This is a compilation of 95 United Kingdom Guinness records in 2012. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 December 2012 | Longest marathon static cycling | 268/32/44 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Jamie McDonald |
| 06 December 2012 | Longest duration Malteser blowing | Tom Irvin | |
| 02 December 2012 | Fastest 10 km carrying a 40 lb pack | 41/24 minute(s):second(s) | Lee Riley |
| 15 November 2012 | Heaviest weight lifted by both eye sockets | 24 kilogram(s) | Manjit Singh |
| 09 November 2012 | Largest walking bus | 1905 people | Newmarket Schools Together |
| 05 November 2012 | Largest cup of coffee | 13200 litre(s) | De'Longhi |
| 20 October 2012 | Largest gathering of people dressed as Star Trek characters | 1063 people | Media 10 Ltd |
| 18 October 2012 | Most people standing on one leg simultaneously (multiple venues) | 2891 people | Tesco |
| 18 October 2012 | Most people standing on one leg simultaneously | 2276 people | Tesco |
| 14 October 2012 | Longest flight simulator session | 9/20 day(s):hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Aerobility |
| 14 October 2012 | Fastest pram | 53.46 kilometre(s) per hour | Colin Furze |
| 11 October 2012 | Tallest stack of poppadoms | 1.72 metre(s) | Tipu Rahman |
| 01 October 2012 | Most community meals delivered in three hours | National Association of Care Catering | |
| 18 September 2012 | Most coins stacked into a tower in 30 seconds | 51 total number | Stephen Kish |
| 16 September 2012 | Most Gurning World Championships wins (male) | first | Tommy Mattinson |
| 15 September 2012 | Largest parade of Ferrari cars | 944 total number | Ferrari North Europe Ltd |
| 04 September 2012 | Largest collection of pedal-powered model vehicles | Phil Collins | |
| 30 August 2012 | Longest distance juggling a football | 20 kilometre(s) | Matt Wolstenholme |
| 29 August 2012 | Most countries represented at a Summer Paralympic Games | London Paralympic Games 2012 | |
| 29 August 2012 | Most participants at a Summer Paralympic Games | London Paralympic Games 2012 | |
| 19 August 2012 | Highest bicycle 180°bunny hop | 1.005 metre(s) | Ian Drummond |
| 19 August 2012 | Longest platform-to-platform bicycle jump | 4.06 metre(s) | Ian Drummond |
| 12 August 2012 | Longest marathon playing wheelchair basketball | 27/32 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | South West Scorpions Wheelchair Basketball Club |
| 12 August 2012 | Largest bottle of scotch / whisky / whiskey | 228 litre(s) | The Famous Grouse |
| 10 August 2012 | Fastest relay 4 x 100 metres (female) | 40.82 second(s) | USA |
| 09 August 2012 | Most individual goals scored in a Water Polo Olympic tournament (female) | Maggie Steffens | |
| 09 August 2012 | Fastest run 800 metres (male) | 1/40.91 minute(s):second(s) | David Rudisha |
| 08 August 2012 | Greatest distance run by a relay team | 5639.6 kilometre(s) | Keep on Running |
| 05 August 2012 | Most Olympic tennis doubles titles won | Reginald Doherty, Venus Williams, Serena Williams | |
| 03 August 2012 | Fastest swim long course 200 metres backstroke (female) | 2/4.06 minute(s):second(s) | Melissa "Missy" Franklin |
| 01 August 2012 | Largest collection of magazines | 50953 total number | James Hyman |
| 30 July 2012 | Longest line of dancing drag queens | 144 people | The xFoundation |
| 28 July 2012 | Most Quadtrac tractors cultivating simultaneously (single field) | Helen Rainthorpe | |
| 28 July 2012 | Fastest row, Men’s Coxless Pairs (M2-) | 6/08.50 minute(s):second(s) | Eric Murray & Hamish Bond |
| 27 July 2012 | Most expensive Olympic ticket | 2012 UK pound(s) sterling | Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympics held in London in 2012 |
| 25 July 2012 | Most people wearing the same full team kit | 935 people | Commonwealth Bank |
| 22 July 2012 | Largest gathering of pirates | 14231 people | Roger Crouch and The Town of Hastings |
| 21 July 2012 | Largest ice skating pinwheel | 84 people | Trafford Youth Sychronised Ice Skating Teams |
| 15 July 2012 | Largest full drum kit ensemble | 798 people | Stick It To MS , Richard Prince |
| 14 July 2012 | Ladder climbing - farthest distance in 24 hrs (team) | Isle of Man Fire & Rescue Service | |
| 13 July 2012 | Largest atlas | Earth Platinum (Millennium House) | |
| 11 July 2012 | Most baked beans eaten in two minutes with a cocktail stick (team of four) | 429 total number | Kevin Roberts , Lynn Kay , Tony Clift , Amy Green |
| 11 July 2012 | Fastest time to bone and slice a smoked salmon | 1/11 minute(s):second(s) | Darren Matson |
| 10 July 2012 | Karting - greatest distance in 24 hrs outdoors (team) - hand controls | Martyn Compton, Steve Shine, Mark Allen, Ashley Hall | |
| 05 July 2012 | Farthest distance run on a treadmill in 24 hours (mixed team) | 437.7 kilometre(s) | Forest School |
| 01 July 2012 | Largest parade of convertibles | 270 total number | MX-5 Owner's Club |
| 30 June 2012 | Fastest crossing of the English Channel by kiteboard | 2/18/40 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Sam Branson |
| 30 June 2012 | Longest cricket marathon | 150/14 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Loughborough University Staff Cricket Club |
| 27 June 2012 | Longest videogame marathon on a card game | 30 hour(s):minute(s) | Laura Rich , Kathleen Henkel |
| 27 June 2012 | Longest videogame marathon on Solitaire Blitz | Laura Rich, Kathleen Henkel | |
| 04 June 2012 | Most people wearing paper crowns in 24 hours (multiple venues) | The Camping and Caravanning Club | |
| 02 June 2012 | Fastest horse racing time over 5 furlongs | Stone of Folca | |
| 01 June 2012 | Largest composite photograph exhibition | 81663 people | Clare Newton |
| 30 May 2012 | Farthest golf shot caught in a moving car | David Coulthard, Jake Shepherd | |
| 30 May 2012 | Most people knitting | 3083 people | National Federation of Women's Institutes |
| 20 May 2012 | Fastest time to complete 10 marathons in 10 days (female) | 36/38/53 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Sally Ford |
| 19 May 2012 | Most players in a five-a-side soccer exhibition match | 676 people | Petts Wood Football Club |
| 11 May 2012 | Longest journey by taxi | Leigh Purnell, Paul Archer, Johno Ellison | |
| 22 April 2012 | Fastest marathon dressed as a book character (male) | 2/42/17 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | David Stone |
| 22 April 2012 | Fastest marathon dressed as a Roman soldier | 2/57 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | David Tomlin |
| 22 April 2012 | Fastest marathon dressed as a fairy (male) | 2/49/44 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Martin Hulbert |
| 22 April 2012 | Tallest costume worn running in a marathon | 7.976 metre(s) | David Lawrenson |
| 22 April 2012 | Fastest marathon dressed as a golfer (male) | 3/10/4 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Simon Le Mare |
| 22 April 2012 | Fastest marathon wearing a gas mask | 3/28/38 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Andy McMahon |
| 18 April 2012 | Most faces painted in 4 hours (team) | 680 total number | Helen Elvins, Helen Eyre, Sandra Crofts, Rosie Watson, Jane Amatt |
| 15 April 2012 | Youngest winner of a Laurence Olivier Award | Eleanor Worthington-Cox | |
| 14 April 2012 | Longest videogame marathon on a karaoke game | 24/21/25 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Julian Hill |
| 14 April 2012 | Longest videogame marathon on SingStar | 24/21/25 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Julian Hill |
| 06 April 2012 | Longest jump by a guinea pig | 48 centimetre(s) | Truffles |
| 05 April 2012 | Largest hot cross bun | 168 kilogram(s) | RSPB and Greenhalghs Bakery |
| 03 April 2012 | Most balls juggled | 11 total number | Alex Barron |
| 01 April 2012 | Most entrants in an egg hunt competition | Fabergé Big Egg Hunt | |
| 31 March 2012 | Most radio DJs presenting one radio show simultaneously | 60 people | Bradford Community Broadcasting |
| 28 March 2012 | Conkers - most simultaneous matches | 388 people | King Edward's School |
| 23 March 2012 | Largest egg and spoon race | 1445 people | Morecambe Community High School |
| 20 March 2012 | Most expensive chocolate egg sold at auction (non-jewelled) | 7,000 UK pound(s) sterling | William Curley |
| 19 March 2012 | Fastest time to high five 20 people (blindfolded) | 6.53 second(s) | Andrew Flintoff |
| 06 March 2012 | Most backing singers to one vocalist | 6031 people | Young Voices |
| 01 March 2012 | Oldest indoor bowls player | 94/183 year(s):day(s) | Jean Ella Cowles |
| 27 February 2012 | Most henna tattoos completed in an hour | 511 total number | Pavandeep Ahluwalia |
| 26 February 2012 | Most netball goals scored in one hour (team) | 711 total number | North County Leisure |
| 24 February 2012 | Largest quiz - multi-venue | 2679 people | Oundle Macmillan Support Group |
| 19 February 2012 | Fastest half marathon wearing a gas mask | 1/27/23 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Andy McMahon |
| 18 February 2012 | Most expensive bull | 126000 UK pound(s) sterling | Fabio |
| 15 February 2012 | Most people tossing pancakes | 890 people | University of Sheffield |
| 21 January 2012 | Most kilts put on in one minute | 4 total number | Rachel Walker |
| 2012 | Most bird boxes at an Olympic Park | The Olympic Park in Stratford | |
| 2012 | Longest-serving English Football Premier League manager | Sir Alex Ferguson | |
| 2012 | Most modern Summer Olympics Games hosted | 3 total number | London |
| 2012 | Most tornadoes by area (country) | 2.2:10,000 ratio | England |
| 2012 | Most Olympic tickets on sale | London 2012 | |
| 2012 | Oldest bicycle shop | Pearson Cycles | |
| 2012 | Wealthiest Queen | 310000000 UK pound(s) sterling | Queen Elizabeth II |
| 2012 | Most heads of state invited to an Olympics Games | 120 people | London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |
| 2012 | First Olympic inclusion of Women’s Boxing | first | London 2012 |