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ROBOTS

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In 2014, a venture was launched on funding platform
Indiegogo to finance production of a robot called JIBO.
When the campaign started in July, it attracted huge
interest, with funding soaring past the initial goal of
$100,000 in less than four hours. The final total raised
was $3,714,505 (£2,415,985) from 7,422 supporters.

JIBO is a social robot that has the capability to recognize
owners’ faces, read emails and perform social-media
interaction via voice commands and apps. It also has
the ability to identify its owner’s moods by recognizing
smiles and frowns, and it can interact using a series of
complex artificial intelligence (AI) routines. JIBO stands
11 in (28 cm) tall and weighs in at 6 lb (2.7 kg). It is pictured
here with Cynthia Breazeal (USA), who is the founder
of the creative team behind the robot.

DATELINE 1971 First email
Computer engineer Ray Tomlinson (USA, 1941–2016) sends the landmark electronic message in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, USA. The text was not preserved, but “it was something like ‘QWERTYUIOP’,” said Tomlinson.

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FAST FACTS

Leonardo da Vinci devised a “robotic knight” c. 1495; Mark Rosheim built it

in 2002, then applied some of its features to robots he designed for NASA

• The word “robot” comes from the Czech robota (“forced labour” or “work”)

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First all-in-one desktop computer 1972 DATELINE
Hewlett-Packard launches the HP 9830, which includes a display, keyboard, hard drive

and processor all in one unit. It uses the BASIC programming language.

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DATELINE 1973 First cellular phone
On 3 Apr, American engineer Martin Cooper makes the first ever call on his prototype Motorola DynaTAC cellular phone.
Using a base station on the roof of his office, he phoned his rival, Joel Engel of AT&T, while standing in the street.

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A nanometre (nm) is one billionth of a metre, or about one 25-millionth

of an inch • The smallest unit of measurement of length is the Planck, at

about a millionth of a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a centimetre

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model of a 1936 Toyota AA car was made in 2005 (a type of spherical carbon – a life-like elephant
sedan that was only by scientists at Rice molecule). that measured a mere
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Smallest working cannon SMALLEST STATUE OF LIBERTY

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of Liberty that exactly conforms to the dimensions of
the New York original. The sculpture is crafted from a
tiny speck of gold painstakingly hand-carved using tools
made by Wigan himself. He applies his sculpting tools in
between heartbeats to reduce the effects of hand tremor.

First aircraft to fly on solar power 1974 DATELINE
The AstroFlight Sunrise, an unmanned electric aircraft, takes off on the morning of 4 Nov using the power

from solar panels in its wings. It will make another 27 flights before breaking up in heavy turbulence.

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L ASERS

Highest Earth–
Moon bandwidth

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and the Massachusetts Institute of
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Highest laser energy shone on to a single target

In Jun 2009, scientists at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
in California, USA, began operating an array of 192 powerful lasers designed to research nuclear
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MOST BALLOONS BURST IN
ONE MINUTE USING A LASER

On 22 Sep 2014, Daniel Black (UK) popped 55 balloons in
60 sec with a self-built laser at the Institute of Making
at UCL in London, UK. His laser had a wavelength of
445 nanometres. The balloons were black, to absorb as much
incident energy (the energy hitting the surface) as possible.

DATELINE 1976 First hand-held electronic videogame
Mattel (USA) release Auto Race, the first gaming toy with no moving parts. Players have to navigate their car – represented
by a large red dot on a tiny LED display – past their slower-moving competitors (smaller dots) to win the race.

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The word “laser” stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of

Radiation • In 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts used a laser to measure the distance

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means of an Nd:YAG laser in Borehamwood, UK, on 23 Jan
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Highest box-office gross by a science-fiction film series 1977 DATELINE
Star Wars (USA) – later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope – is released. It is the first movie

in a franchise that will go on to gross $6,452,324,357 (£4,513,190,000) worldwide as of Feb 2016.

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CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE

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FIRST DETECTION OF
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES

Albert Einstein proposed the existence of gravitational
waves in 1916, but they were not detected until 11 Feb
2016. They are made when huge objects in space speed up
or slow down. By mapping the movements of these waves,
scientists have a new way of analysing signals from the
universe. The detection was made by the LIGO Scientific
Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration using the Laser
Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).

LIGO is the largest gravitational-wave detector. It is
located at two sites in the USA: Hanford in Washington
and Livingston in Louisiana (below). Each houses two
L-shaped, 4-km (2.5-mi) steel vacuum tubes, down which
lasers are fired. The lasers interfere with each other in

DID YOU KNOW? detectors, allowing tiny fluctuations in space-time to be

arTerh(asosmebpuesuygptelnatuwrrLesadadoIsdarGvxy1etvifi.isiOet3mrsna–sotcbgat,’amomsiirsttolsecilhemenmitilboerweyaignepnblco3lirtweiln 6eebieihsggvasvlataahesvesinvicnentdodckistyonaatsd2ehoun,.ga9eolrheart“lsoeeafslhoatcfsvae)lxte.as–aweyBurrodayc”fyh. studied, a process called interferometry.

DATELINE 1978 Most Tour de France stage wins
Eddie Merckx (BEL) celebrates his 34th stage win in the Tour de France. His first had come in 1969. Along with three
other riders, Merckx also shares the record for the most Tour de France wins (5), with victories in 1969–72 and 1974.

204 Science & Technology

14,650% FAST FACTS

When cooled to absolute zero (-273.15°C; -459.67°F), helium becomes a liquid

that flows against gravity • Scientists have developed a way of recharging

mobile phones with urine • We share some of our DNA with bananas

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Oldest person to get divorced 1980 DATELINE
On 21 Nov, after nine years of marriage, 101-year-old Harry Bidwell of East Sussex, UK, divorces his
65-year-old wife, Lucy. He feels that she “wasn’t domesticated enough” and is soon seeking a new partner.

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SPORTS

DATELINE 1981 First car to sell 20 million units
On 15 May, the 20-millionth Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line, at Volkswagen de
México’s factory in Puebla. Production of the car in Germany had ceased three years previously.

206 Sports

CONTENTS

SPORTS FACTOGRAPHIC 208
AMERICAN FOOTBALL/ 210
BASEBALL 212
BASKETBALL / ICE HOCKEY

BOXING / MARTIAL ARTS 214

CRICKET / GOLF 216
EXTREME SPORTS / 218
STREET SPORTS 220
AUTO SPORTS / 222
CYCLING 224
RUGBY / TENNIS 226
CLUB SOCCER /
INTERNATIONAL SOCCER
TRACK / FIELD

SWIMMING / WATER SPORTS 228

SPORTS ROUND-UP 230

SPORTS REFERENCE 232

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Youngest player in a FIFA World Cup 1982 DATELINE
On 17 Jun, Norman Whiteside appears for Northern Ireland vs Yugoslavia at La Romareda

stadium in Zaragoza, Spain, aged 17 years 41 days. The game finishes goalless.

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AMERICAN FOOTBALL

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Bay Buccaneers on 3 Jan 2016. This represents the
most times passing and running for touchdowns
in the same NFL game – a record 31.

DATELINE 1983 Deepest penetration into Earth’s crust
Excavation ceases on a geological exploratory borehole near Zapolyarny, on the Kola Peninsula of Arctic Russia.
The depth reached is 12,261 m (40,226 ft) when work stops owing to a lack of funds.

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the Houston Astros. Indians and Atlanta Braves).

Most valuable shipwreck found 1985 DATELINE
Treasure-hunter Mel Fisher (USA, 1922–98) finds the Nuestra Señora de Atocha off the Florida coast on 20 Jul. The

ship sank in 1622, with a cargo of 40 US tons (36.2 tonnes) of gold and silver and some 70 lb (32 kg) of emeralds.

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BASKETBALL

The most points scored
in NBA All-Star games is
291 by LeBron James
(USA), playing in 11 All-Star
games from 2005 to 2016.

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on 18 Apr 1985 and Dallas
Mavericks on 4 May 1986.

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and individuals are USA. Austin Rivers played under DID YOU KNOW?sot2tohfh0mete1h1peJspae/aorees1meYnctr2csoehefhetoansmiwsiegrrdlHmdaahiA-osh yoaawauooorthnnsaudtoaacNrdensescdna…gBsk.sw’eAsNusdssfuhpSotfirritiwnemxiobrncitdeanehgbiddngeMtfiefhcoroaroeournmomsfe
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MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS
BY A TEAM IN A SEASON

The Houston Rockets set an NBA record by scoring 933 three-point field
goals during the 2014/15 season. In the course of achieving that milestone,
the Rockets also registered the most three-point field goals attempted
by a team in a season: 2,680. James Harden (right) performed the most
turnovers in a postseason game by an individual – 13 – while playing for
the Rockets in a 104–90 loss to the Golden State Warriors. He set the record
on 27 May 2015, during Game 5 of the team’s playoff series.

DATELINE 1986 Largest monster truck
Over the summer, Bob Chandler (USA) builds the monstrous Bigfoot 5, which stands 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
tall and tips the scales at 38,000 lb (17,235 kg). Each of its tyres measures 10 ft (3 m) off the ground.

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for the Boston Bruins the opposing team from ͤQLVKHG ZLWK ̰ ̰ IRU STREAK BY A TEAM
(USA) during the All-Star their points.
Game’s Skills Competition The longest unbroken run of wins away from
in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, home is 12 games, first accomplished by
on 29 Jan 2012. the Detroit Red Wings during the 2005/06
season and matched by the Minnesota
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Calgary Flames

Greatest collapse of global stock markets 1987 DATELINE
On 19 Oct – “Black Monday” – stocks begin a dramatic worldwide decline. By the end of the month, the US stock

market has dropped by 22.68%, the Canadian stock market by 22.5% and the UK stock market by 26.4%.

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BOXING

Most expensive boxing
championship belt
The World Boxing
Council (WBC) Emerald
Belt awarded to Floyd
Mayweather Jr (USA) on
2 May 2015 cost $1,000,000
(£657,251) to produce.
Mayweather received the
belt following his defeat
of the Philippines’ Manny
Pacquiao (see below).

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FOR A BOXING MATCH 17 Mar 1947 and 21 Sep Alicia Ashley (b. 23 Aug
1955 (he announced his 1967) defeated Christina
A welterweight title fight between retirement on 27 Apr McMahon (IRL) to regain
Floyd Mayweather Jr (USA) and 1956). In all, 43 of his 49 the WBC Female Super
Manny Pacquiao (PHL) earned ͤJKWV ZHUH E\ NQRFNRXWV Bantamweight title, in New
$72,198,500 (£46,843,387) or stoppages. This feat York, USA, on 29 Oct 2015,
from the sale of 16,219 tickets. was equalled by Floyd aged 48 years 67 days.
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MGM Grand in Las Vegas, FKDPSLRQ DFURVV ͤYH ZHLJKW
Nevada, USA, on 2 May 2015. divisions, who also retired
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Oldest boxing world
champion (female)
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own record
set in 2013,

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DATELINE 1990 Most distant image of Earth
On 14 Feb, NASA’s Voyager 1 takes a picture of Earth from a distance of almost 6.5 billion km (4 billion mi).
(For more on the Voyager spacecraft’s incredible – and still ongoing – journey, see pp.24–25.)

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Most top-division sumo Most top-division sumo bouts First athlete to win boxing
championships won and MMA world titles
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taken the men’s team UFC fighter is 5 hr 37 min 51 sec by Frankie Edgar (USA),
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the World Judo
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times, in 2002, 2008, record set by Georges St-Pierre (CAN), who had achieved
2012, 2013 and 2015. a time of 5 hr 28 min 12 sec across 21 bouts in 2013.

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in the Philippine
capital of Manila.

Most medals won in the Youngest
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Plank (both AUT) each won Premier League event
14 Karate 1 Premier League Cengizhan Koca (TUR,
medals from 2013 to 2015. b. 7 Oct 1998) was 16 years
333 days old when he fought
at the Karate 1 Istanbul
2015 event on 5 Sep 2015.

First website 1991 DATELINE
On 6 Aug in Geneva, Switzerland, computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee (UK) launches

the website he has built to demonstrate the World Wide Web: http://info.cern.ch/.

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TEST MATCH ODI series against a Test- scored 614 runs.

playing nation, beating

Australia’s Mitchell Starc delivered 160.4 km/h
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a ball at 160.4 km/h (99.66 mph)

during a Test match between Australia and New Zealand

at the WACA in Perth, Australia, on 15 Nov 2015. The

left-armer’s yorker was defended by New Zealand

batsman Ross Taylor, who weathered the storm and

went on to make 290 – the highest Test score by a

visiting batsman in Australia. Starc is only the fourth

bowler – after Shoaib Akhtar (PAK, 2003), Brett Lee

(AUS, 2005) and Shaun Tait (AUS, 2010) – to achieve

a bowling speed of 160 km/h (99.41 mph) or more

in the history of international cricket.

against Hebron School.

DATELINE 1996 First animal cloned from an adult cell
On 5 Jul, Dolly the Sheep is born in the UK to a surrogate mother. Dolly is successfully cloned from the cell
of an adult Finnish Dorset sheep. She will give birth to lambs by natural means and reach the age of six.

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Tour and received $12,030,465 (£7,851,960) in earnings.

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62 days. Clinching this and the Tour Championship estimated $51 m (£32.4 m),

returned Spieth to his position as world No.1. surpassing Tiger Woods by

one place in the Forbes list.

Land-speed record 1997 DATELINE
On 15 Oct, Andy Green (UK) pilots the jet-powered Thrust SSC to a speed of 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mph);

Mach 1.020) in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA. It is the first car to break the sound barrier.

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in Gijón, Spain, on 12 Sep 2014. He beat Russian rival Stanislav Kokorin cover 5 km (3.1 mi) in the
to win the World Championships title and break the record just weeks deep snow of the Latvian
after Libor Hroza (CZE) had established a new world mark of 5.73 sec. winter. His toe-numbing
record was achieved on the
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Kaplina had also set a world record two months earlier with a 7.74-sec climb, on 24 Jan 2015.
breaking the previous record – which she had also set – by 0.11 sec.

DATELINE 2000 Largest change in share price (24 hr)
On 27 Mar, after months of optimistic valuations and exuberant investment, the share price of Yahoo! Japan goes into freefall,
losing 54% of its value in 24 hr. A similar fate awaits many other companies as the dot-com technology bubble bursts.

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Jamie Bestwick (UK) picked up nine consecutive gold
medals at the Summer X Games from 2007 to 2014. All
his golds came in the BMX Vert event, which also earned
him the record for the most consecutive BMX Vert gold
medals won at the Summer X Games. There were two
X Games held in 2013, hence the reason Bestwick’s nine
consecutive gold medals came in an eight-year span. His
incredible run finally came to an end in Jun 2015, when
he finished second to Vince Byron (AUS) – by one point.

Most individuals killed in a terrorist act 2001 DATELINE
Two aircraft are deliberately flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, USA, on 11 Sep.

The official death toll stands at 2,753 fatalities, including those who died from subsequent health complications.

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win came at the British Grand Prix in 2001, riding for
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was rebranded as MotoGP in 2002. Since then he has won
73 Grand Prix races – including four in the 2015 season.
Giacomo Agostini (ITA) has 122 wins overall compared
to Rossi’s 112, but “only” 68 came in the 500 cc class.

DATELINE 2002 First aerial battle involving a drone
In December, an American MQ-1 Predator is attacked by an Iraqi MiG-25 while on a surveillance mission. Both planes fire
missiles at each other, but the drone’s is diverted by the Iraqi jet’s own missile. The MiG-25 eventually wins the dogfight.

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Greatest bank heist 2005 DATELINE
On 6–7 Aug, robbers steal some $69.8 m (£38.6 m) from the Banco Central in Fortaleza, Brazil.

To date, the authorities have only recovered in the region of $9 m (£5 m) of the haul.

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DATELINE 2006 First tweet
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey (USA) creates the first tweet at 9:50 p.m. PST on 21 Mar. It reads “Just setting up my twttr.” His
microblogging and social-networking tool allows users to post text messages of up to 140 characters via the world wide web or SMS.

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in 8 min 6.68 sec at the Arena Pro Swim The most gold medals in Borås, Sweden.
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17 Jan 2016. At the FINA World World Cup (male) is 85, by
Swimming Championships in Chad le Clos (ZAF) from
Kazan, Russia, on 8 Aug 2015, 2009 to 2015.
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Olympics, Ledecky (b. 17 Mar
1997) became the youngest
Olympic 800 m freestyle gold
medallist (female), aged 15 years
139 days. She won in 8 min 14.63 sec.

DATELINE 2013 First proof of the existence of the Higgs boson
On 14 Mar, two experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research
(CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, confirm the existence of the (hitherto only theorized) Higgs boson particle.

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WATER SPORTS

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times, in 2005–08,
2010–11 and 2013–15.
Serbia won the Water Polo
World League 2015 Super
Final against Croatia, 9–6,
to complete their third
successive win of the
tournament. Since 2005,
Serbia, Montenegro and
Croatia have won all of
the men’s tournaments.

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diving event (male) World Championships to two silver medals (2011,
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in the 3 m synchronized lightweight class (female)
springboard event, in 2007, On 20 Jun 2015, Great
2009, 2011, 2013 and Britain (Charlotte Taylor
2015. He was partnered by and Katherine Copeland)
Cao Yuan in 2015, but had
previously won gold with MOST CONSECUTIVE
Wang Feng (2007, 2009), SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
Luo Yutong (2011) and WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
GOLD MEDALS
He Chong (2013).

Russia won
19 gold medals in
in a row in synchronized
swimming FINA World
Championships between 23 Jul 2009
and 26 Jul 2015. Pictured here is Natalia
Ishchenko (RUS) at the World Championships
in Kazan, Russia, in 2015. Ishchenko won
the most synchronized swimming FINA
World Championships gold medals by an
individual – 19 – between 2005 and 2015.

Largest Ebola outbreak 2014 DATELINE
The deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD) spreads across the African nations of Guinea,

Liberia and Sierra Leone. It will claim more than 11,300 lives by Jan 2016.

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2015. Anderson won the World Championship, beating

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EHF Handball
%JCORKQPUǡ.GCIWG
FC Barcelona Handbol (ESP)
have won the European
Handball Federation (EHF)
Champions League nine
times, in 1991, 1996–2000,
2005, 2011 and 2015.

DATELINE 2015 Warmest year on record
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the global average temperature in 2015 was
0.76°C (+/ 0.1), or 1.3°F, above that for 1961–90, and 1°C (1.8°F) above the worldwide mean for the pre-Industrial Age.

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FAST FACTS

The average speed of a dart in flight is 40 mph (64 km/h) • Figure

skaters can spin at more than 300 revolutions per minute • Croquet was

an Olympic sport, but only at the 1900 Olympics in Paris; France won

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First gravitational waves detected 2016 DATELINE
Proving right a prediction made by physicist Albert Einstein 100 years earlier, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration

and the Virgo Collaboration confirm that they have recorded gravitational waves at two sites in the USA.

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ATHLETICS: TRACK/ULTRA

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ATHLETICS – OUTDOOR TRACK EVENTS

MEN TIME/DISTANCE NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
Berlin, Germany 16 Aug 2009
100 m 9.58 Usain Bolt (JAM) Berlin, Germany 20 Aug 2009
Seville, Spain 26 Aug 1999
200 m 19.19 Usain Bolt (JAM) London, UK 9 Aug 2012
Rieti, Italy
400 m 43.18 Michael Johnson (USA) Rome, Italy 5 Sep 1999
Rome, Italy 14 Jul 1998
800 m 1:40.91 David Lekuta Rudisha (KEN) Berlin, Germany 7 Jul 1999
Rieti, Italy 7 Sep 1999
1,000 m 2:11.96 Noah Ngeny (KEN) Hengelo, Netherlands 1 Sep 1996
Brussels, Belgium 31 May 2004
1,500 m 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Ostrava, Czech Republic 26 Aug 2005
Ostrava, Czech Republic 27 Jun 2007
1 mile 3:43.13 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Eugene, USA 27 Jun 2007
Eugene, USA 3 Jun 2011
2,000 m 4:44.79 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Brussels, Belgium 3 Jun 2011
3 Sep 2004
3,000 m 7:20.67 Daniel Komen (KEN) Brussels, Belgium
Barcelona, Spain 7 Sep 2012
(CUVGUV ǡO 5,000 m 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) London, UK 6 Aug 1992
Nassau, Bahamas 11 Aug 2012
Usain Bolt (JAM) sped to a 10,000 m 26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 24 May 2014
PGY YQTNF TGEQTF KP $GTNKP Stuttgart, Germany
)GTOCP[ QP ǡ#WI 20,000 m 56:26.00 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 22 Aug 1993
TWPPKPI VJG OGPŨU ǡO KP Brussels, Belgium
ǡUGE 6JKU DTQMG JKU QYP 1 hour 21,285 metres Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 25 Aug 2006
TGEQTF QH ǡUGE UGV CV VJG Nassau, Bahamas
Beijing Olympics in China 25,000 m 1:12:25.40 Moses Cheruiyot Mosop (KEN) 25 May 2014
Cǡ[GCT RTGXKQWUN[ VQ VJG FC[
1Pǡ ǡ#WI $QNV RTQXGF 30,000 m 1:26:47.40 Moses Cheruiyot Mosop (KEN)
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the distance too. He ran the 3,000 m 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT)
fastest 200 m KP ǡUGE Ť steeplechase
CICKP DTGCMKPI JKU QYP
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KPǡ$GKLKPI GZCEVN[ C [GCT 400 m hurdles 46.78 Kevin Young (USA)
before to the day.
4 x 100 m relay 36.84 Jamaica (Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Michael Frater, Nesta Carter)

4 x 200 m relay 1:18.63 Jamaica (Yohan Blake, Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir,
,GTOCKPGǡ$TQYP

4 x 400 m relay 2:54.29 75#
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4 x 800 m relay 7:02.43 /KEJCGNǡ,QJPUQP

Kenya (Joseph Mutua, William Yiampoy, Ismael Kombich,
9KNHTGFǡ$WPIGK

4 x 1,500 m relay 14:22.22 Kenya (Collins Cheboi, Silas Kiplagat, James Kiplagat Magut,
Asbel Kiprop)

Fastest 4 x WOMEN TIME/DISTANCE NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
O TGNC[ 100 m 10.49 (NQTGPEG )TKHƒVJ ,Q[PGT
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HGOCNG 200 m 21.34 (NQTGPEG )TKHƒVJ ,Q[PGT
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400 m 47.60 Marita Koch (GDR) Canberra, Australia 6 Oct 1985
Mercy Cherono, Irene Jelagat, 800 m Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE) Munich, Germany 26 Jul 1983
Faith Kipyegon and Hellen 1,000 m 1:53.28 Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) Brussels, Belgium 23 Aug 1996
Oribi (all KEN) proved 1,500 m 2:28.98 Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) Fontvieille, Monaco 17 Jul 2015
WPECVEJCDNG KP VJG YQOGPŨU 1 mile 3:50.07 Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) <WTKEJ 5YKV\GTNCPF 14 Aug 1996
ǡZ O TGNC[ VCMKPI RNCEG 2,000 m 4:12.56 Sonia O’Sullivan (IRL) Edinburgh, UK 8 Jul 1994
CV VJG 6ǡ4QDKPUQP 5VCFKWO KP 3,000 m 5:25.36 Wang Junxia (CHN) Beijing, China 13 Sep 1993
0CUUCW $CJCOCU QP ǡ/C[ 5,000 m 8:06.11 Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 1UNQ 0QTYC[ 6 Jun 2008
2014. Their time of 16:33.58 10,000 m 14:11.15 Wang Junxia (CHN) Beijing, China 8 Sep 1993
YCU UQOG ǡUGE HCUVGT VJCP 20,000 m 29:31.78 Tegla Loroupe (KEN) Borgholzhausen, Germany 3 Sep 2000
VJG RTGXKQWU TGEQTF YJKEJ 1 hour 1:05:26.60 Dire Tune (ETH) Ostrava, Czech Republic 12 Jun 2008
YCU CNUQ UGV D[ C VGCO HTQO 25,000 m 18,517 m Tegla Loroupe (KEN) Mengerskirchen, Germany 21 Sep 2002
Kenya, in Apr 2014. 30,000 m 1:27:05.90 Tegla Loroupe (KEN) Warstein, Germany 6 Jun 2003
3,000 m 1:45:50.00 )WNPCTC 5COKVQXC )CNMKPC
475 Beijing, China 17 Aug 2008
232 Sports Reference steeplechase 8:58.81
100 m hurdles Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 20 Aug 1988
400 m hurdles 12.21 Yordanka Donkova (BGR) Tula, Russia 8 Aug 2003
4 x 100 m relay 52.34 London, UK 10 Aug 2012
40.82 Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)
4 x 200 m relay Philadelphia, USA 29 Apr 2000
1:27.46 United States (Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight,
4 x 400 m relay Carmelita Jeter) Seoul, South Korea 1 Oct 1988
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USSR (Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina, Lyudmila Borisova,
Irina Podyalovskaya)

Kenya (Mercy Cherono, Irene Jelagat, Faith Kipyegon,
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ATHLETICS – INDOOR TRACK EVENTS

MEN TIME NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
Reno, USA 9 Feb 1996
50 m 5.56 Donovan Bailey (CAN) Madrid, Spain 3 Feb 1998
Atlanta, USA 3 Mar 2001
60 m 6.39 Maurice Greene (USA) Liévin, France 18 Feb 1996
Fayetteville, USA 12 Mar 2005
200 m 19.92 Frankie Fredericks (NAM) Paris, France 9 Mar 1997
400 m 44.57 Kerron Clement (USA) 5VQEMJQNO 5YGFGP 17 Feb 2016
800 m 1:42.67 Wilson Kipketer (DNK) Stuttgart, Germany 2 Feb 1997
1,000 m 2:14.20 Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI) Ghent, Belgium 12 Feb 1997
1,500 m 3:31.18 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Budapest, Hungary 6 Feb 1998
1 mile 3:48.45 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Birmingham, UK 20 Feb 2004
3,000 m 7:24.90 Daniel Komen (KEN) Kobe, Japan 5 Mar 1986
5,000 m 12:49.60 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 5KPFGNƒPIGP )GTOCP[ 6 Mar 1994
50 m hurdles 6.25 Mark McKoy (CAN) )NCUIQY 7- 3 Mar 1991
60 m hurdles 7.30 Colin Jackson (GBR†) Sopot, Poland 9 Mar 2014
4 x 200 m relay 1:22.11 )TGCV $TKVCKP 0QTVJGTP +TGNCPF
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4 x 400 m relay 3:02.13 75#
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4 x 800 m relay 7:13.11 75# #NN 5VCTU
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5,000 m walk 18:07.08 Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS)

†GBR = Great Britain, as per IAAF listings

WOMEN TIME NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
50 m 5.96 Irina Privalova (RUS) Madrid, Spain ǡ(GD
60 m 6.92 Irina Privalova (RUS) Madrid, Spain 11 Feb 1993
9 Feb 1995
200 m 21.87 Merlene Ottey (JAM) Liévin, France 13 Feb 1993
400 m 49.59 Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE) Milan, Italy 7 Mar 1982
800 m 1:55.82 ,QNCPFC $CVCIGNL
580 8KGPPC #WUVTKC 3 Mar 2002
1,000 m 2:30.94 Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ) 5VQEMJQNO 5YGFGP 25 Feb 1999
1,500 m 3:55.17 Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) Karlsruhe, Germany 1 Feb 2014
1 mile 4:13.31 Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 5VQEMJQNO 5YGFGP 17 Feb 2016
3,000 m 8:16.60 Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 5VQEMJQNO 5YGFGP 6 Feb 2014
5,000 m 14:18.86 Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 5VQEMJQNO 5YGFGP 19 Feb 2015
50 m hurdles 6.58 Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) Berlin, Germany 20 Feb 1988
60 m hurdles 7.68 Susanna Kallur (SWE) Karlsruhe, Germany 10 Feb 2008
4 x 200 m relay 1:32.41 Russia (Yekaterina Kondratyeva, Irina Khabarova, Yuliya Pechonkina, Yulia Gushchina) )NCUIQY 7- 29 Jan 2005
4 x 400 m relay 3:23.37 4WUUKC
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4 x 800 m relay 8:06.24 6GCO /QUEQY
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3,000 m walk 11:40.33 Claudia Stef (ROM) Bucharest, Romania 30 Jan 1999

ATHLETICS – ULTRA LONG DISTANCE

MEN TIME/DISTANCE NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
Timperley, UK 7 Jun 1980
50 km 02:48:06 Jeff Norman (GBR) London, UK 28 Oct 1978
London, UK 20 Oct 2002
100 km 06:10:20 Donald Ritchie (GBR) Colac, Australia 0QXŤ &GE
Nanango, Australia Ť /CT
100 miles 11:28:03 Oleg Kharitonov (RUS) London, UK 28 Oct 1978
Phoenix, USA 14 Dec 2013
1,000 km ǡFC[U Yiannis Kouros (GRC) Adelaide, Australia Ť 1EV
Surgères, France Ť /C[
1,000 miles ǡFC[U Peter Silkinas (LTU) Colac, Australia Ť 0QX

6 hours 97.2 km (60.39 mi) Donald Ritchie (GBR)

12 hours 163.785 km (101.77 mi) Zach Bitter (USA)

24 hours 303.506 km (188.59 mi) Yiannis Kouros (GRC)

48 hours 473.495 km (294.21 mi) Yiannis Kouros (GRC)

6 days 1,038.851 km (645.51 mi) Yiannis Kouros (GRC)

Fastest WOMEN TIME/DISTANCE NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
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HGOCNG 100 km 07:14:06 Norimi Sakurai (JPN) 8GTQPC +VCN[ 27 Sep 2003
100 miles 13:52:07 Mami Kudo (JPN) Chinese Taipei 10 Dec 2011
Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba 1,000 km Eleanor Robinson (GBR) Nanango, Australia Ť /CT
ran the indoor mile in 1,000 miles 7 days 1:28:29 Eleanor Robinson (GBR) Nanango, Australia Ť /CT
4:13.31 at the Globe Arena 6 hours 13 days 1:54:02 Norimi Sakurai (JPN) 8GTQPC +VCN[ 27 Sep 2003
KP VJG 5YGFKUJ ECRKVCN QH 12 hours 83.2 km (57.69 mi) Ann Trason (USA) *C[YCTF 75# Ť #WI
5VQEMJQNO QP ǡ(GD 24 hours 147.6 km (91.71 mi) Mami Kudo (JPN) Chinese Taipei Ť &GE
48 hours 255.303 km (158.63 mi) Inagiki Sumie (JPN) Surgères, France Ť /C[
6 days 397.103 km (246.75 mi) 5CPFTC $CTYKEM
0< %CORDGNNVQYP #WUVTCNKC Ť 0QX
883.631 km (549.06 mi)

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SPORTS REFERENCE

ATHLETICS & CYCLING

ATHLETICS – ROAD RACE

MEN TIME NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
7VTGEJV 0GVJGTNCPFU 26 Sep 2010
10 km Leonard Patrick Komon (KEN) 0KLOGIGP 0GVJGTNCPFU 21 Nov 2010
Lisbon, Portugal 21 Mar 2010
15 km Leonard Patrick Komon (KEN) Lisbon, Portugal 21 Mar 2010
20 km 55:21 <GTUGPC[ 6CFGUG
'4+ $GTNKP )GTOCP[ 6 May 2012
Half marathon <GTUGPC[ 6CFGUG
'4+ &WDCK 7#' 22 Jan 2016

25 km Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (KEN) $GTNKP )GTOCP[ 5GR
30 km* 1:27:20 Tokoro, Japan ,WP
Amos Choge Kipruto (KEN) Chiba, Japan 23 Nov 2005
Edwin Kibet Koech (KEN)
5KUC[ǡ.GOOC
'6* LOCATION DATE
5CP ,WCP 2WGTVQ 4KEQ 23 Feb 2003
Marathon 2:02:57 Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (KEN) $CTEGNQPC 5RCKP 15 Feb 2015
$CTEGNQPC 5RCKP 15 Feb 2015
100 km 6:13:33 Takahiro Sunada (JPN) $CTEGNQPC 5RCKP 15 Feb 2015
$GTNKP )GTOCP[ 9 May 2010
Road relay 1:57:06 -GP[C
,QUGRJCV 0FCODKTK /CTVKPǡ/CVJCVJK &CPKGN /YCPIK $GTNKP )GTOCP[ 25 Sep 2005
Mekubo Mogusu, Onesmus Nyerere, John Kariuki) .QPFQP 7- 13 Apr 2003
Tokoro, Japan 25 Jun 2000
WOMEN TIME NAME & NATIONALITY $GKLKPI %JKPC (GD

(CUVGUV ǡMO 10 km 30:21 2CWNC 4CFENKHHG
)$4
road race
15 km Florence Jebet Kiplagat (KEN)
While running the 2016 Dubai
Marathon on 22 Jan, Amos 20 km Florence Jebet Kiplagat (KEN)
Choge Kipruto, Edwin Kibet
Koech (both KEN) and Sisay Half marathon 1:05:09 Florence Jebet Kiplagat (KEN)
Lemma (ETH, above) all
reached the 30-km point 25 km 1:19:53 Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (KEN)
KPǡCǡTGEQTF VKOG QH ǡJT
ǡOKPǡ ǡUGE 30 km Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)

Marathon 2:15:25 2CWNC 4CFENKHHG
)$4

100 km 6:33:11 Tomoe Abe (JPN)

Road relay %JKPC
,KCPI $Q &QPI ;CPOGK <JCQ (GPIVKPI /Cǡ<CKLKG
.CPǡ.KZKP .K 0C

*5VKNN CYCKVKPI TCVKƒECVKQP CV VJG VKOG QH IQKPI VQ RTGUU

ATHLETICS – RACE WALKING

MEN TIME NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
$GTIGP 0QTYC[ /C[
20,000 m $GTPCTFQ 5GIWTC
/': Nomi, Japan 15 Mar 2015
Cuneo, Italy 3 Oct 1992
ǡMO
TQCF ;WUWMG 5W\WMK
,20 4GKOU (TCPEG 12 Mar 2011
30,000 m Maurizio Damilano (ITA) Zurich, Switzerland #WI
LOCATION
50,000 m ;QJCPP &KPK\
(4# 5GCVVNG 75# DATE
MO
TQCF ;QJCPP &KPK\
(4# $TKUDCPG #WUVTCNKC ,WN
WOMEN NAME & NATIONALITY La Coruña, Spain 6 Sep 2001
TIME 6 Jun 2015

10,000 m 0CFG\JFC 4[CUJMKPC
7554
20,000 m 1NKORKCFC +XCPQXC
475

MO
TQCF Liu Hong (CHN)

Highest ATHLETICS – INDOOR FIELD EVENTS
RQNGǡXCWNV

HGOCNG KPFQQTU MEN DISTANCE/POINTS NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE

,GPPKHGT 5WJT
75# KU QPN[ High jump O
HV KP ,CXKGT 5QVQOC[QT
%7$ $WFCRGUV *WPICT[ /CT Ů ǡO ǡUGE
the second woman in Pole vault O
HV KP 4GPCWF .CXKNNGPKG
(4# &QPGVUM 7MTCKPG
JKUVQT[ ǡCHVGT 4WUUKCŨU ;GNGPC Long jump O
HV KP %CTN .GYKU
75# 0GY ;QTM %KV[ 75# (GD NQPI LWOR ǡO
Isinbayeva, to vault over 5 m Triple jump O
HV KP 6GFF[ 6COIJQ
(4# Paris, France UJQV O

ǡHV ǡKP 5JG FKF UQ ƒTUV Shot O
HV KP 4CPF[ $CTPGU
75# .QU #PIGNGU 75#
KP YKVJ C XCWNV QH O Heptathlon† RQKPVU #UJVQP 'CVQP
75# Istanbul, Turkey ,CP JKIJ LWOR ǡO

ǡHV ǡKP 6JTGG [GCTU WOMEN DISTANCE/POINTS NAME & NATIONALITY
later, she improved her High jump O
HV KP -CLUC $GTISXKUV
59' 6 Mar 2011 ǡO JWTFNGU ǡUGE
RGTUQPCN DGUV D[ EO
ǡKP Pole vault* O
HV KP ,GPPKHGT 5WJT
75# RQNG XCWNV ǡO
at the Golden Eagle Multi Long jump O
HV KP *GKMG &TGEJUNGT
)&4
CPFǡ+PXKVCVKQPCN KP $TQEMRQTV Triple jump O
HV KP 6CV[CPC .GDGFGXC
475 ,CP ǡO ǡOKP ǡUGE
0GYǡ;QTM 75# #U QH Shot O
HV KP Helena Fibingerová (CZE)
#RTǡ 5WJT KU CNUQǡVJG Pentathlon†† 5,013 points 0CVCNKC &QDT[PUMC
7-4 10 Mar 2012
reigning Olympic champion,
having won gold at London LOCATION DATE
5JG YQP C UKNXGT OGFCN
CV VJG 1N[ORKEU UVCIGF Arnstadt, Germany (GD ŮŮ O JWTFNGU ǡUGE
KP $GKLKPI %JKPC $TQEMRQTV 75# 30 Jan 2016 JKIJ LWOR ǡO
Vienna, Austria (GD UJQV ǡO
234 Sports Reference $WFCRGUV *WPICT[ /CT NQPI LWOR ǡO
ǡO ǡOKP ǡUGE

Jablonec, Czechoslovakia 19 Feb 1977

Istanbul, Turkey 9 Mar 2012

*5VKNN CYCKVKPI TCVKƒECVKQP CV VJG VKOG QH IQKPI VQ RTGUU

ATHLETICS – OUTDOOR FIELD EVENTS

MEN DISTANCE/POINTS NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
Salamanca, Spain
High jump O
HV KP ,CXKGT 5QVQOC[QT
%7$ Sestriere, Italy 27 Jul 1993 Ů O ǡUGE
Tokyo, Japan ,WN NQPI LWOR ǡO
Pole vault O
HV KP 5GTIGK $WDMC
7-4 Gothenburg, Sweden 30 Aug 1991 UJQV ǡ ǡO JKIJ LWOR
.QU #PIGNGU 75# 7 Aug 1995 ǡO ǡO ǡ UGE
Long jump O
HV KP /KMG 2QYGNN
75# Neubrandenburg, 20 May 1990 ǡOǡJWTFNGU ǡUGE
Germany ,WP FKUEWU ǡO RQNGǡXCWNV
Triple jump O
HV KP ,QPCVJCP 'FYCTFU
)$4 Stuttgart, Germany ǡO LCXGNKP ǡO
Jena, Germany ǡO ǡOKPǡ ǡUGE
Shot O
HV KP 4CPF[ $CTPGU
75# $GKLKPI %JKPC
LOCATION
Discus O
HV KP ,ȜTIGP 5EJWNV
)&4 4QOG +VCN[
Zurich, Switzerland
Hammer O
HV KP ;WTK[ 5GF[MJ
7554 .GPKPITCF 4WUUKC #WI
Javelin O
HV KP ,CP ʒGNG\Pȝ
%<' Gothenburg, Sweden
Decathlon† RQKPVU #UJVQP 'CVQP
75# /QUEQY 4WUUKC 25 May 1996
WOMEN DISTANCE/POINTS NAME & NATIONALITY Neubrandenburg,
High jump O
HV KP 5VGHMC -QUVCFKPQXC
$)4 Germany 29 Aug 2015
Pole vault O
HV KP ;GNGPC +UKPDC[GXC
475 Cetniewo, Poland
Long jump O
HV KP )CNKPC %JKUV[CMQXC
7554 Stuttgart, Germany DATE
Triple jump O
HV KP +PGUUC -TCXGVU
7-4 Seoul, South Korea
Shot O
HV KP 0CVCN[C .KUQXUMC[C
7554 #WI ŮŮ ǡO JWTFNGU
Discus O
HV ǡKP )CDTKGNG 4GKPUEJ
)&4 %QNWODKC 75# #WI ǡUGE JKIJ LWOR
,WP ǡO UJQV ǡO
Hammer O
HV KP #PKVC 9QFCTE\[M
21. 10 Aug 1995 ǡO ǡUGE NQPI /QUV RQKPVU
Javelin O
HV KP LWOR ǡO LCXGNKP KPǡCǡFGECVJNQP
Heptathlon†† 7,291 points $CTDQTC ɵRQVȄMQXȄ
%<' ,WP ǡO ǡO ǡOKP
,WN ǡUGE +P #UJVQP 'CVQP
75#
Decathlon††† RQKPVU ,CESWGNKPG ,Q[PGT -GTUGG UEQTGF ǡRQKPVU VQ VCMG

75# 1 Aug 2015 ŮŮŮ O ǡUGE VJG IQNF OGFCN CVǡVJG +##(
#WUVTC 5MWL[Vȴ
.67 5GR NQPI LWOR ǡO 9QTNF %JCORKQPUJKRU HQT VJG
5GR UJQV ǡ ǡO JKIJ LWOR UGEQPF VKOG *G DGVVGTGF JKU
O ǡO ǡUGE QYP TGEQTF D[ UKZǡRQKPVU KP
15 Apr 2005 ǡO JWTFNGU ǡUGE CǡUVWPPKPI RGTHQTOCPEG
FKUEWU ǡO RQNG XCWNV
ǡO LCXGNKP ǡO
ǡO ǡOKP ǡUGE

CYCLING – ABSOLUTE TRACK

MEN TIME/DISTANCE NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
6 Dec 2013
O
HN[KPI UVCTV (TCPȊQKU 2GTXKU
(4# #IWCUECNKGPVGU /GZKEQ 13 May 2007
5 Dec 2013
O
HN[KPI UVCTV %JTKU *Q[
)$4 .C 2C\ $QNKXKC
7 Dec 2013
6GCO O
UVCPFKPI UVCTV )GTOCP[
,QCEJKO 'KNGTU 4GPȌ 'PFGTU #IWCUECNKGPVGU /GZKEQ 2 Feb 2011
4QDGTV (ȘTUVGOCPP #IWCUECNKGPVGU /GZKEQ 3 Aug 2012
MO
UVCPFKPI UVCTV
MO
UVCPFKPI UVCTV (TCPȊQKU 2GTXKU
(4# 7 Jun 2015
6GCO MO
UVCPFKPI UVCTV DATE
,CEM $QDTKFIG
#75 Sydney, Australia
7 Dec 2013
)TGCV $TKVCKP
'FYCTF %NCPE[ 2GVGT .QPFQP 7- /C[

-GPPCWIJ )GTCKPVǡ6JQOCU 5VGXGP $WTMG 6 Dec 2013
(GD
1 hour MO $TCFNG[ 9KIIKPU
)$4 .QPFQP 7-
WOMEN TIME/DISTANCE 11 May 2010
O
HN[KPI UVCTV NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION 19 Feb 2015
O
HN[KPI UVCTV
O
UVCPFKPI UVCTV -TKUVKPC 8QIGN
&'7 #IWCUECNKGPVGU /GZKEQ 27 Feb 2016
6GCO O
UVCPFKPI UVCTV
1NIC 5VTGNVUQXC
475 /QUEQY 4WUUKC

#PPC /GCTGU
#75 #IWCUECNKGPVGU /GZKEQ

%JKPC
,KPLKG )QPI 6KCPUJK <JQPI 5CKPV 3WGPVKP GP ;XGNKPGU
France

MO
UVCPFKPI UVCTV 5CTCJ *COOGT
75# #IWCUECNKGPVGU /GZKEQ
6GCO MO
UVCPFKPI UVCTV
Australia (Amy Cure, Annette Edmondson, 5CKPV 3WGPVKP GP ;XGNKPGU

#UJNGG #PMWFKPQHH /GNKUUC *QUMKPU France

1 hour MO 'XGN[P 5VGXGPU
75# %QNQTCFQ 5RTKPIU 75#

(CTVJGUV ǡJT (CUVGUV ǡMO
WPRCEGF VGCO RWTUWKV
UVCPFKPI UVCTV
YQOGP

5KT $TCFNG[ 9KIIKPU
)$4 6JG #WUVTCNKCP VGCO QH #O[
E[ENGF ǡMO
ǡOK Cure, Annette Edmondson,
at the Olympic velodrome in #UJNGG #PMWFKPQHH CPF
.QPFQP 7- QP ǡ,WP Melissa Hoskins completed
+VǡKU C OCTM QH VJG CFXCPEGU VJG ǡMO VGCO RWTUWKV KP ǡOKP
KPǡDQVJ CVJNGVKE ƒVPGUU CPF ǡUGE FWTKPI VJG 7%+
cycling technology that Track Cycling World Cup meet
YJGPǡVJG TGEQTF YCU ƒTUV KP 5CKPV 3WGPVKP GP ;XGNKPGU
GUVCDNKUJGF Ť QP /C[ (TCPEG QP ǡ(GD
D[ *GPTK &GUITCPIG
(4# Ť
the distance achieved was guinnessworldrecords.com 235
ūQPN[Ŭ ǡMO
ǡOK

SPORTS REFERENCE

DIVING & ICE SKATING

Longest FREEDIVING DEPTH NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
freedive O
ǡHV ǡKP #NGZG[ /QNEJCPQX
475 Kalamata, Greece 5GR
(dynamic apnea, MEN’S DEPTH DISCIPLINES 9KNNKCO 6TWDTKFIG
0< 6JG $CJCOCU &GE
PQ ƒPU %QPUVCPV YGKIJV YKVJ ƒPU O
HV KP 5VCXTQU -CUVTKPCMKU
)4% Kalamata, Greece 0QX
%QPUVCPV YGKIJV YKVJQWV ƒPU O
HV *GTDGTV 0KVUEJ
#76 5RGVUGU )TGGEG ,WP
In this event, the diver has to Variable weight 9KNNKCO 6TWDTKFIG
0< 6JG $CJCOCU #RT
swim the greatest distance No limit O
HV KP NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION
WPFGTYCVGT YKVJQWV ƒPU QT Free immersion O
ǡHV ǡKP )QTCP ȫQNCM
*48 $GNITCFG 5GTDKC DATE
breathing aids. Mateusz MEN'S DYNAMIC APNEA Mateusz Malina (POL) $TPQ %\GEJ 4GRWDNKE ,WP
/CNKPC
21. UYCO ǡO 9KVJ ƒPU DISTANCE NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION 0QX

ǡHV ǡKP KP $TPQ %\GEJ 9KVJQWV ƒPU $TCPMQ 2GVTQXKE
54$ &WDCK 7#'
4GRWDNKE QP ǡ0QX MEN'S STATIC APNEA O
HV KP NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
Duration O
HV KP 0CVCNKC /QNEJCPQXC
475 Kalamata, Greece 1EV
WOMEN'S DEPTH DISCIPLINES 0CVCNKC /QNEJCPQXC
475 &CJCD 'I[RV
%QPUVCPV YGKIJV YKVJ ƒPU TIME 0CPLC XCP FGP $TQGM
0.& 5JCTO GN 5JGKMJ 'I[RV DATE
%QPUVCPV YGKIJV YKVJQWV ƒPU OKP UGE 6CP[C 5VTGGVGT
75# 6WTMU CPF %CKEQU +UNCPFU 5GR
Variable weight 0CVCNKC /QNEJCPQXC
475 Kalamata, Greece /C[
No limit DEPTH NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION 1EV
Free immersion O
HV KP 0CVCNKC /QNEJCPQXC
475 %CINKCTK +VCN[ #WI
WOMEN'S DYNAMIC APNEA O
HV KP 0CVCNKC /QNEJCPQXC
475 $GNITCFG 5GTDKC 5GR
9KVJ ƒPU O
HV KP NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION
9KVJQWV ƒPU O
HV KP 0CVCNKC /QNEJCPQXC
475 $GNITCFG 5GTDKC DATE
WOMEN'S STATIC APNEA O
HV KP 5GR
Duration ,WP
DISTANCE
O
HV KP DATE
O
HV KP ,WP

TIME
9 min 2 sec

ROWING (All events take place over a 2,000-m course)

MEN TIME NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
#WI
Single sculls /CJȌ &T[UFCNG
0< 2Q\PCɛ 2QNCPF #WI
#WI
Double sculls %TQCVKC
8CNGPV 5KPMQXKȦ /CTVKP 5KPMQXKȦ #OUVGTFCO 0GVJGTNCPFU ,WN
/C[
Quadruple sculls 7MTCKPG
/QTQ\QX &QXIQFMQ 0CFVQMC /KMJC[ #OUVGTFCO 0GVJGTNCPFU #WI
#WI
Coxless pairs 0GY <GCNCPF
'TKE /WTTC[ *COKUJ $QPF .QPFQP 7- /C[

Coxless fours )TGCV $TKVCKP
4GGF ,COGU 6TKIIU *QFIG )TGIQT[ .WEGTPG 5YKV\GTNCPF DATE
#WI
Coxed pairs** 0GY <GCNCPF
%CNGD 5JGRJGTF 'TKE /WTTC[ *COKUJ $QPF #OUVGTFCO 0GVJGTNCPFU #WI
#WI
Coxed fours** )GTOCP[
7PIGOCEJ 'KEJJQN\ 9G[TCWEJ 4CDG &GFGTFKPI 8KGPPC #WUVTKC #WI
#WI
Eights %CPCFC
$TQYP $GTIGP /E%CDG %UKOC 2TKEG )KDUQP .WEGTPG 5YKV\GTNCPF #WI
$[TPGU ǡ%TQVJGTU ǡ*QYCTF
DATE
LIGHTWEIGHT TIME NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION 5GR
#WI
Single sculls** /CTEGNNQ /KCPK
+6# #OUVGTFCO 0GVJGTNCPFU #WI
#WI
Double sculls 5QWVJ #HTKEC
,QJP 5OKVJ ,COGU 6JQORUQP #OUVGTFCO 0GVJGTNCPFU #WI
,WN
Fastest row in Quadruple sculls** )TGGEG
/CIFCPKU )KCPPCTQU ' -QPUQNCU ) -QPUQNCU #OUVGTFCO 0GVJGTNCPFU
the single sculls DATE
lightweight Coxless pairs** 6:22.91 5YKV\GTNCPF
5KOQP 0KGROCPP .WECU 6TCOGT #OUVGTFCO 0GVJGTNCPFU ,WP
ENCUU
HGOCNG ,WP
Coxless fours &GPOCTM
$CTU‡G ,‡TIGPUGP .CTUGP 9KPVJGT #OUVGTFCO 0GVJGTNCPFU #WI
<QG /E$TKFG
0< EQORNGVGF 5GR
the women’s single sculls Eights** )GTOCP[
#NVGPC &CJNMG -QDQT 5VQORQTQYUMK /GNIGU /ȇT\ /QPVTGCN %CPCFC
NKIJVYGKIJV ENCUU TQY KP ǡOKP $WEJJGKV 8QPǡ9CTDWTI -CUMC
ǡUGE CV VJG 9QTNF
4QYKPI %WR TGICVVC KP 8CTGUG WOMEN TIME NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION
+VCN[ QP ǡ,WP #IGF
LWUV CV VJG VKOG /E$TKFG Single sculls 4WO[CPC 0G[MQXC
$)4 5GXKNNG 5RCKP
broke a record that was set
DGHQTG UJG YCU DQTP FWTKPI Double sculls 5CNN[ -GJQG 1N[ORKC #NFGTUG[
#75 #OUVGTFCO 0GVJGTNCPFU
VJG UGOK ƒPCN QH VJG TGICVVC
.CVGT QP KP UJG YQP Quadruple sculls )GTOCP[
#PPGMCVTKP 6JKGNG %CTKPC $ȇT ,WNKC .KGT .KUC 5EJOKFNC #OUVGTFCO 0GVJGTNCPFU
VJGǡIQNF OGFCN CV VJG 9QTNF
4QYKPI %JCORKQPUJKRU KP Coxless pairs )TGCV $TKVCKP
*GNGP )NQXGT *GCVJGT 5VCPPKPI #OUVGTFCO 0GVJGTNCPFU
#KIWGDGNGVVG NG .CE (TCPEG
Coxless fours** 0GY <GCNCPF
2TGPFGTICUV 2TCVV )QYNGT $GXCP #OUVGTFCO 0GVJGTNCPFU
236 Sports Reference
Eights 75#
4GICP 2QNM 5P[FGT 5KOOQPFU .WE\CM 4QDDKPU .WEGTPG 5YKV\GTNCPF
5EJOGVVGTNKPI ǡ1RKV\ ǡ.KPF

LIGHTWEIGHT TIME NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION

Single sculls** 7:24.46 <QG /E$TKFG
0< 8CTGUG +VCN[

Double sculls )TGCV $TKVCKP
%JCTNQVVG 6C[NQT -CVJGTKPG %QRGNCPF 8CTGUG +VCN[

Quadruple sculls** 0GVJGTNCPFU
9QGTPGT 2CWNKU -TCCKLMCOR *GCF #OUVGTFCO 0GVJGTNCPFU

Coxless pairs** #WUVTCNKC
'NK\C $NCKT ,WUVKPG ,Q[EG #KIWGDGNGVVG NG .CE (TCPEG

** Denotes non-Olympic boat classes

SPEED SKATING – LONG TRACK

MEN TIME/POINTS NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
5CNV .CMG %KV[ 75# 0QX
500 m 2CXGN -WNK\JPKMQX
475 5CNV .CMG %KV[ 75# Ť 0QX
2 x 500 m 2CXGN -WNK\JPKMQX
475 %CNICT[ %CPCFC Ť ǡ0QX

1,000 m 5JCPK &CXKU
75# 5CNV .CMG %KV[ 75# /CT (CUVGUV ǡO
1,500 m 5JCPK &CXKU
75# 5CNV .CMG %KV[ 75# &GE speed skating
3,000 m 'UMKN 'TXKM
014 %CNICT[ %CPCFC 0QX
HGOCNG
5,000 m 5XGP -TCOGT
0.& %CNICT[ %CPCFC 0QX
10,000 m 6GF ,CP $NQGOGP
%#0 D 0.& 5CNV .CMG %KV[ 75# 0QX 1P ǡ0QX *GCVJGT
500/1,000/500/1,000 m RQKPVU /KEJGN /WNFGT
0.& 5CNV .CMG %KV[ 75# ,CP 4KEJCTFUQP $GTIUOC
75#
500/3,000/1,500/5,000 m RQKPVU 'TDGP 9GPPGOCTU
0.& %CNICT[ %CPCFC Ť #WI TGEQTFGF C VKOG QH ǡOKP
500/5,000/1,500/10,000 m RQKPVU 5JCPK &CXKU
75# %CNICT[ %CPCFC Ť /CT ǡUGE KP VJG YQOGPŨU
Team pursuit (eight laps) 0GVJGTNCPFU
$NQMJWKLUGP -TCOGT 8GTYGKL 5CNV .CMG %KV[ 75# 0QX ǡO URGGF UMCVKPI
WOMEN TIME/POINTS NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION EQPVGUV CV CP +57 5RGGF
500 m .GG 5CPI JYC
-14 5CNV .CMG %KV[ 75# DATE 5MCVKPI 9QTNF %WR GXGPV KP
2 x 500 m .GG 5CPI JYC
-14 5CNV .CMG %KV[ 75# 0QX 5CNV .CMG %KV[ 7VCJ 75#
1,000 m $TKVVCP[ $QYG
75# 5CNV .CMG %KV[ 75# Ť 0QX
1,500 m 1:12.18 *GCVJGT 4KEJCTFUQP $GTIUOC
75# 5CNV .CMG %KV[ 75# 0QX
3,000 m %KPF[ -NCUUGP
%#0 %CNICT[ %CPCFC 0QX
5,000 m /CTVKPC 5ȄDNȐMQXȄ
%<' 5CNV .CMG %KV[ 75# /CT
500/1,000/500/1,000 m 6:42.66 *GCVJGT 4KEJCTFUQP $GTIUOC
75# %CNICT[ %CPCFC (GD
500/1,500/1,000/3,000 m RQKPVU %KPF[ -NCUUGP
%#0 %CNICT[ %CPCFC ,CP
500/3,000/1,500/5,000 m RQKPVU %KPF[ -NCUUGP
%#0 %CNICT[ %CPCFC Ť /CT
Team pursuit (six laps) RQKPVU %CPCFC
-TKUVKPC )TQXGU %JTKUVKPG 0GUDKVV %CNICT[ %CPCFC Ť /CT
$TKVVCP[ 5EJWUUNGT
&GE

SPEED SKATING – SHORT TRACK

MEN TIME NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
%CNICT[ %CPCFC 1EV
500 m ,QJP ū, 4Ŭ %GNUMK
75# Dresden, Germany ǡ(GD
1,000 m 5GOKQP 'NKUVTCVQX
475 5JCPIJCK %JKPC &GE
1,500 m 0QJ ,KP M[W
-14 9CTUCY 2QNCPF /CT
3,000 m 0QJ ,KP M[W
-14 %CNICT[ %CPCFC 1EV
5,000 m relay %CPCFC
/KEJCGN )KNFC[ %JCTNGU *COGNKP
(TCPȊQKU *COGNKP CPF 1NKXKGT ,GCP LOCATION DATE
5CNV .CMG %KV[ 75# 0QX
WOMEN TIME NAME & NATIONALITY %CNICT[ %CPCFC 1EV
500 m 5CNV .CMG %KV[ 75# (GD
1,000 m 1:26.661 (CP -GZKP
%*0 *CTDKP %JKPC /CT
1,500 m 2:16.729 5JKO 5WM JGG
-14 Kolomna, Russia 0QX
3,000 m <JQW ;CPI
%*0
3,000 m relay ,WPI 'WP LW
-14
5QWVJ -QTGC
2CTM 5GWPI JK -KO #NCPI
5JKOǡ5WM JGG %JQ *C TK

FIGURE SKATING POINTS NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE Highest score
;W\WTW *CP[W
,20 $CTEGNQPC 5RCKP &GE KPǡHTGG UMCVKPI Ť
MEN ;W\WTW *CP[W
,20 $CTEGNQPC 5RCKP &GE long programme
Combined total 219.48 ;W\WTW *CP[W
,20 $CTEGNQPC 5RCKP &GE
HGOCNG
Short programme POINTS NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION
Free skating Kim Yuna (KOR) 8CPEQWXGT %CPCFC DATE 'XIGPKC /GFXGFGXC
475
WOMEN 78.66 /CQ #UCFC
,20 5CKVCOC ,CRCP (GD UEQTGF CV VJG +57
Combined total 'XIGPKC /GFXGFGXC
475 $QUVQP 75# /CT 9QTNFǡ%JCORKQPUJKRU KP
Short programme $QUVQP /CUUCEJWUGVVU
Free skating/ POINTS NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION #RT 75# ǡQP ǡ#RT *GT
.QPIǡRTQITCOOG 6CVKCPC 8QNQUQ\JCT /CZKO 6TCPMQX
475 &GVTQKV 75# QWVUVCPFKPI RGTHQTOCPEG
PAIRS 84.17 6CVKCPC 8QNQUQ\JCT /CZKO 6TCPMQX
475 5QEJK 4WUUKC DATE secured her the gold medal
Combined total 6CVKCPC 8QNQUQ\JCT /CZKO 6TCPMQX
475 &GVTQKV 75# 1EV CVǡVJG EQORGVKVKQP GXGP
Short programme POINTS NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION (GD though she had come only
Free skating /GT[N &CXKU %JCTNKG 9JKVG
75# 5QEJK 4WUUKC 1EV VJKTFǡKP VJG UJQTV RTQITCOOG
ICE DANCE 78.89 /GT[N &CXKU %JCTNKG 9JKVG
75# 5QEJK 4WUUKC
Combined total 118.17 )CDTKGNNC 2CRCFCMKU )WKNNCWOG %K\GTQP
(4# $QUVQP 75# DATE
Short dance (GD
(GD
Free dance /CT

guinnessworldrecords.com 237

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SWIMMING

SWIMMING – LONG COURSE (50 M POOL)

MEN TIME NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
50 m freestyle %ȌUCT %KGNQ (KNJQ
$4# 5ȆQ 2CWNQ $TC\KN &GE
100 m freestyle %ȌUCT %KGNQ (KNJQ
$4# 4QOG +VCN[ ,WN
200 m freestyle 2CWN $KGFGTOCPP
&'7 4QOG +VCN[ ,WN
400 m freestyle 2CWN $KGFGTOCPP
&'7 4QOG +VCN[ ,WN
800 m freestyle <JCPI .KP
%*0 4QOG +VCN[ ,WN
1,500 m freestyle 5WP ;CPI
%*0 .QPFQP 7- #WI
$GKLKPI %JKPC #WI
4 x 100 m freestyle relay 75#
/KEJCGN 2JGNRU )CTTGVV 9GDGT )CNG %WNNGP ,QPGU
4 x 200 m freestyle relay ,CUQPǡ.G\CM 4QOG +VCN[ ,WN
/CNCIC 5RCKP #RT
75#
/KEJCGN 2JGNRU 4KEM[ǡ$GTGPU &CXKFǡ9CNVGTU 4[CPǡ.QEJVG 4QOG +VCN[ #WI
4QOG +VCN[ ,WN
50 m butterfly 4CHCGN /WȓQ\
'52 4QOG +VCN[ #WI
+PFKCPCRQNKU 75# ,WN
100 m butterfly /KEJCGN 2JGNRU
75# 4QOG +VCN[ ,WN
-C\CP 4WUUKC #WI
200 m butterfly /KEJCGN 2JGNRU
75# .QPFQP 7- #RT
)KHW ,CRCP 5GR
50 m backstroke .KCO 6CPEQEM
)$4 5JCPIJCK %JKPC ,WN
$GKLKPI %JKPC #WI
Fastest long 100 m backstroke #CTQP 2GKTUQN
75# 4QOG +VCN[ #WI
course 4 x
ǡO HTGGUV[NG 200 m backstroke #CTQP 2GKTUQN
75# LOCATION DATE
TGNC[
HGOCNG 4QOG +VCN[ #WI
50 m breaststroke #FCO 2GCV[
)$4 4QOG +VCN[ ,WN
1P ǡ,WN #WUVTCNKC 4QOG +VCN[ ,WN

$TQPVG %CORDGNN %CVG 100 m breaststroke #FCO 2GCV[
)$4 )QNF %QCUV #WUVTCNKC #WI
%CORDGNN 'OOC /E-GQP #WUVKP 75# ,CP
CPF /GNCPKG 5EJNCPIGT YQP 200 m breaststroke #MKJKTQ ;COCIWEJK
,20 -C\CP 4WUUKC #WI
VJGǡYQOGPŨU NQPI EQWTUG )NCUIQY 7- ,WN
ǡZǡ O HTGGUV[NG TGNC[ KP 200 m medley 4[CP .QEJVG
75#
ǡOKP ǡUGE 6JG TGEQTF 4QOG +VCN[ ,WN
DTGCMKPI UYKO VQQM RNCEG 400 m medley /KEJCGN 2JGNRU
75# $QTȈU 5YGFGP ,WN
CV VJG %QOOQPYGCNVJ -C\CP 4WUUKC #WI
)COGU KPǡ)NCUIQY 7- 4 x 100 m medley relay 75#
#CTQP 2GKTUQN 'TKE 5JCPVGCW /KEJCGNǡ2JGNRU ,KPCP %JKPC 1EV
#DQXG $TQPVG %CORDGNN WOMEN TIME &CXKFǡ9CNVGTU 4QOG +VCN[ ,WN
ITGGVU JGT UKUVGT %CVG CU 4QOG +VCN[ ,WN
VJGKTǡVGCO OCVGU NQQM QP NAME & NATIONALITY .QPFQP 7- #WI
$CTEGNQPC 5RCKP #WI
50 m freestyle $TKVVC 5VGHHGP
&'7 $CTEGNQPC 5RCKP ,WN
$CTEGNQPC 5RCKP #WI
100 m freestyle $TKVVC 5VGHHGP
&'7 -C\CP 4WUUKC #WI
.QPFQP 7- ,WN
200 m freestyle (GFGTKEC 2GNNGITKPK
+6# .QPFQP 7- #WI

400 m freestyle -CVKG .GFGEM[
75#

800 m freestyle -CVKG .GFGEM[
75#

1,500 m freestyle -CVKG .GFGEM[
75#

4 x 100 m freestyle relay #WUVTCNKC
$TQPVG %CORDGNN /GNCPKG 5EJNCPIGT 'OOC /E-GQP
4 x 200 m freestyle relay %CVG %CORDGNN

%JKPC
;CPI ;W <JW 3KCP 9GK .KWǡ,KPI 2CPIǡ,KC[KPI

50 m butterfly 5CTCJ 5LȘUVTȘO
59'

100 m butterfly 5CTCJ 5LȘUVTȘO
59'

200 m butterfly .KW <KIG
%*0

50 m backstroke <JCQ ,KPI
%*0

100 m backstroke )GOOC 5RQHHQTVJ
)$4

200 m backstroke /KUU[ (TCPMNKP
75#

50 m breaststroke 4ʀVC /GKNWV[Vȴ
.67

100 m breaststroke 4ʀVC /GKNWV[Vȴ
.67

200 m breaststroke 4KMMG /‡NNGT 2GFGTUGP
&0-

200 m medley -CVKPMC *QUU\Ț
*70

400 m medley ;G 5JKYGP
%*0

4 x 100 m medley relay 75#
/KUU[ (TCPMNKP 4GDGEEC 5QPK &CPC 8QNNOGT
#NNKUQPǡ5EJOKVV

Fastest Fastest long
NQPIǡEQWTUG EQWTUG ǡO
ǡO HTGGUV[NG OGFNG[
HGOCNG

HGOCNG
-CVKPMC *QUU\Ț
*70
)GTOCP[ŨU $TKVVC 5VGHHGP EQORNGVGF VJG NQPI EQWTUG
TGEQTFGF C VKOG QH ǡUGE ǡO OGFNG[ KP LWUV ǡOKP
KP VJG YQOGPŨU NQPI EQWTUG ǡUGEǡCV VJG VJ (+0# 9QTNF
O HTGGUV[NG CV VJG 9QTNF 5YKOOKPI %JCORKQPUJKRU KP
#SWCVKEU %JCORKQPUJKRU JGNF -C\CP 4WUUKC QP #WI
KP 4QOG +VCN[ QP ǡ,WN 5JG UJCXGF QH C UGEQPF
+P FQKPI UQ UJG DTQMG JGT QHH VJG RTGXKQWU TGEQTF YJKEJ
QYP TGEQTF QH UGE YCU UGV CV VJG 9QTNF #SWCVKEU
UGVǡLWUV HQWT FC[U GCTNKGT %JCORKQPUJKRU KP

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SWIMMING – SHORT COURSE (25 M POOL)

MEN TIME NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
&GE
50 m freestyle (NQTGPV /CPCWFQW
(4# &QJC 3CVCT &GE
0QX
100 m freestyle #OCWT[ .GXGCWZ
(4# 4KLGMC %TQCVKC 0QX
200 m freestyle 2CWN $KGFGTOCPP
&'7 $GTNKP )GTOCP[ ,WN
#WI
400 m freestyle ;CPPKEM #IPGN
(4# #PIGTU (TCPEG &GE
800 m freestyle )TCPV *CEMGVV
#75 /GNDQWTPG #WUVTCNKC
1,500 m freestyle )TCPV *CEMGVV
#75 2GTVJ #WUVTCNKC &GE

4 x 100 m freestyle relay 75#
0CVJCP #FTKCP /CVV )TGXGTU )CTTGVVǡ9GDGT )CNG /CPEJGUVGT 7- 0QX
4 x 200 m freestyle relay /KEJCGNǡ2JGNRU &WDCK 7#' &GE
0QX
4WUUKC
0KMKVC .QDKPVUGX &CPKNCǡ+\QVQX 'XIGP[ .CIWPQX &GE
#NGZCPFGTǡ5WMJQTWMQX &GE

50 m butterfly 5VGHHGP &GKDNGT
&'7 $GTNKP )GTOCP[ 0QX
0QX
100 m butterfly %JCF NG %NQU
<#( &QJC 3CVCT 0QX
#WI
200 m butterfly %JCF NG %NQU
<#( 5KPICRQTG 5KPICRQTG
&GE
50 m backstroke (NQTGPV /CPCWFQW
(4# &QJC 3CVCT &GE
&GE
100 m backstroke /CVV )TGXGTU
75# +PFKCPCRQNKU 75# &GE

200 m backstroke /KVEJ .CTMKP
#75 5[FPG[ #WUVTCNKC DATE
#WI
50 m breaststroke %COGTQP XCP FGT $WTIJ
<#( $GTNKP )GTOCP[ &GE
0QX
100 m breaststroke %COGTQP XCP FGT $WTIJ
<#( $GTNKP )GTOCP[ &GE
#WI
200 m breaststroke &ȄPKGN )[WTVC
*70 &WDCK 7#' #WI
&GE
100 m medley /CTMWU &GKDNGT
&'7 &QJC 3CVCT &GE

200 m medley 4[CP .QEJVG
75# +UVCPDWN 6WTMG[ &GE Fastest short
EQWTUG O
400 m medley 4[CP .QEJVG
75# &WDCK 7#' 0QX backstroke
&GE
4 x 100 m medley relay 4WUUKC
5VCPKUNCX &QPGVU 5GTIG[ǡ)G[DGN 'XIGP[ -QTQV[UJMKP 5V 2GVGTUDWTI 4WUUKC &GE /CVV )TGXGTU
75# UYCO
WOMEN TIME &CPKNC +\QVQX &GE VJGǡUJQTV EQWTUG ǡO
&GE DCEMUVTQMG KP ǡUGE KP
NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION &GE +PFKCPCRQNKU +PFKCPC 75#
QPǡ &GE )TGXGTU
50 m freestyle 4CPQOK -TQOQYKFLQLQ
0.& 'KPFJQXGP 0GVJGTNCPFU 0QX DTQMG VJG TGEQTF FWTKPI VJG
+PFKCPCRQNKU 75# 1EV &WGN KP VJG 2QQN EQORGVKVKQP
&GE DGVYGGP VJG 'WTQRGCP
100 m freestyle %CVG %CORDGNN
#75 5[FPG[ #WUVTCNKC &GE #NN 5VCTU CPF VJG 75#
&GE
200 m freestyle 5CTCJ 5LȘUVTȘO
59' &QJC 3CVCT &GE
&GE
400 m freestyle /KTGKC $GNOQPVG
'52 $GTNKP )GTOCP[ &GE

800 m freestyle /KTGKC $GNOQPVG
'52 $GTNKP )GTOCP[

1,500 m freestyle /KTGKC $GNOQPVG
'52 5CDCFGNN 5RCKP

4 x 100 m freestyle relay 0GVJGTNCPFU
(GOMG *GGOUMGTM +PIG &GMMGT &QJC 3CVCT
4CPQOKǡ-TQOQYKFLQLQ /CWF XCP FGT /GGT

4 x 200 m freestyle relay 0GVJGTNCPFU
(GOMG *GGOUMGTM +PIG &GMMGT &QJC 3CVCT
4CPQOKǡ-TQOQYKFLQLQ 5JCTQP XCP 4QWYGPFCCN

50 m butterfly 6JGTGUG #NUJCOOCT
59' 5KPICRQTG 5KPICRQTG

100 m butterfly 5CTCJ 5LȘUVTȘO
59' &QJC 3CVCT

200 m butterfly /KTGKC $GNOQPVG
'52 &QJC 3CVCT

50 m backstroke 'VKGPG /GFGKTQU
$4# &QJC 3CVCT

100 m backstroke -CVKPMC *QUU\Ț
*70 &QJC 3CVCT

200 m backstroke -CVKPMC *QUU\Ț
*70 &QJC 3CVCT

50 m breaststroke ,GUUKEC *CTF[
75# $GTNKP )GTOCP[

100 m breaststroke 4ʀVC /GKNWV[Vȴ
.67 /QUEQY 4WUUKC

#NKC #VMKPUQP
,#/ &QJC 3CVCT

200 m breaststroke 4GDGEEC 5QPK
75# /CPEJGUVGT 7-

100 m medley -CVKPMC *QUU\Ț
*70 &QJC 3CVCT

200 m medley -CVKPMC *QUU\Ț
*70 &QJC 3CVCT

400 m medley /KTGKC $GNOQPVG
'52 &QJC 3CVCT

4 x 100 m medley relay 75#
%QWTVPG[ $CTVJQNQOGY -CVKG /GKNK -GNUK 9QTTGNN +PFKCPCRQNKU 75#
5KOQPGǡ/CPWGN

Fastest Fastest short
UJQTVǡEQWTUG EQWTUG ǡO
ǡO HTGGUV[NG backstroke

HGOCNG
#WUVTCNKCŨU /KVEJ .CTMKP
#V VJG #WUVTCNKCP 5JQTV EQORNGVGF VJG UJQTV EQWTUG
%QWTUGǡ%JCORKQPUJKRU KP ǡO DCEMUVTQMG KP ǡOKP
5[FPG[ QP ǡ0QX %CVG ǡUGE KP 5[FPG[
%CORDGNN
#75 DTQMG VJG #WUVTCNKC QP ǡ0QX
ǡO HTGGUV[NG TGEQTF FWTKPI .CTMKP UGV VJG TGEQTF CV
C ǡO GZJKDKVKQP UYKO *GT VJGǡ#WUVTCNKCP 5JQTV %QWTUG
URNKV VKOG CV O YCU ENQEMGF %JCORKQPUJKRU
CV ǡUGE UGE HCUVGT
VJCP VJG RTGXKQWU TGEQTF guinnessworldrecords.com 239

SPORTS REFERENCE

WEIGHTLIFTING,
SPORTS MARATHONS & WATERSKIING

WEIGHTLIFTING

MEN CATEGORY WEIGHT NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
9W ,KPIDKCQ
%*0 *QWUVQP 75# 0QX
MI 5PCVEJ MI 1O ;WP %JQN
24- *QWUVQP 75# 0QX
*CNKN /WVNW
674 5[FPG[ #WUVTCNKC 5GR
MI %NGCP LGTM MI -KO 7P )WM
24- +PEJGQP 5QWVJ -QTGC 5GR
6QVCN MI .KLWP %JGP
%*0 *QWUVQP 75# 0QX
5PCVEJ MI .KLWP %JGP
%*0 *QWUVQP 75# 0QX
.KCQ *WK
%*0 #NOCV[ -C\CMJUVCP 0QX
%NGCP LGTM MI .KCQ *WK
%*0 9TQECY 2QNCPF 1EV
6QVCN MI .KCQ *WK
%*0 #NOCV[ -C\CMJUVCP 0QX
.Ȝ :KCQLWP
%*0 9TQECY 2QNCPF 1EV
MI 5PCVEJ MI 1NGI 2GTGRGVEJGPQX
475 6TGPȬȐP 5NQXCMKC #RT
.Ȝ :KCQLWP
%*0 9TQECY 2QNCPF 1EV
%NGCP LGTM MI #PFTGK 4[DCMQW
$.4 %JKCPI /CK 6JCKNCPF 5GR
<JCPI ;QPI
%*0 4COCV )CP +UTCGN #RT
6QVCN MI #PFTGK 4[DCMQW
$.4 $GKLKPI %JKPC #WI
#MCMKQU -CMKCUXKNKU
)4% #VJGPU )TGGEG 0QX
MI 5PCVEJ MI +N[C +N[KP
-#< .QPFQP 7- #WI
+N[C +N[KP
-#< .QPFQP 7- #WI
%NGCP LGTM MI #PFTGK #TCOPCW
$.4 $GKLKPI %JKPC #WI
+N[C +N[KP
-#< )TQ\P[ 4WUUKC &GE
6QVCN MI +N[C +N[KP
-#< )TQ\P[ 4WUUKC &GE
$GJFCF 5CNKOK -QTFCUKCDK
+40 2CTKU (TCPEG 0QX
MI 5PCVEJ MI #NGMUGK .QXEJGX
475 *QWUVQP 75# 0QX
#NGMUGK .QXEJGX
475 *QWUVQP 75# 0QX
%NGCP LGTM MI NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION
;CPI .KCP
%*0 5CPVQ &QOKPIQ &QOKPKECP 4GRWDNKE DATE
6QVCN MI 0WTECP 6C[NCP
674 #PVCN[C 6WTMG[ 1EV
;CPI .KCP
%*0 5CPVQ &QOKPIQ &QOKPKECP 4GRWDNKE 5GR
ǡMI UPCVEJ MI 5PCVEJ MI .K 2KPI
%*0 )WCPI\JQW %JKPC 1EV
<WNƒ[C %JKPUJCPNQ
-#< #NOCV[ -C\CMJUVCP 0QX
The heaviest weight lifted %NGCP LGTM MI *UW 5JW EJKPI
62' +PEJGQP 5QWVJ -QTGC 0QX
KPǡVJG OGPŨU MI UPCVEJ $Q[CPMC -QUVQXC
#<' *QWUVQP 75# 5GR
YGKIJVNKHVKPI EQORGVKVKQP KU 6QVCN MI 3KW *QPIOGK
%*0 6CKŨCP %JKPC 0QX
MI D[ 9W ,KPIDKCQ
%*0 $Q[CPMC -QUVQXC
#<' *QWUVQP 75# #RT
CV VJG +9( 9QTNF 9GKIJVNKHVKPI MI 5PCVEJ MI 5XGVNCPC 6UCTWMCGXC
475 2CTKU (TCPEG 0QX
%JCORKQPUJKRU KP *QWUVQP 9GK &GPI
%*0 *QWUVQP 75# 0QX
6GZCU 75# QP ǡ0QX %NGCP LGTM MI .KP 6\W EJK
62' +PEJGQP 5QWVJ -QTGC 0QX
.KW %JWPJQPI
%*0 $GKLKPI %JKPC 5GR
*KU HGCV DTQMG C [GCT 6QVCN MI .KW %JWPJQPI
%*0 $GKLKPI %JKPC #WI
QNF TGEQTF 6JG RTGXKQWU .KW %JWPJQPI
%*0 $GKLKPI %JKPC #WI
JQNFGT *CNKN /WVNW
674
MI 5PCVEJ MI 0CVCN[C <CDQNQVPC[C
475 $GNIQTQF 4WUUKC #WI
JCF NKHVGF ǡMI KP #PVCN[C -KO 7P LW
24- +PEJGQP 5QWVJ -QTGC &GE
6WTMG[ QP 0QX %NGCP LGTM MI 0CVCN[C <CDQNQVPC[C
475 $GNIQTQF 4WUUKC 5GR
6CVKCPC -CUJKTKPC
475 #NOCV[ -C\CMJUVCP &GE
ǡMI VQVCN 6QVCN MI 6CVKCPC -CUJKTKPC
475 #NOCV[ -C\CMJUVCP 0QX
6CVKCPC -CUJKTKPC
475 #NOCV[ -C\CMJUVCP 0QX
$Q[CPMC -QUVQXC
#<' WOMEN CATEGORY WEIGHT 0QX
NKHVGFǡC YGKIJV QH ǡMI KP
VJGǡ ǡMI ECVGIQT[ CV VJG MI 5PCVEJ MI
+PVGTPCVKQPCN 9GKIJVNKHVKPI
(GFGTCVKQP
+9( 9QTNF %NGCP LGTM MI
9GKIJVNKHVKPI %JCORKQPUJKRU
KP *QWUVQP 6GZCU 75# 6QVCN MI
QPǡ ǡ0QX
MI 5PCVEJ MI
1P VJG UCOG FC[ UJG CNUQ
TGEQTFGF VJG heaviest weight %NGCP LGTM MI
NKHVGF KP VJG ǡMI UPCVEJ
ECVGIQT[
HGOCNG ǡMI 6QVCN MI
+PǡCNN PKPG TGEQTFU YGTG
DTQMGP FWTKPI VJCV [GCTŨU MI 5PCVEJ MI
EJCORKQPUJKRU
%NGCP LGTM MI
240 Sports Reference
6QVCN MI

MI 5PCVEJ MI

%NGCP LGTM MI
6QVCN MI

MI 5PCVEJ MI

%NGCP LGTM MI

6QVCN MI

MI 5PCVEJ MI

%NGCP LGTM MI

6QVCN MI


MI 5PCVEJ MI

%NGCP LGTM MI

6QVCN MI

ǡMI
ENGCPǡ ǡLGTM

9GK &GPI QH %JKPC CEJKGXGF
CǡNKHV QH ǡMI KP VJG YQOGPŨU
ENGCP LGTM
ǡMI YGKIJV
ENCUU CV VJG +9( 9QTNF
%JCORKQPUJKRU KP *QWUVQP
6GZCU 75# QP ǡ0QX 9GK
VQQM IQNF KP VJG ǡMI UPCVEJ
ENGCP LGTM CPF EQODKPGF
GXGPVU CV VJG %JCORKQPUJKRU

LONGEST SPORTS MARATHONS

SPORT TIME NAME & NATIONALITY LOCATION DATE
*C[YCTFU *GCVJ 7- Ť 5GR
#GTQDKEU JT OKP 'UVJGT (GCVJGTUVQPG
7- 5CWIGV 75# Ť /C[
$CUGDCNN JT OKP UGE COCVGWT DCUGDCNN RNC[GTU HTQO 6QO .CPIG %QORCP[ CPF &KPQU .QIKUVKEU
75# /CPKNC 2JKNKRRKPGU Ť /CT
$CUMGVDCNN JT OKP UGE 9CNCPI +YCPCP $QWPEG $CEM
2*. $TKUVQN 7- Ť #WI
$CUMGVDCNN 5QWVJ 9GUV 5EQTRKQPU 9JGGNEJCKT $CUMGVDCNN %NWD
7-

YJGGNEJCKT JT OKP 2NCPQ 75# Ť ,WP
$QYNKPI
VGPRKP 4QZDWTIJ 2CTM #WUVTCNKC Ť #RT
$QYNU
KPFQQT JT OKP 5VGRJGP 5JCPCDTQQM
75#
JT %CODTKFIG 0GY <GCNCPF /CT
$QYNU
QWVFQQT .[P #VMKPUQP 4QD #VMKPUQP 2GVGT *CTT[ .QTTCKPG /KUUKPIJCO .CWTKG /WPTQ .QWIJDQTQWIJ 7- Ť ,WP
JT OKP CPF .K\ /WPTQ
#75 %QNFYCVGT %CPCFC Ť 1EV
5KZ OGODGTU QH %CODTKFIG $QYNKPI %NWD
0< 5JGRUJGF 7-
$TQONG[ 7- Ť 5GR
%TKEMGV JT OKP .QWIJDQTQWIJ 7PKXGTUKV[ 5VCHH %TKEMGV %NWD
7- %CUVNGVQP 75# Ť /CT
.CRRGGPTCPVC (KPNCPF Ť #RT
%WTNKPI JT OKP UGE 4QEMU #TQWPF VJG %NQEM Ť %QNFYCVGT &KUVTKEV %WTNKPI %NWD
%#0 %JGUVGTOGTG %CPCFC Ť ,WN
%CNICT[ %CPCFC Ť /C[
&CTVU
FQWDNGU JT -GXKP $T[CP /CVVJGY %QQM #FCO 4QDGTVU CPF $GP 4QRGT
7- +UGTNQJP )GTOCP[ Ť ,WP
.GVJDTKFIG %CPCFC Ť (GD
&CTVU
UKPINGU JT OKP UGE /CTM &[G CPF 9C[PG /KVEJGNN
7- %CUVNGDQTQ +TGNCPF Ť #WI
.CTMƒGNF 7- Ť ,WP
&QFIGDCNN JT OKP UGE 4KIJV VQ 2NC[ " %CUVNGVQP %NWD
75# .CWPEGUVQP #WUVTCNKC Ť ,WP
#TNQP $GNIKWO
(NQQTDCNN JT .CRRGGPTCPVC 7PKXGTUKV[ QH 6GEJPQNQI[ CPF 7TJGKNW -QUMKOKGU 6GCO
(+0 %QNQTCFQ 5RTKPIU 75# Ť ,WN
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CONBTOESNNPETUCISAL JAMIE BESTWICK

Most consecutive gold medals
at the Summer X Games

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PIERRE-LUC GAGNON Youngest person to win a Summer
X Games gold medal
Most men’s X Games Skateboard

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Largest attendance at the
Summer X Games

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242 X Games

TUCKER HIBBERT

Most consecutive gold medals
at the Winter X Games

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KELLY SILDARU LINDSEY JACOBELLIS

Youngest person to win a Winter Most gold medals won at the Winter
X Games gold medal X Games (female)

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IN AN NBA
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The best-ever regular-
season record by an
NBA team is 73 wins
and 9 losses by the
Golden State Warriors
in the 2015/16 season,
between 27 Oct 2015
and 13 Apr 2016.

• Best season start:
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MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS
IN AN NBA SEASON

By the end of 2015/16, Stephen Curry – aka
Wardell Stephen “Steph” Curry II – had clocked up
a remarkable 402 three-pointers during the season
– his third consecutive season breaking this record.
With this achievement, Curry became the only player
to hit 300 three-pointers in a single season. Last year,
he broke the previous record with 286 three-pointers.
• In a career: D[ 4C[ #NNGP
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,CP
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YOUNGEST PLAYER IN THE NBA MOST GAMES
PLAYED IN AN
On 2 Nov 2005, Andrew Bynum (b. 27 Oct 1987) 0$#ǡ%#4''4
entered a game for the Los Angeles Lakers against
the Denver Nuggets at the age of just 18 years 6 days. Robert Parish played
1,611 regular-season
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D #WI CIGF games from 1976 to
ǡ[GCTU ǡFC[U 1997. “The Chief” played
for the Golden State
• To score 50 points in a match: $TCPFQP ,GPPKPIU Warriors (1976–80),

D ǡ ǡ5GR CIGF ǡ[GCTU ǡFC[U Boston Celtics (1980–
94), Charlotte Hornets
(1994–96) and Chicago
Bulls (1996–97).

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244 125th Anniversary of Basketball

MOST REBOUNDS
+0 # %#4''4

Wilt Chamberlain
logged 23,924 rebounds
in 1,045 games between
1959 and 1973, playing
for the Philadelphia
Warriors, San Francisco
Warriors, Philadelphia
76ers and LA Lakers.

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Michael Jordan, playing for the Chicago Bulls (1991–93
and 1996–98), won six Most Valuable Player awards.

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percentage is .582 by Shaquille O’Neal. While playing Oscar Robertson
for the Orlando Magic, LA Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix achieved 181 triple-
Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics from doubles from 1960 to
1992/93 to 2010/11, O’Neal converted 11,330 of 1974. He’s also the only
19,457 attempts. player to average a triple-
double for a season
(1961/62): 30.8 points, /156 21+065 5%14'& +0 #0 0$#ǡ%#4''4
12.5 rebounds and
11.4 assists. Between 1969 and 1989, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(b. Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr) scored an incredible
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1951 6JG ORQJHVW 1951 6JG ƒTUV #NN 5VCT 1992 6JGǡ75 1998 2016

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INDEX

Bold entries in the index “around the moon” tricks DCNNU DQYNKPI DCNNU detective novels 144; cast-iron domes 160 comets 122; orbits of 205
indicate a main entry on 103, 122 juggling 124; medicine history books 69; castles 90; LEGO® 152; comic books 135;
a topic; BOLD CAPITALS DCNNU 5YKUU DCNNU labyrinth installation
indicate an entire chapter. ūCTQWPF VJG YQTNFŬ VTKEMU 127, UGG CNUQ golf balls; RTKPVGF sieges 114; theme parks collections 92; cosplay
103, 122 soccer balls; tennis balls Shakespeare’s plays 176; 96
3D Earth map 201 toppling 146 catches: blindfolded 121; communications distance
3D printing 194–195; CTTGUVU TQDQVU bananas 120 botanical gardens 111 DQYNKPI DCNNU 24, 202
CTTQY JWOCP bands: band members 76; DQVVNG IQWTFU EJCKPUCYU FKCDQNQ composers 125
extraterrestrial material art: lessons 95; private boules 241 123; frisbee/flying disc computer classes 9
205; implants 74 YouTube subscribers bounces: basketball 123; 122; paper aircraft 124; computers 179; 3D-printed
collections 175; sales UGG CNUQ /WUKE ping-pong balls 125; ping-pong balls 103; laptop 195; analogue
A Ť UVQNGP CTVYQTMU DCPFYKFVJ tennis balls 123 spears 137; tennis balls 75; desktop 199; movie-
163; Stone Age 40, banks: heists 221; piggy DQYNKPI DCNNU YCVGT DCNNQQPU OCMKPI
ABBA impersonators 9 UGGǡCNUQ sculpture banks 99 DQYNKPI ETKEMGV 122 CONCACAF Gold Cup 225
abseiling 76 Art Sales 174–175 $CTDKG FQNNU DQYNU cats 93; big cats 52–53 EQPETGVG FCOU
abundant species: arteries 70 DCTTKGT TGGHU Ť DQZ QHƒEG %CVU FQIU 64–65 cones 122
#465 /'&+# 170–189; Baseball 211; home runs CPKOCVGF cattle 66 confectionery brand sales 91
OQPMG[Uǡ QYNU OWUKE Ť OCTCVJQPU ƒNOU ECVYCNM OQFGNNKPI %QPUVTWEVKQP VQ[U 152–153
aces (tennis) 223 Shakespeare 176–177; DCUKN boxes of chocolate 90, 91 ECWNKHNQYGTU %QPUWOGT VGEJ 196–197
Acknowledgements 250–251 68 Ť XKFGQ Basketball 123, 212; $QZKPI 214, 215; earnings caves 37 %QPVTKDWVQTU Ť
#EVKQP ƒIWTGU FQNNU Ť UGG CNUQ art; DNKPFHQNFGF HGOCNG DQZGTU ECXKV[ YCNN KPUWNCVKQP cookery lessons 95
Movies bounces 123; earnings RC[ RGT XKGY EGNGDTKV[ EQWRNGU Copa América 225
148–149 assassinations 113 MPGGNKPI brains, prosthesis 74–75 EGNGT[ coprolites 63, 92
#EVKQP /CP #UUCUUKPŨU %TGGF $TQVJGTJQQF UJQVU DCEMYCTFU brand names 196 cellular phones 192, 200 EQTCN CVQNNU FKG QHH
actors & actresses: movies 155 marathons 241; robots breakfast in bed 94 EGPVGPCTKCPU UKDNKPIU TGGHU Ť
#UUCUUKPŨU %TGGF 4GXGNCVKQPU 199; slam dunks 102; DTGCUVUVTQMG supercentenarians 76, 77 EQTMUETGYU
155 spinning 102, 123; DTGYGTKGU ceratopsians 63 corn (maize) mazes 164, 165
theatre 176, 177 #UUCUUKPŨU %TGGF ++ 155 three-pointers 102, 212 bricks: plastic see LEGO®; Chain reactions 146–147 correspondence chess 144
adoptees 79 assembly lines 165 DCVQP VYKTNKPI toppling 146 EJCKPUCYU EQUOQU
adoptive parents 79 astronauts 77; Buzz Aldrin batteries 74, 200 bridges 64; natural 37; EJCKTU HQNFKPI TQEMKPI %QURNC[ 96–97
Adventurers Grand Slam 112 Ť %JTKU *CFƒGNF DCVVNGU PCXCN URCPU UWURGPUKQP 100 EQVVQP
aerobics 241 12–13, 22; female 22, DCVVNGUJKRU DTKFIGU VWPPGN VQ EJGGUG UEWNRVWTG country codes 253
Africa Cup of Nations 225 URCEGYCNMU beach soccer 225 VWPPGN DTKFIG EJGGUG UNKEGTU EQWTIGVVGU
CHTQ JCKTUV[NG 22–23 beach volleyball 231 $TQCFYC[ RNC[U EJGHU TQDQVU 68 EJGHU EQYU
age, combined: mother- athletes: earnings 207, DGCP DCIU $TQCFYC[ UJQYU crackers: cream crackers
FCWIJVGT RCTGPV Ť HCVJGT UQP DGCPU DTQEEQNK chemistry lessons 95 TKEG ETCEMGTU
EJKNFǡ UKDNKPIU RNC[GT EQCEJ YKVJ DGCTFU brooding periods 50–51 EJGTTKGU crashes, plane 55
AIBA World Boxing 214 impairments 226; see beehive hairstyles 94 DWDDNG YTCR RQRRKPI Chess 144–145 craters 21, 22, 37; methane
CKTETCHV ETCUJGUǡ CNUQ KPFKXKFWCN URQTVU DGGT DTGYGTKGU buildings: domes 160–161; chess sets 144, 145 craters 29, 37
helicopters 112, 114; CVJNGVKEU KPFQQT ƒGNF beer-bottle opening 136 JGKIJV Ť chickens 93 cream crackers 120
microlights 112; events 234; indoor track DGGVTQQV 225; palaces 104; EJKNNKGU cremated remains 20
model 142; paper 124; GXGPVU QWVFQQT ƒGNF bells, chocolate 91 RQYGT UVCVKQPU Chocolate 90–91; drinks 90; Cricket 216, 241
parachute jumps 164; events 235; outdoor track Big cats 47, 52–53; skyscrapers 100, 149, YJKVG crime: 3D printing
RKNQVU RWNNGF GXGPVU TCEG YCNMKPI J[DTKFUǡ Ť YCNNU Ť %JQRUVKEMU GCVKPI YKVJ conviction 195;
137; Red Bull Air Race 234; road races 234 $KI /CEU UGG CNUQ castles; UQTVKPI OQXKPI YKVJ assassinations 113;
%JCORKQPUJKR #VJNGVKEU E[ENKPI 234–235 $KI UVWHH 98–99, 100–101 churches EJTQOQUQOGU bank heists 221; Bond
UQNCT RQYGTGF #VJNGVKEU VTCEM WNVTC bioluminescence 51 DWNNGV CPVU churches, monolithic 96 XKNNCKPU OWTFGTGTU
UGGǡCNUQ flight 232–233 biomes 40, 41 bulls 66 circumnavigation: aerial TQDQVU UVQNGP
airships 175 Atlantic Ocean crossings 76, bionic body parts 74–75 Bundesliga 224 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, CTVYQTMU
albums & album charts 77, 109, 111, 112, 113, 115, birds: egg clutches 56; bungee jumping 133, 134 117; by balloon 113; crochet hooks 100
116, 117, 167 RTGJKUVQTKE YGKIJV bunny hops 123 cycling 116; driving 111; Crocodiles 54–55, 93
Aldrin, Buzz (astronaut) CVQNNU CTEJKRGNCIQU YKPI URCPU DWTIGTU $KI /CEU on foot 110; human- crocodilians 52, 53
10–11 39; reefs 39 57; UGG CNUQ KPFKXKFWCN buses 130 RQYGTGF TQYKPI croquet 230
algal blooms 43 ATP (Association of Tennis KPFGZ GPVTKGU DWVVGTHN[ UVTQMG UCKNKPI ETQUUDQYU
All-Star Games 212, 213 Professionals) 223 DKTVJ SWCFTWRNGVU via both Poles 110 ETQUUYQTF RW\\NGU Ť
alligators 54 auctions: art 174–175; UKDNKPI DKTVJ YGKIJVU C circuses 126 ETQYF CVVGPFCPEGU URQTVU
CNRJCDGVU books 176; chocolate ”test-tube dogs” 65 EKVKGU YCNNGF matches 222, UGG CNUQ
Alpine Ski World Cup 230 bars 90; internet DKVG HQTEG CPVU DKI ECVU ECDDCIGU clean sheets (soccer) 224, Mass participation
CNVKVWFG NCUGT RQYGTGF auctions 174; vinyl 52; crocodiles 55 caber tossing 94 225 ETQYFHWPFKPI
craft 202; predators 52; TGEQTFU $K\CTTG IGQNQI[ 36–37 ECEVK ENKHHU FKXKPI ETQYP HNCUJGU
spiders 61 Australian Open 223 candles 9, 92 LWORKPI crushing, eggs 120
COCTCPVJWU authors 177 Black holes 26–27 cannon 201 climbing: mountains 76, cryovolcanism 21, 25
Amazon River 116 #WVQ URQTVU 220 blind mountain climbers 112 cannonball concretions 36 109, 110, 111, 114, 116, ET[RVKE ETQUUYQTFU
American football 210; autographs 54 blindfolded: assembling canoeing: slalom 229; sprint URGGF ENKODKPI EWEWODGTU
earnings 209 autopsies 99 EWRECMG OQUCKEU
amphitheatres 169 CXQECFQU Mr Potato Head 124; 229; transatlantic 117 ENKODKPI YCNNU curling 241
ancestors, man’s 25 CYCTFU ')16 YKPPGTU DCUMGVDCNN UJQVU canopy rafts 40 clocks 60; faces 169; EWTVCKP YCNNU
androids 109, 193, 'OO[ #YCTFU catching things 121, ECPVCNQWRG OGNQPU RGPFWNWO ENQEMU %WVVKPI GFIG UEKGPEG
UGGǡCNUQǡRobots .CWTGPEG 1NKXKGT #YCTFU 123; chess games 145; canyons 20, 37 clogs 100 204–205
#PINQ 5CZQP VTGCUWTG 177; Nickelodeon Kids’ juggling 124; Rubik’s car production factories clones 192, 216 %[ENKPI 221; BMX biking
ANIMALS 44–67; animal %JQKEG #YCTFU Cube 124, 142; tightrope %NQWFU 34–35 219; circumnavigation
trails 24; captive 52, 53, Nobel prizes 154; Oscars YCNMKPI TQDQVU Ť 116; exercise bikes 127;
54, 66; clones 192, 216; 8KUWCN 'HHGEVU DNWG YJCNGU caravans, LEGO® 153 %NWD UQEEGT 224 mountain biking 221;
collections 93; common 5QEKGV[ #YCTFU BMX biking 219 carnivores 47; dinosaurs 63; EQDYGDU races 204, 221, 235;
names 53; fantastic UGG CNUQ medals board games: chess code-breaking 139 team pursuits 235;
beasts 66–67; LEGO® 144–145; Monopoly 143; feline 47 coins 125; chocolate 91 Tour de France 204,
153; man-killers 52–53, B 5ETCDDNG 6YKUVGT carnivorous plants 42–43 EQNGWU WPFGTYCVGT
54; pantomime animals boats & ships: 3D printed ECTTQVU EQNNCTFU unicycles 95, 111, 113;
94; sculpture 201; DCDQQPU CTVKƒEKCN TGGHU cars: 3D printed 194; car Collections 92–93 unpaced standing start
venomous 45, 49; zoos backflips: bicycle 219; DCVVNGUJKRU collections & memorabilia: 235
134; UGG CNUQ KPFKXKFWCN UJKRYTGEMU 8KMKPI EJCUGU ECT UCNGU cyclones 33
KPFGZ GPVTKGU OKETQ UEQQVGT YJKNG YCVGTUMKGT VQYKPI 206; circumnavigation #EVKQP /CP $CTDKG cypress trees 57
CPKOCVGF OQXKGU Ť UYQTF UYCNNQYKPI 134, UGG CNUQ TQYKPI FTKXGP QP VYQ YJGGNU dolls 149; &CTM '[G 92;
Annapurna 109 backstroke 229 sailing 130; driverless 193; jet- dioramas 149; &QEVQT D
anti-lasers 203 DCEMYCTFU DCUMGVDCNN bobble hats 9 RQYGTGF NCPF URGGF 9JQ 92; .WRKP VJG 6JKTF
Ants 48–49 shots 102; motorcycle $QF[ GZVTGOGU 80–81 records 191; loop-the- 92; 5M[NCPFGTU 93; 5VCT FCHHQFKNU
CRRNGU riding 131 loops 131; model cars 9CTU 5YCOR Daleks 96
CRRU baked beans 121 $QF[ OQFKƒGTU 72–73 142, 143, 201; in movies 6JKPI VQ[ UQNFKGTU FCOU
CSWCVKE CPVU DCNCPEKPI EJCKPUCYU body painting 94 RWNNGF colonies, ants 49 dance: line dancing 9;
CSWGFWEVU eggs 120; ice-cream $QF[ RCTVU 70–71 restrained 130; rolling EQNQWTKPI DQQMU
arcade cabinets 154 UEQQRU UQEEGT DCNNU DQF[ RKGTEKPIU UVGCO RQYGTGF columns, ants 49 zumba 95
archery 230 122; spoons 120; sugar body slides 166 stunts 130, 131; valuable comebacks: golf 217; rugby dancing mania 103
arches, rock 36, 37 cubes 120 bodybuilders 77 YJGGNKGU 222 FCPFGNKQPU
archipelagos 39 Ball skills 102–103 DQI UPQTMGNNKPI UGG CNUQ driving EQOGFKCPU &CTM '[G 92
arms: dinosaurs 63; ballooning 113 bones 70, 71; broken 131; ECTVQQPU CYCTFU EQOGF[ UJQYU darts 230, 241
octopuses 51; balloons: popping 122, 202, cartoon character ;QW6WDGǡ Darvaza Crater 29
TQDQVKEǡ ǡ YCVGT DCNNQQPU implants 74; tattoos 73 VCVVQQU 68
books: auctions 176; ECUJGY VTGGU

ETQUUYQTF DQQMU

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deaths: animal attacks &,U HGOCNG (CEVQITCRJKE Ť 2KEVWTG VJKUБ frogs 93 Harry Potter 96 J
52, 54; assassinations pop stars 179; gamers HTWKVU hatchlings 54
113; earthquakes 112; IQNHGTU 84–85 HWEJUKC head spins 9 jade 92
hanging judges 121; killer 217; movie actors 172, HWNN DQF[ DWTPU Ť heading balls 102, 103 jaguars 52
robots 192; murders VGPPKU RNC[GTU (CEVQITCRJKE Ť 5EK ƒ XU heart transplants 195 ,COGU $QPF OQXKGU
TQCF VTCHƒE 68 UGG CNUQ 132 hedge mazes 164 LCXGNKP VJTQYKPI
Shakespeare plays 177; DQZǡQHƒEG YGCNVJ science 192–193 fungi 43 JGKIJV CPKOCNU jelly babies 120
terrorist acts 219 GCTU GCT JCKT HNGUJ jelly beans 120
tunnels 72; pulling Factographic – Sport’s big G DWKNFKPIU Ť Jenga 125, 152
decathlons 227, 235 YGKIJVU YKVJ 225; domino structure jet engines, 3D-printed 195
deep notes 27 '#46* 28–43; 3D Earth map hitters 208–209 galaxies 205; galactic 146; mountains 106; LKIUCY RW\\NGU
deep-sea creatures 51 201; distant images of ū(CKN XKFGQŬ EJCPPGN collisions 27 RGQRNG RNCPVU John O’Groats to Land’s
deforestation 41 214; Earth-like planets families: adoptees 79; helicopters 112, 114
detective novels 144 19; farthest humans gaming: consoles 196; heptathlon 234, 235 'PF
diabolo 123 from 197; geology EQODKPGF CIGU controllers 196; JGTDKXQTQWU OQPMG[U ,1740';5 104–117;
diamond dust 34 36–37; images from HCOKN[ DWUKPGUUGU interactive gaming toys herbivorous spiders 60–61
Diamond Race 227 space 24; impacts leap-year generations 6YKVEJ XKFGQU hexagons 24 /KPGETCHV 155, UGG CNUQ
diamonds 157 on 161; penetrations NKXKPI IGPGTCVKQPU UGG CNUQ KPFKXKFWCN hexapus 51 circumnavigation; polar
digital storage 205 of Earth’s crust 210; UKDNKPIU UGG CNUQ KPFGZ GPVTKGU HQT ICOGU *KIIU DQUQP expeditions
&KPQUCWTU 62–63 YGCVJGT Ť married couples JKPF NGI YCNMKPI FQIU judo 215
dioramas 149 earthquakes 226; death (COKN[ XCNWGU 78–79 gamma-ray bursts 26–27 horses 67 juggling: balls 124; diabolo
discus 235 tolls 112 gape 69 history books 69 ƒTG ENWDU RKPI
dismissals (cricket) 216 Easter eggs 91 Fantastic beasts 66–67 garbage clear-ups 106 hockey 231, 241; lessons 95, pong balls 103; soccer
&KUPG[ Ť eating: baked beans 121; feathered dinosaurs 63 )CTFGP IKCPVU 88–89 UGG CNUQ +EG JQEMG[ balls 103, 122
FKXKPI ENKHH FKXKPI $KIǡ/CEU ETGCO HGCVWTG ƒNOU gardens: botanical gardens *QNN[YQQF 9CNM QH (COG LWORKPI CETQUU DGVYGGP
crackers 120; Ferrero fecundity 50 JQOG TWPU
DCUGDCNN 5YKUU DCNNU CPVU
competitive 229, Rocher 121; lemons FedEx Cup 217 111; fruit & vegetables 211 49; bungee jumping 133,
236; FINA World 121; M&Ms/Smarties HGGV DGGT DQVVNG QRGPKPI Ť ITGGP YCNNU homelessness 33 134; cats 64; cliff jumps
Championships 229; 120; onions 121; pasta mazes 164, 165 hominids 33, 37; footprints JKIJ LWOR
HTGG FKXKPI KPVQ ƒTG 121; peas 121; rice 121; TQVCVKQP ICTNKE 36 llamas 67; long jump
133; scuba diving 135; UYGGVEQTP Ferrero Rocher 121 ICU YCTHCTG horns: cattle 66; goats 66; 234, 235; parachute
UJCNNQY FKXKPI Ebola 204, 229 FIFA Beach Soccer World genus: ants 49; crocodiles human 73, 130; sheep 66 jumps 164, 227; pogo
WPFGT KEG YCVGTHCNN 'FKVQTŨU NGVVGT 4–5 54; octopuses 50; horses 93, 132; dressage stick 122; ramp jumps
diving 134 education, mass 95 Cup 225 QYNU JKPF NGI YCNMKPI 130, 131; triple jump 234,
&KXKPI KEG UMCVKPI egg clutches 56 FIFA marathons 154 geodesic domes 160 67; hybrids 66; rocking YCVGTUMK LWORU
236–237 eggs 120; crocodilians 54; FIFA Women’s World Cup 225 geology 36–37 horses 143
divorce 205 dinosaurs 63; Easter FIFA World Cup 207, 225 geysers, nitrogen 25 JQTUGUJQGU K
&,U eggs 91 ƒIU G.I. Joe 149 JQV FQIU
DNA diagnostic machines ')16 YKPPGTU ƒIWTG UMCVKPI giraffes 93 JQWUGU FQNNUŨ JQWUGU MCNG
200 elements 30 ƒNOU see Movies glaciers 21 geodesic 160; LEGO® karate 215
&1 64; 6*+5 #6 *1/' elephants 93 FINA World Championships glass dome hotel rooms DTKEMU RWNNGF MCVCDCVKE YKPFU
118–127 GOCKNU 160 hula hoops 9, 122 MGVEJWR
&Q VT[ VJKU CV JQOG KP [QWT 'OO[ #YCTFU INCUU URQPIG TGGHU Hulk, the 97 kettlebells 127
DCEM[CTF 122–123 empires 67, 77 ƒPIGTPCKNU glass-block labyrinths 165 JWOCP RQYGTGF XGJKENGU Kickstarter pledges 196, 197
&Q VT[ VJKU CV JQOG KP [QWT 'PIKPGGTKPI 158–159 ƒTG Ť ECPFNGU INWVGP HTGG RK\\CU (HPVs) 221 Killer plants 42–43
bedroom 124–125 '0)+0''4+0) goals: basketball 212; ice *7/#05 68–81; 3D-printed King Lear 176
&Q VT[ VJKU CV JQOG KP [QWT #4%*+6'%674' 156–169; diving into 133; full-body hockey 213; netball 231; CTVKƒEKCN DQF[ MKVG UWTƒPI
I[O 126–127 domes 160–161; mazes DWTP Ť soccer 224, 225 GZVTGOGU Ť DQF[ kneeling basketball shots
&Q VT[ VJKU CV JQOG KP [QWT Ť YCNNU Ť hoops 133; long-burning goats 66 OQFKƒECVKQPU Ť
kitchen 120–121 YCVGT RCTMU Ť see UWTƒPI YJKNG QP gold 30 body parts 70–71; 102
&QEVQT 9JQ 92 CNUQ buildings ƒTG VQTEJGU )QNH 217 GCTPKPIU HCOKNKGU Ť JQOKPKFU K’Nex sculpture 152
doctorates 132 engineering truss YCNN QH ƒTG 217; street golf 219; 33, 36; medical miracles knitting needles 100
dodgeball 241 HTCOGYQTM ƒTG ENWDU YQOGPŨU 74–75 Komodo dragons 44–45
FQIU UEQQVKPI English Channel 76 ƒTG YKEMU golf balls 124; autographed hurdles 232, 233 korfball 241
UMCVGDQCTFKPI 'RKE GPIKPGGTKPI 168–169 ƒTG DTGCVJKPI 92; hits on a golf club hurling 230, 241
YCVGT TGVTKGXKPI espresso machines 104 ƒTGRTQQH RNCPVU 102 hurricanes 33 L
FQNNU Everest see /QWPV 'XGTGUV ƒUJ TQDQVU golf tees 100 hybrid animals 52, 53, 66
FQNNUŨ JQWUGU excrement, dinosaurs 63 flags, national 117 González, David Liaño La Liga 224
Domes 160–161 exercise bikes 127 flapping 9 (mountain climber) 107 I labyrinths 164, 165
domino effect 146–147 'ZRNQTCVKQP Ť flared slopes 36 IQQUGDGTTKGU lacrosse 230
dominoes 146, 147 Explorers Grand Slam 113 flesh tunnels 72 Grand Prix 220 IAAF Athletics Golden land-speed records 155,
&10Ũ6 64; 6*+5 #6 *1/' explosions: methane 37; flight: circumnavigation Grand Slam (tennis) 223 League 227
128–137 OQXKG UVWPVU 109, 111, 112, 113, 117; Grand Tours (cycling) 221
&QPŨV VT[ VJKU CV JQOG 'ZVTCUQNCT RNCPGVU 18–19 GCTN[ grandmasters 144 IAAF Athletics World NCPIWCIGU CNRJCDGVU
ƒTGǡ132–133 'ZVTGOG URQTVU 218 NCUGT RQYGTGF QXGT ITCRGHTWKVU Championships 226
&QPŨV VT[ VJKU CV JQOG G[G UQEMGVU NKHVKPI YGKIJVU Everest 172; reduced- grapes 9 YTKVVGP
performers 136–137 136 ITCXKV[ HNKIJV ITCXKVCVKQPCN YCXGU KEG DCTGHQQV TCEKPI QP laptops, 3D-printed 195
&QPŨV VT[ VJKU CV JQOG G[GDTQY JCKT transatlantic 167; zero- ITCXKV[ ITCXKV[ FCOU diving under 135; ice Lasers 202–203; X-ray free-
vehicles 130–131 eyes: bionic 75; eyeball gravity flight 76–77, see TGFWEGF QT \GTQ UYKOOKPI TWPPKPI
&QPŨV VT[ VJKU CV JQOG RTQVTWUKQP URKFGTU CNUQ aircraft; spaceflight Great Ball Contraption QP UYKOOKPI WPFGT electron lasers 205
water 134–135 flips: bicycles 219; (GBC) 146 135; tardigrade survival .CWTGPEG 1NKXKGT #YCTFU
&QY ,QPGU +PFWUVTKCN F micro scooters 123; Great Wall of China 162 YJGGNKGU QP KEG Le Mans 24-hour race 220
Average 223 trampolines 123 green flash mirage 32 leap-year generations 79
&TCIQP $CNN 96 F1 races 220 floorball 241 ITGGP YCNNU ice ages 20 leapfrog 9
dragons 92 fabrics, 3D-printed 195 HNQYGTU IWPU VQ[ RKUVQN ƒIJVU +EG JQEMG[ 213; NGGMU
dressage 230 face: facial piercings 72; HNQYTKFKPI YCXGU 143 .GIGPF QH <GNFC 6JG 154
FTGUUKPI WR Ť fluorescence 42 )94 &C[ 8–9 marathons 241 LEGO® 125, 140–141,
cosplay 96–97 flesh tunnels 72 flybys 25 ice plumes 25
drinking: ketchup 121; Facebook 42; likes 179 fog buildings 169 H ice storms 33 Ť /KPKƒIWTGU
mustard 121 Factographic – Animals Food 86–87; crops 42; fruit KEG UYKOOKPI
driving: circumnavigation XGIGVCDNGU Ť *CFƒGNF %JTKU
CUVTQPCWV KEG ETGCO UEQQRU NGOQPU
111; driverless cars 46–47 UWTXKXCN YKVJQWV see 12–13, 22 +/#: leopards 52, 53
193; parallel parking 9; (CEVQITCRJKE Ť $QF[ RCTVU CNUQ eating CPF KPFKXKFWCN implants 74 lessons 9, 95
stunts 130, UGG CNUQ cars; KPFGZ GPVTKGU JCKT DGCTFU GCT KP XKVTQ fertilization 65 life-saving 65
motorsport 70–71 foosball 143 JCKT G[GDTQY JCKT Indian Ocean crossings ligers 52
drones 220 (CEVQITCRJKE Ť 'CTVJ 30–31 football: table football OQWUVCEJGU light bulbs 147
drought-resistant animals (CEVQITCRJKE Ť 'PIKPGGTKPI 143, UGG CNUQ American 112, 115 light pulses 204
football; soccer hamburgers 93 Indianapolis 500 220 lightning rods 124
dumbbells 126 158–159 footprints 36 Hamlet 176 KPUGEVU CPVU Ť UVKPIU lightning, volcanic 32
(CEVQITCRJKE Ť 'XGTGUV forests: rainforests 40–41; JCOOGT VJTQYU Ligue 1 224
E reserves 40; ”stone VCVVQQU NKOGU
106–107 forests” 36 videogames 155 internal combustion line dancing 9
earnings: artists 174; (CEVQITCRJKE Ť .')1 QNQI[ HQTV YCNNU hamsters 66 lions 52, 53
CVJNGVGU Ť HQTYCTF HNKRU hand, holding in one, tennis engines 155 lip plates 72
EGNGDTKV[ EQWRNGU 140–141 HQUUKNU EQDYGDU internal decapitation 75 lipstick sculpture 9
EJGHU EQOGFKCPU Factographic – The Moon coprolites 63; spiders 60 balls 123 International soccer 225 NK\CTFU
franchises, movie 173 handball 230 internet auctions 174 llamas 67
16–17 freefall parachute jumping JCPFU RTQUVJGVKE KPVGTXKGYU OKF OCVEJ loop-the-loops 131, 142
(CEVQITCRJKE Ť /QXKG OQPG[ 227 ion collisions 205 love songs 59
HTGGUV[NG UYKOOKPI rotating balls on back KUNCPFU CTVKƒEKCN CVQNNU LPGA Championship 217
172–173 229 of 103 NWPEJ DQZGU
French City Pro Tour 219 JCPI INKFKPI .WRKP VJG 6JKTF 92
fringing reefs 39 hanging judges 121 NWRKPU
frisbee/flying disc 122 haptic devices 197

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