Guinness World Records Video

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Soap bubble artist Fan Yang (Canada) set the world record for most soap bubble domes created inside one another with 12 at the studios of Guinness World Records , Helsinki, Finland on 20 October 2001.

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Georges Christen (Luxembourg) managed to rip 20 phone books in 57secs on the set of the Spanish Guinness World Record show.

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Anders Bjorklund (Sweden) was able to spin a frying pan on his finger for 14 minutes on the set of Guinness Rekord TV, Stockholm, Sweden on 29 November 2001.

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Timo Pritzel (Germany) and Jesús Fuentes (Spain) cleared a bar at 5.12 m (16 ft 9.48 in) above floor level using BMX bicycles on the set of El Show de los Récords, Madrid, Spain, on 21 September 2001.

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Tatsumi Osawa (Japan) tried to beat his record of balancing 70 glasses on his chin for at least 10 secs. He managed to 70 but one glass broke when he tried 72 and he did not manage to set a new record.

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Jonathon Thibout (France) managed to slam dunk a basketball from a trampoline placed 5.86 m (19.2 ft) from the back board of the net on the set of L'Ete De Tous Les Records, Benodet, France on 3 August 2004.

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Roberto Barra-Chicote (Spain) was able to place 17 tennis balls in his hand and hold them for five seconds at the studios of El Show de los Records, Madrid, Spain on 14 December 2001.

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Mohammed Elachi (France) completed 32 cartwheels in a minute without his hands and without straying out of a 60 cm (23.6in) diameter circle at the studios of L'Emission des Records , at Boulogne-Billancourt, France on 28 May 2002.

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Tuomo Kostian (Finland) climbed a 5 m (16.4 ft) rope feet first until his whole body cleared the measured distance in a time of 13.7 sec, at the studios of Guinness World Records, Helsinki, Finland on 21 October 2001.

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The most people buried in sand simultaneously is 200 which occurred on the set of L'Ete de Tous Les Records, Biscarrosse, France on 8 August 2003.

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Four men tried to break the record for the Fastest Ice Hockey Slapshot. Anders Lingströ is the fastest in both rounds with 145 km/ hour as his best.

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Sami Ahola (Finland) hit a ball at a speed of 174km/h (108.1 mph) at the Lahti Indoor Arena, Finland on 20 February 2002. Finnish sportman Lauri " Tahko " Pihkala created the game from European baseball 1922. The main difference is that the feeder throws the ball straight upwards, standing beside the player who hits the ball.

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Five cyclists from St Cyprien, France, jumped over a bar set on 4.10 metres. They did five consecutive jumps.

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The largest fruit mosaic, unveiled at Kivik, Österleden, Sweden, consisted of 25,000 apples, measured 104 m² (1,119 ft²), and was designed by Emma Karp Laggar and Jan Laggar (both Sweden).

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The record for the most consecutive passes of a beach volley ball, one throw per person, is 29 on the set of L’Été De Tous Les Records in Biscarrosse, France on 1 July 2004.

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Holding a 100 kg (220 lb) weight to his chest, Michael Goatherd Defaul (Canada) completed 51 consecutive sit ups in a minute at the studios of El Show de los Records, Madrid, Spain on 15 November 2001.

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Esther Moya Salvador (Spain) completed 30 360? spins on the top asymmetric bar in a minute at the studios of El Show de los Records, Madrid, Spain on 15 November 2001.

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Emilio Sheikhan painted 34 faces in 1 hour in Sweden. Some got an animal face, others got artistic patterns.

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Anthony Kelly (Australia) caught 10 arrows in 2 min standing at a distance of 13 m (42.65 ft) from the archer at the studios of El Show de los Records, Madrid, Spain on 5 December 2001.

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The record for the longest time to hop on one leg on a treadmill at a constant speed of 6.5 km/h (4.7 mph) is 2 min 17 sec and was set by Nicolas Thomas (France) on the set of L'Emission Des Records, Boulogne-Billancourt, France on 23 May 2002.

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Wim Hof (The Netherlands) swam 57.5 m. (188.6 ft.) under ice in a lake near the Finnish village of Kolari on March 16, 2000.

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The most petanque balls hit consecutively from a seven metre radius in one minute is seven, by Thierry Stackow, of Vence, France, on the set of L'Emission Des Records in Paris, France on 5 September 2001.

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Martti Kuoppa (Finland) completed 95 continuous rotations of his 50.8 cm (20 in) freestyle BMX bike whilst balancing on just the front wheel, on the set of Guinness Rekord TV at Liljeholmshallen, Stockholm, Sweden on 6 October 2001.

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The narrowest J–Turn was performed in a Ford Escort Estate, in a space measuring 172 cm 67.7 in, by Russ Swift of Darlington, Co. Durham, UK, at the Zenithhalle, Munich, Germany, on 9 Apr 1999.

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Both Marcos Garcia de Paz and Santiago Villalba Arranz (Spain) travelled 21 m (68.89 ft) across rings hung 1 m (3.28 ft) apart while dangling from just two fingers of each hand on the set of El Show de los Récords, Madrid, Spain on 27 November 2001.

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Jonas Bellander managed to keep a regulation golf ball aloft, alternating touches between two sandwedge golf clubs for 13 min 47 sec at the studios of Guinness Rekord TV, Stockholm, Sweden on 3 February 2001.

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Susanne "Tussen" Formgren of Sweden, inflated until they burst, three pre-powdered procedure gloves in two minutes at the studios of Guinness Rekord TV, Stockholm, Sweden on February 1, 2001.

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The fastest time to blow-up a standard hot water bottle until it bursts is 52.68 sec, by Georges Christen of Luxembourg on the set of L'Émission des Records, Paris, France on 6 December 2000.

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The tightest circumference of a 30 cm (12 in) aluminium frying pan rolled with bare hands in 30 seconds is 23.5 cm (9.25 in). In this clip Julio Jiménez and Iñaki Gil (Spain) fail when trying to break it.

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Malin Axelsson and 'drag queen' Babsan tried to break for the Laudest Scream which was 129dBA at the time but they both failed. Malin managed 113dBA and Babsan managed 106dBA on the set of Guinness Rekord TV, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Tomas Lundman (Sweden) managed to keep a regulation size football up in the air using his feet whilst lying on his back for 6 min 6 sec at the studios of Guinness Rekord TV, Stockholm, Sweden, on 31 January 2001.

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Oriol Combarros Vilaseca (Spain) completed 20 consecutive backward run up flips against a wall in a minute at the studios of El Show de los Récords, Madrid, Spain on 11 December 2001.

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The record for the most consecutive 'bus drives' (handle bar spins) performed on a BMX is 10 by Romaric Fath (France) on the set of of L?Ete De Tous Les Records in St. Cyprien, France on 8 July 2004.

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Fermin Gruss balances on top of a ladder whilst doing a handstand for 36 secs on the set of the Guinness World Records show in France.

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The most 35.5-53 cm (14-21 in) swords swallowed by a female is six, by Amy Saunders (UK) on the set of El Show de los Récords, Madrid, Spain on 27 November 2001.

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Petri Wainio (Finland) made ten Noriaki sushi in two minutes on the set of Guinness World Records, Helskinki, Finland on 23 October 2001.

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Raymond Janin (France) held a joust measuring 2.8 m (9 ft 2.16 in) long and weighing 3 kg (6 lb 8.53 oz) horizontally at shoulder height for 26 seconds on the set of L'Ete De Tous Les Records, Sete, France on 21 August 2003.

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22 year old Candide Thovex (France) did an inverted helicopter jump over five snow ploughs on his skis.

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Petri Wainio (Finland) made ten Noriaki sushi in two minutes on the set of Guinness World Records, Helskinki, Finland on 23 October 2001.