All records
744 world records in 13 families, from athletics to geography.
Athletics records 121
- 4 × 100 m relay, men
- 4 × 100 m relay, mixed
- 4 × 100 m relay, women
- 4 × 200 m relay (indoor), women
- 4 × 200 m relay, men
- 4 × 200 m relay, women
- 4 × 400 m relay (indoor), women
- 4 × 400 m relay, men
- 4 × 400 m relay, mixed
- 4 × 400 m relay, women
- 4 × 800 m relay (indoor), men
- 4 × 800 m relay (indoor), women
- 4 × 800 m relay, men
- 4 × 800 m relay, women
- 4 × 1500 m relay, men
- 4 × 1500 m relay, women
- 5 km (road), men
- 5 km (road), women
- 10 km (road), men
- 10 km (road), women
- 20 km walk (road), men
- 20 km walk (road), women
- 35 km walk (road), men
- 35 km walk (road), women
- 50 km (road), men
- 50 km (road), women
- 50 km walk (road), men
- 50 km walk (road), women
- 50 m hurdles, men, indoor
- 50 m hurdles, women, indoor
- 50 m, men, indoor
- 50 m, women, indoor
- 60 m hurdles, men, indoor
- 60 m hurdles, women, indoor
- 60 m, men, indoor
- 60 m, women, indoor
- 100 km (road), men
- 100 km (road), women
- 100 m hurdles, women
- 100 m, men
- 100 m, women
- 100 miles, women
- 110 m hurdles, men
- 200 m (indoor), women
- 200 m, men
- 200 m, women
- 400 m (indoor), men
- 400 m (indoor), women
- 400 m hurdles, men
- 400 m hurdles, women
- 400 m, men
- 400 m, women
- 800 m (indoor), men
- 800 m (indoor), women
- 800 m, men
- 800 m, women
- 1000 m (indoor), men
- 1000 m (indoor), women
- 1000 m, men
- 1000 m, women
- 1500 m (indoor), men
- 1500 m (indoor), women
- 1500 m, men
- 1500 m, women
- 2000 m, men
- 2000 m, women
- 3000 m (indoor), men
- 3000 m (indoor), women
- 3000 m steeplechase, men
- 3000 m steeplechase, women
- 3000 m walk (indoor), women
- 3000 m, men
- 5000 m (indoor), women
- 5000 m walk (indoor), men
- 5000 m, men
- 5000 m, women
- 10,000 m walk (track), women
- 10,000 m, men
- 10,000 m, women
- 20,000 m walk (track), men
- 20,000 m walk (track), women, indoor
- 30,000 m walk (track), men
- 50,000 m walk (track), women
- Decathlon, men
- Decathlon, women
- Discus throw, men
- Discus throw, women
- Distance medley relay (1200, 400, 800 and 1600 m), men
- Distance medley relay (1200, 400, 800 and 1600 m), women
- Fastest Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race
- Half marathon walk (road), men
- Half marathon walk (road), women
- Half marathon, men
- Hammer throw, men
- Hammer throw, women
- Heptathlon (indoor), men
- Heptathlon, women
- High jump, men
- High jump, women
- Javelin throw, men
- Javelin throw, women
- Long jump, men
- Long jump, women
- Longest certified ultramarathon race distance
- Marathon, men
- Marathon, women
- Mile (indoor), men
- Mile (indoor), women
- Mile (road), men
- Mile, men
- Mile, women
- Pentathlon (indoor), women
- Pole vault, men, indoor
- Pole vault, women
- Road relay 42.195 km, men
- Road relay 42.195 km, women
- Shot put, men
- Shot put, women
- Six-day race, women
- Triple jump, men
- Triple jump, women, indoor
Swimming records 78
- 4 × 50 m freestyle relay, men, 25 m pool
- 4 × 50 m freestyle relay, women, 25 m pool
- 4 × 50 m medley relay, men, 25 m pool
- 4 × 50 m medley relay, women, 25 m pool
- 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, men
- 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, men, 25 m pool
- 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, mixed
- 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, women
- 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, women, 25 m pool
- 4 × 100 m medley relay, men
- 4 × 100 m medley relay, men, 25 m pool
- 4 × 100 m medley relay, mixed
- 4 × 100 m medley relay, women
- 4 × 100 m medley relay, women, 25 m pool
- 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, men
- 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, men, 25 m pool
- 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, women
- 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, women, 25 m pool
- 50 m backstroke, men
- 50 m backstroke, men, 25 m pool
- 50 m breaststroke, men
- 50 m breaststroke, men, 25 m pool
- 50 m breaststroke, women
- 50 m breaststroke, women, 25 m pool
- 50 m butterfly, men
- 50 m butterfly, men, 25 m pool
- 50 m butterfly, women
- 50 m butterfly, women, 25 m pool
- 50 m freestyle, men
- 50 m freestyle, men, 25 m pool
- 50 m freestyle, women
- 50 m freestyle, women, 25 m pool
- 100 m backstroke, men
- 100 m backstroke, men, 25 m pool
- 100 m backstroke, women
- 100 m breaststroke, men
- 100 m breaststroke, men, 25 m pool
- 100 m breaststroke, women
- 100 m breaststroke, women, 25 m pool
- 100 m butterfly, men
- 100 m butterfly, men, 25 m pool
- 100 m butterfly, women
- 100 m butterfly, women, 25 m pool
- 100 m freestyle, men
- 100 m freestyle, men, 25 m pool
- 100 m freestyle, women
- 100 m individual medley, men, 25 m pool
- 100 m individual medley, women, 25 m pool
- 200 m backstroke, men
- 200 m backstroke, men, 25 m pool
- 200 m backstroke, women
- 200 m breaststroke, men
- 200 m breaststroke, men, 25 m pool
- 200 m breaststroke, women
- 200 m butterfly, men
- 200 m butterfly, men, 25 m pool
- 200 m butterfly, women
- 200 m freestyle, men
- 200 m freestyle, men, 25 m pool
- 200 m freestyle, women
- 200 m freestyle, women, 25 m pool
- 200 m individual medley, men
- 200 m individual medley, men, 25 m pool
- 200 m individual medley, women
- 400 m freestyle, men
- 400 m freestyle, men, 25 m pool
- 400 m freestyle, women
- 400 m individual medley, men
- 400 m individual medley, men, 25 m pool
- 400 m individual medley, women
- 800 m freestyle, men
- 800 m freestyle, men, 25 m pool
- 800 m freestyle, women
- 800 m freestyle, women, 25 m pool
- 1500 m freestyle, men
- 1500 m freestyle, men, 25 m pool
- 1500 m freestyle, women
- 1500 m freestyle, women, 25 m pool
Other sports records 186
- +86 kg snatch, women
- 1 km time trial, men
- 1 km time trial, women
- 4 × 50 m surface relay, men
- 4 × 50 m surface relay, women
- 4 × 100 m bi-fins relay, mixed
- 4 × 100 m surface bi-fins relay, mixed
- 4 × 100 m surface relay, men
- 4 × 100 m surface relay, women
- 4 × 200 m surface relay, men
- 4 × 200 m surface relay, women
- 49 kg clean & jerk, women
- 49 kg snatch, women
- 49 kg total, women
- 50 m apnea, men
- 50 m apnea, women
- 50 m bi-fins, men
- 50 m bi-fins, women
- 50 m surface, men
- 50 m surface, women
- 57 kg clean & jerk, women
- 57 kg snatch, women
- 57 kg total, women
- 60 kg clean & jerk, men
- 61 kg clean & jerk, women
- 61 kg snatch, women
- 61 kg total, women
- 65 kg clean & jerk, men
- 65 kg snatch, men
- 65 kg total, men
- 69 kg snatch, women
- 69 kg total, women
- 70 kg clean & jerk, men
- 70 kg snatch, men
- 70 kg total, men
- 75 kg snatch, men
- 77 kg snatch, women
- 77 kg total, women
- 85 kg clean & jerk, men
- 85 kg snatch, men
- 85 kg total, men
- 95 kg total, men
- 100 km, track cycling
- 100 m bi-fins, men
- 100 m bi-fins, women
- 100 m immersion, men
- 100 m immersion, women
- 100 m surface, men
- 100 m surface, women
- 110 kg snatch, men
- 200 m bi-fins, men
- 200 m bi-fins, women
- 200 m immersion, women
- 200 m surface, men
- 200 m surface, women
- 400 m bi-fins, men
- 400 m bi-fins, women
- 400 m immersion, men
- 400 m immersion, women
- 400 m surface, men
- 400 m surface, women
- 500 m × 2, men
- 500 m × 2, women
- 500 m, men
- 500 m, women
- 800 m surface, men
- 800 m surface, women
- 1000 m, men (speed skating)
- 1000 m, women (speed skating)
- 1500 m surface, men
- 1500 m surface, women
- 1500 m, men (speed skating)
- 1500 m, women (speed skating)
- 3000 m, men (speed skating)
- 3000 m, women
- 5000 m, men (speed skating)
- 5000 m, women (speed skating)
- 10,000 m, men (speed skating)
- 10,000 m, women (speed skating)
- C-1, men, 4 × 200 m relay
- C-1, men, 200 m
- C-1, men, 1000 m
- C-1, men, 5000 m
- C-1, women, 200 m
- C-1, women, 500 m
- C-1, women, 1000 m
- C-1, women, 5000 m
- C-2, men, 1000 m
- C-2, women, 500 m
- C-4, men, 200 m
- C-4, men, 500 m
- C-4, men, 1000 m
- C-4, women, 500 m
- Clean and jerk, men
- Constant weight with bi-fins (CWT BF), women
- Constant weight with fins, women
- Constant weight without fins, women
- Coxed four, men, 2,000 m
- Coxless four, men, 2,000 m
- Coxless four, women, 2,000 m
- Coxless pair, women, 2,000 m
- Cycling hour record
- Cycling hour record, women
- Double sculls, women, 2,000 m
- Dynamic apnea with bi-fins, men
- Dynamic apnea with bi-fins, women
- Dynamic apnea with fin, men
- Dynamic apnea with fin, women
- Dynamic apnea without fins, men
- Dynamic apnea without fins, women
- Eight, men, 2,000 m
- Eight, women, 2,000 m
- Fastest goal in a football match
- Fastest recorded tennis serve
- Fastest wingsuit flight speed (FAI performance record)
- Flying 200 m time trial, men
- Flying 500 m time trial, men
- Free immersion, men
- Freediving endurance (8 × 50 m), men
- Freediving endurance 4 × 50 m, women
- Freediving speed 100 m, men
- Freediving speed 100 m, women
- High dive world record
- Jump blue apnea with fins, men
- K-1, men, 4 × 200 m relay
- K-1, men, 200 m
- K-1, men, 500 m
- K-1, men, 1000 m
- K-1, men, 5000 m
- K-1, women, 4 × 200 m relay
- K-1, women, 200 m
- K-1, women, 500 m
- K-1, women, 1000 m
- K-1, women, 5000 m
- K-2, men, 500 m
- K-2, women, 200 m
- K-2, women, 500 m
- K-2, women, 1000 m
- K-4, men, 200 m
- K-4, men, 500 m
- K-4, men, 1000 m
- K-4, women, 200 m
- K-4, women, 500 m
- K-4, women, 1000 m
- Largest wave ever surfed
- Largest wave kitesurfed
- Lightweight coxless four, men, 2,000 m
- Lightweight coxless pair, men, 2,000 m
- Lightweight double sculls, men, 2,000 m
- Lightweight double sculls, women, 2,000 m
- Lightweight eight, men, 2,000 m
- Lightweight quadruple sculls, men, 2,000 m
- Lightweight quadruple sculls, women, 2,000 m
- Longest flying disc throw
- Longest free distance paragliding flight
- Longest glider flight distance
- Longest horizontal wingsuit flight distance in performance competition
- Longest ski jump
- Longest straight-distance hang gliding flight
- Longest tennis match
- Longest wingsuit flight distance (FAI distance of flight record)
- Longest wingsuit flight time in performance competition
- Longest wingsuit time of fall
- Mixed C-2, 500 m
- Mixed K-2, 200 m
- Mixed relay (speed skating)
- One hour, men
- Quadruple sculls, men, 2,000 m
- Quadruple sculls, women, 2,000 m
- Single sculls, men, 2,000 m
- Single sculls, women, 2,000 m
- Skandalopetra, men
- Ski flying world record, women
- Snatch, men
- Speed climbing world record (15 m standard wall)
- Static apnea, women
- Team pursuit (6 laps), women
- Team sprint (3 laps), men
- Team sprint (3 laps), women
- Team sprint (500 m), women
- Team sprint, men, 750 m
- Variable weight with bi-fins, men
- Variable weight with monofin, men
- Variable weight with monofin, women
- Variable weight without fins (VNF), men
- Variable weight without fins (VNF), women
Speed records 55
- Fastest airship
- Fastest ascent of all 14 eight-thousanders (with supplementary oxygen)
- Fastest Atlantic liner crossing (Hales Trophy holder)
- Fastest bicycle speed on a flat surface (outdoor), motor-paced
- Fastest bicycle speed on a flat surface (outdoor), motor-paced, male
- Fastest completion of the Seven Summits (Messner and Bass lists)
- Fastest compound helicopter, shallow dive (unofficial)
- Fastest crewed air-breathing aircraft
- Fastest diesel-powered vehicle
- Fastest electric aircraft
- Fastest electric-powered vehicle
- Fastest glider (sailplane)
- Fastest helicopter
- Fastest human-powered aircraft
- Fastest human-powered submarine
- Fastest human-powered vehicle
- Fastest hydrogen-powered piston-engine vehicle
- Fastest maglev rocket sled
- Fastest manually controlled flight in atmosphere during atmospheric reentry of STS-2 mission
- Fastest non-refueled solo aerial circumnavigation
- Fastest piston-engine vehicle
- Fastest piston-engined aircraft
- Fastest production car
- Fastest production motorcycle
- Fastest propeller compound helicopter
- Fastest propeller-driven airliner-size aircraft (FAI record)
- Fastest propeller-driven vehicle
- Fastest rocket plane
- Fastest rocket sled
- Fastest roller coaster
- Fastest steam-powered vehicle
- Fastest tracked vehicle
- Fastest uncrewed aircraft
- Fastest vehicle on ice
- Fastest wheel-driven vehicle
- Highest average speed over a long distance by rail (Operation Sardine, Calais-Marseille)
- Highest top operating speed of a commercial maglev train
- Highest top operating speed of a commercial single-phase train
- Kitesurfing speed record (500 m)
- Land sailing speed record
- Land speed record
- Longest distance by human power in 12 hours
- Longest distance by human power in 24 hours
- Production bike downhill on a volcano (unpaced)
- Production bike downhill on snow (unpaced)
- Prototype bike downhill on snow (unpaced)
- Rail speed record
- Sailing speed record (500 m)
- Speed record of a train on wheels
- Speed skiing record
- Speed skiing, women
- Steam locomotive speed record
- Water speed record
- Windsurfing speed record (500 m)
- Women's nautical mile kitesurfing speed record
Height, depth and space records 43
- Deepest dive in an atmospheric diving suit
- Deepest human-made hole on Earth
- Deepest mine in the world
- Deepest open-sea dive (Hydra 8)
- Deepest shipwreck dive in history (USS Johnston)
- Deepest simulated dive in a hyperbaric chamber (Hydra 10)
- Farthest distance from Earth reached by humans
- Fastest wind measured on a planet
- Greatest distance from the spacecraft during a moonwalk
- Greatest gain of height in a hang glider
- Heaviest spacecraft ever built
- Highest altitude BASE jump
- Highest altitude for a balloon-launched hang glider
- Highest altitude for a crewed non-lunar mission
- Highest altitude of a mixed-power aircraft with self-powered takeoff (unofficial)
- Highest altitude of a piston-driven propeller monoplane without payload
- Highest altitude reached by a cannon-fired projectile
- Highest altitude reached by a glider
- Highest altitude reached by a piston-driven propeller UAV without payload
- Highest altitude reached by an airplane (zoom climb, MiG-25 prototype)
- Highest altitude reached by an electrically powered aircraft
- Highest commercial airport in the world
- Highest commercial bungee jump in the world (Macau Tower)
- Highest free-fall jump (altitude of the jump)
- Highest helicopter flight
- Highest helipad (Sonam, Siachen Glacier)
- Highest hot-air balloon flight
- Highest kitesurfing jump
- Highest mountain first climbed by women (Gasherbrum III)
- Highest paper plane launch (from a balloon)
- Highest paragliding flight
- Highest point reached by a four-wheeled land vehicle
- Highest railway station in the world
- Hottest planet in the Solar System
- Hottest planet known (outside the Solar System)
- Largest crater in the Solar System
- Longest canine single spaceflight
- Longest single spaceflight
- Longest single spaceflight by a woman
- Longest spacewalk
- Longest time on the lunar surface
- Longest vertical free fall distance without drogue
- Most massive star known
Sea and adventure records 18
- Fastest Atlantic row by a female crew of four
- Fastest Atlantic row by a female crew of three
- Fastest Atlantic row by a pair
- Fastest circumnavigation in a powered boat
- Fastest crewed sailing circumnavigation
- Fastest crossing of the Arctic Ocean by rowing
- Fastest English Channel swim
- Fastest English Channel swim, two ways
- Fastest four-man Atlantic row
- Fastest Indian Ocean crossing by a crew of six (Geraldton to Seychelles)
- Fastest Mediterranean row from Barcelona to Ibiza
- Fastest rowing crossing to Hawaii (westbound)
- Fastest solo North Atlantic row from Newfoundland to the Isles of Scilly
- Fastest supported bicycle circumnavigation
- Longest distance sailed in 24 hours
- Longest solo kitesurfing journey
- Longest time rowed nonstop across any ocean
- Transatlantic sailing record (crewed, west to east)
Nature records 31
- Deepest known cave
- Deepest tree roots known
- Fastest wind ever measured by radar
- Heaviest hailstone
- Heaviest watermelon
- Highest temperature recorded in France
- Highest temperature recorded on Earth
- Highest waterfall in the world
- Largest fungus by area
- Largest gold nugget ever found
- Largest hailstone diameter officially measured
- Largest known bacterium
- Largest known heliozoan
- Largest known Umbilicaria mammulata specimen
- Largest known xenophyophore
- Largest meteorite ever found
- Largest pearl
- Largest seagrass clone (Posidonia australis, Shark Bay) by area
- Largest tree by trunk volume
- Longest cave system
- Longest confirmed fulgurite
- Longest horizontal distance of a lightning bolt
- Lowest temperature recorded in France
- Lowest temperature recorded on Earth
- Most days of hail in one year
- Oldest known living tree
- Smallest complete flower (length)
- Smallest fruit (Wolffia angusta, length)
- Smallest known gymnosperm
- Tallest living tree
- Tree with the widest trunk
Animal records 26
- Animal with the most neurons
- Deepest recorded dive by a mammal
- Fastest animal in a dive
- Fastest flying insect
- Fastest mammal
- Fastest reptile
- Greatest annual distance covered by a grey wolf
- Heaviest amphibian
- Heaviest animal
- Heaviest fish
- Heaviest land animal
- Heaviest living bird
- Heaviest reptile
- Heaviest snake species
- Highest-flying bird
- Longest non-colonial animal (lion's mane jellyfish)
- Longest non-stop bird flight
- Longest recorded dive by a mammal
- Longest snake species
- Longest wingspan of any living bird
- Smallest bat
- Smallest extant crocodilian (maximum length)
- Smallest fish
- Smallest known mite
- Smallest known vertebrate (flea toad)
- Smallest land snail
Engineering records 74
- Fastest elevator in the world
- Heaviest bell in the world
- Heaviest crane in the world
- Highest bridge in the world (deck above the ground)
- Highest tethered aerostat
- Largest building in the world by floor area
- Largest dam by structure volume
- Largest offshore wind farm in the world
- Largest optical telescope
- Largest shopping mall in the world
- Largest stadium in the world
- Largest swimming pool in the world
- Longest arch bridge span
- Longest cable-stayed bridge span
- Longest defensive work ever built
- Longest electric power transmission tunnel
- Longest hydroelectric tunnel
- Longest inrun on a ski jumping hill
- Longest maglev railway tunnel
- Longest masonry arch bridge span
- Longest metro tunnel
- Longest particle accelerator tunnel
- Longest paved airport runway
- Longest railway tunnel
- Longest railway tunnel in France
- Longest road tunnel
- Longest road tunnel in France
- Longest roller coaster
- Longest single-track railway tunnel
- Longest suspension bridge span
- Longest tunnel in the world
- Longest twin-tube road tunnel
- Longest water supply and hydroelectric tunnel
- Tallest bridge structure
- Tallest building in Africa
- Tallest building in Europe
- Tallest building in Italy
- Tallest building in Japan
- Tallest building in North America
- Tallest building in Oceania
- Tallest building in South America
- Tallest building in the world
- Tallest chimney
- Tallest church in the world
- Tallest clock tower (single function structure)
- Tallest cooling tower
- Tallest crane
- Tallest dam in the world
- Tallest drop tower
- Tallest electricity pylon
- Tallest Ferris wheel
- Tallest fixed oil platform
- Tallest gantry crane
- Tallest guyed mast ever built
- Tallest inclined structure
- Tallest lighthouse
- Tallest loam building
- Tallest masonry tower
- Tallest minaret in the world
- Tallest monument
- Tallest obelisk
- Tallest oil platform
- Tallest roller coaster
- Tallest solar power tower
- Tallest statue in the world
- Tallest structure in France
- Tallest swing ride
- Tallest twin buildings
- Tallest vertical axis wind turbine
- Tallest water tower
- Tallest wind turbine
- Tallest wooden building
- Tallest wooden roller coaster
- Tallest wooden structure
Money and culture records 27
- Best-selling album of all time
- Best-selling book series
- Best-selling video game console of all time
- Best-selling video game of all time
- Highest-grossing concert tour
- Highest-grossing film
- Largest loss caused by a rogue trader
- Largest lottery jackpot in Europe
- Largest lottery jackpot in the world
- Largest official budget of a released video game (development and marketing)
- Largest Ponzi scheme in history
- Longest film ever made
- Longest musical performance on an instrument (in progress)
- Longest word in a major English dictionary
- Most admissions for a film in France
- Most expensive car sold at auction
- Most expensive coin ever sold
- Most expensive domain name ever sold
- Most expensive film ever made
- Most expensive NFT ever sold
- Most expensive painting ever sold
- Most expensive photograph ever sold
- Most expensive sculpture ever sold
- Most expensive watch ever sold at auction
- Most tickets sold for a single concert
- Most-viewed YouTube video
- World football transfer record
Records of feats 37
- Fastest marathon while juggling a football
- Fastest time to memorise a shuffled deck of 52 cards
- Fastest topple of 30 metres of domino tiles
- Fastest wife-carrying world championship winning time
- Fewest climbing days for the Seven Summits (Bass list)
- Greatest bungee-cord extension during a jump
- Greatest distance cycled in one year (365 days)
- Greatest elevation gain on foot in 24 hours (up and down)
- Highest altitude reached by a single kite
- Largest domino structure
- Largest domino tile
- Largest freefall formation
- Largest gathering of people over several days
- Largest horizontal no-grip wingsuit formation
- Largest house of cards
- Longest continuous pogo stick bouncing session
- Longest distance covered while doing keepie uppie
- Longest flight time of a paper helicopter
- Longest free solo highline by a woman
- Longest highline
- Longest keepie uppie session
- Longest paper plane flight distance
- Longest throw of any object by a human
- Longest time aloft for a paper plane
- Lowest limbo bar passed under
- Most ascents of eight-thousanders by one person
- Most ascents of Mount Everest
- Most BASE jumps in 24 hours
- Most football touches in 60 seconds without dropping the ball
- Most hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes (Nathan's contest)
- Most World Stone Skimming Championship wins, men
- Shortest total ascent time for the Seven Summits, alone and without oxygen
- Smallest domino tile
- Tallest house of cards
- Tallest human tower (castell)
- Tallest Kapla plank tower
- Tallest snowman ever built
Machine records 21
- Busiest railway station in the world
- Heaviest aircraft at take-off
- Heaviest helicopter ever flown
- Heaviest land vehicle ever built
- Largest container ship
- Largest passenger ship
- Longest airship ever built
- Longest duration balloon flight (non-stop around the world)
- Longest flight without refuelling
- Longest human-powered flight recognised by the FAI
- Longest human-powered helicopter flight (Sikorsky Prize)
- Longest non-stop flight
- Longest non-stop flight by an airliner
- Longest private motor yacht in the world
- Longest scheduled passenger flight
- Longest ship ever built
- Longest train journey without changing trains
- Most-produced aircraft in history
- Shortest commercial runway in the world
- Shortest scheduled passenger flight in the world
- Smallest production car ever made
Geography records 27
- Busiest airport in the world
- Deepest lake in the world
- Deepest point of the ocean (Challenger Deep)
- Farthest point from an ocean (Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility)
- Highest mountain in Europe (Elbrus)
- Highest mountain in mainland Australia
- Highest mountain in North America
- Highest mountain in South America
- Highest mountain on Earth
- Highest peak of Oceania (Carstensz Pyramid)
- Highest permanent human settlement
- Highest volcano summit (Ojos del Salado)
- Largest built-up urban area in the world
- Largest desert on Earth
- Largest hot desert
- Largest island in the world
- Largest lake in the world
- Longest border between two countries
- Longest continuous east-west distance on land
- Longest continuous north-south distance on land
- Longest continuous straight-line (great circle) path over land
- Longest river in the world
- Lowest point on dry land
- Most populous city in the world
- Narrowest street in the world
- Smallest country in the world
- Tallest volcano measured from its base on the ocean floor