World records at the 2004 Summer Olympics
During the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , 23 world records were set.
Archery
discipline | World record | World record holder | previous world record | previous world record holder | set up |
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singles | 687 rings | In the dong-hyun | 685 rings | Young Sung Shim | 1995 |
singles | 682 rings | Sung-hyun Park | 679 rings | Natalia Valeeva | 2004 |
team | 2030 rings | South Korean women's team | 1994 rings | South Korean women's team | 2000 |
Weightlifting
class | World record | World record holder | previous world record | previous world record holder | set up |
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up to 48 kg | 210.0 kg | Nurcan Taylan | 207.5 kg | Mingjuan Wang | 2002 |
up to 62 kg | 325 kg | Shi Zhiyong | 325 kg | Nikolai Peshalov | 2000 |
up to 69 kg | 275.0 kg | Liu Chunhong | 270.0 kg | Liu Chunhong | 2003 |
over 75 kg | 305.0 kg | Gonghong Tang | 302.5 kg | Gonghong Tang | 2004 |
Super heavyweight | 472.5 kg | Hossein Rezazadeh |
athletics
discipline | World record | World record holder | previous world record | previous world record holder | set up |
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Pole vault | 4.91 m | Elena Isinbayeva | 4.90 m | Elena Isinbayeva | 2004 |
110 meter hurdles | 12.91 s | Liu Xiang | 12.91 s | Colin Jackson | 1993 |
Cycling
discipline | World record | World record holder | previous world record | previous world record holder | set up |
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500 meter time trial | 33,952 s | Anna Meares | 34,000 s | Yonghua Jiang | 2002 |
3000 meter individual pursuit | 3: 24.537 min | Sarah Ulmer | 3: 26,400 min | Sarah Ulmer | 2004 |
Team chase | 3: 56.610 min | Australian team | 3: 59.583 min | Australian team | 2002 |
shoot
discipline | World record | World record holder | previous world record | previous world record holder | set up |
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Running disc | 590 rings | Manfred Kurzer | 588 rings | Igor Kolesov , Yang Ling | 2002 |
10 meter air rifle | 702.7 rings | Zhu Qinan | 702.5 rings | Jason Parker | 2003 |
swim
route | World record | World record holder | previous world record | previous world record holder | set up |
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100 meters freestyle | 53.52 s | Jodie Henry | 53.66 s | Libby Lenton | 2004 |
100 meters back | 53.45 s | Aaron Peirsol | 53.60 s | Lenny Krayzelburg | 1999 |
400 meter locations | 4: 08.26 min | Michael Phelps | 4: 08.41 min | Michael Phelps | 2004 |
4 × 100 meter freestyle | 3: 13.17 min | South African men's relay | 3: 13.67 min | Australian men's relay | 2000 |
4 × 100 meter freestyle | 3: 35.94 min | Australian women's relay | 3: 36.00 min | German women's relay | 2002 |
4 × 100 meter layers | 3: 57.32 min | Australian women's relay | 3: 58.30 min | American women's relay | 2000 |
4 × 100 meter layers | 3: 30.68 min | American men's relay | 3: 31.54 min | American men's relay | 2003 |
4 × 200 meter freestyle | 7: 53.42 min | American women's relay | 7: 55.47 min | GDR women's relay | 1987 |