Paris: The grand Olympics is going to start from 26th July with the Paris Olympics. 117 players from India are also ready to represent the country in the Olympics. With the start of the Paris Olympics, there will also be an eye on those Olympic records which are very difficult to break. Let’s take a look at 10 such Olympic records.
Paris Olympics 2024: These 10 records which are difficult to break
Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas set an Olympic record by jumping 15.67 meters in the women’s triple jump competition at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. She won the silver medal in Rio. At the Tokyo Olympics, she also broke the world record that had been standing for three decades.
Norway’s runner Karsten Warholm also set a world record by taking 45.64 seconds in the men’s 400m hurdles competition at the Tokyo Olympics. The special thing is that Warholm’s time in this competition was much better than the other 18 participants.
In Tokyo Olympics 2020, Sydney McLaughlin-Levron of America also set a world record by taking 51.46 seconds in the 400 meter hurdles competition. The special thing is that even after the Sydney Olympics, she has broken her record twice.
In London Olympics 2012, Kenya’s middle distance runner David Rudisha set a world record by taking 1:40.91 (1 minute 41 seconds) in the men’s 800 meter race. This performance is unmatched till date.
In London Olympics 2012, the Jamaican team set a new world record by taking 36.84 seconds in the 4×100 meter relay race. Usain Bolt was part of this champion team.
The world record set by America’s Florence Griffith Joyner aka Flo-Jo in the 200 meter race at the Olympic Games held in Seoul in 1988 has not been broken till date. Flo-Jo created history by taking a time of 21.34 seconds in the 200 meter race.
American swimmer Michael Phelps is one of the greatest players in the history of the Olympics. He is also considered the greatest Olympian. He created history at the Beijing Olympics (2008) when he won the most medals as a single athlete. Michael Phelps created a world record by winning gold medals in all eight events he participated in this sports festival. Not only this, he also broke the world record in seven of these events.
Jamaican Usain Bolt is also one of the greatest Olympic players of all time, who set a world record by taking a time of 9.69 seconds in the men’s 100 meter race at the Beijing Olympics. Bolt was so far ahead in the race that he started celebrating even before crossing the line. Bolt later broke his own record at the World Championships in 2009.
American long jumper Bob Beamon set a world record by jumping 8.90m (29.2ft) at the 1968 Olympic Games held in Mexico City. This jump not only won him the gold medal, but also took him two feet ahead of the then record. No one has come close to Beamon’s record till date.
American swimmer Caeleb Dressel set a world record by clocking 49.45 seconds in the men’s 100m butterfly event at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. He broke the previous world record by 0.05 seconds.
