Colombia has achieved remarkable Guinness World Records in a wide range of categories. Sports achievements, natural phenomena, human feats, and many other distinctions have made the country stand out in various editions of the famous list.
The Guinness World Records franchise, which has been validating world records for over six decades, has expanded beyond print, giving rise to television series in several countries and even a museum. Records are included in its database, in the annual edition of its book, and through digital platforms. Here are some of the most memorable and incredible Guinness World Records achieved in Colombia:
Nince Guinness World Records held by Colombia
The longest-running television music show host
Television presenter Jorge Baron earned a Guinness World Record on July 21, 2022, after completing 53 years at the helm of the television program “El Show de las Estrellas” (“THe Show of the Stars.”) First broadcast on May 24, 1969, the famous show traveled to 715 municipalities in Colombia, covered 586,101 kilometers and entertained more than 9,180,000 people. Famous participating stars have included Karol G and Maluma.
The shortest time to solve three Rubik’s Cubes while juggling
Angel Alvarado set the record for solving three Rubik’s Cubes while juggling, with a time of 00:04:31.01 in Bogota on April 1, 2022. The young man began his preparation in 2019, dedicating around five hours a day to the activity, two of which were spent solving cubes and another two practicing juggling. He competed against himself, trying to build his prior unofficial record of 00:04:52.43.
The world’s largest coffee cup and tasting
In Chinchina, Caldas, the world’s largest coffee cup was constructed in June 2019. With a capacity of 22,739 liters of coffee, the cup was placed in the middle of Bolivar Park in the main square of the municipality.
Both the coffee in the world’s largest cup and two other varieties were distributed to 1,559 people, surpassing the required minimum of 739 people for the largest coffee tasting record. In 2023, the first record was surpassed by a cup holding 26,939.22 liters in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.
The heaviest mango in the world
Two Colombian farmers, German Orlando Novoa Barrera and Reina Maria Marroquin, cultivated the world’s heaviest mango in Guayata, Boyaca in 2021. Weighing in at 4.25 kilograms, the mango was certified by the Guinness World Records as being the heaviest in the world.
The mango is a fruit of Asian origin and is harvested in tropical regions. In Guayata, it is grown on a small scale, primarily for family consumption. A replica of the award-winning mango was made and now remains in the Guayata town hall.
The world’s largest scrambled eggs
In Soacha, Cundinamarca, the record for the world’s largest scrambled eggs was achieved in October 2019. The National Federation of Poultry Farmers of Colombia used 59,758 eggs to prepare the dish, which weighed 3,112 kilograms.
This dish was tasted by 10,000 people attending the cooking event in Soacha’s central park, as well as by a further 5,000 in Altos de Cazuca. The eggshells were used to create compost material for tree planting in rural areas of the municipality.
The largest pencil mural in the world
Julian Castillo and a team of young Colombians created the world’s largest pencil mural in the municipality of Roldanillo, Valle del Cauca in 2017. They used more than a thousand pencils to create a mural covering a surface area of 84.86 square meters. The work, titled “The Concept of Absolute Reality,” depicts a man and a girl holding a diamond.
86 hours of joke-telling
Comedian Jose Ordoñez set a Guinness World Record by spending over 3 days (86 hours) telling 9,600 jokes at a shopping mall in Bogota on December 8, 2014. He was no stranger to such challenges, having previously lasted 80 hours at an event in Madrid two years earlier.
The organization’s rules allowed the comedian to take a five-minute break every hour. The Santander native instead decided to save up some of this time so he could use it to propose to his wife, Yasmith.
The largest stick-horse parade
This massive hobby-horse parade took place on June 24, 2014, in Ibague, Tolima. On that day, thousands of families gathered at the town’s Murillo Toro Square, wearing yellow soccer team jerseys. The event was organized by Ruben Dario Correa, who worked at a local radio station.
A total of 4,790 people participated, surpassing the previous record of 2,571 people, which was in the Netherlands in 2011. The first record was achieved in Germany in 2008 with just 265 people participating.
Largest tiple performance
Musicians from across Santander, Colombia, set a Guinness World Record for the largest number of tiple and requinto players performing simultaneously during Bucaramanga’s 75th Bonita Fair. A total of 700 musicians, aged 5 to 80, played the iconic Colombian song “Pueblito Viejo” to highlight the cultural importance of the tiple, an instrument deeply rooted in the region’s history. The performance, led by maestro Robert Martinez, was a tribute to the tiple’s legacy and part of efforts to revive its prominence in Colombian music.