WORLD CUP RECORDS (Part 8) - FASTEST GOALS
Picture : Hakan Şükür holds the Record !
Fastest Goal: Hakan Şükür
*The Turkish striker Hakan Şükür has scored on just 11th second in the 3rd place match of 2002 World Cup vs South Korea (3-2). This goal is fastest in the history of competition. (picture down)
*Ebbe Sand (Denmark) has scored fastest goal as a substitute; he took 16 seconds for scoring after coming on during the game vs Nigeria (4-1) at 1998 edition.
| FASTEST GOALS | IN WORLD CUPS | ||||
| Player | Country | Timing | Date | Game | |
| 1 | Hakan Şükür | Turkey | 00:11 | 29/06/2002 | South Korea 3-2 |
| 2 | Václav Mašek | Czechoslovakia | 00:16 | 06/06/1962 | Mexico 1-3 |
| 3 | Ernst Lehner | Germany | 00:25 | 07/06/1934 | Austria 3-2 |
| 4 | Bryan Robson | England | 00:27 | 16/06/1982 | France 3-1 |
| 5 | Clint Dempsey | United States | 00:29 | 16/06/2014 | Ghana 2-1 |
| 6 | Emile Veinante | France | 00:35 | 05/06/1938 | Belgium 3-1 |
| Arne Nyberg | Sweden | 00:35 | 16/06/1938 | Hungary 1-5 | |
| 8 | Bernard Lacombe | France | 00:37 | 02/06/1978 | Italy 1-2 |
| 9 | Adalbert Deșu | Romania | 00:50 | 14/07/1930 | Peru 3-1 |
| Florian Albert | Hungary | 00:50 | 03/06/1962 | Bulgaria 6-1 | |
| 11 | Celso Ayala | Paraguay | 00:53 | 24/06/1998 | Nigeria 3-1 |
| 12 | Mathias Jørgensen | Denmark | 00:57 | 01/07/2018 | Croatia 1-1 |
| 13 | Pak Seung-zin | North Korea | 00:59 | 23/07/1966 | Portugal 3-5 |