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Olympic Records

Associated Press
Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004; 6:10 p.m. EDT

World Records Set | World Records Tied
Olympic Records Broken | Olympic Records Tied

WORLD RECORDS SET
ARCHERY
Men
Individual 70m, Ranking Round -- Im Dong-hyun, South Korea, 687, Aug. 12, 2004.
Previous Record: Shim Young-sung, South Korea, 685, Oct. 1, 1995.

Individual 70m, Total -- Szu Yuan Chen, Taiwan, 339, Aug. 19, 2004.
Previous Record: Oh Kyo-moon, South Korea, 336, Aug. 1, 1996. Women

Individual 70m, Ranking Round -- Park Sung-hyun, South Korea, 682, Aug. 12, 2004.
Previous Record: Natalia Valeeva, Italy, 679, May 18, 2004.

Team 70m, Ranking Round (216 Arrow) -- South Korea (Park Sung-hyun, Lee Sung-jin, Yun Mi-jin), 2,030, Aug. 12, 2004.
Previous Record: South Korea (Yun Mi-jin, Kim Soo-nyung, Kim Nam-soon), 1,994, Sept. 16, 2000.

ATHLETICS
Women
Pole Vault -- Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia, 4.91, Aug. 24, 2004.
Previous Record: Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia, 4.90, July 30, 2004. CYCLING

Women
500m Time Trial -- Anna Meares, Australia, 33.952, Aug. 20, 2004.
Previous Record: Jiang Yonghua, China, 34.000, Nov. 11, 2002.

3000m Individual Pursuit -- Kate Mactier, Australia, 3:29.945, Aug. 21, 2004.
Previous Record: Sarah Ulmer, New Zealand, 3:30.604. May 27, 2004.

3000m Individual Pursuit -- Sarah Ulmer, New Zealand, 3:26.400, Aug. 21, 2004.
Previous Record: Kate Mactier, Australia, 3:29.945, Aug. 21, 2004.

3000m Individual Pursuit -- Sarah Ulmer, New Zealand, 3:24.537, Aug. 22, 2004.
Previous Record: Sarah Ulmer, New Zealand, 3:26.400, Aug. 21, 2004.

SHOOTING
Men
10m Air Rifle Final -- Zhu Qinan, China, 702.7, Aug. 16, 2004.
Previous Record: Jason Parker, United States, 702.5, June 15, 2003.

10m Running Target, Qualification -- Manfred Kurzer, Germany, 590, Aug, 19, 2004.
Previous Record: Yang Ling, China, 588, July 5, 2002.

SWIMMING
Men
400 Individual Medley -- Michael Phelps, United States, 4:08.26, Aug. 14, 2004.
Previous Record: Michael Phelps, United States, 4:08.41, July 7, 2004.

4 X 100 Freestyle Relay -- South Africa (Roland Mark Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend, Ryk Neethling), 3:13.17, Aug. 15, 2004.
Previous Record: Australia (Ashley Callus, Chris Fydler, Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe), 3:13.67, Sept. 16, 2000.

4 X 100m Medley Relay -- United States (Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Jason Lezak), 3:30.68, Aug. 21, 2004.
Previous Record: United States (Ian Crocker, Brendan Hansen, Jason Lezak, Aaron Peirsol), 3:31.54, July 27, 2003. Women

4 X 100 Freestyle Relay -- Australia (Alice Mills, Lisbeth Lenton, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry), 3:35.94, Aug. 14, 2004.
Previous Record: Germany (Petra Dallmann, Katrin Meissner, Sandra Voelker, Franziska van Almsick), 3:36.00, July 29, 2002.

100 Freestyle -- Jodie Henry, Australia, 53.52, Aug. 18, 2004.
Previous Record: Lisbeth Lenton, Australia, 53.66, March 31, 2004.

4 X 200m Freestyle Relay -- United States (Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer, Kaitlin Sandeno), 7:53.42, Aug. 18, 2004.
Previous Record: Germany (Heike Friedrich, Anke Mohring, Manuela Stellmach, Astrid Strauss), 7:55.47, Aug. 18, 1987.

4 X 100m Medley Relay -- Australia (Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry), 3:57.32, Aug. 21, 2004.
Previous Record: United States (Barbara Bedford, Megan Quann, Jennifer Thompson, Dara Torres), 3:58.30, Sept. 23, 2000.

WEIGHTLIFTING
Men
Over 105Kg Clean & Jerk -- Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iran, 263.5, Aug. 25, 2004.
Previous Record: Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iran, 263.0, Nov. 26, 2002. Women

48Kg Snatch -- Nurcan Taylan, Turkey, 95.0, Aug. 14, 2004.
Previous Record: Zhuo Li, China, 93.5, Sept. 10, 2003.

48Kg Snatch -- Nurcan Taylan, Turkey, 97.5, Aug. 14, 2004.
Previous Record: Taylan, 95.0, Aug. 14, 2004.

48Kg Total -- Nurcan Taylan, Turkey, 210.0, Aug. 14, 2004.
Previous Record: Mingjuan Wang, China, 207.5, Nov. 19, 2002.

63Kg Snatch -- Hanna Batsiushka, Belarus, 115.0, Aug. 18, 2004.
Previous Record: Hanna Batsiushka, Belarus, 113.5, Nov. 18, 2003.

69Kg Snatch -- Liu Chunhong, China, 122.5, Aug. 19, 2004.
Previous Record: Liu Chunhong, China, 120.0, Nov. 19, 2003.

69Kg Clean & Jerk -- Liu Chunhong, China, 153.0, Aug. 19, 2004.
Previous Record: Liu Chunhong, China, 152.5, April 9, 2004.

69Kg Total -- Liu Chunhong, China, 275.0, Aug. 19, 2004.
Previous Record: Liu Chunhong, China, 270.0, Nov. 19, 2003.

Over 75Kg Clean & Jerk -- Tang Gonghong, China, 182.5, Aug. 21, 2004.
Previous Record: Tang Gonghong, China, 175.0, April 11, 2004.

Over 75Kg Total -- Tang Gonghong, China, 305.0, Aug. 21, 2004.
Previous Record: Tang Gonghong, China, 302.5, April 11, 2004.

WORLD RECORDS TIED
ATHLETICS
Men
110 Hurdles -- Liu Xiang, China, 12.91, Aug. 27, 2004. Record: Colin Jackson, Britain, Aug. 20, 1993. SHOOTING

Men
Skeet, Qualification -- Marko Kemppainen, Finland, 125, Aug. 22, 2004.
Previous Record: Abdullah Alrashidi, Kuwait, 125, July 9, 2004.

OLYMPIC RECORDS BROKEN
ARCHERY
Men
Individual 70m, Total -- Tim Cuddihy, Australia, 340, Aug. 19, 2004.
Previous Record: Oh Kyo-moon, South Korea, 338, Aug. 1, 1996. Women

Women's Individual 70m -- Yun Mi-jin, South Korea, 341, Aug. 18, 2004.
Previous Record: Yun Mi-Jin, South Korea, 335, Sept. 19, 2000.
ATHLETICS

Men
10,000 -- Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia, 27:05.10, Aug. 20, 2004.
Previous Record: Haile Gebre Selassie, Ethiopia, 27:07.34, July 29, 1996.

Discus -- Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania, 69.89, Aug. 23, 2004.
Previous Record: Lars Riedel, Germany, 69.40, July 31, 1996.

Pole Vault -- Timothy Mack, United States, 5.95, Aug. 27, 2004.
Previous Record: Jean Galfione, France; Igor Trandenkov, Russia; Andrei Tivontchik, Germany; 5.92, Aug. 2, 1996. Women

100 Hurdles -- Joanna Hayes, United States, 12.37, Aug. 24, 2004.
Previous Record: Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria, 12.38, Sept. 30, 1988.

400 Hurdles -- Fani Chalkia, Greece, 52.77, Aug. 22, 2004.
Previous Record: Deon Hemmings, Jamaica, 52.82, July 31, 1996.

Hammer -- Olga Kuzenkova, Russia, 73.71, Aug. 23, 2004.
Previous Record: Kamila Skolimowska, Poland, 71.16, Sept. 29, 2000.

Hammer -- Olga Kuzenkova, Russia, 75.02, Aug. 25, 2004.
Previous Record: Olga Kuzenkova, Russia, 73.71, Aug. 23, 2004.

Javelin -- Osleidys Menendez, Cuba, 71.53, Aug. 27, 2004.
Previous Record: Trine Hattestad, Norway, 68.91, Sept. 30, 2000.

High Jump -- Yelena Slesarenko, Russia, 2.06, Aug. 28, 2004.
Previous Record: Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria, 2.05, Aug. 3, 1996.

CYCLING
Men
4000m Individual Pursuit Qualification -- Bradley Wiggins, Britain, 4:15.165, Aug. 20, 2004.
Previous Record: Robert Bartko, Germany, 4:18.515, Sept. 17, 2000.

1 Km Time Trial -- Chris Hoy, Britain, 1:00.711, Aug. 20, 2004.
Previous Record: Arnaud Tournant, France, 1:00.896, Aug. 20, 2004.

SHOOTING
Men
10m Air Pistol Qualification -- Mikhail Nestruev, Russia, 591, Aug. 14, 2004.
Previous Record: Yifu Wang, China and Franck Dumoulin, France, 590, Sept. 16, 2000.

10m Air Pistol Final -- Yifu Wang, China, 690.0, Aug. 14, 2004.
Previous Record: Franck Dumoulin, France, 688.9, Sept. 16, 2000.

10m Air Rifle Qualiufiaction -- Li Jie, China, 598, Aug. 16, 2004.
Previous Record: Wolfram Waibel, Austria, 596, July 22, 1996.

10m Air Rifle Qualiufiaction -- Zhu Qinan, China, 599, Aug. 16, 2004.
Previous Record: Li Jie, China, 598, Aug. 16, 2004.

Double Trap Qualification -- Ahmed Almaktoum, United Arab Emirates, 144, Aug. 17, 2004.
Previous Record: Russell Mark, Australia, 143, Sept. 20, 2000.

Double Trap Final -- Ahmed Almaktoum, United Arab Emirates, 189, Aug. 17, 2004.
Previous Record: Russell Mark, Australia, 189, July 24, 1996. Women

10m Air Rifle Qualification -- Lioubov Galkina, Russia, 399, Aug. 14, 2004.
Previous Record: Kang Cho-hyun, South Korea, 397, Sept. 16, 2000.

10m Air Rifle Final -- du Li, China, 502.0, Aug. 14, 2004.
Previous Record: Yeo Kab-soon, South Korea, 498.2, July 26, 1992.

50m Rifle 3 Positions, Final -- Lioubov Galkina, Russia, 688.4, Aug. 20, 2004.
Previous Record: Aleksandra Ivosev, Yugoslavia, 686.1, July 24, 1996.

SWIMMING
Men

100 Breaststroke -- Kosuke Kitajima, Japan, 1:00.03, Aug. 14, 2004.
Previous Record: Domenico Fioravanti, Italy, 1:00.46, Sept. 17, 2000.

100 Breaststroke -- Brendan Hansen, United States, 1:00.01, Aug. 14, 2004.
Previous Record: Kitajima, 1:00.03, Aug. 14, 2004.

200 Freestyle -- Ian Thorpe, Australia, 1:44.71, Aug. 16, 2004.
Previous Record: Pieter van den Hoogenband, Netherlands, 1:45.35, Sept. 17 & 18, 2000.

200 Butterfly -- Michael Phelps, United States, 1:54.04, Aug. 17, 2004.
Previous Record: Thomas Malchow, United States, 1:55.35, Sept. 19, 2000.

200 Breaststroke -- Kosuke Kitajima, Japan, 2:09.44, Aug. 18, 2004.
Previous Record: Mike Barrowman, United States, 2:10.16, July 29, 1992.

200 Backstroke -- Aaron Peirsol, United States, 1:55.14, Aug. 18, 2004.
Previous Record: Lenny Krayzelburg, United States, 1:56.76, Sept. 21, 2000.

200 Individual Medley -- Michael Phelps, United States, 1:58.52, Aug. 18, 2004.
Previous Record: Massimiliano Rosolino, Italy, 1:58.98, Sept. 21, 2000.

200 Backstroke -- Aaron Peirsol, United States, 1:54.95, Aug. 19, 2004.
Previous Record: Aaron Peirsol, United States, 1:55.14, Aug. 18, 2004.

200 Individual Medley -- Michael Phelps, United States, 1:57.14, Aug. 19, 2004.
Previous Record: Michael Phelps, United States, 1:58.52, 18-08-2004

100 Butterfly -- Andriy Serdinov, Ukraine, 51.74, Aug. 19, 2004.
Previous Record: Geoffrey Huegill, Australia, 51.96, Sept. 21, 2000.

100 Butterfly -- Michael Phelps, United States, 51.61, Aug. 19, 2004.
Previous Record: Andriy Serdinov, Ukraine, 51.74, Aug. 19, 2004.

100 Butterfly -- Michael Phelps, United States, 51.25, Aug. 20, 2004.
Previous Record: Michael Phelps, United States, 51.61, Aug. 19, 2004.

1500 Freestyle -- Grant Hackett, Australia, 14:43.40, Aug. 21, 2004.
Previous Record: Kieren Perkins, Australia, 14:43.48, July 31, 1992.

Women
100 Backstroke -- Natalie Coughlin, United States, 1:00.17, Aug. 15, 2004.
Previous Record: Diana Iuliana Mocanu, Romania, 1:00.21, Sept. 18, 2000.

100 Breaststroke -- Leisel Jones, Australia, 1:06.78, Aug. 15, 2004.
Previous Record: Penelope Heyns, South Africa, 1:07.02, July 21, 1996.

100 Breaststroke -- Luo Xuejuan, China, 1:06.64, Aug. 16, 2004.
Previous Record: Leisel Jones, Australia, 1:06.78, Aug. 15, 2004.

200 Breaststroke -- Amanda Beard, United States, 2:23.37, Aug. 19, 2004.
Previous Record: Agnes Kovacs, Hungary, 2:24.03, Sept. 20, 2000.

WEIGHTLIFTING
Men
62Kg Snatch -- Shi Zhiyong, China, 152.5, Aug. 16, 2004.
Previous Record: Nikolay Pechalov, Croatia, 150.0, Sept. 17, 2000.

OLYMPIC RECORDS TIED
SHOOTING
Men
Trap Qualification -- Alexei Alipov, Russia, 124, Aug. 15, 2004.
Previous Record: Michael Diamond, Australia, 124, July 21, 1996.

Trap Final -- Alexei Alipov, Russia, 149, Aug. 15, 2004.
Previous Record: Michael Diamond, Australia, 149, July 21, 1996.