A former college track star unofficially broke a world record when he ran a mile in 4 minutes and 17 seconds while pushing ...

Summer McIntosh broke the longest-standing world record in women’s swimming, and the last women’s record remaining from the super-suit era. McIntosh, a three-time 2024 Olympic gold medalist, clocked 2 ...

Kerr announced his bid to break the world record months in advance, and pulled off the plan in London on Saturday.

David Rush — who ran the marathon in 5 hours, 54 minutes and 50 seconds— overcame his body overheating from the layers of ...

A pair of experienced campers in Britain broke a Guinness World Record by erecting their two-man tent in a time of 1 minute and 4.95 seconds. A British running club's 10 members donned a caterpillar ...

Washington, D.C.'s 2026 Fourth of July display was the largest in world history. According to the officials at Guinness World Records, the Freedom 250 production set a world record ...

NEW CASTLE, Pa., Aug. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Pyrotecnico, a fifth-generation, family-owned fireworks, drones, and special effects company, has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records ...

BBC Sport looks at the team behind Great Britain 800m star Keely Hodgkinson's golden rise and pursuit of a world record.

Growing your hair crazy long has its perks, just ask Amir Menendez. The 14-year-old has broken the 2024 Guinness World record for largest afro on a living teenager and man in the world. Amir’s afro ...

As a child I loved Tom Thumb, the perfectly formed human who was only a couple of inches tall; he roamed the countryside while sitting on the back of a mouse or hitched a ride in the ear of a horse.

Hong Kong, CHINA: The Guinness World Record Champion of Hula Hoops, Kareena Oates from Australia, performs at a local shopping mall, in Hong Kong, 22 December 2006. Oates manipulates about 70 ...

The planet recorded its hottest day ever Sunday, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, as an unrelenting string of heat waves continue to topple daily record high ...