In pictures: Top 10 Guinness World Records to be broken in 2024

Tallest dog (male)

Kevin, a gentle three-year-old Great Dane from Iowa, United States, was recognized as the world’s tallest male dog in June 2024 with an impressive height of 0.97 m (3 ft 2 in).

Sadly, Kevin’s life was cut short just days after receiving this accolade. He died during surgery after falling ill. He took over the record from Great Dane Zeus. His height was 3 feet 5.18 inches (1.046 m).

Longest Plank (Women)

Donjane Wild, a 58-year-old retired high school vice principal from Canada, achieved an incredible feat in March 2024 by staying in the abdominal plank position for 4 hours and 30 minutes.

This remarkable record breaks the previous record by more than 10 minutes which was set by fellow Canadian Dana Glowacka in 2019.

longest hair on teenage boy

Ruben Looks Twice Jr., a 16-year-old Native American from Rapid City, South Dakota, was officially recognized in June 2024 as having the longest hair on a male teenager, measuring an astonishing 161 cm (5 ft 3.3 in). Was.

His uncut hair overtook the previous record holder, India’s Sidakdeep Singh Chahal, whose hair measured 146 cm (4 ft 9.5 in) last year.

Fastest journey on foot from Cape Town to Cairo (men)

In an incredible feat of endurance, 57-year-old Keith Boyd has become the fastest person to run the length of Africa by completing the 8,000-mile journey from Cape Town to Cairo in a record-breaking 301 days.

Boyd’s remarkable feat broke the previous 25-year-old record by an impressive 17 days.

Most European men’s football titles

The European Championships in Germany saw many record-breaking moments that redefined the benchmarks in men’s football.

Spain emerged as the most successful team in the men’s Euro tournament by winning their fourth title. Meanwhile, 16-year-old sensation Lamin Yamal created history by becoming the youngest player and goal scorer in the tournament.

At the opposite end of the age range, several veterans entered their names in the record books. Portugal’s Pepe became the oldest player in the tournament’s history at the age of 41 years and 130 days, while Croatia’s Luka Modric became the oldest goalscorer at the age of 38 years and 289 days. Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo participated in his sixth Euro and set a new record for most appearances at the tournament.

Additionally, Albania’s Nedim Bajrami scored the fastest goal of the tournament by scoring just 23 seconds into his team’s match against Italy.

Win most Tour de France stages

British cycling sensation Mark Cavendish has broken a 47-year-old Tour de France record by securing the 35th stage win of his career in July 2024. This impressive feat surpasses the previous record of 34 stage wins, held by Belgian cycling legend Eddy Merckx. 1975.

largest genome

The title of largest known genome belongs to the Temesipteris oblongolata fork fern, which contains an astonishing 160.45 billion base pairs of DNA. It has overtaken the previous record holder, Paris japonica, a Japanese woodland plant whose genome is approximately 149 billion base pairs long.

Fastest Marathon (Women)

Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya broke the women’s marathon world record with a clocking of 2 hours, 9 minutes and 56 seconds at the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 13, 2024. Chepangetich made history as the first female athlete to complete 26.2. -mile distance in less than 2 hours 10 minutes. Her remarkable performance knocked off the previous world record by almost two minutes, breaking Ethiopia’s Tigaste Assefa’s previous record of 2:11:53.

tallest match stick statue

French artist Richard Plaud has set a new record for the tallest matchstick sculpture at 7.18 meters (23 ft 6 in) in Sauzon, Charente-Maritime, France on 7 January 2024. Created over several years, this intricate masterpiece mirrors the Eiffel Tower. Used over 700,000 matchsticks.

World’s longest baguette

The Municipality of Suresnes, in collaboration with the Confédération National de la Boulangerie-Pâtisserie Française and Nutella, set a new world record for the longest baguette of 140.53 meters on May 5, 2024. A team of 12 French bakers from Suresnes successfully created a record-breaking 140.53-metre baguette, reclaiming the title for France after the Italian team achieved the feat in 2019.