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Below are some interesting measurements and records from events at the Olympic Games. Unfortunately they have been muddled up.
Can you regroup them correctly? You can print off and cut out this set of cards.
| Usain Bolt's 100 metres World Record |
10 | seconds |
| Women's Long Jump World Record |
76.8 | metres |
| Men's High Jump World Record | 10 | metres |
| Basketball hoop diameter | 8.59 | hr:min:sec |
| Basketball hoop height | 21.3 | inches |
| Mass of Women's Discus | 1500 | kg |
| Women's Discus World Record | 01:48:53 | metres |
| Diameter of Archery target | 6.14 | mph |
| Archers’ distance from the target | 9.58 | hr:min:sec |
|
Average speed of World Record |
18 | hr:min:sec |
| Men's Shot put World Record | 1 | metres |
| Height of Diving platform | 02:15:25 | feet |
| Men's 10km Swimming 2008 Olympics winner's time |
10 | cm |
| Men's 50m Swimming 2008 Olympics winner's time |
7.52 | metres |
| Paula Radcliffe's Women's Marathon World Record |
122 | km |
| Triathlon Swim (distance) | 23.12 | seconds |
| Triathlon Bicycle ride (distance) | 01:51:52 | metres |
| Triathlon Run (distance) | 40 | metres |
| Men's Triathlon 2008 Olympics winner's time |
2.45 | metres |
| Men's Pole Vault World Record | 70 | km |