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Olympic Records MCQ Practice Test

Remarkable achievements and milestones

Q1. In which Olympic Games did Michael Phelps win his first individual gold medal, setting a new Olympic record in the process, for the 200m Butterfly?

Explanation: Michael Phelps won his first individual gold medal and set a new Olympic record in the 200m Butterfly at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

Q2. In which Olympic Games did Michael Phelps win his first individual gold medal, setting a new Olympic record in the 400m individual medley?

Explanation: Michael Phelps won his first individual gold medal and set a new Olympic record in the 400m individual medley at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

Q3. In which Olympic Games did Michael Phelps win his first individual gold medal, setting a new Olympic record in the process, for the 200-meter butterfly?

Explanation: Michael Phelps won his first individual gold medal and set an Olympic record in the 200-meter butterfly at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

Q4. In which Olympic Games did Michael Phelps win his first individual gold medal, setting a new Olympic record in the 200m Butterfly?

Explanation: Michael Phelps won his first individual gold medal and set a new Olympic record in the 200m Butterfly at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

Q5. Which equestrian athlete holds the record for the most Olympic Games competed in, riding at ten Summer Olympics between 1972 and 2012?

Explanation: Ian Millar ('Captain Canada') rode at ten Olympic Games (1972-2012, missing only the 1980 boycott) and won team show-jumping silver in 2008 at age 61 — the most Olympic appearances by any athlete. Michael Phelps competed at five Games (2000-2016).

Q6. Which athletics world record, set by Bob Beamon at altitude in 1968, stood for almost 23 years until Mike Powell broke it in 1991?

Explanation: Beamon jumped 8.90 m at the Mexico City Olympics, beating the old record by 55 cm; Mike Powell reached 8.95 m at the 1991 Tokyo World Championships. Hurdle heights are fixed event specifications rather than records, and marks such as the 100 m have been broken many times since 1896.

Q7. At the Moscow 1980 Olympics, Soviet shooter Alexander Melentiev set an Olympic record of 581 points in which event — a mark that outlasted the event itself?

Explanation: Melentiev's 581 at Moscow 1980 (also a world record) was never beaten in Olympic competition and still stood as the Olympic record when the 50 m free pistol was dropped from the Olympic program after Tokyo 2020.

Q8. Which women's athletics world record, set in 1983, is the oldest still standing in track and field?

Explanation: Kratochvílová's 800 m world record (Munich, 26 July 1983) has stood for over four decades — the longest-standing world record in athletics. The other three records all date from 1988. (The old stem's 'Soviet long jump from 1964' premise was fabricated.)

Q9. Which Olympic record has been broken the most times in the history of the Summer Olympics?

Explanation: The 4x100m relay record has been broken the most times in the history of the Summer Olympics, with the current record being held by the Jamaican team with a time of 36.84 seconds set at the 2012 London Olympics.

Q10. Which Olympic event has seen the most world records set in a single Olympic Games?

Explanation: The 2008 Beijing Olympics saw 43 world records set in the swimming events, the most of any Olympic Games.

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