| Achievement | Sportsperson |
|---|---|
| The first person in the world to run the 100 m race in under 10 seconds | Jim Hines (USA) (1968) |
| The first and the only woman in the world to run the 100 m race in under 10.5 seconds (10.49 seconds) | Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) (1988) |
| The first person in the world to run the 200 m race in under 20 seconds | Tommie Smith (USA) (1968) |
| The first person in the world to run the 1,600 m race in under 4 minutes | Roger Bannister (U.K.) (1954) |
| The first person in the world to run the 5,000 m race in under 13 minutes | Said Aouita (Morocco) (1987) |
| The first person in the world to run the 10,000 m race in under 30 minutes | Taisto Maki (Finland) (1939) |
| The first person in the world to jump over 8 metres in long jump | Jesse Owens (USA) (1935) |
| The first person in the world to clear over 7 feet in high jump | Charles Dumas (USA)(1956) |
| The first person in the world to clear over 6 meters in pole vault | Sergei Bubka (Ukraine)(1985) |
| The first woman in the world to clear over 5 meters in pole vault | Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia)(2005) |
| Others | |
| The first person to swim across the English Channel | Mathew Webb (UK, 1875) |
| The first woman to swim across the English Channel | Gertrude Ederle (USA, 1926) |
| Achievement | Team |
|---|---|
| The first team to win the FIFA World Cup | Uruguay (1930) |
| The first team to win the FIFA Women's World Cup | USA (1991) |
| The first team to win the Hockey World Cup | Pakistan (1971) |
| The first team to win the Women's Hockey World Cup | Netherlands (1974) |
| The first team to win the Cricket World Cup | West Indies (1975) |
| The first team to win the Women's Cricket World Cup | England (1973) |
| The first team to win the World T20 Cricket Championship | India (2007) |
| The first team to win the Davis Cup | USA (1900) |
| The first team to win the Fed Cup | USA (1963) |
| The first team to win the Merdeka Cup | Hong Kong (1957) |
| The first team to win the Ryder Cup | USA (1927) |
| The first team to win the Thomas Cup | Malaysia (1949) |
| The first team to win the Uber Cup | USA (1957) |
| The first team to win the Sudirman Cup | Indonesia (1989) |
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