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- James M. Payne
- Jean-Marc Perrin
- Joann B. Shaw
- Johan Luyckx
- Karla Elizabeth Karel
- Karl Heinrich Striedieck
- Katrin Keim
- Klaus Holighaus
- Klaus Ohlmann
- Laszlo Hegedus
- Lisa Ellen Trotter
- Marcelle Choisnet
- Marcelle Choisnet-gohard
- Mauro Brunazzo
- Otto Wegscheider
- Pamela Hawkins
- Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins
- Pelagia Majewska
- Philippe N. Rose
- Rudolf Schlesinger
- Sholto Hamilton Georgeson
- Sibylle Andresen
- Steve Fossett
- Susan Martin
- Susanne Schödel
- Terrence Raymond Delore
- Theo Roger Newfield
- Thomas L. Knauff
- Viktor Iltchenko
- Walter Binder
- William B. Snead
- William G. Osoba
- Willibald Collee
- _unknown
- dossier under review (4)
- dossier under review - additional information requested and not yet received (2)
- minimum performance to be exceeded by first claim (6)
- preliminary record claim received (19)
- ratified - current record (220)
- ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code (33)
- ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code (144)
- ratified - superseded since approved (879)
| Class | Sub-Class | Type of record | Performance | Date | Claimant | Status Sort descending | Region | ID | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gliding | D15 | Straight Distance to a Goal | 807 km | 17 Dec 2025 | _unknown (-) (15811) | minimum performance to be exceeded by first claim | World | 15811 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D15 | Free Distance | 950 km | 17 Dec 2025 | _unknown (-) (15810) | minimum performance to be exceeded by first claim | World | 15810 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D15 | Distance using up to 3 turn points | 1044 km | 17 Dec 2025 | _unknown (-) (15812) | minimum performance to be exceeded by first claim | World | 15812 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Straight distance to a declared goal | 748,37 km | 17 Aug 1983 | Joann B. Shaw (USA) (10236) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10236 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Triangle Distance | 770,99 km | 05 Jan 1975 | Michael Carlton (GBR) (9984) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 9984 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DW | Free triangle distance | 419,5 km | 07 Aug 2011 | Valeria Paget (USA) (15816) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 15816 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Out-and-return distance | 590.42 km | 26 Jun 1967 | Edward Guy Minghelli (USA) (10069) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10069 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Free out-and-return distance | 342,370 km | 25 Jul 1939 | I.L. Kartachev (URS) (13620) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 13620 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1-M | Out-and-return distance | 809,923 km | 17 May 1979 | Günter Cichon (FRG) (10209) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10209 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DU | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 84,32 km/h | 17 Aug 2000 | William G. Osoba (USA) (6684) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 6684 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2-M | Triangle Distance | 1 140,426 km | 22 Dec 1990 | Otto Wegscheider (FRG) (10252) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10252 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Duration | 08 h 04 min 50 sec | 29 Jan 1923 | Alexis Maneyrol (FRA) (4454) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 4454 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Speed over a triangular course of 300 km | 152,02 km/h | 16 Aug 2020 | Riccardo Brigliadori (ITA) (19339) | ratified - superseded since approved | European | 19339 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Out-and-return distance | 574,34 km | 20 May 1977 | Adela Dankowska (POL) (10157) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10157 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DW | Speed over a triangular course of 300 km | 83,47 km/h | 19 Sep 1998 | Cláudio Blois Duarte (BRA) (5742) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5742 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Out-and-return distance | 1 708,4 km | 20 Dec 2002 | Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (7587) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 7587 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Speed over a triangular course of 200 km | 67,304 km/h | 16 Aug 1955 | Edward Makula (POL) (10000) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10000 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 50 km/h | 10 Jun 1949 | Irena Kempovna (POL) (12420) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 12420 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Out-and-return distance | 1 000,86 km | 11 Mar 1980 | Doris F. Grove (USA) (10093) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10093 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Speed over a triangular course of 500 km | 86,98 km/h | 01 Jan 1972 | Hugh G. Keartland (RSA) (5491) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5491 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1-M | Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km | 127,17 km/h | 21 Dec 1992 | Klaus Holighaus (GER) (4468) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 4468 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Speed over a triangular course of 300 km | 140,97 km/h | 29 Jul 2017 | Alberto Sironi (ITA) (18209) | ratified - superseded since approved | European | 18209 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Speed over a triangular course of 300 km | 86.66 km/h | 05 Jan 1964 | Anne Burns (GBR) (10123) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10123 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Free out-and-return distance | 349 km | 04 Jul 1937 | Hanna Reitsch (GER) (13593) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 13593 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Triangle Distance | 1 114,262 km | 30 Dec 1978 | Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (9988) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 9988 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D15 | Triangle Distance | 859,29 km | 17 Jan 1999 | Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5916) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5916 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D15 | Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km | 130,71 km/h | 11 Dec 2003 | Diether Memmert (GER) (8252) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 8252 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Gain of height | 9 665 m | 20 Jun 1959 | Karl Bauer (FRG) (9978) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 9978 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2-M | Out-and-return distance | 1 017.17 km | 09 Jan 1988 | Otto Wegscheider (FRG) (10241) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10241 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Absolute altitude | 2 276 m | 03 May 1937 | Werner Spilger (GER) (13608) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 13608 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Speed over a triangular course of 750 km | 122,26 km/h | 26 Nov 1978 | Erwin Müller (FRG) (5497) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5497 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Free distance using up to 3 turn points | 1 037,29 km | 25 Dec 1998 | Pamela Hawkins (GBR) (5879) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5879 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Out-and-return distance | 2 025,2 km | 23 Nov 2003 | Jean-Marie Clement (FRA) (8141) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 8141 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Speed over a triangular course of 200 km | 81,35 km/h | 12 Aug 1958 | Harland C. Ross (USA) (5457) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5457 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1-M | Triangle Distance | 1 089,987 km | 16 Jan 1987 | Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10195) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10195 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D15 | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 187,38 km/h | 08 Jan 2015 | Jan Ritsma (NED) (17401) | ratified - superseded since approved | African | 17401 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km | 129,6 km/h | 30 Dec 2013 | Anja Kohlrausch (GER) (17024) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 17024 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Straight distance to a declared goal | 993,76 km | 31 Oct 1982 | Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) (5399) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5399 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 165,35 km/h | 18 Jul 1974 | Kenneth Bruce Briegleb (USA) (5433) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5433 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 77.14 km/h | 24 Jun 1951 | A. I. Mednikov (URS) (4357) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 4357 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Triangle Distance | 1 600,97 km | 08 Dec 2010 | Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (16137) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 16137 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Straight distance to a declared goal | 731.595 km | 29 Jul 1966 | Tamara Zaiganova (URS) (10110) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10110 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Straight distance to a declared goal | 395,730 km | 01 Jun 1939 | I.L. Kartachev (URS) (13615) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 13615 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DU | Out-and-return distance | 199.97 km | 29 Jun 2000 | Nikolai Boldyrev (RUS) (6626) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 6626 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Straight distance | 1 019,598 km | 04 Jan 1990 | Morris William Walker (NZL) (10053) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10053 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Free out-and-return distance | 1 126,34 km | 20 Dec 2015 | Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) (17810) | ratified - superseded since approved | African | 17810 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Out-and-return distance | 546,94 km | 04 Aug 1960 | Richard E. Schreder (USA) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 4416 | → | ⌄ |
