Usain Bolt stretches away from the rest of the field to win the Olympic 200m title in 19.30 (© Getty Images)
3 October 2008MonteCarloThe following World records have recently been ratified…
Men – Senior
100m
9.69 Usain Bolt JAM, Beijing, CHN, 16 Aug 08
previous: 9.72 Usain Bolt JAM, New York, USA, 31 May 08
200m
19.30 Usain Bolt JAM, Beijing, CHN 20 Aug 08
previous: 19.32 Michael Johnson USA, Atlanta, USA, 1 Aug 96
4x100m Relay
37.10 Jamaica, Beijing, CHN, 22 Aug 08
Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell
previous:
37.40 USA, Barcelona, ESP, 8 Aug 92
Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis
equal
37.40 USA, Stuttgart, GER, 21 Aug 93
Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell
Women – Senior
3000m Steeplechase
8:58.81 Gulnara Galkina-Samitova RUS, Beijing, CHN, 17 Aug 08
previous: 9:01.59 Gulnara Samitova RUS, Iráklio, GRE, 4 Jul 04
Pole Vault
5.05 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS, Beijing, CHN, 18 Aug 08
previous: 5.04 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS, Monte-Carlo, MON, 29 Jul 08
Women – Junior
800m
1:54.87 Pamela Jelimo (89) KEN, Beijing, CHN, 18 Aug 08
previous: 1:54.97 Pamela Jelimo (89) KEN, Paris Saint-Denis, FRA, 18 Jul 08
NOTE: Pending ratification in this event:
1:54.01 Pamela Jelimo (89) KEN, Zürich, SUI, 29 Aug 08
10,000m
30:26.50 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai (89) KEN, Beijing, CHN, 15 Aug 08
previous: 30:31.55 Huina Xing (84) CHN, Paris Saint-Denis, FRA, 23 Aug 03
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