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On November 7, 1982, Billy Mitchell set the first widely recognized Donkey Kong world record of 874,300 points. [ 1][ 2] The record stood until August 17, 2000, when it was surpassed by Tim Sczerby's score of 879,200. [ 3][ 4] The competition became more prominent after it was covered in the 2007 documentary The King of Kong, which follows the ...
Robbie Lakeman is a competitive video game player who holds the world record for the arcade games Donkey Kong (1981), Stratovox (1980), and Super Pac-Man (1982). [1] He also formerly held the record score for the 1976 arcade game Death Race . After regularly livestreaming attempts at the Donkey Kong record, Lakeman first took the record after ...
World record progression 100 metres freestyle. The first world record in the 100 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1905. [ 1] In the short course (25 metres) swimming events, the world's governing body recognizes world records since 3 March 1991.
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
English. Box office. $790,128 [ 1] The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a 2007 American documentary film about competitive arcade gaming directed by Seth Gordon. It follows Steve Wiebe in his attempts to take the high score record for the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong from Billy Mitchell.
A complete remake of the original arcade game on the Game Boy, titled Donkey Kong (referred to as Donkey Kong '94 during development) contains levels from both the original Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. arcades. It starts with the same gameplay and four locations as the arcade game and then progresses to 97 additional puzzle-based levels.
It was the first world record to be broken in the pool at these Paris Olympic Games. The first-time Olympian posted a 46.40, shaving .40 seconds off the previous world record 46.80 he set earlier ...
The first world record in the men's 1500 metres freestyle in a long course (50 metres) swimming pool was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1908. [ 1] In short course (25 metres) pools, the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991.