As the international governing body for the sport of multi-day journey running, particularly in regard to circumnavigating the Earth on foot, the World Runners Association maintains a list of the world records and other achievements within the sport.
The WRA maintains the records for the fastest world run (expressed in days, between start and finish date), the record for the Youngest and Oldest to circumnanavigate the earth on foot (*), the longest run and the most circumnavigations. Records are maintained separately for women and men.
(*) The average age of a runner is calculated as: (age at start of journey + age at end of journey) ÷ 2
Categories
Fastest Circumnavigation of the Earth on Foot
Serge Girard
8 April 2017
🇫🇷 434 days
Andrea Prais
27 June 2026
🇨🇭 554 days
Longest Circumnavigation of the Earth on Foot
Tony Mangan
26 October 2014
🇮🇪 50,000 km
Rosie Swale-Pope
25 August 2008
🇬🇧 32,187 km
Youngest to Circumnavigate the Earth on Foot
Jesper Kenn Olsen
01 January 2004-23 October 2005
🇩🇰 33 years, 149 days
Marie Leautey
06 December 2019-1 September 2022
🇫🇷 44 years, 0 days
Oldest to Circumnavigate the Earth on Foot
Serge Girard
31 January 2016-8 April 2017
🇫🇷 62 years 299 days
Rosie Swale Pope
02 October 2003-25 August 2008
🇬🇧 58 years 347 days
Most Circumnavigations of the Earth on Foot
Jesper Kenn Olsen
23 October 2005 & 28 July 2012
🇩🇰 2 circumnavigations
Undeterminded
(All women have done 1 each)
Here is the timeline of the current world-records for fastest circumnavigation
of the earth on foot, men and women:
Men
Jesper Kenn Olsen
🇩🇰 662 days
23 october 2005
Tom Denniss
🇦🇺 622 days
13 september 2013
Kevin Carr
🇬🇧 621 days
09 april 2015
Serge Girard
🇫🇷 434 days
⭐ Current holder
08 april 2017
Women
Rosie Swale-Pope
🇬🇧 1,789 days
25 august 2008
Marie Leautey
🇫🇷 825 days
01 september 2022
Andrea Prais
🇨🇭 554 days
⭐ Current holder