Turkish striker Hakan Şükür scored the fastest goal in World Cup history, netting just 11 seconds into the third-place match against South Korea in 2002.

Juan Antonio Samaranch served as the President of the IOC from 1980 to 2001, overseeing a period of significant commercialization and growth.

Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson won the 100m final at the 1988 Seoul Olympics but was disqualified and stripped of his medal days later after testing positive for stanozolol.

Tug of War was a contested event at the Summer Olympics from 1900 to 1920 before being removed from the program.

The United States led a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Roughly 65 nations eventually joined the boycott.

Peter Gade topped the world rankings from 1998 to 2001, a rare feat for a European at the time.

India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy holds the record for the fastest smash, clocking an incredible 565 km/h.

While 50m Butterfly is contested at World Championships, the only 50m event at the Olympics is the 50m Freestyle.

The fastest qualifier is placed in the center lane (Lane 4 in an 8-lane pool), with the second fastest in Lane 5, and so on.

Jan Železný is widely considered the greatest javelin thrower ever, setting the world record of 98.48m in 1996.