World record
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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 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==
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== 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]
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