World records at the 2004 Summer Olympics

A number of new world records were set in various events at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

=Archery=

*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, Park Sung Hyun, Yun Mi Jin, 2030 points (August 12):"previous record of "1994" was set at 2000 Games by South Korean team"

=Athletics=

*Men's 110 m hurdles: China's Liu Xiang, 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=

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

=Rowing=

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

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

=Swimming=

*Women's 100 m freestyle: Australia's Jodie Henry, 53.52 s (August 18):"previous record of "53.66 s" was set in March 2004 by Libby Lenton"
*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 4x100 m freestyle: South Africa's Roland Schoeman, Darien Townsend, Lyndon Ferns, Ryk Neethling, 3:13.17 (August 15):"previous record of "3:13.67" was set at 2000 Games by Australian team"
*Women's 4x100 m freestyle: Australia's Alice Mills, Libby Lenton, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry, 3:35.94 (August 14):"previous record of "3:36.00" was set in July 2002 by German team"
*Men's 4x100m medley: United States's Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Jason Lezak, 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 4x100 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"
*Women's 4x100m 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 4x200 m freestyle: United States's Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer, Kaitlin Sandeno, 7:53.42 (August 18):"previous record of "7:55.47" was set in August 1987 by East German team"

=Weightlifting=

*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 Zhou Li"
*Women's 58-63 kg (snatch): Belarus' Hanna Batsiushk, 115.0 kg (August 18):"previous record of "113.5 kg" was set in November 2003 by Batsiushk"
*Men's 8000-10000 pds (total): Canada's Gary Roberts, 10,000 pds* (August 16):*(ran out of weight, competitor wanted to continue)
*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's Hossein Reza Zadeh, 263.5 kg (August 25):"previous record of "263.0 kg" was set in November 2002 by Zadeh"

ee also

*Olympic records at the 2004 Summer Olympics