London2012: List of Broken World, Olympic Records

Compiled by Jawad Hussain

Ye Shiwen

KARACHI (TheSportsNext Exclusive) July 31, 2012: The London2012 Olympic Games are in full swing in England and we have witnessed some of the breath-taking sports action already and as many as 15 records have been broken in the first three days of the global mega-event.

As many as seven world records and eight Olympic records have been broken by the London2012 athletes in sports like swimming, archery, rowing, shooting, and weightlifting.

It all started on the initial day when South Korean archers Oh Jin Hyek, Im Dong Hyun and Kim Bubmin secured 2087 points to set a new world record in the Men’s Team Archery.

Im Dong Hyun of South Korea then posted another world record by scoring 699 points in the Men’s Team Individual Archery event.

In rowing, Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan of New Zealand then wrote their names in the Olympics record books by completing the distance in 6:11.30 to set a new Olympic Record in the Men’s Doubles Sculls.

Another Kiwi pair of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray then joined forces in the Men’s Pair Rowing event to post a new world record by covering their distance in record 6:08.50.

The fifth record came in shooting event of the London2012, where Kimberly Rhode of United States broke the Olympic Record in Women’s Skeet Shooting by collecting spiraling 74 points.

Kimberly Rhode of United States

The most number of world and Olympic record have been broken in the swimming events of the London 2012 where simmers from France, South Africa, United States, Australia, and China rewrote history books by bettering former records.

Camille Muffat of France completed Women’s 400 meters Freestyle in 4:01.45 to set up a new Olympic record.

Cameron Van Der Burgh of South Africa then came from nowhere to stun everyone with a record breaking performance in the Men’s 100 meters Breaststroke and completed the distance in only 58.46 seconds to achieve a new World Record.

Dana Vollmer of United States then put her swimming skills on exhibition in the Women’s 100 meters Butterfly and created a new World Record by completing the 100-meter-distance in just 55.98 seconds.

Australian swimmer Emily Seebohm then proved prowess at the Aquatics Center with an Olympic Record after completing her Women’s 100 meters Backstroke in 58.23 seconds.

Australian female swimmers then joined their forces to set up another Olympic Record as Alicia Coutts, Cate Campbell, Brittany Elmslie, and Melanie Schlanger topped the Women’s 400 meters Freestyle Relay in record 3:33.15 time.

Hyun Dong Im

You just can’t take Chinese athletes out of the equation when talk about breaking records. Chinese swimmer Yang Sun won the Men’s 400 meters Freestyle in a great style when he created an Olympic Record by racing to victory in just 3:40.14.

Ye Shiwen of China then came up with a stunning performance in the Women’s 400 meters Individual Medley as she scampered to World Record by completing the race in 4:28.43. Most of the swimming coaches around the world found it hard to digest her stunning performance and there are calls to investigate the Chinese swimmer’s performance.

Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan touched an enormous sporting altitude by creating Olympic Record of 226 and World Record of 131 in the Women’s 53kg Weightlifting event of the London2012.

North Korean weightlifter Yun Chol Om posted London 2012 Olympics Record score of 293 in his Men’s 56kg Weightlifting event the other day.

London 2012 Record Breaking Athletes