World record
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A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event. In the United States the form world's record was formerly more common. The term world best was also briefly in use. The latter term is still used in athletics (track and field) to describe performances not recognized as an official world record, either because the event is a non-qualifying event (e.g. the 500 yards run) or because it does not fulfill other criteria of an otherwise qualifying event (e.g. the Great North Run half-marathon, which has an excessive gradient).'
Outside of conventional sports, world records can also be set in virtually anything that is measurable, but verifying these records is often very difficult. Guinness World Records (formerly Guinness Book of World Records) collects and tries to verify all kind of world records.
Malaysia is one country where world record-breaking has become something of a national fad[1]. India also enjoys setting and breaking records: the country has a local version of the Guinness Book of Records, called the Limca Book of Records, after a local soft drink brand.
[edit] See also
- Athletics world record
- Aviation world record
- Beer drinking records
- Cycling records
- Twin Galaxies - Video Game World Records
- Water speed record
- Weather records
- World records in chess
- World Records Canoeing
Records | |
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| World record | Category: World records • Guinness World Records |
| People | Heaviest • Oldest |
| Sporting Records | Athletics • Chess • Cricket (Test - One Day International) • Cycling • Formula One motorsport • World Rally Championship • Speed Skating • Swimming
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| National Records | United States: Music • track and field • United Kingdom • Japan |
| Motion Records | Speed : Air (Transcontinental) • Land speed record (Railed • Road car • Motorcycle • British) • Water speed record (Underwater) • Sound barrier • Speed of light
Distance : Flight distance record • Flight altitude record • Ocean depth record • Flight endurance record • Boundary of space Other : Spaceflight records FAI records |
| Man-made objects | Tallest structures • Category on tallest structures |
| Physical phenomena | Extremes on Earth • List of weather records |
[edit] External links
- World Records in Earth Science
- International Association of Athletics Federations Records
- Guinness World Records
- Swimming world records
- Speedskating world records
- World of Wows - Unusual World Records
- Open Record Book - Free World and Local Recordscs:Rekord
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