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.

The United States Men's National Team has won gold in Beijing (2008), London (2012), Rio (2016), and Tokyo (2020).

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.

Mark Spitz set a record by winning seven gold medals at a single Olympics (Munich 1972), a record that stood until Michael Phelps won eight in 2008.

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

Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka won the gold medal in men's doubles for Switzerland at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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.

Beijing became the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics. It hosted the Summer Games in 2008 and the Winter Games in 2022.

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.