Archery

Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, Greece with ranking rounds on 12 August and regular competition held from 15 August to 21 August...

• Men's individual (70 m, 72 arrow): South Korea
  South Korea
  The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
  
  's Im Dong-hyun
  Im Dong-hyun
  Im Dong-Hyun is a South Korean archer. He competes for the Korean national team.At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Im set a world record in the 72 arrow men's individual ranking round, with a score of 687. He then won his first three elimination matches, advancing to the quarterfinals...
  
  , 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
  Park Sung Hyun
  Park Sung-Hyun is a world champion archer from South Korea. She holds the women's world record for a 70m 72-arrow round, set at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, and won a gold medal with her team in both the 2004 and 2008 Olympics...
  
  , 682 points (August 12)

previous record of 679 was set in 2004 by Natalia Valeeva

Natalia Valeeva

Natalia Valeeva is a naturalized Italian archer.Natalia Valeeva is the top female archer in Italy. She is a five-time Olympian, and a native of Moldova, having represented the Unified Team, Moldova and Italy, at the Olympic Games of 1992, 96, 00, 04 and 08...

• Women's team (70 m, 216 arrow): South Korea's Lee Sung Jin
  Lee Sung Jin
  Lee Sung-Jin is an archer from South Korea.Lee represented Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 2nd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 675. In the first round of elimination, she faced 63rd-ranked Lamia Bahnasawy of Egypt. Lee defeated Bahnasawy 164-127...
  
  , Park Sung Hyun, Yun Mi Jin, 2030 points (August 12)

previous record of 1994 was set at 2000 Games

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 by South Korean team

Athletics

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

• Men's 110 m hurdles
  Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metres Hurdles
  -Qualification:The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 110 metres hurdles, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 13.55 seconds or faster during the qualification period...
  
  : China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
  's Liu Xiang
  Liu Xiang
  Liu Xiang is a Chinese 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China....
  
  , 12.91 s (tied) (August 27)

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

Colin Jackson

Colin Ray Jackson CBE is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. Over his career representing Great Britain and Wales he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion three times, went undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and...

• Women's pole vault
  Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Pole Vault
  The Women's Pole Vault event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 21 and August 24.-Medalists:-Schedule:*All times are Eastern European Time -Abbreviations:...
  
  : Yelena Isinbayeva
  Yelena Isinbayeva
  Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian pole vaulter. She is twice an Olympic gold medalist , five-times a World Champion, and the current world record holder in the event...
  
   of Russia
  Russia
  Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
  
  , 4.91 m (August 18)

previous record of 4.90 m set by Isinbayeva

Cycling

Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics had 18 events in three disciplines:*Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre ....

• Women's 500 m time trial: Australia
  Australia
  Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
  
  's Anna Meares
  Anna Meares
  Anna Maree Meares, OAM is an Australian track cyclist.She has been the 500m TT world champion twice, and a gold medalist at the Commonwealth and Olympic Games.-Biography:...
  
  , 33.952 s (August 20)

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

Yonghua Jiang

Jiang Yonghua is a female Chinese track cyclist. She is a former world record holder for the Women's 500 m Time Trial, which was set on August 11, 2002 in Kunming with a time of 34.000 seconds...

• Women's individual pursuit: New Zealand
  New Zealand
  New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
  
  's Sarah Ulmer
  Sarah Ulmer
  Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer, ONZM is the first New Zealander to win an Olympic cycling gold. She won a gold medal and set world records at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens,....
  
  , 3:24.537 (August 22)

This record was broken multiple times during these Games, the prior instances being:

• New Zealand's Sarah Ulmer, 3:26.400 (August 21)
• Australia's Katie Mactier
  Katie Mactier
  Katie Mactier is an Australian professional racing cyclist. She began racing in 1999 at 24. She was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne.She is a member of the Caulfield Carnegie cycling club...
  
  , 3:29.945 (August 21)

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

• Men's team pursuit: Australia's Graeme Brown
  Graeme Brown
  Graeme Allen Brown OAM is a professional cyclist and dual Olympic gold medallist from Australia.-Cycling career - road and track:...
  
  , Brett Lancaster
  Brett Lancaster
  Brett Lancaster is a professional racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for UCI ProTeam . He started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for before moving to Team Milram in July 2006...
  
  , Bradley McGee
  Bradley McGee
  Bradley John McGee OAM is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam Team Saxo Bank and the personal coach of young Australian rider Richie Porte. He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten...
  
  , Luke Roberts
  Luke Roberts
  Luke Roberts is an Australian racing cyclist specialising in both track cycling and road bicycle racing, on for road racing....
  
  , 3:56.610 (August 22)

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

Rowing

Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events....

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

• Women's lightweight double sculls: Australia
  Australia
  Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
  
  's Sally Newmarch
  Sally Newmarch
  Sally Newmarch is an Australian triple Olympic rower. Sally Newmarch and Amber Halliday broke the light weight women's double scull world record at the 2004 Athens Olympics, Newmarch currently holds the Australian ergometer record. Newmarch now resides in Perth, Western Australia...
  
   and Amber Halliday
  Amber Halliday
  Amber Halliday is a World Champion and Olympic lightweight rower from Adelaide, South Australia. Specialising in sculling, Halliday made her international debut in 1999, winning the Under-23 World Championship in Hamburg in the lightweight double scull with Hannah Every.She has since won three...
  
  , 6:49.90 (unofficial) (August 15)

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

Berit Christoffersen

Berit Christoffersen is a Danish rower. Along with Lene Andersson she finished 5th in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 1996 Summer Olympics.- External links :* at sports-reference.com...

 and Lene Andersson

Lene Andersson

Lene Andersson is a Danish rower.Along with Berit Christoffersen she finished 5th in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 1996 Summer Olympics.- External links :* at sports-reference.com...

• Men's 8-man boat: United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   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

Shooting

Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 390 competitors from 106 nations contested 17 events . The competition took place at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre, located in the east of the Greek region of Attica....

• Men's 10 m air rifle: China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
  's Zhu Qinan
  Zhu Qinan
  Zhu Qinan is a male Chinese sport shooter. He won the gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle event and a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle event. Zhu currently is studying at Zhejiang University.Zhu began shooting training at Wenzhou...
  
  , 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
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
  's Manfred Kurzer
  Manfred Kurzer
  Manfred Kurzer is a German sports shooter and Olympic champion. He won gold medal in 10 metre running target at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He placed sixth at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Is currently training soldiers of the army and lives in Frankfurt..-References:...
  
  , 590 points (August 19)

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

Yang Ling

Yang Ling is a male Chinese sports shooter. He won both the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Olympic Games in 10 metre running target, being the only shooter to successfully defend an Olympic title in that event.-Olympic results:...

Swimming

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

• Women's 100 m freestyle: Australia
  Australia
  Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
  
  's Jodie Henry
  Jodie Henry
  Jodie Clare Henry OAM is an Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist and former world-record holder.-Swimming career:Jodie Henry began swimming competitively at the relatively late age of 14....
  
  , 53.52 s (August 18)

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

Libby Lenton

Lisbeth "Libby" Constance Trickett OAM is a world record holding and Olympic gold medalist swimmer from Australia. She was a gold medallist at both the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is the world record holder in the short-course 100 metres freestyle...

• Men's 400 m medley: United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
  's Michael Phelps
  Michael Phelps
  Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...
  
  , 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
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
  's Roland Schoeman
  Roland Mark Schoeman
  Roland Mark Schoeman is a South African swimmer and a member of the 2004 Olympic Games swimming team for South Africa.He is the current World record holder in the short-course 50 meters freestyle, with a time of 20.30 seconds.-Career:...
  
  , Darien Townsend, Lyndon Ferns
  Lyndon Ferns
  Lyndon Ferns is a retired Olympic gold-medalist and former world record swimmer from South Africa. He swam for South Africa at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....
  
  , Ryk Neethling
  Ryk Neethling
  Ryk Neethling is a South African swimmer. He won an Olympic gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the former joint owner of the 4×100 m freestyle relay world record and holds several South African records...
  
  , 3:13.17 (August 15)

previous record of 3:13.67 was set at 2000 Games

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 by Australian team

• Women's 4x100 m freestyle: Australia's Alice Mills
  Alice Mills
  Alice Mary Mills OAM is an Australian sprint freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer who represented Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics, winning two relay gold medals....
  
  , Libby Lenton
  Libby Lenton
  Lisbeth "Libby" Constance Trickett OAM is a world record holding and Olympic gold medalist swimmer from Australia. She was a gold medallist at both the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is the world record holder in the short-course 100 metres freestyle...
  
  , Petria Thomas
  Petria Thomas
  Petria Ann Thomas OAM is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby....
  
  , 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
  Aaron Peirsol
  Aaron Wells Peirsol is a former American swimmer who specialized in the backstroke. He is a three-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay...
  
  , Brendan Hansen
  Brendan Hansen
  Brendan Joseph Hansen is an American breaststroke swimmer and four-time Olympic medalist...
  
  , Ian Crocker
  Ian Crocker
  Ian Lowell Crocker is a former American swimmer and five-time Olympic medalist. He is a former world record holder in the 100 meter butterfly ....
  
  , Jason Lezak
  Jason Lezak
  Jason Edward Lezak is an American Olympic swimmer, winner of 4 Olympic gold medals.He formerly swam for Irvine Novaquatics. He graduated from Irvine High School in 1994, and then from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. He is a member of the Rose Bowl Aquatics swim club...
  
  , 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

Lenny Krayzelburg

Lenny Krayzelburg is an American backstroke swimmer, and Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder. He swam in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. He won a total of 4 Olympic gold medals....

• Women's 4x100m medley: Australia's Jodie Henry, Leisel Jones
  Leisel Jones
  Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...
  
  , Giaan Rooney
  Giaan Rooney
  Giaan Leigh Rooney OAM is a retired Australian swimmer. She won an Olympic gold medal and broke a world record at the Athens Olympics...
  
  , Petria Thomas, 3:57.32 (August 21)

previous record of 3:58.30 was set at 2000 Games

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 by United States team

• Women's 4x200 m freestyle: United States's Natalie Coughlin
  Natalie Coughlin
  Natalie Anne Coughlin is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive...
  
  , Carly Piper
  Carly Piper
  Carly Piper is an American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. As part of the American team, she held the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay .-Personal:...
  
  , Dana Vollmer
  Dana Vollmer
  Dana Vollmer is an American college and international swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Natalie Coughlin, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Carly Piper that set the world record in the event.She has won...
  
  , Kaitlin Sandeno
  Kaitlin Sandeno
  Kaitlin Sandeno is a retired American swimmer, and was part of the team that set the world record in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Career:...
  
  , 7:53.42 (August 18)

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

Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, fifteen events in weightlifting were contested, in eight classes for men and seven for women. Competition was held in the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall.-Doping:...

• Women's under 48 kg (total): Turkey
  Turkey
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
  
  's Nurcan Taylan
  Nurcan Taylan
  Nurcan Taylan is a Turkish Olympic, world and European champion in weightlifting. She holds six European and one world record ....
  
  , 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
  Belarus
  Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
  
  ' 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
  China
  Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
  
  's Shi Zhiyong
  Shi Zhiyong
  Shi Zhiyong is a Chinese weightlifter. He became Olympic Champion during the 2004 Summer Olympics. He lifted a total of 325 kg, equalising the World record at that time....
  
  , 325 kg (tied) (August 16)

record of 325 kg was set at 2000 Games

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 by Nikolai Peshalov

• Women's 63-69 kg (snatch): China's Liu Chunhong
  Liu Chunhong
  Liu Chunhong is a Chinese weightlifter.At the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships she won in the 69 kg category with a total of ten new world records and junior world records....
  
  , 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
  Tang Gonghong
  Tang Gonghong is a female Chinese weightlifter who competed in the 2003 Afro-Asian Games and 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the gold medal in the over 75 kg class, successfully lifting 182.5 kg in the clean and jerk event....
  
  , 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
  Iran
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
  
  's Hossein Reza Zadeh, 263.5 kg (August 25)

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