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 (but using downhill mode is not an option).
It is not permitted to lean on the "handle-bar".
The belt must be strictly stopped before the atemptee leaves the treadmill.
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 log book should show the time taken for rest breaks as well as either the distances after each hour or the times after each completed kilometre or mile.
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
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
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
Tony Mangan (IRL)	24 / 25 Oct 2003	138.2	222.4
David Deubelbeiss (CAN)	12/13 Feb 2004	136.09	219.01	DETAILS
Andrew Rivett (GBR)	5 / 6 April 2003	135.5	218.06
Tony Mangan (IRL)	19 / 20 April 2003	134.35	216.37
Tony Mangan (IRL)	22 / 23 August 2008	132.32	212.95	split on the way to the 48 hrs world record
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
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
Daniel Gough (USA)	23-24 Sep 2006	115.00	185.07
William Sichel (GBR)	30 Nov / 1 Dec 2002	112.46	180.99
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
Giulio Mazzetto (ITA)	16 / 17 Feb 2008	88.756	142.839	age class M70, not yet fully verified
Robby Clemens (GER)	25 / 26 June 2005	87.55	140.9
Brian (B.J.) Van Beusekom (USA)	2 / 3 Feb 2009	80.6	129.71

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.
Marinella Satta (ITA)	16 /17 Feb 2008	94.25	151.674	age class F50, not yet fully verified
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

48 HOURS, MEN

runner	date	miles	km	notes
Tony Mangan (IRL)	22 - 24 Aug 2008	251.79	405.22
Tony Mangan (IRL)	24 - 26 Oct 2003	231.19	372.06

12 HOURS, MEN

runner	date	miles	km	notes
Robert Wimmer (GER)	7 March 2009	90.2	145.2	(not yet verified)
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
Antonio Scaldavilla (ITA)	28 Sept - 5 Oct 2008	660.46	1062.9
Brendan Bustad (USA)	18-24 April 2009	461.43	742.6	(not yet verified)
Daniel Bocuze (FRA)	1-8 Dec 2007	455.15	732.5	PHOTOS
Jozef Rajchl (SVK)	11-18 Jan 2008	450.5	725
Thomas Wenning (GER)	24-31 Dec 2006	446.05	717.850	DETAILS
Michel Gouin (CAN)	6 - 13 Jan 2006	415.80	669.16
Frank Dams (GER)	3 - 10 Feb 2009	376.08	605.24
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	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
Robert Wimmer (GER)	27 June 2008	7:28:20 hr	DETAILS
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

1000 KM, MEN

runner	date	time	notes
Antonio Scaldavilla (ITA)	28 September - 4 October 2008	6 days 7:38:00 hours
Frank Dams (GER)	3 - 14 February 2009	11 days 5:33:57 hours
Michel Gouin (CAN)	28 February - 11 March 2008	11 days 18:17:52 hours
Peter Bartel (GER)	13-27 February 2007	14 days 11:00:00 hours

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 (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.)

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

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