World and Olympic records set or tied at the 1996 Summer Games.
WORLD RECORDS SET
MEN
ARCHERY
216 Arrow Ranking Round-South Korea (Oh Kyo-moon, Jang Yomg-ho, Kim Bo-ram), 2,031, July 28
ATHLETICS
100-Donovan Bailey, Canada, 9.84, July 27
200-Michael Johnson, Rockwell, Texas, 19.32, Aug. 1
CYCLING
Individual Pursuit-Andrea Collinelli, Italy, 4:19.153, July 24
SHOOTING
Free Rifle-Prone (Final)-Christian Kleen, Germany, 704.8, July 25
SWIMMING
100 Breaststroke-Fred Deburghgraeve, Belgium, 1:00.60, July 20
100 Butterfly-Denis Pankratov, Russia, 57.27, July 24
400 Medley Relay-United States (Gary Hall Jr., Paradise Valley, Ariz.; Mark Henderson, Fort Washington, Md.; Jeremy Linn, Harrisburg, Pa.; Jeff Rouse, Fredericksburg, Va.), 3:34.84, July 26
WEIGHTLIFTING
54kg (119 pounds)
Snatch-Halil Mutlu, Turkey, 132.5 kilograms (292 pounds), July 20
59kg (130 pounds)
Total-Tang Ningsheng, China, 307.5 kilograms (678 pounds), July 21
64kg (141 pounds)
Clean&Jerk-Naim Suleymanoglu, Turkey, 187.5 kilograms (413 pounds), July 22
Total-Naim Suleymanoglu, Turkey, 335.0 kilograms (739 pounds), July 22
70kg (154 pounds)
Snatch-Zhan Xugang, China, 162.5 kilograms (357 pounds), July 23
Clean&Jerk-Zhan Xugang, China, 195.0 kilograms (430 pounds), July 23
Total-Zhan Xugang, China, 357.5 kilograms (787 pounds), July 23
83kg (183 pounds)
Snatch-Pyrros Dimus, Greece, 180.0 kilograms (397 pounds), July 26
Clean&Jerk-Marc Huster, Germany, 213.5 kilograms (471 pounds), July 26
Total-Pyrros Dimus, Greece, 392.5 kilograms (865 pounds), July 26
91kg (200.5 pounds)
Snatch-Aleksey Petrov, Russia, 187.5 kilograms (413 pounds), July 27
99kg (218 pounds)
Clean&Jerk-Akakide Kakhiashvilis, Greece, 235.0 kilograms (518 pounds), July 28
Total-Akakide Kakhiashvilis, Greece, 420.0 kilograms (926 pounds), July 28
108kg (238 pounds)
Clean&Jerk-Timur Taimazov, Ukraine, 235.0 kilograms (518 pounds), July 29
108kg-plus (238-plus pounds)
Clean&Jerk-Andrey Chemerkin, Russia, 260.0 kilograms (573 pounds), July 30
WOMEN
ARCHERY
216 Arrow Ranking Round-South Korea (Kim Jo-sun, Kim Kyung-wook, Yoon Hye-young), 1,984, July 28
SWIMMING
100 Breaststroke-Penny Heyns, South Africa, 1:07.02, July 21
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WORLD RECORDS TIED
MEN
SHOOTING
Free Rifle-Prone (Qualifying)-Christian Kleen, Germany, 600, July 25
Skeet (Qualifying)-Ennio Falco, Italy, 125, July 27
WOMEN
ARCHERY
72 Arrow Ranking Round-Lina Herasymenko, Ukraine, 673, July 28
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OLYMPIC RECORDS SET
MEN
ATHLETICS
400-Michael Johnson, Rockwell, Texas, 43.49, July 29
800-Vebjoern Rodal, Norway, 1:42.58, July 31
110 hurdles-Allen Johnson, Chapel Hill, N.C., 12.95, July 29
10,000-Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia, 27:07.34, July 29
High Jump-Charles Austin, San Marcos, Texas, 2.39, 7-10, July 28
Triple Jump-Kenny Harrison, Bridgeton, Mo., 18.09, 59-41/4, July 27
Pole Vault-Jean Galfione, France, 5.92, 19-5, Aug. 2.
Pole Vault-Igor Trandenkov, Russia, 5.92, 19-5, Aug. 2.
Pole Vault-Andrei Tivontchik, Germany, 5.92, 19-5, Aug. 2.
Discus-Lare Reidel, Germany, 69.40, 227-8, July 31
CYCLING
1km Time Trial-Florian Rousseau, France, 1:02.712, July 24
Sprint-Gary Neiwand, Australia, 10.129, July 24
Team Pursuit-France, 4:05.930, July 27
SHOOTING
Air Pistol (Qualifying)-Wang Yifu, China, 587, July 20
Air Rifle (Qualifying)-Wolfram Waibel Jr, Austria, 596, July 22
Air Rifle (Final)-Artem Khadzhibekov, Russia, 695.7, July 22
Free Pistol (Final)-Boris Kokorev, Russia, 666.4, July 23
Rapid Fire Pistol (Qualifying)-Ralf Schumann, Germany, 596, July 24
Running Target (Qualifying)-Yang Ling, China, 585, July 26
Running Target (Final)-Yang Ling, China, 685.8, July 26
Free Rifle-3 Position (Qualifying)-Jean-Pierre Amat, France and Sergey Beliav, Kazakstan, 1,175, July 27
Free Rifle-3 Position (Final)-Sergey Beliav, Kazakstan, 1,273.9, July 27
SWIMMING
200 Individual Medley-Attila Czene, Hungary, 1:59.91, July 25.
400 Freestyle Relay-United States (Jon Olsen, Jonseboro, Ark.; Josh Davis, San Antonio; Bradley Schumacher, Bowie, Md.; Gary Hall Jr., Phoenix), 3:15.41, July 23
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WOMEN
ARCHERY
72 Arrow Ranking Round-Lina Herasymenko, Ukraine, 673, July 28
ATHLETICS
400-Marie-Jose Perec, France, 48.25, July 29
400 Hurdles-Deon Hemmings, Jamaica, 52.82, July 31
10,000-Fernanda Ribeiro, Portugal, 31:01.63, Aug. 2.
10km Walk-Yelena Ninikolayeva, Russia, 41:49, July 29
High Jump-Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria, 2:05, 6-83/4, Aug. 3
CYCLING
Sprint-Michelle Ferris, Australia, 11.212, July 24
Individual Pursuit-Antonella Bellutti, Italy, 3:32.371, July 26
SHOOTING
Air Rifle (Qualifying)-Petra Horneber, Germany, 397, July 20
Air Pistol (Qualifying)-Marina Logvinenko, Russia, 390, July 21
Air Pistol (Final)-Olga Klochneva, Russia, 490.1, July 21
Sport Pistol (Qualifying)-Li Duihong, China, 589, July 26
Sport Pistol (Final)-Li Duihong, China, 687.9, July 26
Standard Rifle-3 Position (Qualifying)-Renata Mauer, Poland, 589, July 24
Standard Rifle-3 Position (Final)-Aleksandra Ivosev, Yugoslavia, 686.1, July 24
SWIMMING
100 Freestyle-Le Jingyi, China, 54.50, July 20
200 Breaststroke-Penny Heyns, South Africa, 2:25.41, July 23
400 Freestyle Relay-United States (Jenny Thompson, Dover, N.H.; Catherine Fox, Shawnee Mission, Kan.; Angel Martino, Americus, Ga.; Amy Van Dyken, Englewood, Colo.), 3:39.29, July 22
800 Freestyle Relay-United States (Trina Jackson, Jacksonville, Fla.; Sheila Taormina, Livonia, Mich.; Cristina Teuscher, New Rochelle, N.Y.; Jenny Thompson, Dover, N.H.), 7:59.87, July 25