2008 Summer Olympics World Record Breakers
CountryEventWorld RecordCompetitor
South Korea Archery (Team W) 231/240 (228) Park, Ok-hee, Hyun-jung
USA 400m Ind. Medley (M) 4:07.82 (4:08.26) Michael Phelps
Australia 400m Ind. Medley (W) 4:29:45 (4:31.12) Stephanie Rice
Zimbabwe 100m Backstroke (W) 58.77 (58.97) Kirsty Coventry
Japan 100m Breaststroke (M) 58.91 (59.13) Kosuke Kitajima
USA 4x100m Freestyle Relay (Team M) 3:08.24 (5 teams break WR) M. Phelps, J. Lezak, C. Jones, G. Weber-Gale
USA 200m Butterfly (M) 1:52.03 (1:52.09) Michael Phelps
USA 200m Freestyle (M) 1:42.96 (1:43.86) Michael Phelps
USA 100m Backstroke (M) 52.54 (52.89) Aaron Peirsol
Italy 200m Freestyle (W) 1:54.82 (1:55.45) Federica Pellegrini
USA 200m Backstroke (M) 1:53.94 (154.32) Ryan Lochte
United Kingdom 800m Freestyle (W) 8.14.10 (8:16.22) Rebecca Adlington
Jamaica 100m Track 9.69 (9.72) Usain Bolt
Russia Pole Vault 5.05m (5.04) Elena Isinbaeva
Jamaica 200m Track 19.30 (19.64) Usain Bolt