Longest debate marathon (team)
- Who
- College Historical Society
- What
- 27:58:00 hour(s):minute(s):second(s)
- Where
- Ireland (Dublin, Ireland)
- When
- 22 October 2023
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The longest debate marathon lasted 27 hours 58 minutes and was achieved by the College Historical Society of Trinity College (Ireland) in Dublin, Ireland on 23 October 2023.
Beginning with the 1770s and continuing all the way up until the 2020s, a total of 8 speakers debated 26 motions from each decade of the Society's history.
Proposition speakers: Kate Henshaw, Tom Francis, Daniela Williams, Caoimhin Harill.
Opposition speakers: Mary Woods, Pinna Sawicka, Ziyad Anwer, Sēbastien Dunne Fulmer.
Auditors: Áine Kennedy, Malika Maniar.
Judges: Stephen Ryan, Katy Harrington, Molly Carroll, Athena Wu, Aoileann Ní Mhurchú, Sinead Harrington, Ella O'Neill, Rehan Haneef, Eoin Connolly.