Country World Records

Phil Billingham, Shannon Currie, Duncan Mackenzie, and Gerry Mulligan traveled to 18 countries in 24 hours. They visited Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Germany, Lichtenstein, Switzerland, France, Luxemburg, Belgium, and Holland. Read more about their journey here.

Matt Piper, Gareth Jones, and Lloyd Jones set off from London (England) and drove to Cardiff (Wales), Dublin (Ireland), Belfast (Northern Ireland) and finally Edinburgh (Scotland) in 23 hours and 10 minutes, a new world record. This feat was achieved on April 3, 2009. Piper, Jones, and Jones took the drive as a fundraiser for the British Red Cross on behalf of their organization, Wendy’s Appeal. NOTE: This record is dangerous and should only be attempted by trained professionals. #RecordSetterBook01

In a feat that took almost 20 years to accomplish, former Wisconsin senator Dave Zien put a world record 1,000,000 miles on his Harley Davidson FXR motorcycle. Zien began the journey in 1991. On April 4, 2009, Zien hit the million mile mark. Tony Sanfelipo was on hand to document and confirm the mileage. Read more about his journey here.

Marc and Lucas crossed Honduras by motorcycle in 4 hours and 55 minutes. They began in El Amatillo at the El Salvador border, and exited to Nicaragua through the town of at El Espino. The clock stopped when they reached the border. See their route here. Marc and Lucas set the record on November 8, 2008. Marc rode a BMW 1150GS[] and Lucas was on a KTM 990.

Doron T. named every country of the world in one minute, 0.66 second. The countries he named were ones that existed in 1998.

134 people played lagerphones at the same time, a world record. The record was set in Australia at a festival celebrating 150 years of Queensland. Read more about the event here.

Doron T. named countries beginning with every letter but “X” in 5.00 seconds. He performed the feat in alphabetical order.

Martin recited all 50 United States alphabetically while riding on a pogo stick in 20.91 seconds.

Mallory Wolchuk greeted 501 visitors at the border entrance to Nova Scotia[]playing thebagpipes. Her father Doug McManaman was on hand to count the visitors and shoot the video evidence.

Record Setter named the capitals of 195 sovereign countries and 20 of the non-sovereign states and regions while blindfolded.

Together with management and staff at Lotus Lap Public School Dishuknagar, Hyderabad, Dr. Venkata Chary Chintapatla. Ph.D displayed a 1,947 foot long, 4 foot wide Indian national Flag on the occasion of 64th Mega Independence Day Celebrations at Mini Tank bond Saroornagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India on 14th August 2010.

Mick Cullen read the names of 56 countries aloud in 16.55 seconds.

Rahamath Ali recited 199 nations in 52.43 seconds.

Rahamath Ali recited all the Asian countries in 12.65 seconds with one breath.

Michael Smith named 36 African countries while jumping on a pogo stick and wearing a prom dress after eating two whole Jalapeno peppers. He set the record as part of the College of Lake County Social Action Club's World Record Day fundraiser for the Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center in Gurnee, Illinois. #WorldRecordDay2012

Five-year-old Vedant Kumar named 196 capitals of different countries.