Peter Colat, a Swiss freediver, has held his breath underwater for 19 minutes and 21 seconds, smashing the world record.
Switzerland's Peter Colat held his breath for 19 minutes and 21 seconds while being underwater. Colat, 38, performed the feat in a water tank in St Gallen, Switzerland.
The previous Guinness World Record for oxygen-assisted static apnea was 19 seconds shorter and was set by an Italian, Nicola Putignano, last May.
Colat, an experienced diver from Zurich, said the first 12 minutes was no problem.
He said: "I felt the first need to breathe very late, but because of this it was even stronger."
Under the Guinness rules he was allowed to inhale pure oxygen 10 minutes prior to his attempt.
