A number of new world records and Olympic records were set in various events at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Archery
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
Athletics
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
Cycling
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) 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, 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, Brett Lancaster, Bradley McGee, Luke Roberts, 3:56.610 (August 22) previous record of 3:59:583 was set in 2002 by Australian team
Rowing
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
Shooting
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
Swimming
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 4 × 100 m freestyle: South Africa's Roland Schoeman, Darian 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 4 × 100 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 4 × 100 m 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 4 × 100 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 4 × 100 m 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 4 × 200 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
Weightlifting
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 Batsiushka, 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
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