10 Interesting Fact About Olympic Records

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• Olympic record was first recorded in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
• Athletes who won a gold medal at the Olympics were awarded a special award called the Olympic gold medal.
• In 2016, Usain Bolt set a new record as the first athlete to win a 100 meter gold medal three times in a row at the Olympics.
• The fastest Olympics record ever printed in a marathon run is 2 hours 6 minutes and 32 seconds by Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
• Michael Phelps is an athlete with the most old Olympic gold record of all time, which is 23 gold medals.
• At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt set a new world record in running 100 meters with a time of 9.69 seconds.
• The highest Olympic record in high jump is 2.45 meters and printed by Javier Sotomayor from Cuba at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
• The longest Olympic record in long jump is 8.90 meters and printed by Bob Beamon from the United States at the Mexico City Olympics 1968.
• At the 2012 London Olympics, David Rudisha from Kenya set a new world record in running 800 meters with a time of 1 minute 40.91 seconds.
• The fastest Olympic record in a 50 meter freestyle swimming is 20.91 seconds and printed by Cesar Cielo from Brazil at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.