Freediving – static apnea (women) (breath hold duration)
8 min 23 sec Natalia Molchanova (Russia) Aarhus, Denmark 21 August 2009
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Golf ball control, two clubs – duration
Gualdino Guerreiro (Portugal) managed to keep a regulation golf ball aloft, using two sandwedge golf clubs for 59 min 58 sec at the Giltar Hotel, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, UK on 15 September 2003.
Golf ball control, one club – duration
The longest control of a golf ball with one club is 1 hour 20 minutes 42 seconds and was achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Panorama Café in New York City, New York, USA, on 7 January 2010. A Wilson Sandy Andy sand wedge club was used for the attempt.
Furthest javelin throw in Carl Lewis Athletics 2000
The furthest javelin throw in Carl Lewis Athletics 2000 was achieved by Tom Duncan (USA) who successfully threw a javelin 87.03 m on the Game Boy/Game Boy Color. Duncan achieved the feat on 24 December 2006, thus rounding off an incredibly successful year of video game record-breaking with another superlative sports record.
Futhest distance tracked by a lost dog
The farthest distance that a lost pet dog has found his way home occurred in 1979 when Jimpa, a labrador/boxer cross, turned up at his old home in Pimpinio, Victoria, Australia after walking 3,218 km (2,000 miles) across Australia. His owner, Warren Dumesney (Australia), had taken the dog with him 14 months earlier when he went to work on a farm at Nyabing, Western Australia. During his trek the dog negotiated the almost waterless Nullarbor Plain.
Grape blowing duration
Marianne Gille (Sweden) was able to keep a grape suspended in the air above her mouth for 4.81 sec on the set of Guinness Rekord TV, Stockholm, Sweden, on 29 November 2001.
Grape spitting, farthest distance
Anders Rasmussen (Norway) spat a grape a record distance of 8.72 m (28 ft 7.25 in) at Myra, Arendal, Norway on 4 September 2004.
Grape catching – greatest distance caught (self-thrown)
The longest distance for a grape thrown and self caught in the mouth is 21.18 m (69 ft 6 in) and was achieved by AJ Henderson (USA) on the set of ‘Guinness World Records Unleashed’ in San Pedro, California, USA, on 11 July 2013.
Greatest Attendance at Olympic Games
A total of 8.3 million tickets were sold for the 1996 Games held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA – often referred to as the “Centennial Olympics”. This equates to more than half a million spectators watching on each day of the two-week event, which was dominated by Michael Johnson’s (USA, pictured) gold medal-winning runs in the 200 m and 400 m. By comparison, “only” 6.8 million tickets were sold for the 2008 Games in Beijing.
Grape stuffing
The record for the most seedless grapes stuffed in the mouth is 57 and was achieved by Shobhit Saxena Keshvdass (India)at the Tapadia Cultural Hall in Aurangabad, India on 8 April 2006.