| LISOVSKAYA | Natalya ___, 1988 Olympic women's shot put champion whose world record set in 1987 still stands |
| FLOJO | Moniker of former American sprinter whose world record set in the 1988 100m women's sprint event was finally broken in 2020 (3-2) |
| SEDYKH | Hammer throw Olympic champion whose world record from 1986 still stands. (6) |
| ANTYUKH | Natalya ___, 2012 Olympic 400m hurdles gold medallist (7) |
| CLAUDIALOSCH | 1984 Olympic women's shot put gold medallist |
| LIPDUB | Type of music video with a world record set in 2012 by 9,300 participants in Lindsay, Ontario |
| TRIPLEJUMP | Athletics event with a men's world record set in 1995 (6,4) |
| YORDANKA | ___ Donkova, Bulgarian athlete whose world record for the women's 100m hurdles, set in 1986, still stands |
| KERSEE | Jackie Joyner-___ (Olympian whose 1988 world record in the heptathlon still stands) |
| GEOFF | _ Capes, late Olympic shot put champion and one-time World's Strongest Man (5) |
| CAPES | Late Olympic shot put champion and one-time World's Strongest Man (5,5) |
| MUNRO | Southlander who set a world land speed record in 1967 which still stands (5) |
| HIGHJUMPER | Athlete such as Cuba's Javier Sotomayor whose world record stands at 2.45 metres |
| EALEY | 2022 World Championships women's shot put gold medallist representing the United States (5,5) |
| CHASE | 2022 World Championships women's shot put gold medallist representing the United States (5,5) |
| MARITAKOCH | East German whose 400m world record from 1985 still stands (6,4) |
| MILE | Distance whose world-record running time is 3 minutes 43.13 seconds |
| BUBKA | Sergey, Ukrainian former pole vaulter whose world record lasted from 1994 to 2020 (5) |
| POLEVAULT | Athletics event whose world record was broken 17 times by Sergei Bubka between 1984 and 1994 (4,5) |
| TAMARAPRESS | 1964 Olympic women's shot and discus champion (6,5) |
