World records at the 2008 Summer Olympics

World records at the 2008 Summer Olympics

A number of new world records were set in various events at the 2008 Summer Olympics.


=Swimming=

*Men's 400m Individual Medley: Michael Phelps of the United States, 4:03.84, (August 10)
*Women's 400m Individual Medley: Stephanie Rice of Australia, 4:29.45, (August 10)
*Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay: Jason Lezak, Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale and Cullen Jones of the United States: 3:08.24, (August 11)
*Women's 100m Backstroke: Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, 58.77, (August 11)
*Men's 100m Breaststroke: Kosuke Kitajima of Japan, 58.91, (August 11)
*Women's 200m Freestyle: Federica Pellegrini of Italy, 1:55.45, (August 11)
*Men's 200m Freestyle: Michael Phelps of the United States, 1:42.96 (August 11)
*Men's 100m Backstroke: Aaron Peirsol of the United States, 52.54, (August 12)
*Men's 100m Freestyle: Eamon Sullivan of Australia, 47.05, (August 13)
*Women's 200m Freestyle: Federica Pellegrini of Italy, 1:54.82, (August 13)
*Women's 800m Freestyle: Rebecca Adlington of Great Britain, 8:14.10 , (August 16)
*Men's 200m Butterfly: Michael Phelps of the United States, 1:52.03 (August 13)
*Women's 200m Individual Medley: Stephanie Rice of Australia, 2:08.45, (August 13)
*Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle: Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, Peter Vanderkaay and Ricky Berens, of the United States, 6:58.56, (August 13)
*Women's 200m Butterfly: Zige Liu of China, 2:04.18, (August 14)
*Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: Stephanie Rice, Linda Mackenzie, Bronte Barratt snd Kylie Palmer of Australia, 7:44.31, (August 14)
*Women's 200m Breaststroke: Rebecca Soni of the United States, 2:20.22, (August 15)
*Men's 200m Backstroke: Ryan Lochte of the United States, 1:53.94, (August 15)
*Men's 200m Individual Medley: Michael Phelps of the United States, 1:54.23 (August 15)


=Archery=

*Women's Team 1/4 Eliminations: Park Sung-Hyun, Yun Ok-Hee and Joo Hyun-Jung of South Korea, 231, (August 10)


=Weightlifting=

*Women's 69kg: Liu Chunhong, of China, 286, (August 13)
*Men's 85kg: Andrei Rybakou, of Belarus, 394, (August 15)


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