When did Bao Xishun become the world's tallest man?

Question

When did Bao Xishun become the world's tallest man?

Answer 1

January 15, 2005 is when he set the record. It is true that he is no longer the tallest man alive, but that's not what you asked, now is it ;^) If you were looking for the current tallest man alive, try checking the Guinness Book of World Records website...they have all kinds of neat stuff.

Answer 2

leonid stadnyk is the worlds tallest man

Answer 3

Guinness World Records 2008

Tallest Man - Living

  

WHO:

Leonid Stadnyk

WHAT:

2.57 metres (8 ft 5.5 in)

(Bao Xishun is 2.36 metres tall.)

WHERE:

Ukraine

WHEN:

2006

  

The tallest living man is Leonid Stadnyk (Ukraine, b.1971), who measured 2.57 m (8 ft 5.5 in) in 2006.

Mr Stadnyk suffers from acromegalic gigantism caused by a tumour on his pituitary gland that stimulated the over-production of the growth hormone.