Top 5 Record-Holding Dogs

Top Five Record-Holding Dogs
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Gold Medal Dogs

This month, the world's most elite athletes will gather in Beijing, China for the 2008 Summer Olympics as they attempt to shatter records and make their mark in history. But these incredible athletes and their predecessors who have set the bar before them might not be the only ones worthy of a medal. Take a look at the top five record-holding dogs along with some of their U.S. Olympic counterparts in each category - could a canine competition become an official part of the International Games in the future? Stranger things have happened! On your mark, get set ... go!

#5: High Jump

Is there a Fairy Godmother for High Jumpers? At the 2006 Purina Incredible Dog Challenge National Championship in Gray Summit, Missouri, adopted Greyhound Cinderella May soared over the bar with an altitude of 1.72 m ( 5 ft, 7.71 in), to set the world record for dogs. Owners Kate Long and Kathleen Conroy of Miami, Florida have said that Cinderella May demonstrated outstanding natural abilities from early on, similar to the legendary high jumper Dwight Edwin Stones. The former Olympic Bronze medalist certainly must have trained like a dog to set the World Record with a 2.30m jump in 1973, breaking his own record in 1976 with his 2.32m leap and then adding another centimeter to his personal best only a month later. That's nearly 7 feet, 8 inches of air, and just two feet more than Cinderella's top scores. High fives all around!

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