8 Animals Who Could Beat Olympic Record Holders

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Deepest Dive

Human Record Holder: Olympic diving hasn't been judged for how far a person can dive since the 1904 games, which included an event called Plunge for Distance, a kind of diving long jump. The one and only gold medal ever won for this event went to William Dickey of the U.S. for a distance of 62.5 feet.

Animal Contender: Even animals who live partly on land can dive to amazing depths - the emperor

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Photo by: Mike Baird via Flickr

Deepest Dive

Human Record Holder: Olympic diving hasn't been judged for how far a person can dive since the 1904 games, which included an event called Plunge for Distance, a kind of diving long jump. The one and only gold medal ever won for this event went to William Dickey of the U.S. for a distance of 62.5 feet.

Animal Contender: Even animals who live partly on land can dive to amazing depths - the emperor penguin can plunge to 1,500 feet, staying under for almost 30 minutes. And the elephant seal can dive to a depth of 5,000 feet and stay submerged for almost two hours.

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