20 July 2012 Last updated at 14:16

Sporting record-breakers quiz

The world of sport has brought us some amazing world records, from the fastest man on Earth to the competition to grab the most Olympic medals. Try out our quiz and see how many records you know!

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Try out our quiz and find out how much you know about the amazing records that have been set in the world of sport!

1.) Question 1

Who was the first man to win the 100m and 200m sprint in world record breaking times at a single Olympic Games?

Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt
Michael Johnson

2.) Question 2

* - only team to win gold at every summer Olympics.

USA
Great Britain
Jamaica

3.) Question 3

Who has won the most Olympic gold medals in one year?

The swimmer Michael Phelps
The sprinter Michael Johnson
The triple jumper Jonathan Edwards

4.) Question 4

Who was the first person to run a mile in under four minutes?

Roger Bannister
Steve Redgrave
Steve Backley

5.) Question 5

* - first sprinter to win four Olympic golds in one year.

Jesse Owens
Carl Lewis
Usain Bolt

6.) Question 6

Aladar Gerevich has won a gold medal in six consecutive Olympics - that's the most consecutive golds anyone has ever won. But in which sport?

Taekwondo
Showjumping
Fencing

7.) Question 7

Sergey Bubka from Ukraine is a legend in the sport of pole vaulting - how many times did he break the world record?

8.) Question 8

Ian Millar makes his record-breaking TENTH Olympic appearance at London 2012. What sport does he compete in?

Showjumping
Swimming
Triple jump

9.) Question 9

Britain's top Olympian Sir Steve Redgrave is in the record books as the first rower to have...

...won more than 10 Olympic medals.
...won five gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games.
...never won a medal at five Olympic games.

10.) Question 10

Gymnast Nadia Comaneci first to score perfect *

Answers

In 2008 Usain Bolt became the first man to win the 100m and 200m sprint, both in world record breaking times, at a single Olympic Games.
Great Britain is the only team to have won at least one gold medal at every summer Olympic Games.
The American swimmer Michael Phelps won a record-breaking eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Wow!
In 1954 Sir Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in under four minutes.
In 1936 Jesse Owens was the first sprinter to win four Olympic golds in one year. Athlete Carl Lewis matched his record in 1984.
Hungary's Aladar Gerevich has the highest tally of consecutive Olympic golds - he won six, one after the other, in the team sabre fencing.
Sergey Bubka broke the world record in the pole vault an amazing 35 times.
Canadian Ian Millar makes his record-breaking tenth Olympic appearance at London 2012, competing in showjumping.
Rower Sir Steve Redgrave is in the record books as the first rower to have to have won five gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games.
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci created history in 1976 by scoring a perfect 10 on the beam.