A number of new world records and Olympic records were set in various events at the

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Archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

World records (and Olympic records)

*Men's individual (70 m, 72 arrow): South Korea's Im Dong-hyun, 687 points :''previous record of ''685'' was set in 1995 by Young Sung Shim and tied in 1996 by Kyo Moon Oh'' (August 12) *Women's individual (70 m, 72 arrow): South Korea's Park Sung-hyun, 682 points (August 12) :''previous record of ''679'' was set in 2004 by Natalia Valeeva'' *Women's team (70 m, 216 arrow): South Korea's

Lee Sung Jin Lee Sung-jin (; born March 7, 1985) is a recurve archer from South Korea. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning in the women's team event at the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2005, she became the women's individual recurve cham ...

, Park Sung Hyun,

Yun Mi Jin Yun Mi-jin (윤미진; born April 30, 1983) is an archer from South Korea who has won three Olympic gold medals and is a former world number one. She holds the Olympic record for a women's 18-arrow match, at 173 out of ...

, 2030 points (August 12) :''previous record of ''1994'' was set at 2000 Games by South Korean team''

Olympic records

*Men's Individual (70 m, 18 arrow): Korea's

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, 173 points :''previous record of ''172'' was set in 2000 by Jang Yong Ho'' *Women's Individual (70 m, 18 arrow): Korea's

, 173 points (tied record) :''previous record of ''173'' was set in 2000 by Yun Mi Jin''

Athletics

World records (and Olympic records)

*Men's

110 m hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurd ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

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, 12.91 s (tied) (August 27) :''record of ''12.91 s'' was set in August 1993 by Colin Jackson'' *Women's pole vault: Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia, 4.91 m (August 18) :''previous record of ''4.90 m'' set by Isinbayeva''

Cycling

World records (and Olympic records)

*Women's 500 m time trial:

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Anna Meares Anna Maree Devenish Meares (born 21 September 1983) is an Australian retired track cyclist. She currently resides in Adelaide in South Australia where the Australian Institute of Sport's Track Cycling program has its headquarters at the Adelaid ...

, 33.952 s (August 20) :''previous record of ''34.000 s'' was set in August 2002 by Yonghua Jiang'' *Women's individual pursuit: New Zealand's Sarah Ulmer, 3:24.537 (August 22) ::''This record was broken multiple times during these Games, the prior instances being:'' ::*New Zealand's Sarah Ulmer, 3:26.400 (August 21) ::*Australia's Katie Mactier, 3:29.945 (August 21) :''previous record of ''3:30.604'' was set in May by Ulmer'' *Men's team pursuit: Australia's Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster,

Bradley McGee Bradley John McGee OAM (born 24 February 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently the head coach of the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS). He started cycling in 1986 at the ...

Luke Roberts Luke Justin Roberts (born 25 January 1977) is a sports director and former Australian racing cyclist specialising in both track cycling and road bicycle racing. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, he resides both in Adelaide and in Cologne, G ...

, 3:56.610 (August 22) :''previous record of ''3:59:583'' was set in 2002 by Australian team''

Rowing

World records (and Olympic records)

:Note: rowing records are not official due to variable course conditions. *Women's lightweight double sculls:

's Sally Newmarch and Amber Halliday, 6:49.90 ''(unofficial)'' (August 15) :''previous record of ''6:50.63'' was set in 1995 by

Berit Christoffersen Berit Christoffersen (born 3 May 1973, in Virum) is a Danish rower. Along with Lene Andersson she finished 5th in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of th ...

and

Lene Andersson Lene Skov Andersson (born 17 July 1968) is a Danish rower. Along with Berit Christoffersen she finished 5th in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the ...

'' *Men's 8-man boat: United States team, 5:19.85 ''(unofficial)'' (August 15) :''previous record of ''5:22.80'' was set in 1999 by Netherlands team'' *Women's 8-man boat: United States team, 5:56.55 ''(unofficial)'' (August 15) :''previous record of ''5:57.02'' was set in 1999 by Romanian team''

Shooting

World records (and Olympic records)

*Men's 10 m air rifle:

's Zhu Qinan, 702.7 points (August 16) :''previous record of ''702.5'' was set in June 2003 by Jason Parker'' *Men's 10 m running target (30+30 shots): Germany's Manfred Kurzer, 590 points (August 19) :''previous record of ''588'' was set in May 2002 by Igor Kolesov, and tied in July 2002 by

Yang Ling Yang Ling (, born May 24, 1968 in Beijing) is a male Chinese sports shooter. He won both the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Olympic Games in 10 metre running target 10 meter running target is one of the ISSF shooting events, shot w ...

Olympic records

*Men's

10 m Air Rifle 10 metre air rifle (N.B. For "Meter" in this article – read "Metre") is an ISSF shooting events, International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) shooting event, bullseye shooting, shot at a bullseye target over a distance of using a .177 calibe ...

(Qualification):

's Zhu Qinan, 599 points :''previous record of ''596'' was set in 1996 by

Wolfram Waibel Wolfram Waibel Jr. (born 22 February 1970) is an Austrian sport shooter. He was born in Hohenems, Austria. He competed for Austria and won both a silver medal and a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics ...

'' *Men's 10 m Air Rifle (Final): Zhu, 702.7 points :''previous record of ''696.4'' was set in 2000 by

Cai Yalin Cai Yalin (Chinese: 蔡亚林; Pinyin: Cài Yàlín; born September 3, 1977 in Chengde, Hebei) is a male Chinese sports shooter. He won the 10 m air rifle at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in the process beating the Olympic record Olympic reco ...

'' *Men's

10 m Air Pistol The 10 meter air pistol is an Olympic shooting event governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). It is similar to 10 meter air rifle in that it is shot with 4.5 mm (or .177) caliber air guns at a distance of 10 me ...

(Qualification): Russia's

Mikhail Nestruev Mikhail Valeryevich Nestruyev (russian: Михаил Валерьевич Неструев, born 28 October 1968 in Moscow) is a pistol shooter from Moscow, Russia. He is an all-round shooter, having achieved great successes in all five ISSF pis ...

, 591 points :''previous record of ''590'' was set in 2000 by

Franck Dumoulin Franck Dumoulin (born May 13, 1973 in Denain) is a pistol shooter from Bordeaux, France. Palmarès Olympic Games World Championships * 1994 World Championships (Milan, Italia) : ** Gold Medal in 10 m Air Pistol ** Bronze Medal in 5 ...

'' *Men's 10 m Air Pistol (Final): China's

Wang Yifu Wang Yifu (, born December 4, 1960 in Liaoyang, Liaoning) is a male Chinese pistol shooter, and in terms of Olympic medals one of the most successful sport shooters of all times, and was the first shooter with six individual Olympic medals. He ...

, 690.0 points :''previous record of ''688.9'' was set in 2000 by Dumoulin'' *Men's

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(Qualification): Russia's

Aleksei Alipov Aleksey Aleksandrovich Alipov (russian: Алексей Александрович Алипов, born 7 August 1975) is a Russian olympic Trap shooter. He is the 2004 Olympic champion in that discipline. Career Born in Moscow, he was trained at ...

, 124 hits (tied record) :''previous record of ''124'' was set in 1996 by Michael Diamond'' *Men's Trap (Final): Alipov, 149 hits (tied record) :''previous record of ''149'' was set in 1996 by Diamond'' *Men's Double Trap (Qualification): United Arab Emirates's Ahmed Al-Maktoum, 144 hits :''previous record of ''143'' was set in 2000 by

Russell Mark Russell Andrew Mark, (born 25 February 1964 in Hoppers Crossing, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian Olympic Champion Shooter. He won the Olympic gold medal in double trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also won an Olympic sil ...

'' *Men's Double Trap (Final): Almaktoum, 189 hits (tied record) :''previous record of ''189'' was set in 1996 by Mark'' *Men's Skeet (Qualification): Finland's

Marko Kemppainen Marko Kemppainen (born 13 July 1976 in Kajaani) is an athlete from Finland. He competes in skeet shooting. Kemppainen won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championship in Cairo. He represented Finland at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 ...

, 125 hits (tied record) :''previous record of ''125'' was set in 1996 by Ennio Falco'' *Men's

10 m Running Target 10 meter running target is one of the ISSF shooting events, shot with an airgun at a target that moves sideways. The target is pulled across a two meter wide aisle at the range of 10 meters from the firing point. The target is pulled at either of ...

(Qualification): Germany's Manfred Kurzer, 590 points :''previous record of ''585'' was set in 1996 by

'' *Women's 50 m Rifle Three positions (Final): Russia's

Lioubov Galkina Lioubov Galkina (russian: Любовь Галкина) (born 15 March 1973 in Alapayevsk, Russian SFSR) is a Russian sport shooter and Olympic champion. She received two medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα ...

, 688.4 points :''previous record of ''686.1'' was set in 1996 by Aleksandra Ivosev'' *Women's

(Qualification): Russia's Galkina, 399 points :''previous record of ''397'' was set in 1996 by

Petra Horneber Petra Horneber (born 21 April 1965) is a German sport shooter. She won the Silver medal in the 10 m air rifle in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It ...

'' *Women's 10 m Air Rifle (Final): China's Du Li, 502.0 points :''previous record of ''498.2'' was set in 1992 by

Yeo Kab-Soon Yeo Kab-soon (; born May 8, 1974) is a South Korean sport shooter who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. She was born in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South K ...

'' *Women's

25 m Pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sp ...

(Final): Bulgaria's

Mariya Grozdeva Maria Zdravkova Grozdeva-Grigorova ( bg, Мария Здравкова Гроздева-Григорова; born on 23 June 1972) is a Bulgarian retired sport shooter, who competed in 25 metre pistol and 10 metre air pistol. She is the only wom ...

, 688.2 points :''established new record after rule change''

Swimming

World records (and Olympic records)

*Women's 100 m freestyle:

's Jodie Henry, 53.52 s (August 18) :''previous record of ''53.66 s'' was set in March 2004 by

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'' *Men's 400 m medley: United States's Michael Phelps, 4:08.26 (August 14) :''previous record of ''4:08.41'' was set in July 2004 by Phelps'' *Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle: South Africa's Roland Schoeman, Darien Townsend,

Lyndon Ferns Lyndon Ferns (born 24 September 1983 in Pietersburg, South Africa) is a retired Olympic gold-medalist and former world record swimmer from South Africa. He swam for South Africa at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he was a ...

, Ryk Neethling, 3:13.17 (August 15) :''previous record of ''3:13.67'' was set at 2000 Games by Australian team'' *Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle: Australia's Alice Mills,

Petria Thomas Petria Ann Thomas, (born 25 August 1975) is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales, and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby. Career In 1993, at the a ...

, Jodie Henry, 3:35.94 (August 14) :''previous record of ''3:36.00'' was set in July 2002 by German team'' *Men's 4 × 100 m medley: United States's Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker,

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, 3:30.68 (August 21) :''previous record of ''3:31.54'' was set in July 2003 by United States team'' *Backstroke leg of Men's 4 × 100 m medley: United States's Aaron Peirsol, 53.45 s (August 21) :''previous record of ''53.60 s'' was set in August 1999 by

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'' *Women's 4 × 100 m medley: Australia's Jodie Henry, Leisel Jones, Giaan Rooney, Petria Thomas, 3:57.32 (August 21) :''previous record of ''3:58.30'' was set at 2000 Games by United States team'' *Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle: United States's Natalie Coughlin,

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, 7:53.42 (August 18) :''previous record of ''7:55.47'' was set in August 1987 by East German team''

Weightlifting

World records (and Olympic records)

*Women's under 48 kg (total): Turkey's Nurcan Taylan, 210.0 kg (August 14) :''previous record of ''207.5 kg'' was set in November 2002 by Mingjuan Wang'' *Women's under 48 kg (snatch): Turkey's Nurcan Taylan, 97.5 kg (August 14) :''previous record of ''93.5 kg'' was set in September 2003 by

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'' *Women's 58–63 kg (snatch): Belarus'

Hanna Batsiushka Hanna Batsiushka (born October 24, 1981) is a Belarusian weightlifter. She competed in the Women's 63 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal, lifting 242.5 kg in total. She set a new world record of 115 ...

, 115.0 kg (August 18) :''previous record of ''113.5 kg'' was set in November 2003 by Batsiushk'' *Men's 56–62 kg (total):

's Shi Zhiyong, 325 kg (tied) (August 16) :''record of ''325 kg'' was set at 2000 Games by Nikolai Peshalov'' *Women's 63–69 kg (snatch): China's

Liu Chunhong Liu Chunhong (; born January 29, 1983, in Yantai, Shandong) is a Chinese weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded w ...

, 122.5 kg (August 19) :''previous record of ''120.0 kg'' was set in November 2003 by Liu'' *Women's 63–69 kg (clean and jerk): China's Liu Chunhong, 153.0 kg (August 19) :''previous record of ''152.5 kg'' was set in November 2003 by Liu'' *Women's 63–69 kg (total): China's Liu Chunhong, 275.0 kg (August 19) :''previous record of ''270.0 kg'' was set in November 2003 by Liu'' *Women's over 75 kg (clean and jerk): China's Tang Gonghong, 182.5 kg (August 21) :''previous record of ''175.0 kg'' was set in April 2004 by Tang'' *Women's over 75 kg (total): China's Tang Gonghong, 305.0 kg (August 21) :''previous record of ''302.5 kg'' was set in April 2004 by Tang'' *Men's over 105 kg (clean and jerk): Iran's

Hossein Reza Zadeh Hossein Rezazadeh ( fa, حسین رضازاده, born 12 May 1978) is an Iranian politician and retired weightlifter. Rezazadeh is a two-time Olympic champion, four-time World Weightlifting champion, and five-time Asian champion. Rezazadeh has w ...

, 263.5 kg (August 25) :''previous record of ''263.0 kg'' was set in November 2002 by Reza Zadeh''

References

* {{Records at Summer Olympics 2004 Summer Olympics