This is a list of Guinness World Records that have been discontinued for various reasons. This may include that the record poses a threat to health or the environment.
Record | Reason to discontinue | Last appearance in the records book | References |
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"The largest ever mass balloon release" | Environmental concerns (see Balloonfest '86) | [1] [2] [3] | |
Controversial animal sports | Concerns with animal welfare. Includes camel wresting records, and "largest fox ever killed during an English fox hunt". | [3] | |
Fastest journey around the world by car | Breaking speed limits | 1996 | [3] |
Fastest yodel | [3] | ||
Heaviest pets | Encourages people to over-feed their pets | 1998 | [3] [4] |
Hunger strikes / Fasting | [5] | ||
Untimed gluttony | Health concerns | 1989 | [4] [3] |
Largest penny pyramid | Penny shortage | 1984 | [3] |
Largest pie fight | Policies on food waste increasing in strictness, including that the food is "for general consumption by humans". | [3] | |
Longest kiss | Health concerns | [6] | |
Longest time spent buried alive | Health concerns | [5] [7] | |
Longest time spent without sleeping | Health concerns | 1989 | [8] |
Most beer drunk in an hour | 1991 | [3] | |
Most difficult tongue twister | [3] | ||
Most greeting cards received by an individual | Fear of overwhelming the postal system | [3] | |
Most guitars smashed during a concert tour | "Guitar welfare" | [3] | |
Most sky lanterns released simultaneously | Environmental concerns | [3] | |
Most tweets in a single second | [3] | ||
Video game high scores | [5] | ||
Fastest violinist | "It has become impossible to judge the quality of the renditions, even when slowed down. In terms of monitoring the number of musical notes, it is not clear if all notes have been played fully." | 2017 | [9] |
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