It ended up at £289,500 — setting a world auction record for banal Spanish provincial furniture.
On the list was setting a world record, and defeating Phelps, at least a few times.
In 1937, he defeated 34 players simultaneously without looking at any of the boards, setting a world record.
Jufang Zhou, a Chinese C5 rider, was therefore looking at gold after setting a world record of 36.004.
At the same Olympics, Evans anchored the U.S. team that won the 4 × 400-metre relay, setting a world record of 2 min 56.1 sec.
Soni pulled off a shocker in Beijing in 2008, setting a world record of 2 20.22 to upset the Australian Leisel Jones.
— JOANNE C. GERSTNER Sergei Martynov won the first gold medal for Belarus in the London Olympics, setting a world record in the 50 meter Rifle (Prone Position).
I was astounded when, in 2008, the picture sold for $33.6m at Christie's in New York, setting a world record for a painting by a living artist.
After setting a world indoor record in the 5,000-metres 5,000-metres3 sec), she won both the long- and short-course world cross-country titles.
Daniel Gyurta of Hungary began the evening session by setting a world record in the final of the 200-meter breaststroke, finishing in 2 07.28.
She won the women's race, setting a world record, 2 32.29; it was one of at least 10 world records she eventually racked up.
