British runners in particular have long tried to cross the finish line in less than 4 minutes, records show, sometimes running in the nude or trying to win a bet ...

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 ...

Josh Kerr won silver and bronze medals in the 1500m at the last two Olympics.

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

The pantheon of mile world record-holders has a new member. When Josh Kerr stormed over the finish line at the London Stadium ...

Olympic 800m gold medalist Emmanuel Wanyonyi broke one of the longest-standing world records on the track, running the fastest 1000m in history. Wanyonyi clocked 2 minutes, 11.83 seconds at a Diamond ...

Monsieur Mangetout — that's Mr. Eats Everything in French — is famous for eating a plane, earning the Guinness World Record for world's strangest diet. His record is one of tens of thousands on the ...

As the world's de facto record adjudicator, Guinness World Records keeps tabs on all manner of weird and wonderful feats. Toyota's humanoid robot which happens to be really good at basketball is a ...

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.

Seven world records in just over a week raises eyebrows. While such feats are not unheard of in track and field, this record-breaking nine-day period was not at an Olympic Games, a World Championships ...

The world records for alligators are kept by the Safari Club International and are based solely on length. Following are the ...