World Records

Just send a copy of the record with any avaible pictures to me or leave the record in My Guest Book and I will post it on this page.

I am no longer taking any request for World Records since the volume of questions was more then I had anticipated. But you can go to the Guinness Book of Records (site is back up) but doesn't have any records to look at

Tallest man- The tallest man in medical history of whom there is irrefutable evidence was Robert Pershing Wadlow, born on February 22, 1918 in Alton, IL. When he was last measured, on June 27, 1940, Wadlow was 8 ft. 11 1/10 in. tall. His greatest recorded weight was 491 pounds, on his 21st birthday. His shoes were size 37AA (18 1/2 inches) and his hands measured 12 3/4 inches from the wrist to the top of the middle finger. Wadlow was still growing when he died on July 15, 1940 and may have exceeded 9 feet in height.

Age	ft	in	lb
5	5	4	105
8	6	0	169
9	6	2 1/4	180
10	6	5	210
11	6	7
12	6	10 1/2
13	7	1 3/4	255

14	7	5	301
15	7	8	355
16	7	10 1/4	374
17	8	0 1/2	315
18	8	3 1/2
19	8	5 1/2	480
20	8	8 1/4	491
21	8	8 1/4	491
22	8	11 1/10	439

I'm only 6 ft. 1 in. tall and I get told that I'm tall, so it makes me wonder what it was like to be nearly 9 ft. tall.

School children from Gettysburg Elementary School in Clovis, CA really stretched themselves to make the world's longest rubber band; after tying thousands of bands together, they painstakingly measured it with the help of their teacher, Jeff Ogas. The result was a rubber band more than 19 miles long. This record was found in the 1996 edition on page 715.

A Vietnames variety 6 ft. long was reported by L. Szabo of Debrecen, Hungary in September 1976. A.C. Rayment of Chelmsford, England grew one measuring 43 1/2 inches in 1984-86. This record was found in the 1996 edition on page 97 and asked by Angelique of New Orleans.

Sean Shannon, a Canadian residing in Oxford, England, recited Hamlet's soliloquy "To be or not to be" (260) in a time of 23.8 seconds (equivalent to 650 words per minute) in Edinburg, Scotland on August 30, 1995. This record was found in the 1998 edition on page 365.

The shortest mature person of whom there is independent evidence is Gul Mohammad of Delhi, India. On July 19, 1990, when he was examined at Ram Manohar Hospital, New Delhi, he was 22 1/2 inches tall and weighed 37 1/2 pounds. This record was found in the 1998 edition on page 367.

The heaviest person in medical history was Jon Brower Minnoch of Bainbridge, WA, who had been obese since childhood. The 6-ft.-in. former taxi driver weighed 392 pounds in 1963 and 975 pounds in September 1976. In March 1978, Minnoch was rushed to University Hospital, Seattle, saturated with fluid and suffering from heart and respiratory failure. Consultant endocrinologist Dr. Robert Schwartz calulated that Minnoch must have weighed more than 1,400 pounds when he was admitted. After nearly 16 months on a 1,200-calorie-a-day diet, Minnoch was discharged at 476 pounds. In October 1981, he had to be readmitted, having put on 197 pounds. When he died on September 10, 1983 he weighed more than 798 pounds. This record was found in the 1998 edition on page 371.

A 9.33 mile-long chain of paper clips was made by 40 members of Boon Lay Community Centre Youth Group, Singapore, July 13-14, 1996. This record was found in the 1998 edition on page 20 and asked by Amy.

Ben Johnson (Canada) ran 100 m in 9.79 seconds at a rate of 26.95 MPH in Seoul, South Korea on Sept 24/1988. This record was found in the 1998 edition on page 657.

The world record for voluntarily staying under water is 13 min 42.5 sec, by Robert Foster, then aged 32, an electronics technician of Richmond, CA, who stayed under 10 ft. of water in the swimming pool of the Bermuda Palms Motel at San Rafael, CA on Mar. 15, 1959. He hyperventilated with oxygen for 30 min. before his descent. Underwater record-breaking of this kind is an extremely dangerous activity. This record was found in the 1991 edition on page 38.

In Konstantynow, Poland, stands the tallest structure in the world. It is the Warszawa Radio mast. At 2,120 2/3 of a foot, it is 666 feet taller than the Sears Tower, in Chicago. It was completed on July 18,1974 and operational on July 22, 1974. It weighs 606 tons! It was designed by Jan Polak. The top of the mast is so high that anyone who fell off it would reach termanil velocity anddie in the air while falling. Submitted by Karen G.

The following was sent to me for some reason, I can't make heads or tales of it but it seemed liked it belonged on this page.

I wish to introduce you to the case of the athlete Mr BENOUIS Said 30 years old, weighing 80 Kg, and a height of 1,80 m.

This athlete managed to pull to with only his teeth heavy things like cars, bus, train wagons and planes (Boeing 737).

I, Ahmed DJEBBAR, his representative would like you to invite us for register this world record.

(I have no contacts with the Guinness Book or World Records, end of story period, stop asking me to do things like the above person probably wanted me to do.)

Karl Woodward a professional golfer aged 49 broke his old world record this year when he hit a golf ball 408 yards through the air (all carry). This was the first time this had been achieved at sea-level and is akin to Roger Bannister running the first sub 4 minute mile and Richard Noble's Thrust breaking the speed of sound on land. In other words everyone thought it was impossible. Watch out on the Seniors Tours next year when Woodward turns 50 in July. Submitted by Martin on Dec 7/99.

(obtained from pg. 637 of the 1999 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records paper back edition)