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Randy Gardner (born c. 1946) is an American man from San Diego, California, who once held the record for the longest amount of time a human has gone without sleep.In December 1963/January 1964, 17-year-old Gardner stayed awake for 11 days and 24 minutes (264.4 hours), breaking the previous record of 260 hours held by Tom Rounds.
However, Wright's friend Graham Gynn asserts that the Gardner record was the accepted record in the sleep research community. [2] Regardless, Wright's record claim was not credited by the Guinness Book of Records, since after 1990 it no longer accepted records related to sleep deprivation due to the health risks. [2] [3]
Randy Gardner may refer to: Randy Gardner (born c. 1946), subject of the Randy Gardner sleep deprivation experiment Randy Gardner (figure skater) (born 1958), American pair skater
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The current world record for the longest period without sleep is 11 days, set by Randy Gardner in 1965. Four days into the research, he began hallucinating. This was followed by a delusion where he thought he was a famous footballer. Surprisingly, Randy was actually functioning quite well at the end of his research and he could still beat the ...