Hula hoop world record set in Thailand as 4,500 dancers hula hoop en masse simultaneously in one place Huge crowd managed to spin their plastic rings for seven minutes 4,483 people achieved the feat which nearly doubled the previous record Nearly 4,500 Thai contestants have twirled their way into the record books by hula hooping for seven minutes all at the same time. The huge crowd were celebrating in Bangkok yesterday after managing to spin their plastic rings simultaneously to dance music without interruption. Guinness World Records adjudicator Seyda Subasi-Gemici said 4,483 people had achieved the feat. which nearly doubled the previous record. Here's hooping: Thai children swing the hula hoop simultaneously during seven minutes in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record in Bangkok The event drew 5,000 participants to an open-air stadium at Thammasat University, but 517 contestants dropped off after they failed to keep their hoops up. The event, organised by the Public Health Ministry's Department of Health, was aimed at creating health awareness among Thais. The previous world record was set in Taiwan in 2011, when 2,496 participants swung hula hoops in a continuous motion for two minutes. Before that, the record was 2,290 people had been set in 2000 in the nearby town of Kaohsiung. In a spin: A boy gets into the swing of things during the mass hula at Bangkok's Thammasat University Rings of glory: The crowd gathered to break the previous record set in 2011 by 2,496 people in Taiwan for 2.3 minutes The largest hula hoop has a diameter of 5.04 m and was spun three and three quarter consecutive times by Ashrita Furman (USA) on 9 September 2010 The longest hula hooping marathon by an individual using a single hoop is 74 hours and 54 minutes and was achieved by Aaron Hibbs (USA) between 22-25 October 2009 The fastest time to hula hoop 10 km was 1hr 5min and 9 sec and was achieved by Sasha Kenney (Great Britain) on 22 April 2012 The most Hula Hoops spun simultaneously is 132, achieved by Paul Dizzy Hips Blair (USA) on 12 November 2009