Honors and World Records
Meyer holds 35 world records for sword swallowing recognized by multiple world record tracking organizations. Meyer is also featured by Ripley's Believe It or Not in two Ripley's Believe It or Not syndicated cartoons, three Ripley's Believe It or Not books, and his swords are displayed in eight Ripley's museums worldwide.
- Official Guinness World Record™ Most Sword Swallowers Swallowing Swords Simultaneously On Friday August 30, 2002 at the 2002 SSAI Sword Swallower's Convention in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania USA, Meyer assembled 19 Sword Swallowers including himself to swallow swords simultaneously. This record was certified an official Guinness World Record™ in 2004.
- Official Guinness World Record™ Most Swords Swallowed Simultaneously On Friday, August 30, 2002 at the 2002 Sword Swallowers Convention in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania USA, 19 Sword Swallowers of the Sword Swallowers Association International, including Meyer, swallowed 50 swords swords simultaneously. This record was certified an official Guinness World Record™ in 2004.
- Official Guinness World Record™ Single Sword Swallowed by the Most Sword Swallowers A double-edged sword known as "The Sword of Swords" has been swallowed by 40 of the world's known sword-swallowers, including Meyer. The sword was made by Thomas Blackthorne (UK) in 1994 as a symbolic icon to link the sword-swallowing community, and was first swallowed in September 2002 at the first Sword Swallowers Association International Sword Swallower's Convention in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania USA, where Meyer along with 18 other sword swallowers inaugurated the blade. The record was certified an official Guinness World Record™ in 2004. The sword has since been swallowed by other sword swallowers, bringing the current total number to 40 of the world's known sword swallowers.
- Official Guinness World Record™ Most Swords Swallowed Simultaneously by Sword Swallowers Nine sword swallowers simultaneously swallowed 52 swords together at the 2005 Sideshow Gathering and SSAI Sword Swallower's Convention, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA on 2 September 2005. Meyer swallowed a total of 7 swords at once as his personal record to help set the world record.
- Official Guinness World Record™ - Sword Swallowing Underwater - 21 inch sword with 18 inch long blade
- Official Guinness World Record™ - Sword Swallowing Underwater - 30 inch sword with 24 inch long blade
- Official Guinness World Record™ - Most Swords Swallowed Simultaneously Underwater: 2 swords The most swords swallowed simultaneously underwater is two swallowed by Dan Meyer (USA) on the set of the Italian Guinness World Record TV program "Lo Show dei Record" in Rome, Italy, on 24 March 2010. The record was certified an official Guinness World Record™ and presented to Meyer on the set of "Lo Show dei Record".
- Record Setters - Meyer has set 12 world records recognized by RecordSetter, one of which has since been broken.
- Record Holders Republic - Meyer holds 9 world records recognized by Record Holders Republic
- Assist World Records - Meyer holds 9 world records recognized by Assist World Records
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