Static Apnea

Static Apnea is an AIDA International discipline in which the freedivers hold their breath for as long as possible with their respiratory tracts immersed, their body either in the water or at the surface. Static apnea is the only discipline measuring the duration, and one of the three disciplines considered for the international competitions by team, with Constant Weight and Dynamic with fins. Performances could be done and recognized in both pool or open water (sea, lake, river, etc).

Static Apnea should not be confused with the Guinness World Record for holding the breath underwater. Guinness allows inhalation of oxygen prior to the athlete's performance, while such inhalation is strictly forbidden according to AIDA's rules for the recognition of records para 3.9.

Record progression

duration	name	date	location
11:35	Stéphane Mifsud	8 June 2009	La Crau, France
10:12	Tom Sietas	7 June 2008	Athens, Greece
10:04	Stéphane Mifsud	12 July 2007	Hyères, France
9:15	Tom Sietas	12 May 2008	Mainz, Germany
9:08	Tom Sietas	1 May 2007	Hamburg, Germany
9:04	Herbert Nitsch	13 December 2006	Hurghada, Egypt
9:00	Tom Sietas	29 August 2006	Tokyo, Japan
8:58	Tom Sietas	12 December 2004	Eindhoven, Netherlands
8:47	Tom Sietas	11 June 2004	Hamburg, Germany
8:06	Martin Štěpánek	3 July 2001	Miami, USA

With pure oxygen

Up to 30 minutes of inhaling or hyperventilating on 100% oxygen is usually permitted.

Duration	Name	Date	Location	Accreditation
20:21	Ricardo Bahia	16 September 2010	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Guinness
20:10	Stig Severinsen	1 April 2010	Kattegatcentret, Denmark	Guinness
19:21	Peter Colat	14 Feb 2010	St. Gallen, Switzerland	Guinness
19:02	Nicola Putignano	21 May 2009	Milano, Italy	Guinnes
18:32	Karol Meyer	10 July 2009	Florianopolis, Brasil	Guiness
18:03	Gianluca Genoni	26 November 2008	Italy
17:19	Tom Sietas	19 September 2008	New York, USA	Guinness
17:04	David Blaine	30 April 2008	Chicago, USA	Guinness
16:32	Peter Colat	10 February 2008	St. Gallen, Switzerland	AIDA
16:13	Tom Sietas	23 February 2008	Madrid, Spain	Guinness
16:04	Peter Colat	10 February 2007	St. Gallen, Switzerland	AIDA
14:12	Tom Sietas	5 January 2006	Milano, Italy	Guinness
13:05	Bill Strömberg	3 October 2004	Lausanne, Switzerland	AIDA
12:47	Giancarlo Bellingrath	15 June 2003	Naples, Italy
12:34	Gianluca Genoni	11 May 2002	Busto Arsizio, Italy

External links

• AIDA disciplines definitions
• AIDA's main page