World Records

A world record is usually the best global performance ever recorded and verified in a specific skill or sport. The book Guinness World Records collates and publishes notable records of all types, from first and best to worst human achievements, to extremes in the natural world and beyond.

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Longest Q*Bert video game marathon
George Leutz breaks Guinness world record
Longest > Games & Sports
FLEMINGTON, N.J. > USA
 

Oldest person
Jiroemon Kimura breaks Guinness world record
Oldest > Person
KYOTANGO > Japan
 

Oldest living person
Dina Manfredini breaks Guinness world record
Oldest > Person
JOHNSON > USA
 

Most consecutive backflips
Miranda Ferguson sets world record
Longest > Food
DALLAS, TX > USA
 

Oldest to travel around world
Saburo Shochi sets world record...
Oldest > Person
FUKUOKA > Japan
 

Oldest person to kitesurf across the English Channel
Richard Branson sets world record
Oldest > Person
London > United Kingdom
 

Oldest Woman To Climb Mount Everest
Tamae Watanabe setting the oldest woman in the world to scale the mountain...
Oldest > Person
Kathmandu > Nepal
 

Oldest Gymnast
86-year-old Johanna Quaas setting the new world record for the Oldest Gymnast...
Sports > Gymnastics
Cottbus > Germany
 

Longest Non-motorised Polar Expedition
Belgian explorers setting the world record for the Longest non-motorised polar expedition without outside help...
Longest
Antarctica
 

First Blind Person to Trek to the South Pole
Alan Lock setting the new world record for the First blind person to trek to the South Pole...
Longest
Clevedon > United Kingdom