His record of 194 feet 6 inches in the discus stood as the world mark for 10 years.

The first came in 1942, when she improved the world mark in the 80 m hurdles.

He also holds the world mark for oyster-eating: 288 oysters in 2 minutes and 43 seconds.

In 1961 he tied the world mark with a 6.1 in the 60-yard dash.

In 1989, she set the world mark in the high jump for women age 70-74 with a leap of 3 feet 7 inches.

Also, Parker's qualifying score of 598 out of 600 points set a new world mark.

Morceli's blistering 1,500-meter victory in 3 minutes 28.37 seconds was only a second off his world mark.

The Korean men had a total of 2,031, breaking their own world mark of 2,011.

Through five events, she seemed to have another world mark within reach.

He set the world mark of 19-10 1/2 in 1988.