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On 26 Sep 2004,
Dee McDougall (UK)
bounced her way
through a 100-m race
in a time of 39.88 sec
at the University of
St Andrews in Fife, UK.
The record for
the fastest time
to travel 100 m on
a spacehopper is
30.2 sec, by Ashrita
Furman (USA) at
Flushing Meadows
Park in New York City,
USA, on 16 Nov 2004.How Ãar is 100 m Űņ2ŋ Ãtűť Around five times the lenÅth oà a ªowlinÅ lane.
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Powered primarily by his gluteus maximus,
Miki Sakabe (JPN) finished a 100-m course in
11 min 59 sec at Fukagawa City Athletic Stadium
in Hokkaido, Japan, on 25 Oct 2009.While blowing a stamp
On 3 Oct 2010, Christian Schäfer (DEU) blew a
stamp down a 100-m course in 3 min 3 sec, at
ASV Dachau in Dachau, Germany.In a bath tub
Tony Bain (NZ) paddled a 100-m course in a
floating bath tub in 1 min 26.41 sec on the set of
Officially Amazing in Cardiff, UK, on 17 Aug 2013.On a tightrope
Aisikaier Wubulikasimu (CHN) completed a 100-m
walk along a tightrope in 38.86 sec in Wenzhou
City, Zhejiang Province, China, on 6 Jun 2013.
The fastest backwards 100 m tightrope
walk took 1 min 4.57 sec and was performed
by Maurizio Zavatta (ITA) in Kaifeng, Henan
Province, China, on 20 May 2014.In a pedal-powered boat (individual)
On 13 Oct 2013, Giuseppe Cianti (ITA) propelled
a pedalo down a 100-m course in 38.7 sec at
the Marina di Scilla in Reggio Calabria, Italy.Moonwalking
China’s Luo Lantu performed a 100-m moonwalk
in 32.06 sec in Beijing, China, on 8 Dec 2010.
The record was filmed for Zheng Da Zong Yi –
Guinness World Records Special.While pulling a light aircraft
It took Montystar Agarawal (IND) just 29.84 sec
to drag a Cessna aircraft 100 m on the set of
Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega in
Baramati, Maharashtra, India, on 23 Feb 2011.Zorbing
Cricket legend Andrew Flintoff (UK) zorbed
his way along a 100-m course in 26.59 sec for
BT Sport Relief Challenges: Flintoff’s Record
Breakers. Fittingly, the record attempt was
staged at the KIA Oval cricket ground in
London, UK, on 19 Mar 2012.On trampolines
On 26 Feb 2009, Steve Jones (UK)
bounced his way across 100 m
on a series of trampolines
in 24.11 sec on the set of
Guinness World Records –
Smashed in Crowthorne, UK.In clogs
On 3 Mar 2016, Australian rugby union star Drew
Mitchell ran 100 m in clogs in 14.43 sec on the
set of Sky Sports Rugby in Toulon, France. It
was one of four records set by the fleet-footed
Wallaby winger – all in the same day! Mitchell ran
through the pain barrier to smash the previous
best of 16.27 sec, set by Andre Ortolf (DEU, see
right) on 25 Oct 2013.Rap jumping
The term for abseiling down a vertical wall in a
standing position (feet on the wall) while facing
the ground is rap jumping. The fastest 100-m rap
jump took 14.09 sec and was achieved by Luis
Felipe de Carvalho Leal (BRA) on the RB1 building
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 23 Oct 2011.In a wheelbarrow race
Otis Gowa (AUS) propelled a wheelbarrow
down a 100 - m track in 14 sec at Davies Park in
Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, on 15 May 2005.By a pantomime horse (men)
Shane Crawford and Adrian Mott (both AUS)
ran 100 m in 12.045 sec wearing a pantomime
horse costume on The Footy Show in Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia, on 30 Jul 2009.
Samantha Kavanagh and Melissa Archer (both
UK) ran the fastest 100 m by a pantomime
horse (women) – 18.13 sec – at an event
organized by the advertising agency Claydon
Heeley Jones Mason at Harrow School, Harrow-
on-the-Hill, Middlesex, UK, on 18 Aug 2005.On stilts
It took Liang Shaolun (CHN) just 11.86 sec to
cover 100 m on stilts on 17 Aug 2013 at the Asia-
Pacific Experimental School of Beijing Normal
University in China.Backwards downhill skiing
On 27 Apr 2009, Andy Bennett (UK) reverse-
skiied 100 m in 9.48 sec. The record-breaking
feat took place at the Snozone indoor snow
slope in Milton Keynes, UK.Q: Which is faster, Usain
Bolt or a domestic cat?
mph A: A cat. Bolt hit 27.78
km/h) during his world- (44.71
m in 2009, but a cat record 100
km/h). mph (47.9 can reach 29.8
Wanna be a
record-breaker?
Below are some 100-m
records that have yet
to be set. To apply, go to:
guinnessworldrecords.comBalancing a spoon
on the noseForward rollingWearing inline skatesWearing ĉip ĉopsPlaying a sousaphoneAs a waiterLeapfroggingIn a
powered
exoskeleton
suitBlindfoldedFASTEST ƨƧƧ M HURDLES WEARING FLIPPERS
On 13 Sep 2008, Christopher Irmscher (DEU) donned swim fins
(aka flippers) to flap his way down a 100-m hurdle track in 14.82 sec
in Cologne, Germany, for Guinness World Records – Die Größten Weltrekorde.
Two years later, Veronica Torr (NZ) achieved the fastest 100 m hurdles
wearing swim fins ȅfemaleȆ in 18.523 sec, on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi –
Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 8 Dec 2010.Montystar
(see right) wore a
harness to tug the
Cessna aeroplane 100m.
The plane weighed
at^ least 500^ kg (1,100lb)- or approximately the
same^ weight as an
adult polar bear.