World Record: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.45m
Olympic Record: Charles Austin (USA) 2.39m
Charles Austin- 2.39 at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic games.
Michael Phelps holds both records for the 200 meter men's freestyle. His record was 1:42.96 at the summer Olympics in 2008 in Beijing.
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The African American Michael Johnson held the record in the 200 meters at the 2004 Olympics games.
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Micheal Phelps has won 16 Olympic medals. -6 gold, 2 bronze (Athens 2004) -8 gold (Beijing 2008) He is the most successful athlete at both of these Olympics. He has twice tied the record for most gold at any Olympic Games. He holds the record for most gold at a single Olympic Game at 8 beating out Mark Spitz's record of 7. He is second in total Olympic medal count with 16, Larisa Latynina has 18 over 3 Olympics. He holds the record for most Olympic golds at 14.
Canada with 14 at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
The Olympic record for the 100 meter freestyle is 47.84 posted by Pieter van den Hoogenband, of the Netherlands at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Set in 1996 by Simon Lessing, he broke the world record in the World Championship triathlon (Olympic distance) with a time of 1 hour, 39 minutes, 50 seconds at Cleveland. This record stands as of 2008. Due to the variety in courses during the olympic games, the world record is not official, however Simon Whitfeild holds the unofficial olympic record for triathlon at 1:48:24.02.
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As of the 2008 Games in Beijing, Michael Phelps holds the current record, winning 14 gold medals in the combined games of the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics. He holds the record for the most gold medals (8) won at a single Olympics.
Steven Hooker holds the Olympic record in the Pole Vault. He is Australian.
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