Osman Gürcü from Türkiye has achieved the farthest axe throw with a distance of 56 meters (183 ft 8.72 in) pic.twitter.com/mNJYJM92nM— Guinness World Records (@GWR) January 29, 2025
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A Turkish man used his powerful throwing arm to lob an ax a distance of 183 feet, 8.72 inches — earning his eighth Guinness World Records title in the process.
Osman Gürcü, 43, broke the record for the farthest distance ax throw when he struck his target from a distance further than the length of an Olympic swimming pool, which is 164 feet long. Advertisement
The previous record of 143 feet was set by American Jesse Rood.
“It was an incredible feeling to break the record, because the distance is very far and you have to be able to get far and at the same time the ax has to get stuck in the target board,” Gürcü told Guinness World Records. “I hit it many times but it didn’t get stuck and I never gave up.”
Gürcü’s previous Guinness World Records titles include the farthest basketball hook shot (82.02 feet), the longest cornhole shot (85 feet, 3.6 inches) and the farthest throw of a rubber chicken (114 feet, 9 inches). Advertisement
