World Records for Treadmill Running

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THE MOST IMPORTANT RULES

(If you want to break a record that is published in a record book or governed by an international authorithy, there may be other or additional rules. See here for more information.)

A standard treadmill exercise fitness machine should be used for the attempt.
The setting of the machine is at the discretion of the competitor.
It is not permitted to lean on the "handle-bar".
The venue for the record attempt must be open to the general public for the duration of the attempt
Rest breaks may be taken at the discretion of the competitor but they are included within the time for the attempt. The clock does not stop. For example, if the 24 hrs-event starts at 11 am on Monday, it must finish at 11am on Tuesday.
For the distance records (100 km, 100 miles etc.), two timekeepers should time the attempt with highly accurate stopwatches.
A calibration certificate for the treadmill and two signed statements by at least two sports referees should be provided.

Corrections and information about new record attempts is more than welcome. Please send an e-mail to info@recordholders.org.

24 HOURS, MEN

runner	date	miles	km	Notes
Erwin Valdebenito (CHI)	12/13 April 2007	153.90	247.68	verified by Guinness World Records, London
Christopher Bergland (USA)	29 / 30 April 2004	153.76	247.45	DETAILS ORDER Christopher's book "The Athlete's Way" at amazon.com
Serge Arbona (USA)	24 / 25 Jan 2004	152.27	245.05
Karl Graf (GER)	2 / 3 Feb 2002	149.1	240	published in the Guinness Book of Records, German edition 2003
Dean Karnazes (USA)	29 / 30 April 2004	147.96	238.12	ORDER Dean's book "Ultramarathon Man" at amazon.com
Alain Poyet (FRA)	28 / 29 Sep 1991	144.80	233.026	published in the Guinness Book of Records, French edition 1995
Tony Mangan (IRL)	24 / 25 Oct 2003	138.2	222.4	verified by Guinness World Records, London
David Deubelbeiss (CAN)	12/13 Feb 2004	136.09	219.01	DETAILS
Andrew Rivett (GBR)	5 / 6 April 2003	135.5	218.06	reported as verified by Guinness World Records, London
Tony Mangan (IRL)	19/20 April 2003	134.35	216.37
Roland Kleinpaul (AUT)	26 Oct 2002	131.27	211.22
David Deubelbeiss (CAN)	18/19 Jan 2003	130.82	210.53	DETAILS
Wolfgang Kratzer (GER)	June 2001	130.5	210
Scott Eppelman (USA)	31 Jan / 1 Feb 2004	129.64	208.63
Dean Karnazes (USA)	21 / 22 June 2007	128.75	207.20	DETAILS ORDER Dean's book "Ultramarathon Man" at amazon.com
Joachim Hauser (GER)	4 March 2000	127.8	205.6	verified by the German editors of the Guinness Book of Records
Reinhard Schmid (GER)	1991	125.52	202.01
Detlev Ackermann (GER)	14 / 15 Oct 2005	120.2	193.5
Lars Sætran (NOR)	14 / 15 Feb 2003	120	193.080
Antonio Fusaro (GER)		116.20	187
Scott Eppelman (USA)	1-2 Nov 2002	116.04	186.74	verified by Guinness World Records, London
Daniel Gough (USA)	23-24 Sep 2006	115.00	185.07
William Sichel (GBR)	30 Nov / 1 Dec 2002	112.46	180.99	verified by Guinness World Records, London
Gary Paul (RSA)		105.7	170.1
Gavin Smith (NZL)	27 / 28 Oct 2001	105.18	169.27
Frederick Mueller (USA)	19 May 2007	101.76	163.77
Rory Coleman (GBR)	1998	101.37	163.14
Arun Bhardwaj (IND)	October 2007	100	160.93
Antonio Mazzeo (ITA)	26 Feb 2005	97.537	156.970
Michel Gouin (CAN)	28/29 Oct 2005	95.94	154.4
Luca Ricci (ITA)	26 Feb 2005	93.505	150.480
Daniel Brockhurst (GBR)	26 July 2003	91.73	147.62
Geoffrey Weber (USA)	22 / 23 March 2006	91.69	147.56
Francis Rault (FRA)	19 / 20 Dec 1987	90.1	145	published in the Guinness Book of Records, French edition 1990
Robby Clemens (GER)	25 / 26 June 2005	87.55	140.9

24 HOURS, WOMEN

runner	date	miles	km	Notes
Edit Berces (HUN)	8 / 9 March 2004	153.60	247.2	DETAILS
Jody-Lynn Reicher (USA)	13 / 14 May 2005	114.03	183.51	DETAILS
Christine Sextl (GER)	6 / 7 March 2004	112.66	181.3	DETAILS (in German language)
Martina Schmit (AUT)	25 / 26 June 2005	103.1	165.9
Monica Scholz (CAN)	12 / 13 Feb 2004	100.00	160.9	She stopped running at 20:05 hrs., leaving the rest of the time unused.
Georgina McConnell (AUS)	Dec 2003	94.13	151.48
Patti Wixom (USA)	28 March 1998	93.5	150.5
Manuela Resnik (AUT)	25 / 26 June 2005	77.0	123.9

24 HOURS, TEAM OF 12

team	date	miles	km	notes
Wattenscheid Running Team (GER)	3/4 Nov 2007	266.74	429,28
Good River Running Club (USA)	2/3 March 2007	261.75	421,24	DETAILS
Fitness First Health Club Luton (GBR)	4/5 Feb 2006	247.39	398,13
Brecon Multisport Club (GBR)	19/20 Nov 2004	243.2	391,4

12 HOURS, MEN

runner	date	miles	km	notes
Jiří Krejčí (TCH)	18 May 2006	88.09	141.77	(not yet verified)
Martin Tighe (GBR)	19 March 2005	85.83	138.13
Serge Arbona (USA)	24 Jan 2004	85.68	137.89
Marek Szuster (POL)	Nov 2006	83.64	134.6
Karl Graf (GER)	14 Jan 2001	81.46	131.1
Sumio Wehner (GER)	17 Oct 2006	69.76	112.26

168 HOURS, MEN

runner	date	miles	km	notes
Daniel Bocuze (FRA)	1-8 Dec 2007	455.15	732.5	PHOTOS verified by Guinness World Records, London
Jozef Rajchl (SVK)	11-18 Jan 2008	450.5	725
Thomas Wenning (GER)	24-31 Dec 2006	446.05	717.850	DETAILS verified by Guinness World Records, London
Michel Gouin (CAN)	6 - 13 Jan 2006	415.80	669.16
Peter Bartel (GER)	31 Dec 2005-7 Jan 2006	352.11	566.67	DETAILS
Michael Moilanen (USA)	5-12 March 2007	301.84	485.76
Glyn Marston (GBR)	9 - 16 April 2005	300.0	482.8
Michael Moilanen (USA)	6 - 13 July 2005	294.38	473.76
Rory Coleman (GBR)	14-21 April 2001	283.65	456.49
David Taylor (AUS)	23-30 November 2003	283.24	455.83

168 HOURS, WOMEN

runner	date	miles	km	notes
Martina Schmit (AUT)	3-10 March 2007	457.83	736.8	(not yet verified) DETAILS
Claudia Weber (GER)	24-31 Dec 2006	395.25	636,090	verified by Guinness World Records, London DETAILS

MARATHON, MEN

runner	date	time	notes
Eric Blake (USA)	24 June 2006	2:21:40 hrs	DETAILS
Michael Wardian (USA)	11 Dec 2004	2:23:58 hr
Josh Cox (USA)	17 April 2004	2:31:04 hr	DETAILS
Peter Weinberger (AUT)	12 Oct 2002	2:37:40 hr

50 KM, MEN

runner	date	time	notes
Helge Hafsås (NOR)	10 Dec 2005	3:10:19 hr	(not yet completely verified)
Tommy Neeson (USA)	29 June 2007	3:34:24 hr	(not yet verified)
Siddhartha Herdegen (USA)	8 April 2006	3:38:06 hr	(not yet verified)
Derek Lalonde (CAN)	15 Nov 2005	3:39:00 hr
Geffrey Weber (USA)	6 July 2005	3:41:53 hr	DETAILS
Martin Tighe (GBR)	19 March 2005	3:44:48 hr	DETAILS
Geoffrey Weber (USA)	26 Dec 2004	3:46:12 hr	DETAILS (not yet completely documented)

100 KM, MEN

runner	date	time	notes
Martin Tighe (GBR)	19 March 2005	7:39:31 hr	DETAILS
David Deubelbeiss (CAN)	13 February 2005	7:40:48 hr	(not yet verified)
Richard Fröhlich (GER)	1990	7:46:26 hr
Helmut Urbach (GER)	1999	8:07:49 hr
Antonio Mammoli (ITA)	1 April 2006	8:21:02 hr

OTHER RECORDS:

24 hours, team of maximal 10 runners (changing every 30 minutes): 9 runners from the clubs Silkeborg Motion og Tri, Århus 1900, AGF, Viborg A/M (DEN), 434.070 km [269.720 mi] on 23/24 February 2001 (beating the previous record held by Team Triathlon Herning (DEN) 404,299 km [251.221 mi] on 5/6 March 1993)

24 x 1 hour relay: LG Laufzentrum Wipptal (Italy), 408.800 km 12/13 May 2007 at Brennerexpo 2007

12 hours, team of 2 runners (changing every 10 km): Marek Schuster / Wolfgang Kratzer (GER) 155.76 km [96.785 mi] on 15 Jan 2005 in Augsburg

48 hours: Tony Mangan (IRL) 372.06 km [231.19 mi] on 24 - 26 Oct 2003 in Dublin

48 hours (women): Martina Schmidt (AUT) 309.8 km [192 mi] on 10 March 2006 in Stockerau

3000 m: Martin Pröll (AUT) 7:53 min in Wels (Austria) on 17 Jan 2003

50 mi: Martin Tighe (USA), 6:06:19 hrs, on 19 March 2005

100 mi: 14:15:08 hrs, split time by Edit Berces (HUN) in her 24-hours attempt on 8 / 9 March 2004. (The best male time is 14:22:49 hrs, by Serge Arbona (USA) during his 24-hours attempt on 24 / 25 Jan 2004.)

1000 km: 14 days 11:00:00 hours, Peter Bartel (GER) 13-27 February 2007 in Glienicke PHOTOS
(new record claim, not yet confirmed: 11 days 18:17:52 hours by Michel Gouin (CAN) in 2008

30 days: 1526,449 km [948,491 mi], Özden Tasdemir (GER) 1-30 September 2007 in 30 German cities

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