter air rifle (40 shots) - Qualification - Katerina Emmons, Czech Republic, 400, Aug. 9, 2008. Previous record: 399, Lioubov Galkina, Russia, Aug. 14, 2004, Athens.
Women's 10-meter air rifle - Final - Katerina Emmons, Czech Republic, 503.5, Aug. 9, 2008. Previous record: 502.0, Du Li, China, Aug. 14, 2004, Athens.
Women's 10-meter air pistol - Final -Guo Wenjun, China, 492.3, Aug. 10, 2008. Previous record: 490.1, Olga Klochneva, Russia, July 21, 1996, Atlanta.
Women's 50-meter standard rifle 3 positions (3x20 shots) - Final - Du Li, China, 690.3, Aug. 14, 2008. Previous record: 688.4, Lioubov Galkina, Russia, Aug. 20, 2004, Athens.
SWIMMING
Men's 400 Individual Medley - Qualification - Michael Phelps, Baltimore, 4:07.82, Aug. 9, 2008. Previous record: Phelps, 4:08.26, Aug. 14, 2004, Athens.
Men's 100 Breaststroke - Qualification - Alexander Dale Oen, Norway, 59.41, Aug. 9, 2008. Previous record: 1:00.01, Brendan Hansen, United States (Aug. 14, 2004, Athens.
Men's 100 Breaststroke - Semifinals - Alexander Dale Oen, Norway, 59.16, Aug. 10, 2008. Previous record: 59.41, Dale Oen, Aug. 9, 2008, Beijing.
Men's 100 Backstroke - Qualification - Matt Grevers, Lake Forest, Ill., 53.41, Aug. 10, 2008. Previous record: 53.45, Aaron Peirsol, Aug. 21, 2004, Athens.
Men's 100 Backstroke - Semifinal - Hayden Stoeckel, Australia, 52.97, Aug. 11, 2008. Previous record: 53.41, Matt Grevers, United States, Aug. 10, 2008, Beijing.
Men's 200 Butterfly - Qualification -Michael Phelps, Baltimore, 1:53.70, Aug. 11, 2008. Previous record: 1:54.04, Phelps, Aug. 17, 2004, Athens.
Men's 200 Breaststroke - Qualification - Daniel Gyurta, Hungary, 2:08.68, Aug. 12, 2008.. Previous record: 2:09.44, Kosuke Kitajima, Japan, Aug. 18, 2004, Athens.
Men's 200 Breaststroke - Semifinal - Kosuke Kitajima, Japan, 2:08.61. Previous record: 2:08.68, Daniel Gyurta, Hungary, Aug. 12, 2008, Beijing.
Men's 200 Breaststroke - Final - Kosuke Kitajima, Japan, 2:07.64, Aug. 14, 2008. Previous record: 2:08.61, Kosuke Kitajima, Japan, 2:08.61, Aug. 13, 2008, Beijing.
Men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay - Qualification - United States (David Walters, Yorktown, Va., Ricky Berens, Charlotte, N.C., Erik Vendt, North Easton, Mass., Klete Keller, Ann Arbor, Mich.), 7:04.66, Aug. 12, 2008. Previous record: 7:07.05, Australia, Sept. 19, 2000, Sydney.
Men's 50 Freestyle - Qualification - Amaury Leveaux, France, 21.46, Aug. 14, 2008. Previous record: 21.91, Alexander Popov, Unified Team, 21.91, July 30, 1992, Barcelona.
Men's 50 Freestyle - Semifinal - Cesar Cielo Filho, Brazil, 21.34, Aug. 15, 2008. Previous record: 21.46, Amaury Leveaux, France, 21.46, Aug. 14,2008, Beijing.
Men's 50 Freestyle - Final - Cesar Cielo Filho, Brazil, 21.30, Aug. 16, 2008. Previous record: 21.34, Filho, Aug. 15, 2008, Beijing.
Men's 100 Butterfly - Qualification - Milorad Cavic, Serbia, 50.76, Aug. 14, 2008. Previous record: 51.25, Michael Phelps, United States, Aug. 20, 2004, Athens.
Men's 100 Butterfly - Final - Michael Phelps, Baltimore, 50.58, Aug. 16, 2008. Previous record: 50.76, Milorad Cavic, Serbia, Aug. 14, 2008, Beijing.
Men's 1500 Freestyle - Qualification - Grant Hackett, Australia, 14:38.92, Aug. 15, 2008. Previous record: 14:43.40, Hackett Aug. 21, 2004, Athens.
Women's 50 Freestyle - Final - Britta Steffen, Germany, 24.06, Aug. 17, 2008. Previous record: 24.13, Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands, Sept. 22, 2000, Sydney.
Women's 4x100 Freestyle - Final - Netherlands (Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk, Marleen Veldhuis), 3:33.76, Aug. 10, 2008. Previous record: 3:35.94, Australia, Aug. 14, 2004, Athens.
Women's 400 Freestyle - Qualification - Federica Pellegrini, Italy, 4:02.19, Aug. 10, 2008. Previous record: 4:03.85, Janet Evans, United States, Sept. 21, 1988, Seoul.
Women's 100 Breaststroke - Qualification - Leisel Jones, Australia, 1:05.64, Aug. 10, 2008. Previous record: 1:06.64, Xuejuan Luo, China, Aug. 16, 2004, Athens.
Women's 100 Breaststroke - Final - Leisel Jones, Australia, 1:05.17, Aug. 12, 2008. Previous record: 1:05.64, Jones, Aug. 10, 2008, Beijing.
Women's 100 Backstroke - Qualification - Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe, 59.00, Aug, 10, 2008. Previous record: 59.68, Natalie Coughlin, United States, Aug. 21, 2004, Athens.
Women's 200 Individual Medley - Semifinal - Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe, 2:09.53, Aug. 12, 2008. Previous record: 2:10.68, Yana Klochkova, Ukraine, Sept. 19, 2000, Sydney.
Women's 200 Breaststroke - Qualification - Rebecca Soni, Plainsboro, N.J., 2:22.17. Previous record: 2:23.37, Amanda Beard, united States, Aug. 19, 2004, Athens.
Women's 4x200 Freestyle - Qualification - France (Alena Popchanka, Celine Couderc, Camille Muffat, Coralie Balmy), 7:50.37. Previous record: 7:53.42, United States, Aug. 18, 2004, Athens.
Women's 800 Freestyle - Qualification - Rebecca Adlington, Britain, 8:18.06, Aug. 14, 2008. Previous record: 8:19.67, Brooke Bennett, Sept. 22, 2000, Sydney.
Women's 200 Backstroke - Qualification - Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe, 2:06.76, Aug. 14, 2008. Previous record: 2:07.06. Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungary, July 31, 1992, Barcelona.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Women's 48kg - Total - Chen Xiexia, China, 212kg, Aug. 9, 2008. Previous record: 210, Nurcan Taylan, Turkey, Aug. 14, 2004, Athens.
Women's 53kg - Clean & Jerk - Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon, Thailand, 126, Aug. 10, 2008. Previous record: 125, Xia Yang, China, Sept. 18, 2000, Sydney.
Women's 75kg - Snatch - Cao Lei, China, 128, Aug. 15, 2008. Previous record: 125, Natalia Zabolotnaia, Russia, Aug. 20, 2004, Athens.
Women's 75kg - Clean & Jerk - Cao Lei, China, 154, Aug. 15, 2008. Previous record: 150, Pawina Thongsuk, Thailand, Aug. 20, 2004, Athens.
Women's 75kg - Total - Cao Lei, China, 282, Aug. 15, 2008. Previous record: Natalia Zabolotnaia, Russia, 272, Aug. 20, 2004, Athens.
OLYMPIC RECORDS TIED
SHOOTING
Women's 50-meter standard rifle 3 positions (3x20 shots) - Qualification - Du Li, China, 589, Aug. 14, 2008. Record holder: Renata Mauer, Poland, 589, July 24, 1996, Atlanta.
SWIMMING
Men's 200 Butterfly - Semifinal - Michael Phelps, Baltimore, 1:53.70, Aug. 12, 2008. Previous record: 1:53.70, Phelps, Aug. 11, 2008, Beijing.
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