But 20 years later, all of Spitz's record times were not just broken, but shattered.
Bolt, 23, has already won the 100m and 200m in world record times and now turns his focus to the 4x100m relay.
He proved himself to be a class apart as he won gold medals in the 100m and 200m, both in world record times.
Bolt won gold in the men's 100m and 200m at the Beijing Olympic Games in world record times and also triumphed in the 4x100 relay.
Bolt won gold in the men's 100m and 200m at the Beijing Olympic Games in world record times and also triumphed in the 4x100m relay with Jamaica.
Bolt stunned the sporting world in August 2008 by winning the 100m and 200m Olympic golds in world record times in Beijing, and then repeated the feat at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
The 36-year-old has now made three tons in three successive frames a record four times.
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Notre Dame and Alabama have both been crowned national champions by the Associated Press a record eight times.
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Wigan, who have won the Cup a record 17 times, will host Salford.
The name derives from a 1913 incident in which black came up a record 26 times in a row in roulette.
Even so, Nadal was hesitant to say how this might carry over to Roland Garros, where he has won a record seven times.
Chris Boardman won an individual pursuit gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and broke the world hour record three times.
Egypt, African champions a record six times but World Cup qualifiers only once, face a difficult Group 12 assignment against the DR Congo in Kinshasa.
Navratilova won the Wimbledon women's singles title a record nine times.
Nixon, on the other hand, has been elected as the state's attorney general a record four times, though he also has had two failed U.S. Senate bids.
Faldo lifted the PGA trophy a record four times, Montgomerie, Langer and Alliss are triple champions, while Seve Ballesteros, Tony Jacklin and Ian Woosnam were twice winners.
Obinna Nwaneri, who stepped up to tuck away the decisive fifth penalty during the shootout, was also confident Enyimba can win the competition a record three times in succession.
One such cove is home to El Bulli -- the three-Michelin-star restaurant run by Catalan super chef Ferran Adria -- voted the world's best restaurant a record five times.
He's also the U.S. record holder in the 1, 500 meters, the mile, the 3, 000 meters and the 5, 000 and won the Wanamaker Mile a record eight times at Madison Square Garden.
But Schumacher, who has won the European Grand Prix a record six times at its former homes in Jerez and Nurburgring, is confident Mercedes can overcome the reliability issues which have dogged him.
Chelsea's vctory on Monday ended United's hopes of winning the double -- securing both the English Premier League and the FA Cup, a trophy the Manchester side have won a record 11 times.
The greatly admired collection was printed more than a record forty times in the eighteenth century, and generations of composers copied the music and learned the sonata form by studying the twelve sonatas.
Mr Boardman, who won an individual pursuit gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and broke the world hour record three times, said he hoped Martyn's victory would change that situation.
Steve Davis has been crowned champion a record six times, with the first of his wins in 1980 when he demolished Alex Higgins 16-6, while Stephen Hendry is not far behind with five UK titles.
Jones' breakthrough year was 1923, when he won the U.S. Open for the first of a record four times -- triumphing in an 18-hole playoff after almost throwing away his chances with a disastrous finish to his final round.
Thus New York plays in a smaller pond than Real, which, in addition to dominating the Spanish league, has won the European Champions League and its predecessor a record nine times, competing against the top clubs of Europe's best leagues.
Landis, who was stripped of the 2006 Tour de France title for doping, accuses Armstrong of committing fraud against the Postal Service, which sponsored most of Armstrong's teams as the star rider used PEDs to win the Tour a record seven times.
An estimated 15, 000 sought shelter from lightning and wind Thursday, according to the Times Record newspaper of Fort Smith, Ark.
Mr. Mickelson has famously finished 2nd a record number 5 times in the U.S. Open with 9 top 10 finishes.
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