| World Records |
| Athletics Fastest 100 m Men - Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.69 (2008) Women - Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) 10.49 (1988) Fastest 200 m Men - Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.30 (2008) Women - Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) 21.34 (1988) Hurdles Men - 110 m - Colin Jackson (GBR) 12.91 (1993) Women - 100 m - Vordanka Donkoa (Bul) 12.21 (1988) Fastest Marathon Men - Paul Tergat (Ken) 2:04:55 (2003) Women - Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25 (2003) Long Jump Men - Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 (1991) Women - Galina Chistyakova (URS) 7.52 (1988) Aquatics 100 m Freestyle Men - Eamon Sullivan (Aus) 47.05 (2008) Women - Libby Lenton (Aus) 52.88 (2008) 200 m Freestyle Men - Michael Phelps (USA) 1:42.96 (2008) Women - Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 1:54.82 (2008) 100 m Backstroke Men - Aaron Peirsol (USA) 52.54 (2008) Women - Natalie Coughlin (USA) 58.97 (2008) 100 m Breaststroke Men - Brendan Hansen (USA) 59.13 (2006) Women - Leisel Jones (Aus) 1:05.09 (2006) 100 m Butterfly Men - Ian Crocker (USA) 50.40 (2005) Women - Inge De Bruijn (Ned) 56.61 (2000) |
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