- Olympic records at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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A number of new Olympic records were set in various events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Contents
Archery
Event Score Name Nation Date Women's 72 arrow ranking round 673[a] Park Sung-Hyun South Korea (KOR)
2008-08-09 Women's 216 arrow ranking round 2004 Park Sung-Hyun
Yun Ok-Hee
Joo Hyun-JungSouth Korea (KOR)
2008-08-09 - a This equalled Lina Herasymenko's Olympic record.
Athletics
Men's records
Event Record Name Nation Date Men's 100 metres 9.69 s Usain Bolt Jamaica
16 August 2008 Men's 200 metres 19.30 s Usain Bolt Jamaica
20 August 2008 Men's 5000 metres 12:57.82 min Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia
23 August 2008 Men's 10000 metres 27:01.17 min Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia
17 August 2008 Men's 4x100 metre relay 37.10 s Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Usain Bolt
Asafa PowellJamaica
22 August 2008 Men's 4x400 metre relay 2:55.39 min LaShawn Merritt
Angelo Taylor
David Neville
Jeremy WarinerUnited States
23 August 2008 Men's marathon 2:06:32 hr Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenya
24 August 2008 Men's 50 kilometre walk 3:37:09 Alex Schwazer Italy
22 August 2008 Men's pole vault 5.96 m Steven Hooker Australia
22 August 2008 Men's javelin throw 90.57 m Andreas Thorkildsen Norway
23 August 2008 Women's records
Event Record Name Nation Date Women's 400 metre hurdles 52.64 s Melaine Walker Jamaica
20 August 2008 Women's 3,000 metre steeplechase 8:58.81 min Gulnara Galkina-Samitova Russia
17 August 2008 Women's 10,000 metres 29:54.66 Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia
20 August 2008 Women's 20km walk 1:26:31 hr Olga Kaniskina Russia
20 August 2008 Women's triple jump 15.39 m Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon
17 August 2008 Women's pole vault 5.05 m Yelena Isinbayeva Russia
18 August 2008 Women's hammer throw 76.34 m Aksana Miankova Belarus
20 August 2008 Cycling
Event Time Name Nation Date Men's Sprint 9.815 Chris Hoy Great Britain (GBR)
2008-08-17 Men's Individual pursuit 4:15.031 Bradley Wiggins Great Britain (GBR)
2008-08-15 Men's Team pursuit 3:53.312 Bradley Wiggins
Paul Manning
Geraint Thomas
Ed ClancyGreat Britain (GBR)
2008-08-18 Women's Sprint 10.963 Victoria Pendleton Great Britain (GBR)
2008-08-17 Shooting
Men's records
Event Score Name Nation Date 25 m rapid fire pistol Qual. 583 Keith Sanderson United States (USA)
2008-08-16 Final 780.2 Oleksandr Petriv Ukraine (UKR)
2008-08-16 Trap Final 146 David Kostelecký Czech Republic
2008-08-10 Double trap Qual. 145 Walton Eller United States (USA)
2008-08-12 Final 190 Walton Eller United States (USA)
2008-08-12 Skeet Qual. 121 Vincent Hancock United States (USA)
2008-08-16 Final 145 Vincent Hancock
Tore BrovoldUnited States (USA)
Norway (NOR)
2008-08-16 Women's records
Event Score Name Nation Date 50 m rifle three positions Qual. 589[b] Du Li China (CHN)
2008-08-14 Final 690.3 Du Li China (CHN)
2008-08-14 10 m air rifle Qual. 400 Kateřina Emmons Czech Republic (CZE)
2008-08-09 Final 503.5 Kateřina Emmons Czech Republic (CZE)
2008-08-09 25 m pistol Qual. 590[c] Otryadyn Gündegmaa Mongolia (MGL)
2008-08-13 Final 793.4 Chen Ying China (CHN)
2008-08-13 10 m air pistol Qual. 391 Natalia Paderina Russia (RUS)
2008-08-10 Final 492.3 Guo Wenjun China (CHN)
2008-08-10 Trap Final 91 Satu Mäkelä-Nummela Finland (FIN)
2008-08-11 Skeet Qual. 72 Chiara Cainero Italy (ITA)
2008-08-14 Final 93 Chiara Cainero
Kim Rhode
Christine BrinkerItaly (ITA)
United States (USA)
Germany (GER)
2008-08-14 - b This equalled Renata Mauer's Olympic record.
- c This equalled Tao Luna's Olympic record.
Swimming
Due to the use of the LZR Racer, a specialised swimming suit developed by NASA and the Australian Institute of Sport, sixty-five Olympic swimming records were broken. Only two Olympic records remained intact after the Games.
Weightlifting
Men's records
Event Weight Name Nation Date 85 kg Snatch 185.0 kg Andrei Rybakou Belarus (BLR)
2008-08-15 Total 394.0 kg Andrei Rybakou Belarus (BLR)
2008-08-15 105 kg Snatch 200.0 kg Andrei Aramnau Belarus (BLR)
2008-08-18 Clean and Jerk 236.0 kg Andrei Aramnau Belarus (BLR)
2008-08-18 Total 436.0 kg Andrei Aramnau Belarus (BLR)
2008-08-18 Women's records
Event Weight Name Nation Date 48 kg Clean and Jerk 117.0 kg Chen Xiexia China (CHN)
2008-08-09 Total 212.0 kg Chen Xiexia China (CHN)
2008-08-09 53 kg Clean and Jerk 126.0 kg Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon Thailand (THA)
2008-08-10 58 kg Clean and Jerk 138.0 kg Chen Yanqing China (CHN)
2008-08-11 Total 244.0 kg Chen Yanqing China (CHN)
2008-08-11 69 kg Snatch 128.0 kg Liu Chunhong China (CHN)
2008-08-13 Clean and Jerk 158.0 kg Liu Chunhong China (CHN)
2008-08-13 Total 286.0 kg Liu Chunhong China (CHN)
2008-08-13 75 kg Snatch 128.0 kg Cao Lei China (CHN)
2008-08-15 Clean and Jerk 154.0 kg Cao Lei China (CHN)
2008-08-15 Total 282.0 kg Cao Lei China (CHN)
2008-08-15 +75 kg Snatch 140.0 kg Jang Mi-Ran South Korea (KOR)
2008-08-16 Clean and Jerk 186.0 kg Jang Mi-Ran South Korea (KOR)
2008-08-16 Total 326.0 kg Jang Mi-Ran South Korea (KOR)
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