Overall-Olympic-Records-1.Pdf
INTRODUCTION Following are numerous Olympic bests, records, leaders lists, and various significa that may be of use during the Rio 2016 Olympics. These are derived from the databases maintained by the OlyMADMen, a group of 15 Olympic statisticians / historians from 9 nations, whose hobby borders on mental illness at times. The lists are in several categories: Medal Records, Appearance Records, Age Records, Medal Lists, and Special Medal Records. The lists contain records for both Overall (all nations) and the USA, with the Overall records listed first. All USA records are highlighted in Bold font. Medal and appearance records are the top 10 and ties, although in some cases, where the list would be overly long, it is only noted that “XX athletes tied with X.” Age records are the top 25 performers, with all performances listed to that level. Records include the 1906 Olympic Games which are controversial. The IOC does not recognize them, while the ISOH (International Society of Olympic Historians) does and feels that they definitely should be recognized by the IOC. Records which include a mark from the 1906 Olympics are marked in Red. This mostly involves records set by Ray Ewry (USA), who won 10 standing jump gold medals, including the 1906 Olympics, or 8 standing jump gold medals, if one does not include them. In cases where Ewry’s record would make the list, without including 1906, those are added and marked in Purple. The record lists also include marks from the Winter Olympics, but these are marked in Blue. The lists do not include medals or records (including age records) achieved in the Arts Competitions, which were held at the Olympics from 1912-48, but only includes medals and records set in sporting events.
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