For the Sprint race (1000 meters) years (1976, 1980, 1984), the USA (1984) has the lowest time of 2:59.80. In the years since the lowest time for the Endurance race (2000 meters same as the Men's) has been held by Canada (1992) at 6:02.62.
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Rebecca Adlington of Australia in a world record time of 8:14.10.
He was the coxswain for the U.S. Rowing Men's 8. The team won the bronze medal.
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The womens 800 meter world record is 8:16.22 by Janet Evans (USA) Aug 20, 1989.
They start on the 27th of July on a Friday in London
Rebecca Adlington's time of 8:14.10 in the finals of the women's 800 meter freestyle was an Olympic record and a world record.
The Olympic record for men's shotput was set by Ulf Timmermann of East Germany at the 1988 Games in Seoul at a distance of 22.47 meters (73 feet, 8 5/8 inches).
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.
The current short course womens' world record for 800m is 8:04.03 by Alessia Filippi. This equates to a swimming speed of 1.65 m/s or 5.95 km/h or 3.71 miles/hr
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, the Olympic record for the 3000 meter steeplechase is 8:05:51 by Julius Kariuki of Kenya at the 1988 Games in Seoul.
Prior to 2010, Bonnie Blair had 6 Olympic gold medals. Apolo Ohno broke that record by winning 8 total medals.