The men's 100m world record before Usain Bolt broke it at the Beijing Olympics final was 9.69 seconds, set by Bolt himself in the 2008 Reebok Grand Prix.
Yes he had competed in other Olympics before Beijing so ya he was famous before that. He's been around for a while now.
Usain Bolt. The Jamaican runner broke his own previous record of 9.72 seconds on the 16th of August 2008 during the Beijing Olympics at a remarkable 9.68 seconds.
The worlds fastest runner is Usain Bolt.He broke his own record and he will break it again............Well I am from the Caribbean and this year in Beijing was our year......But the worlds fastest runner is Usain Bolt and he ran 9.69 seconds.
Michael Phelps has won the most gold medals in the world in bothe the summer and winter olympics. He broke the record in the 200 Butterfly on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 in the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Lee Evans broke Milkha Singh's 400 meter world record, in the 1968 Olympics. The current record holder is Michael Johnson.
He set a world record in the following: 400 IM, 200 IM, 4x200 Free Relay, 4x100 Free Relay, 4x100 Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle, 200 Butterfly. Phelps also broke a Olympic Record in the 100 Butterfly.
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Michael phelps- he broke the record of 8 medals
8.06 meters jump in berlin olympics 1936