China Topples World Human Domino Record
- 14 years ago
More than 10,000 "human dominoes" set a new Guinness World Record in China's Inner Mongolia on Thursday. It toppled the record set a decade earlier in Singapore by several hundred.
The 10,276, mostly students, took 1 hour 20 minutes to set the new record.
[Wu Shaohong, Guinness World Record Official]: (Mandarin, female)
"The human dominoes were a success. The new record is 10,267 people. This is a new Guinness World Record."
The ceremony kicked off with Chinese basketball star and former NBA player Mengke Bateer passing a basketball to the first domino in line.
The record attempt was part of the 11th Asia Arts Festival, where 25 Asian nations gathered to exhibit cultural activities.
The 10,276, mostly students, took 1 hour 20 minutes to set the new record.
[Wu Shaohong, Guinness World Record Official]: (Mandarin, female)
"The human dominoes were a success. The new record is 10,267 people. This is a new Guinness World Record."
The ceremony kicked off with Chinese basketball star and former NBA player Mengke Bateer passing a basketball to the first domino in line.
The record attempt was part of the 11th Asia Arts Festival, where 25 Asian nations gathered to exhibit cultural activities.