- World records at the 2008 Summer Olympics
A number of new
world record s were set in various events at the2008 Summer Olympics .
=Swimming=*Men's
400m Individual Medley :Michael Phelps of theUnited States , 4:03.84, (August 10 )
*Women's400m Individual Medley :Stephanie Rice ofAustralia , 4:29.45, (August 10 )
*Men's 4 x 100mFreestyle Relay:Jason Lezak ,Michael Phelps ,Garrett Weber-Gale andCullen Jones of theUnited States : 3:08.24, (August 11 )
*Women's 100mBackstroke :Kirsty Coventry ofZimbabwe , 58.77, (August 11 )
*Men's 100mBreaststroke :Kosuke Kitajima ofJapan , 58.91, (August 11 )
*Women's 200mFreestyle :Federica Pellegrini ofItaly , 1:55.45, (August 11 )
*Men's 200mFreestyle :Michael Phelps of theUnited States , 1:42.96 (August 11 )
*Men's 100mBackstroke :Aaron Peirsol of theUnited States , 52.54, (August 12 )
*Men's 100mFreestyle :Eamon Sullivan ofAustralia , 47.05, (August 13 )
*Women's 200mFreestyle :Federica Pellegrini ofItaly , 1:54.82, (August 13 )
*Women's 800mFreestyle :Rebecca Adlington ofGreat Britain , 8:14.10 , (August 16 )
*Men's 200mButterfly :Michael Phelps of theUnited States , 1:52.03 (August 13 )
*Women's 200mIndividual Medley :Stephanie Rice ofAustralia , 2:08.45, (August 13 )
*Men's 4 x 200mFreestyle :Ryan Lochte ,Michael Phelps ,Peter Vanderkaay andRicky Berens , of theUnited States , 6:58.56, (August 13 )
*Women's 200mButterfly :Zige Liu ofChina , 2:04.18, (August 14 )
*Women's 4 x 200mFreestyle Relay:Stephanie Rice ,Linda Mackenzie ,Bronte Barratt sndKylie Palmer ofAustralia , 7:44.31, (August 14 )
*Women's 200mBreaststroke :Rebecca Soni of theUnited States , 2:20.22, (August 15 )
*Men's 200mBackstroke :Ryan Lochte of theUnited States , 1:53.94, (August 15 )
*Men's 200mIndividual Medley :Michael Phelps of theUnited States , 1:54.23 (August 15 )
=Archery=*Women's Team 1/4 Eliminations:
Park Sung-Hyun ,Yun Ok-Hee andJoo Hyun-Jung ofSouth Korea , 231, (August 10 )*Women's 69kg:
Liu Chunhong , ofChina , 286, (August 13 )
*Men's 85kg:Andrei Rybakou , ofBelarus , 394, (August 15 )
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