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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 562,60 km 30 Aug 1959 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (4607) ratified - superseded since approved World 4607
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 562,4 km 15 Jul 1963 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10144) ratified - superseded since approved World 10144
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Gliding DU Straight Distance to a Goal 560,07 km 09 Jul 2004 Leonardo R. Benetti-longhini (USA) (9635) ratified - current record World 9635
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 56,879 km/h 14 Jul 1955 Jerzy Wojnar (POL) (10032) ratified - superseded since approved World 10032
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Gliding D1 Duration 56 h 15 min 02 Apr 1952 Charles Atger (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4449
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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Duration without landing returning to the start point 56 h 11 min 30 Dec 1953 Claude Fronteau (FRA) (4460) ratified - superseded since approved World 4460
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Gliding D13.5 Triangle Distance 555,7 km 29 Dec 2016 Mauro Brunazzo (ITA) (18106) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18106
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Gliding D13 Triangle Distance 555,7 km 29 Dec 2016 Mauro Brunazzo (ITA) (19462) ratified - current record World 19462
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 552,100 km 15 May 1938 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) (13613) ratified - superseded since approved World 13613
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Gliding DW Triangle Distance 551.6 km 14 Jun 2002 Diether Memmert (GER) (7375) ratified - superseded since approved World 7375
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Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 551 km 10 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) (10247) ratified - superseded since approved World 10247
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Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 55 h 52 min 12 sec 22 Sep 1943 Ernst Jachtmann (GER) (4455) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4455
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 546.57 km 16 Oct 1995 Kai Gertsen (USA) (3012) ratified - superseded since approved World 3012
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 546,94 km 04 Aug 1960 Richard E. Schreder (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4416
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 546 km 27 Apr 1976 Adele Orsi (ITA) (10156) ratified - superseded since approved World 10156
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 545 m 07 Feb 1923 Descamps (FRA) (13623) ratified - superseded since approved World 13623
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 543.5 km 29 Jul 1962 Stanislaw Ratusinski (POL) (10068) ratified - superseded since approved World 10068
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 541,3 km 20 Jul 1953 Jerzy Popiel (POL) (13616) ratified - superseded since approved World 13616
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 540,4 km 08 Aug 1962 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10149) ratified - superseded since approved World 10149
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 540,4 km 08 Aug 1962 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10145) ratified - superseded since approved World 10145
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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
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance to a declared goal 539,87 km 14 Jun 1993 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) (136) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 136
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance 539,87 km 14 Jun 1993 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) (135) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 135
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 539,623 km 05 May 1937 Viktor Rastorguev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4507
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Gliding DW Triangle Distance 535,92 km 21 Jun 2001 Axel Reich (GER) (7016) ratified - superseded since approved World 7016
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Gliding DW Triangle Distance 535,92 km 21 Jun 2001 Thomas Wartha (GER) (7017) ratified - superseded since approved World 7017
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 533,60 km 06 Jul 1959 Ludwik Misiek (POL) (4319) ratified - superseded since approved World 4319
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 532,85 km 15 Dec 1996 Angelika Machinek (GER) (3906) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3906
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance to a declared goal 532,38 km 20 Jan 1983 Finn T. Andersen (DEN) (10199) ratified - superseded since approved World 10199
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 531,11 km 01 Jul 1989 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 412
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 531 km 01 May 1975 Kurt Heimann (FRG) (10205) ratified - superseded since approved World 10205
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Gliding DU Free triangle distance 530,13 km 28 Jun 2009 James M. Payne (USA) (15501) ratified - superseded since approved World 15501
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 53.859 km/h 06 Jun 1956 Cvetka Klancnik-belin (YUG) (12426) ratified - superseded since approved World 12426
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 53,665 km/h 05 Aug 1952 Anna P. Samossadova (URS) (12424) ratified - superseded since approved World 12424
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 53 h 04 min 04 Feb 1952 Albert Carraz (FRA) (4461) ratified - superseded since approved World 4461
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Gliding D13.5 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 522,14 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (18647) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18647
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Gliding D13 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 522,14 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (19438) ratified - current record European 19438
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Gliding D13 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 522,14 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (19437) ratified - current record World 19437
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Gliding D13.5 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 522,14 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (18648) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code European 18648
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 519.41 km 15 Oct 1995 Walter Weir (CAN) (3006) ratified - superseded since approved World 3006
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 518.066 km 30 May 1957 Vladislas Zejda (TCH) (9992) ratified - superseded since approved World 9992
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 518,59 km 10 Aug 1959 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10146) ratified - superseded since approved World 10146
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 518,59 km 10 Aug 1958 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (4363) ratified - superseded since approved World 4363
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 518,59 km 10 Aug 1956 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10106) ratified - superseded since approved World 10106
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Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 518,06 km 02 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3948) ratified - superseded since approved World 3948
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Gliding D2-M Free distance using up to 3 turn points 518,06 km 02 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3947) ratified - superseded since approved World 3947
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Gliding D2 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 518,06 km 02 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3946) ratified - superseded since approved World 3946
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 517,80 km 06 Jul 1959 Henryk Zydorczak (POL) (4606) ratified - superseded since approved World 4606
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Gliding DW Free distance using up to 3 turn points 517,38 km 14 Jul 2000 Kerrie Ann Claffey (AUS) (6646) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6646
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