London Olympics 2012
athletes
Paraolympics – 4 302
athletes
Nations
participating
London Olympics – 204
countries
Paraolympics – 164 countries
World records
Swimming
Missy Franklin of United States broke world
record of 2:04.06.
The American team of Franklin, Soni, Vollmer
and Schmitt won Olympic gold in women's
4x100m medley relay with a world record time of
3: 52.05.
Rebecca Soni of the United States set a new
world record in the women's 200m Breaststroke
with a time of 2:19.59 seconds.
Daniel Gyurta of Hungary set a new world record
with a time of 2:07.28 in 200 m breaststroke.
Sun Yang of China set a world record in the
men's 1,500 m freestyle.
Vollmer of the United States won gold in the
women's 100m Butterfly.
Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa won gold
in the men's 100m Breastsroke at the London
Olympics.
Ye Shiwen of China broke the world record held