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world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ...

s and

Olympic record Olympic records are the best performances in a specific event in that event's history in either the Summer Olympic Games or the Winter Olympic Games, including: * Archery (list) * Alpine skiing (records recognized only by FIS) * Athletics (list) ...

s were set in various events at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Archery

World records (and Olympic records)

*Men's individual (70 m, 72 arrow):

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

Im Dong-hyun Im Dong-hyun (; ; born 12 May 1986) is a South Korean archer. He competes for the South Korean national team and is a former world number one. He has 20/200 vision in his left eye and 20/100 vision in his right eye, meaning he needs to be 1 ...

, 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 Natalia Valeeva (born 15 November 1969 in Tîrnauca, Transnistria) is a naturalized Italian archer. She is a five-time Olympian and former world number one, and a native of Moldova, having represented the Unified Team, Moldova and Italy, at the ...

'' *Women's team (70 m, 216 arrow): South Korea's Lee Sung Jin, Park Sung Hyun, Yun Mi Jin, 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 Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

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

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

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 hur ...

: China's Liu Xiang, 12.91 s (tied) (August 27) :''record of ''12.91 s'' was set in August 1993 by

Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson, (born 18 February 1967) is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, became wo ...

'' *Women's

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva ( rus, Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаева, p=jɪˈlʲɛnə gɐˈdʐɨjɪvnə ɪsʲɪnˈbajɪvə; born 3 June 1982) is a Russian former pole vaulter. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2004 and 20 ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

, 4.91 m (August 18) :''previous record of ''4.90 m'' set by Isinbayeva''

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from t ...

World records (and Olympic records)

*Women's 500 m time trial: Australia's Anna Meares, 33.952 s (August 20) :''previous record of ''34.000 s'' was set in August 2002 by

Yonghua Jiang Jiang Yonghua (; born September 7, 1973 in Jixi, Heilongjiang) is a female Chinese track cyclist. She is a former world record holder for the Women's 500 m Time Trial, which was set on August 11, 2002 in Kunming with a time of 34.000 seconds ...

'' *Women's individual pursuit:

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

Sarah Ulmer Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer (born 14 March 1976) is a former Olympic cyclist. She is the first New Zealander to win an Olympic cycling gold medal, which she won in the 3km individual pursuit at the 2004 Athens Olympics setting a world record. Afte ...

, 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 Katie Mactier (born 23 March 1975 in Melbourne) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. She began racing in 1999 at 24 and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. She was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne. She is a ...

, 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 Graeme Allen Brown OAM (born 9 April 1979) is an Australian former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2002 and 2016 for the , and teams. A former Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder, Brown's greatest suc ...

Brett Lancaster Brett Lancaster (born 15 November 1979) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2016. Born in Shepparton, Victoria, Lancaster started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four ye ...

, Bradley McGee,

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, ...

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

Rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...

World records (and Olympic records)

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

Sally Newmarch Sally Newmarch (born 2 June 1975), now known as Sally Callie, is an Australian former rower – a four-time national champion, a medal winning national representative who competed at World Rowing Championships from 1993 to 2004 and a three time ...

and

Amber Halliday Amber Halliday (born 13 November 1979) is a former rower and cyclist from Adelaide, South Australia. She is an Australian national champion, a dual Olympian and a three-time world-champion in lightweight rowing. She rowed for South Australia on ...

, 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 The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

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 Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles ...

World records (and Olympic records)

*Men's 10 m air rifle: China's

Zhu Qinan Zhu Qinan (; born November 15, 1984, in Wenzhou, Zhejiang) is a male Chinese sport shooter. He won the gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle event and a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the Men's 10 m ...

, 702.7 points (August 16) :''previous record of ''702.5'' was set in June 2003 by

Jason Parker Jason Parker may refer to: *Jason Parker (sport shooter) (born 1974), American sport shooter * Jason Parker (American football) (born 1985), American football player *Jason Parker (speed skater) (born 1975), Canadian speed skater *Jason Parker, a ...

'' *Men's 10 m running target (30+30 shots):

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

'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''

Olympic records

*Men's

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

(Qualification): China's

, 599 points :''previous record of ''596'' was set in 1996 by Wolfram Waibel'' *Men's 10 m Air Rifle (Final): Zhu, 702.7 points :''previous record of ''696.4'' was set in 2000 by Cai Yalin'' *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):

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

Trap A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research. Trap or TRAP may also refer to: Art and entertainment Films and television * ''Trap'' (2015 film), Fil ...

(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 Double trap is a shotgun shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed. The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shoot ...

(Qualification):

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

'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 Skeet may refer to: * Skeet shooting, a discipline of competitive clay pigeon shooting ** ISSF Olympic skeet, a variant used at the Olympic Games People * Skeet Childress (born 1979), American guitar player in the band Look What I Did * Skeet Qu ...

(Qualification):

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

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 Ennio Falco (born 3 January 1968) is a former Italian sport shooter and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in skeet shooting in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of ...

'' *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):

's Manfred Kurzer, 590 points :''previous record of ''585'' was set in 1996 by Yang Ling'' *Women's 50 m Rifle Three positions (Final): Russia's Lioubov Galkina, 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'' *Women's 10 m Air Rifle (Final): China's

Du Li Du Li (; born 5 March 1982 in Yiyuan, Zibo, Shandong) is a female Chinese sport shooter who was a gold medalist at the 2004 Olympics and the 2008 Olympics; she has also won titles at World Cup, World Championships and the Asian Games. Career ...

, 502.0 points :''previous record of ''498.2'' was set in 1992 by Yeo Kab-Soon'' *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 Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

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 Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

World records (and Olympic records)

*Women's 100 m freestyle: Australia's

Jodie Henry Jodie Clare Henry, OAM (born 17 November 1983) is an Australian competitive swimmer, Olympic gold medallist and former world-record holder. Early life and career Henry was born in Brisbane, Queensland. She began swimming competitively at the ...

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

Libby Lenton Lisbeth Constance Trickett, OAM (; born 28 January 1985) is a retired Australian swimmer. She was a gold medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was the world record holder in the shor ...

'' *Men's 400 m medley:

Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold med ...

, 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 South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

Roland Schoeman Roland Mark Schoeman Order of Ikhamanga, OIS (born 4 July 1980) is a South African American swimmer and was a member of the South African swimming team at the 2000 Olympic Games, 2000, 2004 Olympic Games, 2004, 2008 Olympic Games, 2008 and 201 ...

, 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 Ryk Neethling Order of Ikhamanga, OIS (born 17 November 1977) is a South African businessman who rose to prominence as the three-times World Champion and four-times World Record Breaking Swimming at the Summer Olympics, Olympic swimming champion ...

, 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 Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer and backstroke specialist who is a former world champion and world record-holder. He is a three-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medalist (five gold, two si ...

Brendan Hansen Brendan Joseph Hansen (born August 15, 1981) is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in breaststroke events. Hansen is a six-time Olympic medalist, and is also a former world record-holder in both the 100-meter and 200-meter ...

Ian Crocker Ian Lowell Crocker (born August 31, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. During his career, he set world records in the 50- and 100-meter butterfly (long course and short ...

Jason Lezak Jason Edward Lezak (born November 12, 1975) is an American former competitive swimmer and swimming executive. As a swimmer, Lezak specialized in the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle races. His pro career lasted for nearly fifteen years, spannin ...

, 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

Lenny Krayzelburg Lenny Krayzelburg (born September 28, 1975, as Leonid Krayzelburg; uk, Леонід Крайзельбург, russian: link=no, Леони́д Кра́йзельбург) is an American former backstroke swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and form ...

'' *Women's 4 × 100 m medley: Australia's Jodie Henry,

Leisel Jones Leisel Marie Jones, OAM (born 30 August 1985) is an Australian former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medallist. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold-medal ...

Giaan Rooney Giaan Leigh Rooney, OAM (born 15 November 1982) is an Australian former competitive swimmer and television personality. As a member of the Australian team in women's 4×100-metre medley relay, she won an Olympic gold medal and broke a world ...

, 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 Natalie Anne Coughlin Hall (born August 23, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist. While attending the University of California, Berkeley, she became the first woman ever to swim the 100-meter backstro ...

, Carly Piper,

Dana Vollmer Dana Whitney Vollmer (born November 13, 1987) is a former American competition swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning United States ...

Kaitlin Sandeno Kaitlin Shea Sandeno (born March 13, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist, world champion and former world record-holder. Sandeno was a member of the American team that set a new world record in the 4� ...

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

Weightlifting Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People lift various kinds of weights for a variety of different reasons. These may include various types of competition; promo ...

World records (and Olympic records)

*Women's under 48 kg (total):

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

Nurcan Taylan Nurcan Taylan (born 29 October 1983 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish Olympic, world and European champion in weightlifting. She holds six European and one world record (and tied two more world records). She was banned by the International Weight ...

, 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 Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

' Hanna Batsiushka, 115.0 kg (August 18) :''previous record of ''113.5 kg'' was set in November 2003 by Batsiushk'' *Men's 56–62 kg (total): China'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, 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 Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

's Hossein Reza Zadeh, 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 2004 Summer Olympics