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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 362.68 km 02 May 1986 Thomas L. Knauff (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 321
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance to a declared goal 532,38 km 20 Jan 1983 Finn T. Andersen (DEN) ratified - superseded since approved World 10199
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Gliding DO Free Distance 949,70 km 20 Jan 1980 Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5019
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 801,7 km 07 Apr 1979 Hanna Reitsch (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 10092
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 104,00 km/h 28 Dec 1977 Conrad Meynell Greaves (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5496
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 104,1 km/h 12 Aug 1975 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10163
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 718,2 km 08 Aug 1972 Edward Makula (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10001
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 620.66 km 28 Dec 1967 Klaus E. Keim (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10070
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 609.033 km 14 Jun 1964 Marina Afrikanova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10108
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 79.01 km/h 11 Jan 1961 Anne Burns (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4403
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 81,35 km/h 12 Aug 1958 Harland C. Ross (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5457
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 8 533 m 14 Apr 1955 Betsy Woodward (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4400
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 77.14 km/h 24 Jun 1951 A. I. Mednikov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4357
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 2 083 m 25 Mar 1947 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4336
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 50 h 26 min 09 Dec 1938 August Boedecker (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4467
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 254,759 km 25 Jun 1934 Richard C. Dupont (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13597
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 132,73 km/h 03 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 19193
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 162,8 km/h 14 Dec 2009 Johan Luyckx (BEL) ratified - superseded since approved World 15691
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 275,8 km/h 16 Dec 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 14381
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Gliding D15 Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 752.8 km 17 Dec 2004 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 10357
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 171,29 km/h 29 Jul 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7856
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Gliding DU Free distance using up to 3 turn points 220,1 km 26 Aug 2001 Jana Koutna (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 7098
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Gliding DU Out-and-return distance 260,87 km 15 Aug 2000 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 6765
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 151,37 km/h 04 Jan 1999 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5880
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 81,47 km/h 15 Jul 1998 Patrick L. Tuckey (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5603
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Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 705,04 km 15 Feb 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 4018
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 532,85 km 15 Dec 1996 Angelika Machinek (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3906
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance 539,87 km 14 Jun 1993 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 135
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 131,75 km/h 09 Jan 1992 Katrin Keim (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 10161
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 115,954 km 03 Jan 1990 Walter Eisele (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 10189
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 143,46 km/h 10 Jan 1987 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 365
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 139,07 km/h 04 Jan 1986 Erwin Müller (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5499
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 146,70 km/h 13 Dec 1981 Erwin Müller (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5495
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 129,54 km/h 21 Dec 1979 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5500
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 114,262 km 30 Dec 1978 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 9988
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 574,34 km 20 May 1977 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10157
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 770,99 km 05 Jan 1975 Michael Carlton (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 9984
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 86,98 km/h 01 Jan 1972 Hugh G. Keartland (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5491
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 864,86 km 03 Jun 1967 Isabella Gorokhova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 3294
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 737,03 km 07 Aug 1963 Benjamin Wayne Greene (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4419
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 875,99 km 02 Jun 1963 Rudolf Lindner (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5414
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 714,02 km 18 Jun 1960 Mikhaïl Vieriestiennikov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4418
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 64,18 km/h 07 Jun 1956 Zvonimir Rain (YUG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5480
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 290,198 km 12 May 1953 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10104
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 4 963 m 22 Nov 1950 Irena Kempovna (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4344
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Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 38 h 21 min 24 sec 18 Jun 1942 Eric Nessler (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4457
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 552,100 km 15 May 1938 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13613
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Gliding D1 Speed over a closed circuit without landing upper than one km 54,55 km/h 05 May 1927 Ferdinand Schulz (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4436
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Gliding D13.5 Free triangle distance 506,7 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18645
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Gliding D13 Out-and-return distance 653,25 km 09 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) ratified - current record World 19446
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