Athletic Activities

Last updated 21 March 2008

Sri Chinmoy lifted over 8,300 individuals overhead, either with one arm or both arms, using a specially constructed platform in a unique award programme called "Lifting Up the World" with a Oneness-Heart which began on 26 June 1988.

30 Jan 1987	7063¾-lb One-arm Lift (right arm)
04 Aug 1988	7040¼-lb One-arm Lift (left arm)
19 Feb 2000	Standing Overhead Double Dumbbell Lift, 1300 lbs
15 Oct 2000	1000-lb Double Dumbbell Bench Press
28 Nov-6 Dec 2002	Lifted 1000 lambs in a Seated Double-Arm Overhead Lift in 6 lifting sessions, New Zealand
10 Dec - 16 Dec 2002	Lifted 100 cows in an Overhead Platform Standing Calf Raise Lift in 3 lifting sessions, New Zealand
12 Apr 2004	800-lb Seated Overhead Double Dumbbell Lift
11 Apr 2004	Lifted 146,931 lbs in one day – a record number, 20,000 lbs or 10 tons more than he did at his 2002 public weightlifting exhibition
11 April 2004	Lifted own body weight of 177 lbs (including apparatus) 100 times with his left arm from a seated position, 1 minute, 17 seconds
12 Apr 2004	10 reps of 400-lb Crunch Abdomen-Ups

21 Apr 1996	Standing Vertical Jump, 18¼”
03 May 1996	Standing High Jump, 35”
16 Jun 1996	Vertical Jump onto a Platform, 33”
22 Feb 1997	79 baskets out of 100 from foul line

30 Apr 1996	Step-Ups Wearing a Weighted Vest, 100 step-ups with 50-lb vest
16 Jun 1996	Walking with a 100-lb Weighted Vest, 250 metres
17 Aug 1996	Crunch Sit-Ups, 13,000 in 2 hours, 40 minutes

Sri Chinmoy has completed 225 road races, including 22 marathons and 5 ultramarathons

11 Jul 1992	100m 13.67 seconds Sri Chinmoy Masters Games, Queens, NY
11 Jul 1992	200m 29.69 seconds Sri Chinmoy Masters Games, Queens, NY
27 Sep 1983	400m 72.66 seconds World Masters Games, San Juan, PR
29 Jul 1981	800m 2:47 Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix, Queens, NY
27 Jun 1982	1500m 6:30 Sri Chinmoy Race, Queens, NY
02 Aug 1981	1 mile 6:23 Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix, Queens, NY
29 Mar 1981	2 miles 13:42 (6:51 pace) Sri Chinmoy Race, Westport, CT
06 Jun 1979	3 miles 22:21 (7:27 pace) Sri Chinmoy Race, Scottsdale, AZ
17 May 1980	3.1 miles/5k 22:12 (7:09 pace) Great North Fork Footrace, Greenport, NY
23 Mar 1980	3.5 miles 25:29 (7:09 pace) March Speed Run, Brooklyn, NY
07 Aug 1982	4 miles* 30:33 (7:34 pace) Summer Blahs Race, Central Park, NY, NY
11 July 1982	5 miles* 38:11 (7:38 pace) Sri Chinmoy Race, Queens, NY
10 Oct 1981	6.2 miles/10k* 54:11 (8:48 pace) Foliage Run, Ringwood, NJ
30 Mar 1980	7 miles 51:18 (7:19 pace) Sri Chinmoy Race, Fairfield, CT
23 Sep 1979	10 miles 1:23:47 (8:23 pace) Sri Chinmoy Race, Greenwich, CT
13 Sep 1981	13 miles* 2:01:30 (9:20 pace) Sri Chinmoy Marathon (first 13 miles), Plainsboro, NJ
15 Nov 1981	13.1 miles* 1:55:24 (8:48 pace) Sri Chinmoy Half-Marathon, Queens, NY
04 Oct 1981	15.5 miles/25k 2:30:35 (9:43 pace) New York City Marathon Tune-Up, Central Park, NY, NY
25 Mar 1979	26.2 miles 3:55:07 (8:58 pace) Heart-Watchers Marathon, Toledo, OH
27 Aug 1980	47 miles 11:27:24 Sri Chinmoy Ultramarathon, Queens, NY

* The following are unofficial split times that surpass the above race times

27 Jul 1982	4 miles 30:21 Rhode Island
27 Jul 1982	5 miles 38:07 Rhode Island
27 Jul 1982	6.2 miles/10k 47:11 Rhode Island
02 May 1982	13 miles 1:54:04 Newsday L.I. Marathon, Long Island, NY
02 May 1982	13.1 miles 1:54:30 Newsday L.I. Marathon, Long Island, NY

13 Jun 1977	Sri Chinmoy started playing tennis
21 Apr 1996	Standing Vertical Jump, 181/4”
03 May 1996	Standing High Jump, 35”
16 Jun 1996	Vertical Jump onto a Platform, 33”
22 Feb 1997	79 baskets out of 100 from foul line

07 Jan 1986

2,230 in 59 minutes 50 seconds, Kyoto, Japan

Sri Chinmoy