SUPERHUMANSMOST HANDSTAND
PUSH-UPS IN ONE MINUTE
On 23 Oct 2015, Armenian athlete Manvel
Mamoyan managed 27 handstand push-
ups in 60 sec in Yerevan, Armenia. For
his push-ups to qualify, the angle of
Mamoyan’s elbow had to reach 90° or
less before he fully straightened his arms.MOST PUSH-UPS ON BACK OF HANDS
CARRYING 40-LB PACK IN ONE HOUR
On 13 May 2008, endurance athlete Paddy
Doyle (UK) did 663 push-ups on the back
of his hands in 1 hr, while carrying the
equivalent of a four-year-old child on his
back! It took place at Stamina’s Boxing
Martial Arts Club in Birmingham, UK.TREADMILL
Greatest distance in... Record Holder Location Date
12 hr 143.84 km Ronnie Delzer (USA) The Woodlands, USA 20 Aug 2016
12 hr (female) 128.62 km Bernadette Benson (AUS) Perth, Australia 28 May 2016
24 hr 260.40 km Dave Proctor (CAN) Calgary, Canada 28 May 2016
24 hr (female) 247.20 km Edit Bérces (HUN) Budapest, Hungary 9 Mar 2004
48 hr 405.22 km Tony Mangan (IRE) Longford, Ireland 24 Aug 2008
48 hr (female) 322.93 km Kristina Paltén (SWE) Stockholm, Sweden 5 Nov 2014
48 hr (team of 12) 868.64 km Porsche Human Performance (UK) Goodwood, UK 5 Jul 2009
1 week 833.05 km Sharon Gayter (UK) Middlesbrough, UK 21 Dec 2011
1 week (male) 827.16 km Márcio Villar do Amaral (BRA) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4 Jul 2015
Fastest time to run... Record Holder Location Date
50 km (female) 3 hr 55 min 28 sec Gemma Carter (UK) London, UK 6 Mar 2015
50 mi (male) 7 hr 1 min Ian Griffiths (UK) Goudhurst, UK 7 Nov 2001
100 km 6 hr 21 min 40 sec Phil Anthony (UK) Canterbury, UK 3 Dec 2014
100 km (female) 8 hr 30 min 34 sec Arielle Fitzgerald (CAN) Calgary, Canada 28 May 2016
100 km (team of 12) 5 hr 1 min 20 sec High Performance Running (BEL) Lokeren, Belgium 14 Dec 2013
100 mi 13 hr 42 min 33 sec Suresh Joachim (AUS) Mississauga, Canada 28 Nov 2004
100 mi (female) 14 hr 15 min 8 sec Edit Bérces (HUN) Budapest, Hungary 9 Mar 2004
100 mi (team of 12) 8 hr 23 min Radley College (UK) Abingdon, UK 13 Feb 2011PUSH-UPS
Most push-ups... Record Holder Location Date
Consecutively, one finger 124 Paul Lynch (UK) London, UK 21 Apr 1992
Consecutively, 90° 16 Willy Weldens (FRA) Paris, France 9 Nov 2014
In 30 sec, one finger 41 Xie Guizhong (CHN) Beijing, China 8 Dec 2011
In 5 hr, one arm 8,794 Paddy Doyle (UK) Birmingham, UK 12 Feb 1996
In 12 hr 1 9, 3 2 5 Paddy Doyle (UK) Birmingham, UK 1 May 1989
In 24 hr 46,001 Charles Servizio (USA) Fontana, USA 25 Apr 1993
In 24 hr, knuckles 9, 241 Eva Clarke (AUS) Abu Dhabi, UAE 1 Feb 2014
Most push-ups in 1 min Record Holder Location Date
Back of hands 132 Abdul Latif Mahmoud Saadiq
(QAT )
Doha, Qatar 20 Nov 2009Explosive, full body 82 Stephen Buttler (UK) Morda, UK 17 Nov 2011
Plyometric (pushing up
on to a 1-m-tall platform)
9 Ahmed Valentino Kerigo (NOR) Beijing, China 11 Jan 2016Handstand (see right) 27 Manvel Mamoyan (ARM) Yerevan, Armenia 23 Oct 2015
Planche (without feet touching the
ground)
36 Temur Dadiani* (GEO)
*Double leg amputeeTbilisi, Georgia 3 Aug 2014Aztec (touching feet with hands on
each push-up)
50 Jason Shen (USA) Palo Alto, USA 18 Jan 2014On medicine balls 68 Mohammad Hassaan Butt (PAK)Karachi, Pakistan 7 Jun 2015
Claps 90 Stephen Buttler (UK) Morda, UK 17 Nov 2011
Knuckles 85 Roman Dossenbach (CHE) Basel, Switzerland 21 Dec 2016
Two fingers/two arms 52 Aryan Grover (IND) Jaipur, India 26 Aug 2015
40-lb pack 77 David Wileman (UK) Mansfield, UK 27 Nov 2013
40-lb pack, claps 55 Stephen Buttler (UK) Morda, UK 17 Nov 2011
40-lb pack, knuckles 26 Irfan Mehsood (PAK) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
Pakistan
5 Sep 201640-lb pack, one arm 33 Hiroyuki Gondou (JPN) Yamato, Japan 10 May 2014
40-lb pack, one leg raised 31 Irfan Mehsood (PAK) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
Pakistan
21 Jul 201660-lb pack 57 Ron Cooper (USA) Marblehead, USA 11 Feb 2016
60-lb pack, one arm 22 Paddy Doyle (UK) Birmingham, UK 18 Jul 2011
60-lb pack, back of hands 38 Paddy Doyle (UK) Birmingham, UK 18 Jul 2011
80-lb pack 51 Rohtash Choudhary (IND) Faridabad, India 21 Jun 2016
80-lb pack, one arm 21 Paddy Doyle (UK) Birmingham, UK 8 Sep 2011
80-lb pack, back of hands 37 Paddy Doyle (UK) Birmingham, UK 8 Jan 2012
80-lb pack, one leg raised 21 Irfan Mehsood (PAK) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
Pakistan
5 Sep 2016100-lb pack 38 Ron Cooper (USA) Marblehead, USA 2 Dec 2016
100-lb pack, back of hands 26 Paddy Doyle (UK) Birmingham, UK 8 Jan 2012
Most push-ups in 1 hr Record Holder Location Date
Two ar ms 2,392 Roman Dossenbach (CHE) Basel, Switzerland 29 Nov 2016
Back of hands 1,940 Paddy Doyle (UK) Birmingham, UK 8 Nov 2007
One arm 1,868 Paddy Doyle (UK) Birmingham, UK 27 Nov 1993
One arm, back of hands 1,025 Doug Pruden (CAN) Edmonton, Canada 8 Nov 2008
Knuckles 2 ,1 75 Syed Taj Muhammad (PAK) Karachi, Pakistan 20 Mar 2016
Knuckles (female) 1,206 Eva Clarke (AUS) Abu Dhabi, UAE 31 Jan 2014
40-lb pack, back of hands (see right) 663 Paddy Doyle (UK) Birmingham, UK 13 May 2008
LONGEST DURATION
HOPPING ON A TREADMILL
Seven-time World Jump Rope champion
Peter Nestler (USA) hopped on one leg
on a treadmill for 8 min 6.5 sec in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, USA, on 6 Sep 2014. The
treadmill was kept at a constant speed
of 6.5 km/h (4 mph). Peter learnt his skill
while training for a hopping marathon.All records current as of 21 Dec 2016