Yes.
Some world records are for example "Youngest person to ever..." or "Oldest person to ever..."
There is no strict age limit to break a world record, as long as the individual meets the criteria set by the governing body of that specific record. However, some records may have age-related categories, such as youngest or oldest to achieve a certain feat.
Sure, why not?
Try do the world's longest horse trek
No he did not set a world record .
No they are not the same. A World Record can be broken at any time. Whereas an Olympic Record can only be broken at the Olympic Games (it's a glorified Meet Record.) Keep in mind that a World Record CAN be set at the Olympic Games (which would in turn, automatically break the Olympic Record as well.) A World Record outranks an Olympic Record.
yes people do set world records
A world record was not set in this event that year.
Mark Spitz. Not only did he set a record for the most gold medals in any olympiad, he also set a new world's record in each of the events he won.
yes.
Guinness World Records do not pay any money to those who break or set records. However, they do award an official certificate of the achievement free of charge.
the australian record would be the fastest time ever run by an australian (it's the same concept with other countries, i.e. American record, British record, etc.) the olympic record is the fastest time ever run in the olympics, and the commonwealth record is the fastest time ever run in the commonwealth games. and of course, the world record is the fastest time ever run. the olympic record can only be set in the olympics, and the commonwealth record can only be set in the commonwealth games. the australian and world record can be set anywhere at any time.
When an olympic swimmer wins a race and has the letters OR listed next to their name, it stands for ' Olympic Record ". An olympic record means that no swimmer has ever swum a faster time at the olympic games. However, the time is still slower than the world record, denoted by the letters WR. The world record can be set at any official race at any time in the world.