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As of 2012, before the Olympics, the world record is 7.52 meters, set by Galina Chistyakova in 1988.
Nadia Comaneci set a world record in the year 1984. Her record was being the first Olympian to score a perfect 10 out of 10 score in her event.
David Wilkie set a world record for the Breaststroke in 1976 during the Montreal Summer Olympics.
Breaking a world record at the Olympics means you are breaking the world record, not just the Olympic record. Olympic records are specific to the Olympics event itself, whereas world records are recognized as the best performance in the world for that particular event.
Kip Janvrin did not set a world record in 2000 Olympic competition. He did however set the world record for most career decathlon wins with his 33rd career win at the 2001 GMC Envoy USA Outdoor Championships.
Michael Johnson (USA) set the 200 Meter Dash World Record at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games with a time of 19.32 seconds.
As of April, 2009: Usain Bolt holds the men's world record in the 200 meter dash with a time of 19.30 seconds set at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Florence Griffith-Joyner holds the women's world record in the 200 meter dash with a time of 21.34 seconds set at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Wilma Rudolph's automatic timed world record in the 100 meter dash, 11.41 seconds set at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, was bettered by Wyomia Tyus at 11.23 seconds at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. She had run faster times but those races were not automatically timed. Her best 100 meter dash time was a hand timed 11.2 set at a meet in Stuttgart in 1961. Wilma's automatic timed world record in the 200 meter dash, 22.30 seconds set at the 1960 Olympics, was bettered by Edith McGuire at 22.05 seconds set at the 1964 Olympics.
At the 2010 Olympics, Canada set a record for the most gold medals won by a host nation with 14 gold medals. Additionally, Canada also set a new record for the most gold medals won in a single Winter Olympics by a country.
No, he retired from athletics in 2001. He still holds the 400m world record set in 1999.
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.