{"id":6082,"date":"2024-07-01T12:15:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T12:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/?p=6082"},"modified":"2024-07-01T12:15:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T12:15:10","slug":"olympic-track-and-field-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/olympic-track-and-field-records","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Track Records: Legends and New Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set a <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/news\/sydney-mclaughlin-levrone-sets-new-world-record-400m-hurdles-clocking-50-65-usa-trials\">new world record<\/a> in the women&#8217;s 400-meter hurdles on Sunday to win the U.S. Olympic track and field trials with a time of 50.65 seconds. As we gear up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/category\/olympic-games-2024\">2024 games<\/a> in Pairs, let&#8217;s take a look at some of the Olympic records in track and field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">50.65! A NEW WORLD RECORD FOR SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrackFieldTrials24?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TrackFieldTrials24<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j57bj8qIgY\">pic.twitter.com\/j57bj8qIgY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBC Sports (@NBCSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSports\/status\/1807574969431331193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><nav><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#100-meter\">100 Meter<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#200-meter\">200 Meter<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#800-meter\">800 Meter<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#400-meter-hurdle\">400 Meter Hurdle<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#4-x-100-meter-relay\">4&#215;100 Meter Relay<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#long-jump\">Long Jump<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#high-jump\">High Jump<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#2024-paris-olympic-games\">2024 Paris Olympic Games<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"100-meter\">100 Meter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Men: Jamaican native Usain Bolt holds the record for the 100-meter race, clocking a time of 9.63 seconds at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy 36th birthday to Usain Bolt! The Jamaican sprinter will forever be the ? on the track! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usainbolt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@usainbolt<\/a> set the Olympic record in the 2012 London 100m final with a 9.63 time! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VO8KSBsUuV\">pic.twitter.com\/VO8KSBsUuV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; 365Scores (@365Scores) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/365Scores\/status\/1561352601001754627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Women: The 100-meter record holder for women also belongs to Jamaica. Elaine Thompson-Herrah set the world record with 10.61 seconds at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"200-meter\">200 Meter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Men: Usain Bolt continued his dominance, running the 200 meters in 19.30 seconds at the 2008 games in Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women: United States native Florence Griffith-Joyner set the record for the women&#8217;s 200-meter race, running it in 21.34 seconds at the 1988 games in Seoul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On This Day in 1988: Florence Griffith-Joyner breaks the 200m world record, running in 21.59 seconds in the semifinal at the Olympic Games in Seoul.<br><br>Roughly 1.5 hours later, she broke it again with a staggering 21.34-second time to take home the gold. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WCiMi2ixry\">pic.twitter.com\/WCiMi2ixry<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPN Stats &amp; Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNStatsInfo\/status\/1575493097680666624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"800-meter\">800 Meter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Men: David Rudisha from Kenya set the record for the men&#8217;s 800-meter at the 2012 games in London at 1:40.91.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis is where I\u2019m supposed to be\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rudishadavid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rudishadavid<\/a><br><br>Watch ??\u2019s 800 meter world record-holder, David Rudisha, relive his golden moment at the London 2012 Olympics as he sits down with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KellySotherton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KellySotherton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanyaRichiRoss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SanyaRichiRoss<\/a> on the World Athletics Inside Track Podcast \u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>&mdash; World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WorldAthletics\/status\/1798765660379439411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Women: Nadezhda Olizarenko from the former Soviet Union set the record for the women&#8217;s 800 meters at the 1980 games in Moscow, with a time of 1:53.43.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"400-meter-hurdle\">400 Meter Hurdle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Men: Norwegian Karsten Warholm set the record for the men&#8217;s 400-meter hurdle, running it in 45.94 seconds at the 2021 games in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Karsten Warholm take a bow!<br><br>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NOR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NOR<\/a> athlete is Olympic champion after smashing his own World Record with a time of 45.94s in the men&#39;s 400m hurdles!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WorldAthletics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WorldAthletics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Athletics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Athletics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/idrett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@idrett<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3i2hhac7w5\">pic.twitter.com\/3i2hhac7w5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Olympic Games (@Olympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olympics\/status\/1422398641227149323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Women: Although she beat her record at this year&#8217;s Olympic trials, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone holds the record for the women&#8217;s 400-meter hurdle, running it in 51.46 seconds at the 2021 games in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"4-x-100-meter-relay\">4&#215;100 Meter Relay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Men: Jamaica continued its track dominance, finishing the 4&#215;100 meter relay in 36.84 seconds at the 2012 London Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-591912082-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Usain Bolt of Jamaica at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 18, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\" class=\"wp-image-6084\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">  (Photo by Ezra Shaw\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Women: The United States holds the women&#8217;s record for the 4&#215;100 meter relay, running it in 40.82 seconds at the 2012 games in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"long-jump\">Long Jump<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Men: The men&#8217;s long jump remains one of the longest-held records in Olympic history. Bob Beamon of the United States set the record at the 1968 games in Mexico, jumping 8.90 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Simply incredible?<br><br>In 1968 Bob Beamon broke the Olympic long jump record by 78cm.<br><br>His Olympic record of 8.90m still stands 52 years later.<br><br>?:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olympics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Olympics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BOan0HxQI0\">pic.twitter.com\/BOan0HxQI0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WorldAthletics\/status\/1273899734927921152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Women: American Jackie Joyner-Kersee set the long jump record with 7.40 meters at the 1988 games in Seoul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A very Happy Birthday to six-time Olympic medallist Jackie Joyner-Kersee! ?<br><br>Did you know her Olympic record in the long jump from 1988 still stands today? ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrongerTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StrongerTogether<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TeamUSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WorldAthletics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WorldAthletics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JJoynerKersee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JJoynerKersee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oLpYTkqEC7\">pic.twitter.com\/oLpYTkqEC7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Olympic Games (@Olympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olympics\/status\/1367172961933938691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"high-jump\">High Jump<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Men: United States native Charles Austin set the high jump record at the 1996 games in Atalanta, jumping 2.39 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">30 Memorable T&amp;F Olympics Moments 1996-2016  Part 4. Charles Austin of the United States won the 1996 Olympic men\u2019s high jump, the nation&#39;s first victory in the men&#39;s high jump since 1968.  His gold medal winning jump of 7&#39; 10&quot; was a new Olympic record and still stands today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7CCcbfAxZb\">pic.twitter.com\/7CCcbfAxZb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Coach Nixon T&amp;F\/XC (@CoachNixonTF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachNixonTF\/status\/1414021548315398145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Women: Hailing from Russia, Yelena Slesarenko set the record for the women&#8217;s high jump at the 2004 games in Athens, with 2.06 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2024-paris-olympic-games\">2024 Paris Olympic Games<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"riddle2-wrapper\" data-rid-id=\"3KhgZY9w\" data-auto-scroll=\"true\" data-is-fixed-height-enabled=\"false\" data-bg=\"#fff\" data-fg=\"#00205b\" style=\"margin:0 auto; max-width:100%; width:640px;\" ><script src=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/embed\/build-embedjs\/embedV2.js\"><\/script><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/embed\/a\/3KhgZY9w?lazyImages=false&#038;staticHeight=false\" allow=\"autoplay\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin\"><section data-block=\"SingleChoice\"><h2>Will the long jump record finally be broken at this years Olympics?<\/h2><ul><li>Yes<\/li><li>No<\/li><\/ul><\/section><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set a new world record in the women&#8217;s 400-meter hurdles on Sunday to win the U.S. Olympic track and field trials with a time of 50.65 seconds. As we gear up for the 2024 games in Pairs, let&#8217;s take a look at some of the Olympic records in track and field. 50.65! 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