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11 SEPTEMBER 2010 · HEADWATERS PARK, 967 RUNNERS
The race: Guinness World Records' own record page reads: "The largest high heel race was achieved by 967 participants at an event organised by Women's Bureau, Inc. (USA) at Headwaters Park in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, on 11 September 2010." The attempt raised funds to support counseling for victims of sexual assault in Fort Wayne — the Women's Bureau's mission carried, literally, at a run. The record was still the mark to beat years later: when Melbourne, Australia, staged an attempt on 14 February 2016, the photo captions of the day still gave the current record as "967 people, completed in Indiana, USA in 2010." It remains the strangest line in the city's sporting record: Fort Wayne's most durable world mark is not in baseball, basketball or hockey, but in heels, at Headwaters Park, for a cause.
Sources: Guinness World Records, record page, "Largest high heel race" (967 participants; Women's Bureau, Inc.; Headwaters Park, Fort Wayne; 11 September 2010; the counseling fund purpose); Getty Images news photograph captions, 14 February 2016 (the Melbourne attempt staged against the standing record of 967, Indiana, 2010).