Mormon Records
Dinah Browne: luge, Virgin Islands
First black woman to compete in luge.
Michelle J. Burton: swimming, USA
First man to break the 8 ½ minute barrier in the 800-meter freestyle
The only man to win the Olympic 1,500-meter freestyle twice
Troy Dalbey: swimming, USA
World records in the 400-meter relay at 3:16.53 and the 800-meter relay at 7:12.51
Ambrose “Rowdy” Gains IV: swimming, USA
World records in the 4×400-meter freestyle relay and the 4×400-meter medley relay
Bo Gustafsson: track and field, Sweden
Ranked among the world’s top eight distance walk
Creed Haymond: track and field, USA
World record in 220 yard dash at 21.00 seconds
Werner Hoeger: luge, Venezuela
First father and son to compete against each other
Oldest male competitor, 2002 Olympic Games
Chris Hoeger: luge, Venezuela
First father and son to compete against each other
Ralph Mann: track and field, USA
World record in 440-yard intermediate hurdles of 48.74
Henry Marsh: steeplechase, USA
American record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase of 8:09.17
Second male runner to make four Olympic teams
American record for number of consecutive times to be ranked in the world’s top ten competitors
Leonard Myles-Mills: track and field, Ghana
World record in 100-meter race of 10.15
Alma Richards: track and field, USA
World record for pole vault at 6’4”
Melanie Roach: women’s weightlifting, USA
First American woman to lift twice her own body weight in the clean-and-jerk
Set American records in the clean-and-jerk at 250 pounds and the total event record for both the snatch and the clean-and-jerk at 424 pounds
Cael Sanderson: wrestling, USA
Undefeated four-time champion in NCAA
All time NCAA record holder in Division I
L. Jay Silvester: discus, USA
Broke world record for distance twice
Saimoni Tamani: track and field, Fiji
Oceania 400 indoor record at 47.0 seconds
Peter Vidmar: men’s gymnastics, USA
First USA male gymnasts to win an Olympic medal
One time highest scoring male gymnast in the Olympics
Jack Yerman: track and field, USA
Part of the six man team setting the world record in 4×400 meter relay at 3:02.2