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Class Sub-Class Type of recordsort descending Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 14 102 m 25 Feb 1961 Paul F. Bikle (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5428
Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 14 938 m 17 Feb 1986 Robert R. Harris (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 339
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
Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 45 h 28 min 51 sec 19 Nov 1942 Erich Vergens (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4456
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D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 50 h 26 min 09 Dec 1938 August Boedecker (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4467
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D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 38 h 21 min 24 sec 18 Jun 1942 Eric Nessler (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4457
Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 40 h 38 min 08 Sep 1938 Toni Kahlbacher (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4466
Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 23 h 41 min 05 Sep 1938 Toni Kahlbacher (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4465
Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 19 h 08 min 09 Apr 1938 N. Makaroff (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4463
Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 57 h 10 min 06 Apr 1954 Bertrand Dauvin (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4459
Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 21 h 34 min 17 Dec 1931 William A. Cocke, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4458
Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 53 h 04 min 04 Feb 1952 Albert Carraz (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4461
Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 56 h 11 min 30 Dec 1953 Claude Fronteau (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4460
Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 13 h 59 min 26 Nov 1937 Ernst Jachtmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4462
Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 55 h 52 min 12 sec 22 Sep 1943 Ernst Jachtmann (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4455
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 166,00 km/h 06 Jan 2018 Pieter Nouwens (RSA) ratified - current record African 18372
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
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
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 133,24 km/h 09 Dec 1980 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 330
Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 127,17 km/h 21 Dec 1992 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4468
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 143,46 km/h 10 Jan 1987 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5016
Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 139,96 km/h 07 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 398
Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 109,5 km/h 23 Jan 2007 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 14444
Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 118,75 km/h 30 Nov 2009 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - current record World 15664
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 151,5 km/h 19 Dec 2007 Laszlo Hegedus (HUN) ratified - superseded since approved World 14903
Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 128,04 km/h 14 Dec 1991 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 421
Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 137,32 km/h 27 Dec 1986 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 366
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 149,2 km/h 12 Jul 2007 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 14732
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 166,00 km/h 06 Jan 2018 Pieter Nouwens (RSA) ratified - current record World 18371
Gliding D1 Distance in a straight line 837 km 19 Apr 1977 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6977
Gliding DO Free Distance 1 078,2 km 05 Jan 2003 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) ratified - current record World 7596
Gliding DU Free Distance 382,12 km 15 Jul 1995 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5514
Gliding DO Free Distance 949,70 km 20 Jan 1980 Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5019
Gliding DU Free Distance 102,9 km 26 Aug 2001 Jana Koutna (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 7099
Gliding D15 Free Distance 1 401,4 km 20 Dec 2012 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) ratified - current record World 16722
Gliding DU Free Distance 156,1 km 24 May 2003 Tanja Pristavec (SLO) ratified - current record World 7791
Gliding DO Free Distance 2 174,5 km 23 Nov 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 8154
Gliding DO Free Distance 2 192,9 km 04 Dec 2004 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10316
Gliding DU Free Distance 508,10 km 21 Apr 1998 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5360
Gliding DW Free Distance 405,1 km 03 Jun 2013 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16823
Gliding DO Free Distance 1 687 km 21 Nov 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 8152
Gliding DW Free Distance 635,20 km 15 May 1999 Michael Noel Parker (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 6123
Gliding DW Free Distance 405,1 km 03 Jun 2013 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code European 16824
Gliding DO Free Distance 1 460,80 km 25 Apr 1972 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5004
Gliding DO Free Distance 1 196,02 km 17 Jan 2014 Christopher John Ndrilo Woolley (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved Oceanian 17037
Gliding DU Free Distance 627,60 km 09 Jul 2004 Leonardo R. Benetti-longhini (USA) ratified - current record World 9636
Gliding DO Free Distance 1 501,9 km 09 Jan 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7603
Gliding DO Free Distance 1 308,1 km 02 Jan 2015 David Graham Jansen (AUS) ratified - current record Oceanian 16723
Gliding DW Free Distance 741,57 km 22 Jul 2001 William B. Snead (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7054
Gliding DW Free Distance 793,72 km 11 Jul 2011 William B. Snead (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16272

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