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10,000 metres world record progression

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File:Kenenisa Bekele Berlin 2009.jpg celebrating his 2009 world title in the 10,000 m]]

The official world records in the 10,000 metres are held by Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei with 26:11 minutes for men and Kenyan Beatrice Chebet with 28:54.14 for women.

The first world record in the men's 10,000 metres was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. The first ratified record, Jean Bouin's time of 30:58.8 minutes, had been run the year before. As of June 21, 2009, 37 men's world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.{{cite web |title=12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009. |publisher=IAAF Media & Public Relations Department |url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf |location=Monte Carlo |pages=546, 551–552 |year=2009 |access-date=August 9, 2009}}

The first world record in the women's 10,000 metres was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1981. As of June 21, 2009, eight women's world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.{{cite web |title=12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009. |publisher=IAAF Media & Public Relations Department |url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf |location=Monte Carlo |pages=546, 643 |year=2009 |access-date=August 9, 2009}} Before the event was recognised by the IAAF as an official world record event the 3000 metres was the most common international women's long-distance track event, although women did sometimes compete over 10,000 m before its addition to the World Championships and Olympic programme in 1987 and 1988, respectively.[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/RecProgression.asp?RecCode=WR&EventCode=WA8&P=F Main > Women, 10000 m > World Records Progression]. Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-01-19.

Men

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Time

!Athlete

!Date

!Place

32:35.0{{ref label|a|a}}

|{{flagathlete|William Howitt|GBR}}

|1847-04-05

|Peckham, United Kingdom

32:09.0{{ref label|b|b}}

|{{flagathlete|Walter George|GBR}}

|1882-03-25

|London, United Kingdom

31:53.4{{ref label|b|b}}

|{{flagathlete|Walter George|GBR}}

|1884-04-07

|London, United Kingdom

31:40.0{{ref label|b|b}}

|{{flagathlete|Walter George|GBR}}

|1884-07-28

|London, United Kingdom

31:23.1

|{{flagathlete|William Cummings|GBR}}

|1885-09-28

|London, United Kingdom

31:02.4

|{{flagathlete|Alfred Shrubb|GBR}}

|1904-11-05

|Glasgow, United Kingdom

  • {{note label|a|a}} Howitt's time was recorded at the point of 10,186 m, en route to a longer distance.[https://www.arrs.run/RecProg/RP_wwT.htm 10,000 meters outdoors]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2014-01-19.
  • {{note label|b|b}} George's times were recorded at the {{convert|6.25|mi|km}} point.

=IAAF world records=

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! rowspan=2 | Date

! rowspan=2 | Place

Ratified

! Auto

align="center"|30:58.8

|

|{{flagathlete|Jean Bouin|FRA}}

|align="center"|November 16, 1911

|Paris, France

align="center"|30:40.2

|

|{{flagathlete|Paavo Nurmi|FIN}}

|align="center"|June 22, 1921

|Stockholm, Sweden

align="center"|30:35.4

|

|{{flagathlete|Ville Ritola|FIN}}

|align="center"|May 25, 1924

|Helsinki, Finland

align="center"|30:23.2

|

|{{flagathlete|Ville Ritola|FIN}}

|align="center"|July 6, 1924

|Paris, France

align="center"|30:06.2

|

|{{flagathlete|Paavo Nurmi|FIN}}

|align="center"|August 31, 1924

|Kuopio, Finland

align="center"|30:05.6

|

|{{flagathlete|Ilmari Salminen|FIN}}

|align="center"|July 18, 1937

|Kouvola, Finland

align="center"|30:02.0

|

|{{flagathlete|Taisto Mäki|FIN}}

|align="center"|September 29, 1938

|Tampere, Finland

align="center"|29:52.6

|

|{{flagathlete|Taisto Mäki|FIN}}

|align="center"|September 17, 1939

|Helsinki, Finland

align="center"|29:35.4

|

|{{flagathlete|Viljo Heino|FIN}}

|align="center"|August 25, 1944

|Helsinki, Finland

align="center"|29:28.2

|

|{{flagathlete|Emil Zátopek|TCH}}

|align="center"|June 11, 1949

|Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

align="center"|29:27.2

|

|{{flagathlete|Viljo Heino|FIN}}

|align="center"|September 1, 1949

|Kouvola, Finland

align="center"|29:21.2

|

|{{flagathlete|Emil Zátopek|TCH}}

|align="center"|October 22, 1949

|Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

align="center"|29:02.6

|

|{{flagathlete|Emil Zátopek|TCH}}

|align="center"|August 4, 1950

|Turku, Finland

align="center"|29:01.6

|

|{{flagathlete|Emil Zátopek|TCH}}

|align="center"|November 1, 1953

|Stara Boleslav, Czechoslovakia

align="center"|28:54.2

|

|{{flagathlete|Emil Zátopek|TCH}}

|align="center"|June 1, 1954

|Brussels, Belgium

align="center"|28:42.8

|

|{{flagathlete|Sandor Iharos|HUN|1949}}

|align="center"|July 15, 1956

|Budapest, Hungary

align="center"|28:30.4

|

|{{flagathlete|Vladimir Kuts|URS}}

|align="center"|September 11, 1956

|Moscow, Soviet Union

align="center"|28:18.8

|

|{{flagathlete|Pyotr Bolotnikov|URS}}

|align="center"|October 15, 1960

|Kiev, Soviet Union

align="center"|28:18.2

|

|{{flagathlete|Pyotr Bolotnikov|URS}}

|align="center"|August 11, 1962

|Moscow, Soviet Union

align="center"|28:15.6

|

|{{flagathlete|Ron Clarke|AUS}}

|align="center"|December 18, 1963

|Melbourne, Australia

align="center"|27:39.4

|align="center"| 27:39.89

|{{flagathlete|Ron Clarke|AUS}}

|align="center"|July 14, 1965

|Oslo, Norway

align="center"|27:38.4

|align="center"| 27:38.35

|{{flagathlete|Lasse Virén|FIN}}

|align="center"|September 3, 1972

|Munich, West Germany

align="center"|27:30.8

|align="center"| 27:30.80

|{{flagathlete|David Bedford|GBR}}

|align="center"|July 13, 1973

|London, United Kingdom

align="center"|27:30.5

|align="center"| 27:30.47

|{{flagathlete|Samson Kimobwa|KEN}}

|align="center"|June 30, 1977

|Helsinki, Finland

align="center"|27:22.4

|align="center"| 27:22.47

|{{flagathlete|Henry Rono|KEN}}

|align="center"|June 11, 1978

|Vienna, Austria

align="center"|27:13.81

|align="center"|

|{{flagathlete|Fernando Mamede|POR}}

|align="center"|July 2, 1984

|Stockholm, Sweden

align="center"|27:08.23

|align="center"|

|{{flagathlete|Arturo Barrios|MEX}}

|align="center"|August 18, 1989

|West Berlin, West Germany

align="center"|27:07.91

|align="center"|

|{{flagathlete|Richard Chelimo|KEN}}

|align="center"|July 5, 1993

|Stockholm, Sweden

align="center"|26:58.38

|align="center"|

|{{flagathlete|Yobes Ondieki|KEN}}

|align="center"|July 10, 1993

|Oslo, Norway

align="center"|26:52.23

|align="center"|

|{{flagathlete|William Sigei|KEN}}

|align="center"|July 22, 1994

|Oslo, Norway

align="center"|26:43.53

|align="center"|

|{{flagathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1991}}

|align="center"|June 5, 1995

|Hengelo, Netherlands

align="center"|26:38.08

|align="center"|

|{{flagathlete|Salah Hissou|MAR}}

|align="center"|August 23, 1996

|Brussels, Belgium

align="center"|26:31.32

|align="center"|

|{{flagathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1996}}

|align="center"|July 4, 1997

|Oslo, Norway

align="center"|26:27.85

|align="center"|

|{{flagathlete|Paul Tergat|KEN}}

|align="center"|August 22, 1997

|Brussels, Belgium

align="center"|26:22.75

|align="center"|

|{{flagathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1996}}

|align="center"|June 1, 1998

|Hengelo, Netherlands

align="center"|26:20.31

|align="center"|

|{{flagathlete|Kenenisa Bekele|ETH|1996}}

|align="center"|June 8, 2004

|Ostrava, Czech Republic

align="center"|26:17.53

|align="center"|

|{{flagathlete|Kenenisa Bekele|ETH|1996}}

|align="center"|August 26, 2005

|Brussels, Belgium

align="center"|26:11.00

|align="center"|

|{{flagathlete|Joshua Cheptegei|UGA}}

|align="center"|October 7, 2020

|Valencia, Spain

Where present, the "Auto" column gives a fully automatic time that was additionally recorded where the ratified mark was hand-timed, or from which the ratified mark was rounded to the 10th of a second, depending on the rules then in place.

Auto times to the hundredth of a second were accepted by the IAAF for events up to and including 10,000 m from 1981. However, Henry Rono's 27:22.4, timed to the hundredth at 27:22.47, was not adjusted from 1981.

Women

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Time

!Athlete

!Date

!Place

39:25.0

|{{flagathlete|Gertrud Schmidt|GDR}}

|1966

|?{{cite web |url=http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf |title=IAAF World Records Progression |edition=2015 |author1=Hymans, Richard |author2=Matrahazi, Imre |publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations |access-date=March 4, 2020}}

39:10.0

|{{flagathlete|Hannelore Middeke|GDR}}

|1966

|?

38:06.4

|{{flagathlete|Ann O'Brien|IRL}}

|1967-03-26

|Gormanstown, Ireland

35:30.5

|{{flagathlete|Paola Pigni|ITA}}

|1970-05-09

|Milan, Italy

34:51.0

|{{flagathlete|Kathy Gibbons|USA}}

|1971-06-12

|Phoenix, United States

35:00.4

|{{flagathlete|Julie Brown|USA}}

|1975-03-29

|Los Angeles, United States

34:01.4

|{{flagathlete|Christa Vahlensieck|FRG}}

|1975-08-20

|Wolfsburg, West Germany

33:34.17 {{AthAbbr|Mx}}

|{{flagathlete|Loa Olafsson|DEN}}

|1977-03-19

|Hvidovre, Denmark

33:15.09

|{{flagathlete|Peg Neppel|USA}}

|1977-06-09

|Los Angeles, United States

32:43.2

|{{flagathlete|Natalia Mărăşescu|ROM|1965}}

|1978-01-22

|Băile Felix, Romania

31:45.4 {{AthAbbr|Mx}}

|{{flagathlete|Loa Olafsson|DEN}}

|1978-04-06

|Copenhagen, Denmark

32:30.80

|{{flagathlete|Olga Krentser|URS}}

|1981-08-07

|Moscow, Soviet Union

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!Athlete

!Date

!Place

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|{{flagathlete|Yelena Sipatova|URS}}

|1981-10-19

|Moscow, Soviet Union

align="center"|31:35.3

|{{flagathlete|Mary Decker-Slaney|USA}}

|1982-07-16

|Eugene, USA

align="center"|31:35.01

|{{flagathlete|Lyudmila Baranova|URS}}

|1983-05-29

|Krasnodar, Soviet Union

align="center"|31:27.58

|{{flagathlete|Raisa Sadreydinova|URS}}

|1983-09-07

|Odessa, Soviet Union

align="center"|31:13.78

|{{flagathlete|Olga Bondarenko|URS}}

|1984-06-24

|Kiev, Soviet Union

align="center"|30:59.42

|{{flagathlete|Ingrid Kristiansen|NOR}}

|1985-07-27

|Oslo, Norway

align="center"|30:13.74

|{{flagathlete|Ingrid Kristiansen|NOR}}

|1986-07-05

|Oslo, Norway

align="center"|29:31.78

|{{flagathlete|Wang Junxia|CHN}}

|1993-09-08

|Beijing, PR China

align="center"|29:17.45

|{{flagathlete|Almaz Ayana|ETH}}

|2016-08-12

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil{{Cite web|title=World records ratified {{!}} PRESS-RELEASE {{!}} World Athletics|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-release/world-records-ratified-niekerk-ayana-harrison|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.worldathletics.org}}

align="center"|29:06.82

|{{flagathlete|Sifan Hassan|NED}}

|2021-06-06

|Hengelo, Netherlands{{cite news|title=Sifan Hassan smashes 10,000m world record

|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/06/06/sifan-hassan-world-record-10000-meters/|publisher=olympics.nbcsports.com|date=6 June 2021|access-date=6 June 2021}}

align="center"|29:01.03

|{{flagathlete|Letesenbet Gidey|ETH}}

|2021-06-08

|Hengelo, Netherlands{{Cite press release |title=Ratified: World records for Gidey|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/ratified-world-record-gidey-hassan-hodgkinson-holloway-warholm|website=World Athletics|date=26 July 2021|access-date=8 June 2022}}

align="center"|28:54.14

|{{flagathlete|Beatrice Chebet|KEN}}

|2024-05-25

|Eugene, United States{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Anne M. |title=Kenya's Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 meters |url=https://apnews.com/article/beatrice-chebet-kenya-world-record-7fd0d865f16689882834c8d36562eb2d |work=AP News |date=25 May 2024 |language=en}}

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