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- Jean-Marc Perrin
- Joann B. Shaw
- Johan Luyckx
- Karla Elizabeth Karel
- Karl Heinrich Striedieck
- Katrin Keim
- Klaus Holighaus
- Klaus Ohlmann
- Laszlo Hegedus
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- Marcelle Choisnet
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- Mauro Brunazzo
- Otto Wegscheider
- Pamela Hawkins
- Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins
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- 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
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- 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 (18)
- 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- ratified - superseded since approved (879)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 | Region Sort descending | ID | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gliding | D1 | Out-and-return distance | 1 646,68 km | 25 Apr 1983 | Thomas L. Knauff (USA) (5427) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 5427 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Straight distance to a declared goal | 195.185 km | 06 Jul 1939 | E. Zelenkova (URS) (13594) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 13594 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 107,78 km/h | 02 Sep 1964 | Stanislaw Kluk (POL) (5467) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5467 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DW | Free triangle distance | 419,5 km | 07 Aug 2011 | Valeria Paget (USA) (15816) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 15816 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DW | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 136,92 km/h | 28 Nov 2005 | Osvaldo M. Ferraro (ARG) (12269) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 12269 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D13.5 | Out-and-return distance | 500,8 km | 26 Dec 2016 | Mauro Brunazzo (ITA) (18101) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 18101 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Out-and-return distance | 731,27 km | 07 Apr 1979 | Doris F. Grove (USA) (10091) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10091 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1-M | Speed over a triangular course of 300 km | 139,97 km/h | 14 Dec 1996 | Angelika Machinek (GER) (3905) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 3905 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Straight distance to a declared goal | 951,43 km | 02 Jul 1990 | Joann B. Shaw (USA) (351) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 351 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Out-and-return distance | 328,2 km | 18 Jun 1955 | Maksymiliana Czmielowna (POL) (10085) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10085 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Speed over a triangular course of 750 km | 163,75 km/h | 26 Jul 2001 | Gerrit .J.J. Kurstjens (NED) (7066) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 7066 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km | 166,53 km/h | 12 Dec 2002 | Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (7584) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 7584 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Out-and-return distance | 1 298,97 km | 17 Mar 1976 | Leonard Royal McMaster (USA) (5425) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5425 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Speed over a triangular course of 500 km | 95,72 km/h | 16 May 1986 | Daina Vilne (LAT) (10177) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10177 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 69.60 km/h | 22 Jul 1948 | Siegbert Maurer (SUI) (4342) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 4342 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Straight distance to a declared goal | 974,04 km | 22 Aug 1969 | Wallace A. Scott (USA) (4408) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 4408 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Triangle Distance | 1 036,56 km | 25 Dec 1998 | Pamela Hawkins (GBR) (5878) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5878 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Straight distance | 949,70 km | 20 Jan 1980 | Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) (352) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 352 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Straight distance | 602,23 km | 12 May 1937 | Viktor Rastorguev (URS) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 4508 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2-M | Free out-and-return distance | 705,04 km | 15 Feb 1997 | Hana Zejdova (CZE) (4020) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 4020 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Speed over a triangular course of 500 km | 71,39 km/h | 04 Jan 1963 | Robert R. Clifford (RSA) (10035) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10035 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D15 | Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km | 121,5 km/h | 28 Dec 2007 | Anja Kohlrausch (GER) (14905) | ratified - current record | World | 14905 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2-M | Free distance using up to 3 turn points | 1 196,11 km | 30 Nov 1992 | Walter Binder (FRG) (419) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 419 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 97,066 km/h | 08 Sep 1958 | Joze Mrak (YUG) (10027) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10027 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Free out-and-return distance | 2 247,6 km | 02 Dec 2003 | Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (8198) | ratified - current record | World | 8198 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Straight distance to a declared goal | 1 254,26 km | 14 Jan 1978 | Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 335 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D15 | Speed over a triangular course of 500 km | 185,10 km/h | 13 Nov 2015 | Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (17750) | ratified - current record | World | 17750 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2-M | Absolute altitude | 8 782 m | 10 Jun 1993 | Ingrid Köhler (FRG) (131) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 131 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1-M | Speed over a triangular course of 500 km | 156.93 km/h | 02 Jan 1988 | Otto Wegscheider (FRG) (10223) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10223 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Straight distance to a declared goal | 364,035 km | 20 Jul 1951 | Anna P. Samossadova (URS) (10102) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10102 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DU | Free out-and-return distance | 205.4 km | 29 Jun 2000 | Nikolai Boldyrev (RUS) (6625) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 6625 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km | 138,1 km/h | 31 Dec 2013 | Anja Kohlrausch (GER) (17025) | ratified - current record | World | 17025 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Speed over a triangular course of 500 km | 108.94 km/H | 18 Dec 1972 | Angela Smith (-) (10132) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10132 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Triangle Distance | 1 379,35 km | 10 Jan 1987 | Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (369) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 369 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Gain of height | 7 746 m | 20 Jan 1951 | Yvonne Gaudry (FRA) (4399) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 4399 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D15 | Speed over a triangular course of 750 km | 132,5 km/h | 17 Feb 2000 | Hana Zejdova (CZE) (6408) | ratified - current record | World | 6408 | → | ⌄ | |
| 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 | Out-and-return distance | 684.458 lm | 15 Jul 1972 | Edward Guy Minghelli (USA) (10072) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10072 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2-M | Gain of height | 5 044 m | 26 Sep 1982 | Max-Ludwig Niebler (FRG) (10238) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10238 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Duration without landing returning to the start point | 40 h 38 min | 08 Sep 1938 | Toni Kahlbacher (GER) (4466) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 4466 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D15 | Free out-and-return distance | 767,45 km | 13 Jan 1998 | Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5276) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5276 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Straight distance to a declared goal | 609.033 km | 14 Jun 1964 | Marina Afrikanova (URS) (10108) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10108 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Triangle Distance | 1 600,97 km | 08 Dec 2010 | Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (16137) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 16137 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Free distance using up to 3 turn points | 1 355 km | 20 Nov 2005 | Ghislaine Facon (FRA) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 12196 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D13.5 | Speed over a triangular course of 500 km | 110,20 km/h | 20 Nov 2016 | Stefano Ghiorzo (ITA) (18082) | ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code | World | 18082 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Free out-and-return distance | 809,49 km | 15 Dec 1995 | Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3063) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 3063 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2-M | Speed over a triangular course of 750 km | 136,99 km/h | 31 Dec 1989 | Otto Wegscheider (FRG) (10267) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10267 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Duration without landing returning to the start point | 56 h 11 min | 30 Dec 1953 | Claude Fronteau (FRA) (4460) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 4460 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DW | Out-and-return distance | 591,8 km | 24 Jun 2001 | Diether Memmert (GER) (7022) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 7022 | → | ⌄ |
