World_record

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World records

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.

The 2008 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records

Malaysia is one country where world record-breaking has become something of a national fad Boulware, Jack (2006-04). The World Record-Breaking Capital. Wired Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-09-1.. 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.

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

References

External links

• World Records in Earth Science
• International Association of Athletics Federations Records
• Guinness World Records
• Swimming world records
• World Record Pool Build
• Speedskating world records
• World of Wows - Unusual World Records
• Open Record Book - Free World and Local Records
• World Records Blog

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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 In track and field: 100 metres men, 100 metres women In Australia: List of NRL records In the US: NBA • NFL (individual) • NFL (team)• NHL • MLB • Track and field
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

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