World and Olympic records set at the 2004 Summer Olympics

World records (and Olympic records)

Men's individual (70 m, 72 arrow): South Korea's Im Dong-hyun, 687 points

previous record of 685 was set in 1995 by Young Sung Shim and tied in 1996 by Kyo Moon Oh (August 12)

Women's individual (70 m, 72 arrow): South Korea's Park Sung Hyun, 682 points (August 12)

previous record of 679 was set in 2004 by Natalia Valeeva

Women's team (70 m, 216 arrow): South Korea's Lee Sung Jin, Park Sung Hyun, Yun Mi Jin, 2030 points (August 12)

previous record of 1994 was set at 2000 Games by South Korean team

Olympic records

Men's Individual (70 m, 18 arrow): Korea's Park Kyung Mo, 173 points

previous record of 172 was set in 2000 by Jang Yong Ho

Women's Individual (70 m, 18 arrow): Korea's Yun Mi Jin, 173 points (tied record)

previous record of 173 was set in 2000 by Yun Mi Jin

World records (and Olympic records)

Men's 110 m hurdles: China's Liu Xiang, 12.91 s (tied) (August 27)

record of 12.91 s was set in August 1993 by Colin Jackson

Women's pole vault: Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia, 4.91 m (August 18)

previous record of 4.90 m set by Isinbayeva

World records (and Olympic records)

Women's 500 m time trial: Australia's Anna Meares, 33.952 s (August 20)

previous record of 34.000 s was set in August 2002 by Yonghua Jiang

Women's individual pursuit: New Zealand's Sarah Ulmer, 3:24.537 (August 22)

previous record of 3:30.604 was set in May by Ulmer

Men's team pursuit: Australia's Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, Bradley McGee, Luke Roberts, 3:56.610 (August 22)

previous record of 3:59:583 was set in 2002 by Australian team

World records (and Olympic records)

Note: rowing records are not official due to variable course conditions.

Women's lightweight double sculls: Australia's Sally Newmarch and Amber Halliday, 6:49.90 (unofficial) (August 15)

previous record of 6:50.63 was set in 1995 by Berit Christoffersen and Lene Andersson

Men's 8-man boat: United States team, 5:19.85 (unofficial) (August 15)

previous record of 5:22.80 was set in 1999 by Netherlands team

Women's 8-man boat: United States team, 5:56.55 (unofficial) (August 15)

previous record of 5:57.02 was set in 1999 by Romanian team

World records (and Olympic records)

Men's 10 m air rifle: China's Zhu Qinan, 702.7 points (August 16)

previous record of 702.5 was set in June 2003 by Jason Parker

Men's 10 m running target (30+30 shots): Germany's Manfred Kurzer, 590 points (August 19)

previous record of 588 was set in May 2002 by Igor Kolesov, and tied in July 2002 by Yang Ling

Olympic records

Men's 10 m Air Rifle (Qualification): China's Zhu Qinan, 599 points

previous record of 596 was set in 1996 by Wolfram Waibel

Men's 10 m Air Rifle (Final): Zhu, 702.7 points

previous record of 696.4 was set in 2000 by Cai Yalin

Men's 10 m Air Pistol (Qualification): Russia's Mikhail Nestruev, 591 points

previous record of 590 was set in 2000 by Franck Dumoulin

Men's 10 m Air Pistol (Final): China's Wang Yifu, 690.0 points

previous record of 688.9 was set in 2000 by Dumoulin

Men's Trap (Qualification): Russia's Aleksei Alipov, 124 hits (tied record)

previous record of 124 was set in 1996 by Michael Diamond

Men's Trap (Final): Alipov, 149 hits (tied record)

previous record of 149 was set in 1996 by Diamond

Men's Double Trap (Qualification): United Arab Emirates's Ahmed Al-Maktoum, 144 hits

previous record of 143 was set in 2000 by Russell Mark

Men's Double Trap (Final): Almaktoum, 189 hits (tied record)

previous record of 189 was set in 1996 by Mark

Men's Skeet (Qualification): Finland's Marko Kemppainen, 125 hits (tied record)

previous record of 125 was set in 1996 by Ennio Falco

Men's 10 m Running Target (Qualification): Germany's Manfred Kurzer, 590 points

previous record of 585 was set in 1996 by Yang Ling

Women's 50 m Rifle Three positions (Final): Russia's Lioubov Galkina, 688.4 points

previous record of 686.1 was set in 1996 by Aleksandra Ivosev

Women's 10 m Air Rifle (Qualification): Russia's Galkina, 399 points

previous record of 397 was set in 1996 by Petra Horneber

Women's 10 m Air Rifle (Final): China's Du Li, 502.0 points

previous record of 498.2 was set in 1992 by Yeo Kab-Soon

Women's 25 m Pistol (Final): Bulgaria's Mariya Grozdeva, 688.2 points

established new record after rule change

World records (and Olympic records)

Women's 100 m freestyle: Australia's Jodie Henry, 53.52 s (August 18)

previous record of 53.66 s was set in March 2004 by Libby Lenton

Men's 400 m medley: United States's Michael Phelps, 4:08.26 (August 14)

previous record of 4:08.41 was set in July 2004 by Phelps

Men's 4x100 m freestyle: South Africa's Roland Schoeman, Darien Townsend, Lyndon Ferns, Ryk Neethling, 3:13.17 (August 15)

previous record of 3:13.67 was set at 2000 Games by Australian team

Women's 4x100 m freestyle: Australia's Alice Mills, Libby Lenton, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry, 3:35.94 (August 14)

previous record of 3:36.00 was set in July 2002 by German team

Men's 4x100m medley: United States's Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Jason Lezak, 3:30.68 (August 21)

previous record of 3:31.54 was set in July 2003 by United States team

Backstroke leg of Men's 4x100 m medley: United States's Aaron Peirsol, 53.45 s (August 21)

previous record of 53.60 s was set in August 1999 by Lenny Krayzelburg

Women's 4x100m medley: Australia's Jodie Henry, Leisel Jones, Giaan Rooney, Petria Thomas, 3:57.32 (August 21)

previous record of 3:58.30 was set at 2000 Games by United States team

Women's 4x200 m freestyle: United States's Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer, Kaitlin Sandeno, 7:53.42 (August 18)

previous record of 7:55.47 was set in August 1987 by East German team

World records (and Olympic records)

Women's under 48 kg (total): Turkey's Nurcan Taylan, 210.0 kg (August 14)

previous record of 207.5 kg was set in November 2002 by Mingjuan Wang

Women's under 48 kg (snatch): Turkey's Nurcan Taylan, 97.5 kg (August 14)

previous record of 93.5 kg was set in September 2003 by Zhou Li

Women's 58–63 kg (snatch): Belarus' Hanna Batsiushk, 115.0 kg (August 18)

previous record of 113.5 kg was set in November 2003 by Batsiushk

Men's 56–62 kg (total): China's Shi Zhiyong, 325 kg (tied) (August 16)

record of 325 kg was set at 2000 Games by Nikolai Peshalov

Women's 63–69 kg (snatch): China's Liu Chunhong, 122.5 kg (August 19)

previous record of 120.0 kg was set in November 2003 by Liu

Women's 63–69 kg (clean and jerk): China's Liu Chunhong, 153.0 kg (August 19)

previous record of 152.5 kg was set in November 2003 by Liu

Women's 63–69 kg (total): China's Liu Chunhong, 275.0 kg (August 19)

previous record of 270.0 kg was set in November 2003 by Liu

Women's over 75 kg (clean and jerk): China's Tang Gonghong, 182.5 kg (August 21)

previous record of 175.0 kg was set in April 2004 by Tang

Women's over 75 kg (total): China's Tang Gonghong, 305.0 kg (August 21)

previous record of 302.5 kg was set in April 2004 by Tang

Men's over 105 kg (clean and jerk): Iran's Hossein Reza Zadeh, 263.5 kg (August 25)

previous record of 263.0 kg was set in November 2002 by Reza Zadeh