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Quiz: when were these world records set?

The men’s 800m world record
When was the men’s 800m world record set? Photograph: Kerim Okten/EPA

  1. Men's long jump: 8.95m

    1. 1988

    2. 1991

    3. 1996

    4. 2003

  2. Women's 100m: 10.49sec

    1. 1979

    2. 1988

    3. 1992

    4. 2012

  3. Men's 400m: 43.03sec

    1. 1996

    2. 1999

    3. 2004

    4. 2016

  4. Women's marathon: 2hr 15min 25sec

    1. 1986

    2. 2000

    3. 2003

    4. 2012

  5. Men's track cycling 4,000m team pursuit: 3min 50.265sec

    1. 2008

    2. 2012

    3. 2015

    4. 2016

  6. Women's 1,500m: 3min 50.07sec

    1. 1988

    2. 1992

    3. 2012

    4. 2015

  7. Men's 800m: 1min 40.91sec

    1. 2004

    2. 2008

    3. 2012

    4. 2016

  8. Women's heptathlon: 7291 points

    1. 1984

    2. 1988

    3. 2008

    4. 2016

  9. Men's 100m: 9.58sec

    1. 2004

    2. 2008

    3. 2009

    4. 2012

  10. Women's 200m: 21.34sec

    1. 1984

    2. 1988

    3. 1992

    4. 1996

Solutions

1:B - Set by Mike Powell of USA at the world championships in Tokyo, 2:B - Set by Florence Griffith Joyner at the US Olympic trials in Indianapolis, 3:D - Wayde van Niekerk broke Michael Johnson's record in Rio, 4:C - Set by Great Britain's Paula Radcliffe at the London Marathon, 5:D - Set by Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Owain Doull and Bradley Wiggins in Rio., 6:D - Set by Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba at a Diamond League meet in Monaco, 7:C - Set by Kenya's David Rudisha at the London Olympics, 8:B - Set by Jackie Joyner-Kersee at the Seoul Olympics, 9:C - Usain Bolt broke his own record in 2009 in Berlin, 10:B - Set by Florence Griffith-Joyner at the Seoul Olympics

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