| Aug 20, 2008 – Usain Bolt sets World Record 200 meters in 19.30 seconds |
| Aug 20, 2009 – Usain Bolt breaks his own 200m World Record in 19.19 |
| Aug 21, 1985 – Zola Budd runs World Junior Record mile 4:17.57 |
| Aug 21, 1985 – Mary Decker Slaney runs World Record mile 4:16.71 |
| Aug 22, 1920 – Hannes Kolehmainen wins Olympic Marathon in World Record 2:32:35 |
| Aug 22, 1950 – Jamaica’s George Rhoden runs World Record 400m in 45.8 seconds |
| Aug 22, 1993 – U.S. 4x400m relay WR 2:54.29 (Valmon, Watts, Reynolds, Johnson) |
| Aug 23, 1923 – Finland’s Paavo Nurmi runs World Record mile 4:10.4 |
| Aug 24, 1923 – Finland’s Paavo Nurmi runs World Record 3-mile 14:11.2 |
| Aug 24, 1958 – Russia’s Sergey Popov wins Stockholm Marathon in World Record 2:15:17 |
| Aug 24, 1979 – Evelyn Ashford wins World Cup 200 meters in World Record 21.83 seconds |
| Aug 25, 1991 – Carl Lewis reclaims World Record 100 meters in 9.86 seconds, first sub-9.90 |
| Aug 25, 1991 – Wanda Panfil wins World Championship Marathon |
| Aug 26, 1981 – Steve Ovett breaks Sebastian Coe’s World Record mile in 3:48.40 |
| Aug 26, 1999 – Michael Johnson runs World Record 400 meters in 43.18 |