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| Class | Sub-Class | Type of record | Performance | Date | Claimant | Status | Region Sort descending | ID | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gliding | D1 | Straight distance to a declared goal | 1 231,80 km | 16 Apr 1974 | Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (5416) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5416 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 65,98 km/h | 05 May 1951 | René Fonteilles (FRA) (5460) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5460 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1-M | Speed over a triangular course of 500 km | 138 km/h | 13 Jan 1984 | Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10226) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10226 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Free out-and-return distance | 1 042,55 km | 25 Dec 1998 | Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5888) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5888 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 110.19 km/h | 04 Jan 1966 | Yvonne Leemann (RSA) (10116) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10116 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Speed over a triangular course of 500 km | 155,14 km/h | 09 Jan 1987 | Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (368) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 368 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Duration without landing returning to the start point | 45 h 28 min 51 sec | 19 Nov 1942 | Erich Vergens (GER) (4456) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 4456 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Free out-and-return distance | 1 220,6 km | 28 Nov 2005 | Ghislaine Facon (FRA) | ratified - current record | World | 12268 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2-M | Triangle Distance | 796,21 km | 05 Jan 1997 | Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3959) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 3959 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1-M | Absolute altitude | 10 408 m | 27 May 1979 | Günter Cichon (FRG) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 410 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Speed over a triangular course of 300 km | 62.29 km/h | 14 Jul 1960 | Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10119) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10119 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Straight distance | 72,20 km | 25 Apr 1929 | Johannes Nehring (GER) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 4434 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 159,06 km/h | 14 Dec 2002 | Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) (7585) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 7585 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2-M | Speed over a triangular course of 300 km | 67.62 km/h | 06 Jun 1976 | Werner Hoffmann (FRG) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10262 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Free distance using up to 3 turn points | 1 394,04 km | 01 Jun 1993 | Brian John Milner (CAN) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 50 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 94,72 km/h | 15 May 1954 | Jerzy Wojnar (POL) (4359) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 4359 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DW | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 87,75 km/h | 16 May 2000 | Adela Dankowska (POL) (6564) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 6564 | → | ⌄ | |
| 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 | D1 | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 150,44 km/h | 04 Jul 1970 | Klaus Holighaus (GER) (5430) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5430 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2-M | Straight distance | 969,75 km | 07 Jul 1989 | Jerry W. Wenger (USA) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 430 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km | 211,50 km/h | 24 Mar 1998 | Theo Roger Newfield (NZL) (5338) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5338 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Out-and-return distance | 617,43 km | 14 May 1980 | Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10159) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10159 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Triangle Distance | 1 600,97 km | 08 Dec 2010 | Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (16137) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 16137 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Speed over a triangular course of 300 km | 68.52 km/h | 04 Jul 1963 | Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10174) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10174 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Free out-and-return distance | 191,348 km | 10 Jun 1938 | I.L. Kartachev (URS) (13618) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 13618 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km | 172,2 km/h | 06 Dec 2003 | Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (8207) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 8207 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1-M | Out-and-return distance | 693,448 km | 23 Jul 1978 | Günter Cichon (FRG) (10207) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10207 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1-M | Free out-and-return distance | 758,00 km | 01 Jan 1996 | Norifumi Morimoto (JPN) (3079) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 3079 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Speed over a triangular course of 300 km | 50.032 km/h | 10 Aug 1958 | Lucyna Bajewska (POL) (12427) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 12427 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DU | Free out-and-return distance | 627,2 km | 21 Jul 2001 | Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) (7045) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 7045 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Triangle Distance | 760,40 km | 05 Jan 1992 | Katrin Keim (GER) (371) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 371 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1-M | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 152,16 km/h | 29 Dec 1977 | Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10216) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10216 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Free out-and-return distance | 546.57 km | 16 Oct 1995 | Kai Gertsen (USA) (3012) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 3012 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Speed over a triangular course of 300 km | 64,18 km/h | 07 Jun 1956 | Zvonimir Rain (YUG) (5480) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5480 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DW | Free triangle distance | 429,8 km | 30 Jul 2015 | Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (17621) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 17621 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D13.5 | Distance using up to 3 turn points | 501,8 km | 12 Jul 2018 | Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (18643) | ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code | World | 18643 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DW | Triangle Distance | 535,92 km | 21 Jun 2001 | Thomas Wartha (GER) (7017) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 7017 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2-M | Speed over a triangular course of 750 km | 157,27 km/h | 10 Jan 1991 | Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 418 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Out-and-return distance | 1 001.94 km | 07 Sep 1972 | Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) (5396) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5396 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Gain of height | 4 963 m | 22 Nov 1950 | Irena Kempovna (POL) (4344) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 4344 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1-M | Triangle Distance | 1 277,43 km | 21 Dec 1992 | Klaus Holighaus (GER) (19288) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 19288 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1-M | Speed over a triangular course of 300 km | 140,74 km/h | 08 Jan 1983 | Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10221) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10221 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | DO | Free out-and-return distance | 1 002,83 km | 11 Dec 1998 | Pamela Hawkins (GBR) (5862) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5862 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Speed over a triangular course of 100 km | 104,22 km/h | 28 Jul 1964 | Viktor Iltchenko (URS) (5466) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 5466 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Speed over a triangular course of 750 km | 141,80 km/h | 26 Dec 1986 | Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (367) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 367 | → | ⌄ | |
| 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 | DO | Speed over a triangular course of 300 km | 225,69 km/h | 21 Nov 2005 | Klaus Ohlmann (GER) | ratified - current record | World | 12232 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1-M | Free out-and-return distance | 860,46 km | 04 Jan 1997 | Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3941) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 3941 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D2 | Straight distance to a declared goal | 607.942 km | 18 Jun 1960 | Viktor Iltchenko (URS) (10060) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10060 | → | ⌄ | |
| Gliding | D1 | Speed over a triangular course of 300 km | 121,88 km/h | 30 Jan 1979 | Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) (10125) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10125 | → | ⌄ |
