The farthest hammer throw on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is 92.137 m (302 ft 3 in), achieved by Cameron Jones (USA) in Issaquah, Washington, USA, on 11 July 2010. http://www.bragster.com/brags/369532
The longest handstand on a skateboard is 687.33 metres (2,255 ft) and was achieved by Sam Tartamella (USA), along Nakoma Road, Madison, Wisconsin, on 21 July 1996. Sam was 41 years old when he made the record attempt back in 1996.
The longest handstand on a snowskate board is 4.38 sec by Trenton R. Schindler (USA) at ESPN’s Winter X Games 11 in Aspen, Colorado, USA on 28 January 2007.
The longest individual ATV side-wheelie measured 27.18 km (16.89 miles) and was completed by Daniel Adams (USA) near Grantsville, Utah, USA, on 30 October 2012.
The longest ice-cream dessert measures 380.97 m (1,249 ft 10.8 in) and was made by PGA National Resort & Spa in association with Luke’s Ice Cream (both USA) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA, on 18 August 2013.
The longest ice bar is a 63.70-m (209-ft) shooter bar carved by Team Ice Pro members Joe Rimer, Max Zuleta, Dawson List, James Ottens and Dominique Colell with the assistance of Ice Alaska, Jay Ulz and volunteers from the city of Fairbanks, Alaska (all USA). It was unveiled during the 2011 BP World Ice Art Championship held in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, on 5 March 2011. The B-shaped, freestanding ice bar measured 0.85 m (2 ft 9.6 in) high and 0.36 m (1 ft 2.4 in)
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The longest jail term to a single person on multiple counts went to Charles Scott Robinson, an American child rapist, who was sentenced on 23 December 1994 by a judge in Oklahoma City, USA, to 30,0000 years, the jury having recommended 5,000 years for each of the six counts against him.
The longest interval between the birth of triplets was 66 hr and 50 min for the birth of Christine, Catherine and Calvin, children of Louise and Robert Jamison of South Carolina, United States. Christine was born at 3.05 am on 2 January 1956, Catherine was born at 10 am on 3 January 1956 and Calvin was born at 9.55 pm on 4 January 1956. The time is taken from the birth of the first child, to the birth of the third – not for the
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The longest journey by electric vehicle (non-solar) is 19,607.96 km (12,183.80 miles) and was achieved by Norman Hajjar (USA) who drove a Tesla Model S from Portland, Oregon to Venice, California, USA, from 28 March to 21 April 2014. 4311.1 kWh of electricity was consumed and 91 charges took place over the course of the journey. The entire trip was driven solo by Norman Hajjar, Managing Director of PlugInsights, the research division of Recargo Inc.
The longest journey by dragon boat was 294.58 nautical miles (545.56 km) and was achieved by Team Beauties & Barnacles (USA) down the Missouri River and ending in St. Charles, Missouri, USA, on 24-25 August 2010. The team of 20 completed the 339 statute miles as part of the annual Missouri River 340 race and did so in 38 hr 5 min. Theirs was the first-ever dragon boat to compete in the canoe/kayak competition. This does not qualify for the record “longest distance by dragon
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