World record 4380391 225241901 2008-07-12T17:24:16Z J.delanoy 2372780 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/172.141.44.166|172.141.44.166]] to last version by ClueBot (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) {{Expand|date=December 2007}} {{For|the short film from [[The Animatrix]]|World Record (The Animatrix)}} {{wikinews|category:World records|World records}} A '''world record''' is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a [[sport]]s event. In the United States the form '''world's record''' was formerly more common. The term '''world best''' was also briefly in use. The latter term is still used in [[athletics (track and field)]] to describe performances not recognized as an official world record: either because the event is a non-qualifying event (e.g. the 500&nbsp;yards run), or because it does not fulfill other criteria of an otherwise qualifying event (e.g. the [[Great North Run]] half-marathon, which has an excessive downhill gradient). Outside of conventional sports, world records can also be set in virtually anything that is measurable, but verifying these records is often very difficult. [[Guinness World Records]] (formerly ''Guinness Book of World Records'') collects and tries to verify all kinds of world records. [[Image:Guinness World Records 2008.jpg|thumb|150px|The 2008 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records]] [[Malaysia]] is one country where world record-breaking has become something of a national fad <ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.04/capital.html |title = The World Record-Breaking Capital |accessdate = 2008-09-01 |author = Boulware, Jack |date = [[2006-04]] |publisher = [[Wired Magazine]] }}</ref>. India also enjoys setting and breaking records: the country has a local version of the ''Guinness Book of Records'', called the ''[[Limca Book of Records]]'', after a local soft drink brand. == See also == * [[Athletics world record]] * [[Aviation world record]] * [[Beer drinking records]] * [[Cycling records]] * [[Twin Galaxies]] - Video Game World Records * [[Water speed record]] * [[Weather records]] * [[World records in chess]] * [[World Records Canoeing]] ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.extremescience.com/earthsciport.htm World Records in Earth Science] * [http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/ International Association of Athletics Federations Records] * [http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ Guinness World Records] * [http://www.fina.org/swimming/records/index.php Swimming world records] * [http://www.worldrecordpoolbuild.com/ World Record Pool Build] * [http://www.skateresults.com/world_record Speedskating world records] * [http://www.worldofwows.com/ World of Wows - Unusual World Records] * [http://www.openrecordbook.com/ Open Record Book - Free World and Local Records] * [http://www.worldamazingrecords.com/ World Records News and Event Blog] * [http://www.worldamazingthings.blogspot.com/ World Amazing Records,Facts & Information] {{records|state=expand}} [[Category:World records|*]] [[cs:Rekord]] [[da:Verdensrekord]] [[de:Weltrekord]] [[et:Maailmarekord]] [[fr:Record du monde]] [[it:Record mondiale]] [[lt:Pasaulio rekordas]] [[nl:Wereldrecord]] [[ja:世界記録]] [[pl:Rekordy świata]] [[pt:Recorde mundial]] [[sl:Seznam slovenskih rekordov]] [[sv:Världsrekord]] [[zh:世界纪录]]