Timeline

2016-08-13

Michael Phelps · 23 gold medals

2016-01-01

Michael Phelps · 28 Olympic medals

2015-08-29

Ashton Eaton · 9045 points · Beijing, China

2014-10-24

Alan Eustace · 41422 metres · Roswell, New Mexico, United States

2012-08-09

David Rudisha · 1:40.91 s · London

2012-06-23

Ashton Eaton · 9039 points · Eugene, Oregon, United States

2012-06-06

Herbert Nitsch · 253 m · Off Santorini, Greece

2012-05-09

Sam Groth · 263 km/h · Busan, South Korea

2011-02-05

Denis Kulyash · 177.5 km/h · Saint Petersburg, Russia

2010-09-24

Aroldis Chapman · 105.8 mph · San Diego, California, United States

2010-06-24

2010 Isner–Mahut Wimbledon match · 665 minutes · Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom

2009-08-28

Yelena Isinbayeva · 5.06 m · Zurich

2009-08-20

Usain Bolt · 19.19 seconds · Berlin, Germany

2009-08-16

Usain Bolt · 9.58 seconds · Berlin, Germany

2008-09-13

Barbora Špotáková · 72.28 m · Stuttgart

2005-09-04

Juan Pablo Montoya · 372.6 km/h · Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy

2003-02-22

Shoaib Akhtar · 161.3 km/h · Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa

2002-08-17

Tanya Streeter · 160 m · Off Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands

2002-06-30

Brazil men's national football team · 5 titles

2001-05-27

Roman Šebrle · 9026 points · Götzis, Vorarlberg, Austria

1999-07-04

Tomáš Dvořák · 8994 points · Prague, Czech Republic

1998-07-14

Hicham El Guerrouj · 3:26.00 s · Rome

1996-05-25

Jan Železný · 98.48 m · Jena

1995-08-07

Jonathan Edwards · 18.29 m · Gothenburg, Sweden

1993-07-27

Javier Sotomayor · 2.45 m metres · Salamanca, Spain

1991-08-30

Mike Powell · 8.95 m · National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

1988-09-29

Florence Griffith-Joyner · 21.34 seconds · Seoul, South Korea

1988-09-24

Jackie Joyner-Kersee · 7291 points · Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

1988-07-16

Florence Griffith-Joyner · 10.49 seconds · Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

1988-07-09

Gabriele Reinsch · 76.80 m · Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (East Germany at the time)

1988-06-11

Galina Chistyakova · 7.52 m · Leningrad

1987-06-07

Natalya Lisovskaya · 22.63 m · Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia)

1986-08-30

Yuriy Sedykh · 86.74 m · Stuttgart

1986-06-06

Jürgen Schult · 74.08 m · Neubrandenburg, East Germany

1985-10-06

Marita Koch · 47.60 seconds · Canberra, Australia

1983-07-26

Jarmila Kratochvílová · 1:53.28 s · Munich

1971-10-24

Harry Drake · 1854.40 m · Ivanpah Dry Lake, California, USA

1920-01-01

Oscar Swahn · 72 years · Antwerp, Belgium

1912-01-01

Fenway Park · 1912 year · Boston, Massachusetts, United States