The longest marathon Nordic walking is 70 hours and was achieved by Rosario Catania (Italy) in Nicolosi, Catania, Italy, from 28 April to 1 May 2014. During the attempt Catania walked for 274.3 km (170.44 miles).

The longest marble run on sand is 150 m (492 ft 2 in) in length and was achieved by Associazione Bibionese Albergatori ABA in Bibione, Italy, on 29 May 2010. The event was sponsored by UNICEF. In Italy, marble or ball tracks on the beach are a popular pastime for children and adults alike. The game consists in making a track in the sand by hand and flicking plastic marbles around the track. The first person’s marble to reach the end of the track is Continue reading →

The longest moustache measures 4.29 m (14 ft) and belongs to Ram Singh Chauhan (India). It was measured on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy, on 4 March 2010. The record was part of the Italian TV show “Lo Show dei Record”.

The longest distance ever swum without flippers in open sea is 225 km (139.8 miles) by Veljko Rogosic (Croatia) across the Adriatic Sea from Grado to Riccione (both Italy) from 29-31 August 2006. The attempt took him 50 hours 10 mins. The distance swum is by GPS.

The longest nougat measures 695 m (2,280 ft 1.15 in) and was achieved at an event organised by the city of Mazzarino and Don Carmelo Bilardo (Italy) with the help of over 200 Sicilian confectioners under the direction of Master Confectioner Nicola Fiasconaro. The nougat was prepared and displayed in Mazzarino, Sicily, Italy, on 23 September 2011. The Cubata, a local recipe of Arabic origin, included 1,350 kg (2,976 lb) of locally grown almonds and 1,350 kg (2,976 lb) of sugar. The final product, which Continue reading →

The longest platform-to-platform bicycle jump was 4.02 m (13 ft 2 in) and was achieved by Vittorio Brumotti (Italy), in Fiera Milano, Milan, Italy, for Guinness World Records Day in November 2009.

The longest porchetta measured 44.93 m (147 ft 4.89 in). It was produced by the butchers of Monte San Savino (Italy) and unveiled in Monte San Savino, Italy, on 13 June 2010. More info to follow asap

The longest running weekly interview on a newspaper has been published uninterruptedly by journalist Stefano Lorenzetto on the Italian newspaper Il Giornale from 23 June 1999. On 20 June 2010 the newspaper celebrated the 500th interview with an interview to the newspaper Editor in Chief Vittorio Feltri. All interviews are featured in a single or double spread in the Sunday Edition of the paper. On 10/6/2011 the number of interviews rose to 546.

The record for the longest standing jump on a motorcycle is 4 m 26 cm (13 ft 11 in) and is held by Michele Pradelli (Italy) who achieved the record on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 25 April 2009. The distance was measured from platform to platform and the jump required a standing start.

The longest table cloth measured 1,763 m (5,784 ft 1 in) in length and was created by a group known as “Gli Amici dell’Aia” (Italy) and laid out along via Romana and via Della Noce between the towns of Albinea and Scandiano, Italy on 12 September 2010. The table cloth was one conitnuous piece of fabric and was 1 m ( 3 ft 3 in) wide.