An England quartet of Andy Baddeley, Ricky Stevenson, Nick McCormick and Mark Draper smashed the 30-year-old UK 4x1, 500m relay record in finishing fifth in 14:54.57 to erase the previous mark by two seconds.
The first U.S. medal Saturday came when the women's 4x100-meter medley relay team broke the world record en route to easily winning gold.
As well as his 100m and 200m wins in Beijing, the 22-year-old Bolt led Jamaica's 4x100m sprint relay to Olympic victory in a record time of 37.10.
After an immensely impressive display in the final of the women's 4x100 metres freestyle relay in which they smashed the World Record.
In the last day of London's swimming competition, the American women won the 4x100-meter medley relay race, setting a new world record with a time of 3:52.05.
An avowed distance runner, Goluskin is also known for his speed on the track, having participated in a world-record-setting 4x800 meter relay team for men aged 70-79 at the 168th street Armory in March.
Athletics saw numerous Commonwealth Games records being overcome, from Welsh star Iwan Thomas setting a new 400m mark, and Trinidad and Tobago's Ato Boldon smashing Linford Christie's 100m Games record, to the English sprint team's record-breaking performance 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 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.
At the Paralympics he won silver in the T44 200m, gold in the 4x100 relay and gold in the T44 400m, setting a Paralympic record.
Bolt, 23, has already won the 100m and 200m in world record times and now turns his focus to the 4x100m relay.
Only two are allowed to progress into the semi-finals, Marleen Veldhuis, who anchored the relay team to victory on Tuesday showed every sign of breaking the world record in the semi-finals but went out more slowly this time and was well shy of Britta Steffen's mark.
In London, Bolt will be running against compatriot and former world record-holder Asafa Powell in the 100m, and with him in the relay.
On Friday in the 4 by 100-meter relay, the American women busted a two-games streak of botching the baton handoff by setting a world record.
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