This is a compilation of 100 United Kingdom Guinness records in 2009. You may want to take a look at our complete list of United Kingdom Guinness Records broken down by year.
| When | Record name | What | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 December 2009 | Most consecutive wins of the King George VI Chase | 4 total number | Kauto Star |
| 19 December 2009 | Fastest swim short course relay 4 x 100 metres freestyle (male) | 3/03.30 minute(s):second(s) | Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian, Garrett Weber-Gale, Matt Grevers |
| 18 December 2009 | Fastest swim short course 200 metres breaststroke (female) | 2/14.57 minute(s):second(s) | Rebecca Soni |
| 09 December 2009 | Most expensive drawing by an Old Master sold at auction | 29200000 UK pound(s) sterling | Raphael |
| 26 November 2009 | Longest line of drink cans | Bridge FM Radio Ltd and Bridgend County Borough Council | |
| 12 November 2009 | Most competitive full contact rounds | 6324 total number | Paddy Doyle |
| 12 November 2009 | Most stripper trousers worn and removed in one minute (team of two) | Daniel Ventura Martin, Coleen Nolan | |
| 12 November 2009 | Most knee bends on a Swiss ball in one hour | 1716 total number | Stephen Buttler |
| 04 November 2009 | Most competitive squash games (male) | Sam Balsdon | |
| 31 October 2009 | Largest open-air cinema screen | Unknown | |
| 30 October 2009 | Fastest completion of Level 1 of Sonic 2 (Xbox Live Arcade) | 21 second(s) | Justin Towell |
| 23 October 2009 | Largest musical act to release an album (signed) | 4386 people | Rock Choir |
| 10 October 2009 | Most consecutive rugby league Super League titles | Leeds Rhinos | |
| 09 October 2009 | Fastest window cleaner | 9.14 second(s) | Terry Burrows |
| 29 September 2009 | Most naan bread made in one hour by a team of five | Indian Ocean Restaurant | |
| 24 September 2009 | Most underpants worn in one hour | Lee Phillips | |
| 19 September 2009 | Fastest journey from Land's End to John-O'-Groats by unicycle (male) | 6/8/43 day(s):hour(s):minute(s) | Sam Wakeling, Roger Davies |
| 19 September 2009 | Largest gathering of people dressed in Regency costumes | 409 people | Jane Austen Festival |
| 19 September 2009 | Longest distance swimming in relay (open water) | 684.75 kilometre(s) | Padraig Mallon |
| 17 September 2009 | Largest life-size house made from LEGO®bricks | James May | |
| 13 September 2009 | Largest can-can dance | IRN BRU | |
| 06 September 2009 | Largest plastic duck race | Great British Duck Race | |
| 06 September 2009 | Most players at an internet poker room | PokerStars.com | |
| 05 September 2009 | Most vaults in one hour | 6250 total number | Blue Falcons Gymnastic Display Team |
| 05 September 2009 | Fastest time to sort two bags of recyclable materials | 1/50 minute(s):second(s) | Melis Biskin and Sian Smith |
| 31 August 2009 | Most entrants at a World Bog Snorkelling Championships | 200 people | World Bog Snorkelling |
| 28 August 2009 | Most expensive sheep | 231000 UK pound(s) sterling | Deveronvale Perfection |
| 28 August 2009 | Largest mass-participation videogame | 242 people | Unknown |
| 23 August 2009 | Loudest burp, male | 109.9 decibel(s) (C-weighted) | Paul Hunn |
| 16 August 2009 | Fastest time to complete the Screwball Scramble game | 43.61 second(s) | Rebecca Bennett |
| 16 August 2009 | Longest slot car track | 2.953 kilometre(s) | James May |
| 12 August 2009 | Fastest journey from Land's End to John-O'-Groats on electric mobility vehicle (individual) | 24/9 day(s):hour(s):minute(s) | Mary Laver |
| 03 August 2009 | Youngest person to row the Indian Ocean solo (female) | 23:310 year(s):day(s) | Sarah Outen |
| 02 August 2009 | Lightest competitive bodybuilder | 55.5 kilogram(s) | Thomas Campion |
| 27 July 2009 | Fastest 10 m run by a guinea pig | Flash | |
| 05 July 2009 | Treadmill, Greatest distance covered in 48 hours (team) | Eliot Challifour, Doug Hall, Steve Osborne, Nigel Leighton, Matt Cook, Mitch Barclay, Sean Frost, Daniel Corner, Nigel Marley, Adam Holland, Matt King, Paul Fernandez | |
| 04 July 2009 | Fastest North Sea crossing by double sea kayak (Canoeing) | 17/53 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Ian Castro, Simon Worsley |
| July 2009 | Largest matchstick model/structure/sculpture | David Reynolds | |
| 27 June 2009 | Most worms charmed | Sophie Smith | |
| 18 June 2009 | Highest 18-meter round archery score by a team of two in 24 hours | 37359 total number | Martin Phair, Jamie Fowler |
| 17 June 2009 | Largest walking bus (multiple locations) | 119697 people | Brake |
| 14 June 2009 | Largest parade of Lotus cars | 436 total number | Joanna Hoddinott |
| 08 June 2009 | Most people dressed as Smurfs | 2510 people | Jokers' Masquerade |
| 03 June 2009 | Fastest time to carve a turkey | 3:19.47 minute(s):second(s) | Paul Kelly |
| 25 May 2009 | Most push ups (finger tips) in one minute | 105 total number | Graham Maly |
| 25 May 2009 | Longest dog tunnel | North Northumberland Dog Training Club | |
| 23 May 2009 | Largest trousers | 12.19/7.92 metre(s) | Rishi Thobhani |
| 20 May 2009 | Thickest book published | 322 millimetre(s) | HarperCollins |
| 18 May 2009 | Most completed journeys from Land's End to John-O'-Groats | 20 total number | John Taylor |
| 17 May 2009 | Largest parade of Mini cars | 1450 total number | London & Surrey Mini Owners Club |
| 27 April 2009 | Fastest 100 m backwards downhill ski | Andy Bennett | |
| 26 April 2009 | Fastest time to complete the London Wheelchair Marathon (male) | 1/28/57 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Kurt Fearnley |
| 26 April 2009 | Fastest marathon in military desert uniform | 3/50/31 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Jennifer Jenks |
| 23 April 2009 | Deepest Santa ho ho ho | 62.81 decibel(s) (A-weighted) | James Gower |
| 23 April 2009 | Most Irish dancing heel clicks in 30 seconds | 191 total number | Benedict Devlin |
| 22 April 2009 | Longest surviving heart-lung-liver-kidney transplant patient | Mark Dolby | |
| 21 April 2009 | Most audio books published for one author | 185 total number | New Era Publications |
| 20 April 2009 | Longest accumulative distance Powerfan jumping in 8 hours (team) | Aerial Extreme | |
| 19 April 2009 | Fastest marathon in full military uniform (male) | 3/49/21 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Andy McMahon |
| 17 April 2009 | Most back somersault target throws with a ball in one hour | 24 total number | Bobby Hanton |
| 15 April 2009 | Fastest 360°flip of a car (team) | Jervis Manupenu, Jonny Mirza, Pete Hill | |
| 15 April 2009 | Skateboarding - most no comply flips in one minute | Alex DeCunha (ask for Paul - Alex's father) | |
| 09 April 2009 | Largest tea cosy knitted | 11.1 metre(s) | Rachel Barson |
| 09 April 2009 | Most fish gutted in one hour | Julian Pryke | |
| 07 April 2009 | Most carrots peeled and chopped in one minute (individual) | 591 gram(s) | Rosalia Addis |
| 04 April 2009 | Largest ground-based digital lunar mosaic | Nicholas Howes | |
| 01 April 2009 | Most people watching TV underwater | 114 people | Wet Wrecks |
| 27 March 2009 | Most grandes pirouette àla seconde in 30 seconds - male ballet | Yat-Sen Chang | |
| 27 March 2009 | Most times to jump into a pair of underpants in one hour | 234 total number | Kevin Velaiden |
| 26 March 2009 | Largest sports shoe/sneaker | Launch Group | |
| 18 March 2009 | Fastest time to put up a billboard | 55/12 minute(s):second(s) | Steve Jones |
| 12 March 2009 | Fastest kilometre by a motorcycle fan | 1/38.77 minute(s):second(s) | Konnie Huq |
| 04 March 2009 | Fastest kilometre in a dual controlled car | Steve Jones | |
| 03 March 2009 | Most T-shirts folded in one minute | 23 total number | Graeme J. Cruden |
| March 2009 | Oldest criminal gang (average age) | Unknown | |
| 26 February 2009 | Fastest 100 m on trampolines | 24.11 second(s) | Steve Jones |
| 22 February 2009 | Largest simultaneous roast dinner | East of England Agricultural Society | |
| 18 February 2009 | Largest collection of policeman's patches | 10050 total number | Richard Doyle |
| 16 February 2009 | First female to sail non-stop around the world in both directions | first | Dee Caffari |
| 14 February 2009 | Largest burlesque club | 1630 people | Tina Warren |
| 10 February 2009 | Most advanced long range airborne surveillance system | Sentinel R1 | |
| 03 February 2009 | Largest collection of Dalmatian-related items | 1117 total number | Karen Ferrier |
| 01 February 2009 | Fastest knockout in Wii Sports - Boxing | Tim Stoddard | |
| 31 January 2009 | Fastest time to visit all countries by public surface transport | 4/31 year(s):day(s) | Graham Hughes |
| 29 January 2009 | Fastest completion of SEGA Rally Championship (Desert Course) | 2/30.73 minute(s):second(s) | Justin Towell |
| 25 January 2009 | Fastest marathon dressed as a clown | 2/50/44 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Paul Fernandez |
| 2009 | First USB stick single | first | Keane |
| 2009 | Most cumulative weeks on UK singles chart in one year | Lady Gaga aka Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta | |
| 2009 | Oldest church bells | St Lawrence Church | |
| 2009 | Longest-running TV medical drama | Casualty | |
| 2009 | First sport cyclist to be knighted | first | Chris Hoy |
| 2009 | Oldest stem cell donor | 74 year(s):day(s) | Erica Henderson |
| 2009 | Oldest spider gossamer | 140 million-years-old cobweb | |
| 2009 | First director to receive Best Director nominations for first three movies | first | Stephen Daldry |
| 2009 | Woolsack race - fastest female | 1/6.3 minute(s):second(s) | Zoe Dixon |
| 2009 | First flying car | first | Terrafugia Transition |
| 2009 | Oldest cobweb | 140 million-years-old cobweb | |
| 2009 | Youngest Chief Scout | Edward Grylls | |
| 2009 | Oldest working post office | Sanquhar Post Office | |
| 2009 | Largest collection of soaps | Carol Vaughan |