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Several world records were set during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . Some records had come from the use of doping substances.
Archery
Weightlifting
| class
|
date
|
World record
|
World record holder
|
Ex world record
|
Ex-world record holder
|
Place and date
|
| -85 kg M duel
|
08/15/2008
|
394 kg
|
Andrei Rybakou
|
393 kg
|
Andrei Rybakou
|
Chiang Mai , 09/21/2007
|
| -105 kg M duel
|
08/18/2008
|
436 kg
|
Andrej Aramnau
|
430 kg
|
Denis Gotfrid
|
Athens , 11/28/1999
|
| -105 kg M tear
|
08/18/2008
|
200 kg
|
Andrej Aramnau
|
199 kg
|
Marcin Dolega
|
Władysławowo , May 6, 2006
|
| -69 kg F duel
|
08/13/2008
|
286 kg
|
Liu Chunhong
|
276 kg
|
Oxana Slivenko
|
Chiang Mai , 09/24/2007
|
| -69 kg F tearing
|
08/13/2008
|
128 kg
|
Liu Chunhong
|
123 kg
|
Oxana Slivenko
|
Santo Domingo , 10/4/2006
|
| -69 kg F push
|
08/13/2008
|
158 kg
|
Liu Chunhong
|
157 kg
|
Tsarema Kasayeva
|
Doha , November 13, 2005
|
| 75+ kg F duel
|
08/16/2008
|
326 kg
|
Jang Mi-ran
|
319 kg
|
Mu Shuangshuang
|
Chiang Mai , 09/25/2007
|
| 75+ kg F tearing
|
08/16/2008
|
140 kg
|
Jang Mi-ran
|
139 kg
|
Mu Shuangshuang
|
Doha , December 6, 2006
|
| 75+ kg F thrusting
|
08/16/2008
|
186 kg
|
Jang Mi-ran
|
182 kg
|
Tang Gonghong
|
Athens , 08/21/2004
|
athletics
Cycling
shoot
| discipline
|
date
|
World record
|
World record holder
|
World record
|
| Air rifle 10 m F
|
08/17/2008
|
400 rings in the preliminary battle
|
Kateřina Emmons
|
WR set. 400 rings had already been reached 13 times.
|
swim
| discipline
|
date
|
World record
|
World record holder
|
Ex world record
|
Ex-world record holder
|
Place and date
|
| 100 m freestyle M
|
08/11/2008
|
47.24 s
|
Eamon Sullivan
|
47.50 s
|
Alain Bernard
|
Eindhoven , March 22, 2008
|
| 08/13/2008
|
47.20 s
|
Alain Bernard
|
47.24 s
|
Eamon Sullivan
|
Beijing , 08/11/2008
|
| 08/13/2008
|
47.05 s
|
Eamon Sullivan
|
47.20 s
|
Alain Bernard
|
Beijing , 08/13/2008
|
| 200 m freestyle M
|
08/14/2008
|
1: 42.96 min
|
Michael Phelps
|
1: 43.86 min
|
Michael Phelps
|
Melbourne , 03/27/2007
|
| 100 m back M
|
08/12/2008
|
52.54 s
|
Aaron Peirsol
|
52.89 s
|
Aaron Peirsol
|
Omaha , 7/1/2008
|
| 200 m back M
|
08/15/2008
|
1: 53.94 min
|
Ryan Lochte
|
1: 54.32 min
|
Ryan Lochte
|
Melbourne , 03/30/2007
|
|
Aaron Peirsol
|
Omaha , 7/4/2008
|
| 100 m chest M
|
08/11/2008
|
58.91 s
|
Kosuke Kitajima
|
59.13 s
|
Brendan Hansen
|
Irvine , 8/1/2006
|
| 200 m butterfly M
|
08/13/2008
|
1: 52.03 min
|
Michael Phelps
|
1: 52.09 min
|
Michael Phelps
|
Melbourne , 03/28/2007
|
| 200 m layers M
|
08/15/2008
|
1: 54.23 min
|
Michael Phelps
|
1: 54.80 min
|
Michael Phelps
|
Omaha , 7/4/2008
|
| 400 m layers M
|
08/10/2008
|
4: 03.84 min
|
Michael Phelps
|
4: 05.25 min
|
Michael Phelps
|
Omaha , 06/29/2008
|
| 4 × 100 m freestyle M
|
08/10/2008
|
3: 12.23 min
|
United States- Nathan Adrian
Cullen Jones
Ben Wildman-Tobriner
Matt Grevers
|
3: 12.46 min
|
United States- Michael Phelps
Neil Walker
Cullen Jones
Jason Lezak
|
Victoria , 8/19/2006
|
| 08/11/2008
|
3: 08.24 min
|
United States- Michael Phelps
Garrett Weber-Gale
Cullen Jones
Jason Lezak
|
3: 12.23 min
|
United States- Nathan Adrian
Cullen Jones
Ben Wildman-Tobriner
Matt Grevers
|
Beijing , 08/10/2008
|
| 4 × 200 m freestyle M
|
08/13/2008
|
6: 58.56 min
|
United States- Michael Phelps
Ryan Lochte
Ricky Berens
Peter Vanderkaay
|
7: 03.24 min
|
United States- Michael Phelps
Ryan Lochte
Klete Keller
Peter Vanderkaay
|
Melbourne , 03/30/2007
|
| 4 × 100 m layers M.
|
08/17/2008
|
3: 29.34 min
|
United States- Aaron Peirsol
Brendan Hansen
Michael Phelps
Jason Lezak
|
3: 30.68 min
|
United States- Aaron Peirsol
Brendan Hansen
Ian Crocker
Jason Lezak
|
Athens , 08/21/2004
|
| 200 m freestyle F
|
08/11/2008
|
1: 55.45 min
|
Federica Pellegrini
|
1: 55.52 min
|
Laure Manaudou
|
Melbourne , 03/28/2007
|
| 08/13/2008
|
1: 54.82 min
|
Federica Pellegrini
|
1: 55.45 min
|
Federica Pellegrini
|
Beijing , 08/11/2008
|
| 800 m freestyle F
|
08/16/2008
|
8: 14.10 min
|
Rebecca Adlington
|
8: 16.22 min
|
Janet Evans
|
Tokyo , 08/20/1989
|
| 100 m back F
|
08/11/2008
|
58.77 s
|
Kirsty Coventry
|
58.97 s
|
Natalie Coughlin
|
Omaha , 7/1/2008
|
| 200 m back F
|
08/16/2008
|
2: 05.24 min
|
Kirsty Coventry
|
2: 06.09 min
|
Margaret Hoelzer
|
Omaha , 07/05/2008
|
| 200 m chest F
|
08/15/2008
|
2: 20.22 min
|
Rebecca Soni
|
2: 20.54 min
|
Leisel Jones
|
Melbourne , 02/01/2006
|
| 200 m butterfly F
|
08/14/2008
|
2: 04.18 min
|
Liu Zige
|
2: 05.40 min
|
Jessica Schipper
|
Victoria , 8/17/2006
|
| 200 m layers F
|
08/13/2008
|
2: 08.45 min
|
Stephanie Rice
|
2: 08.92 min
|
Stephanie Rice
|
Sydney , 03/25/2008
|
| 400 m layers F
|
08/10/2008
|
4: 29.45 min
|
Stephanie Rice
|
4: 31.12 min
|
Katie Hoff
|
Omaha , 06/29/2008
|
| 4 × 200 m freestyle F
|
08/14/2008
|
7: 44.31 min
|
Australia- Stephanie Rice
Bronte Barratt
Kylie Palmer
Linda Mackenzie
|
7: 50.09 min
|
United States- Natalie Coughlin
Dana Vollmer
Lacey Nymeyer
Katie Hoff
|
Melbourne , 03/29/2007
|
| 4 × 100 m layers F
|
08/17/2008
|
3: 52.69 min
|
Australia- Emily Seebohm
Leisel Jones
Jessicah Schipper
Lisbeth Trickett
|
3: 55.74 min
|
Australia- Emily Seebohm
Leisel Jones
Jessicah Schipper
Lisbeth Trickett
|
Melbourne , 03/31/2007
|
Individual evidence
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↑ Doping at the 2008 Olympics: Another 15 weightlifters tested positive . spiegel.de, August 24, 2016; Retrieved August 25, 2016.
