Sprints
The men's 100m world record holder
Usain Bolt
First person to run sub 4min mile
Roger Bannister
Canadian men's shot put record holder
Dylan Armstrong
Canadian women's pole vault record holder
Alysha Newman
Canadian men's decathlon record holder
Damian Warner
110m hurdle height
42 inches
5km road race world record
12:51 - Cheptegei
Canadian women's javelin record holder
Elizabeth Gleadle
women's triple jump board distance
11m
The third event in the heptathlon
Shot Put
The Canadian record for women's 400m
49.91
Canadian women's 10,000m record
Andrea Seccafien - 31:13.94
Canadian women's discus record
Carmen Ionesco
Men's high jump world record
2.45m
World record women's heptathlon score
7291
Prior to starting blocks, competitors would do this to start the race
Dig holes where they placed their feet
Where and when the first marathon was ran
The marathon started in 1896 in Athens, a race from Marathon – northeast of Athens – to the Olympic Stadium, a distance of 42.195 kilometers
World record men's javelin throw
98.48m
The year the Fosbury Flop was introduced
1968
U20 decathlon world record score
8435
World's first female high school athlete to break the 11 second barrier
Candace Hill
The beer mile world record
Corey Bellemore (Canada) - 4:28.1
Camryn Roger's hammer personal best
78.62m
Why long jump was practiced in the ancient Olympics
The long jump was applied to train them for tackling the ravines or even streams in preparation for war.
1912