Athletics
See also: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics- Men's 100m: Usain Bolt of Jamaica, 9.69, (August 16)
- Men's 200 m: Usain Bolt of Jamaica, 19.30
- Men's 4X100 m Relay: Team Jamaica: Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, 37.10
- Women's pole vault: Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia, 5.05m, (August 18)
- Women's 3000 metre steeplechase: Gulnara Galkina-Samitova, 8:58.81 min, (August 17)
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