The official world records in the 10,000 metres are held by Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei with 26:11.00 minutes for men and Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey with 29:01.03 for women.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
Men edit
Pre-IAAF edit
| Time | Athlete | Date | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32:35.0[a] |  William Howitt (GBR)
|
1847-04-05 | Peckham, United Kingdom |
| 32:09.0[b] | Walter George (GBR)
|
1882-03-25 | London, United Kingdom |
| 31:53.4[b] | Walter George (GBR)
|
1884-04-07 | London, United Kingdom |
| 31:40.0[b] | Walter George (GBR)
|
1884-07-28 | London, United Kingdom |
| 31:23.1 | William Cummings (GBR)
|
1885-09-28 | London, United Kingdom |
| 31:02.4 | Alfred Shrubb (GBR)
|
1904-11-05 | Glasgow, United Kingdom |
- a Howitt's time was recorded at the point of 10,186 m, en route to a longer distance.[5]
- b George's times were recorded at the 6.25 miles (10.06 km) point.[5]
IAAF world records edit
| Time | Athlete | Date | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratified | Auto | |||
| 30:58.8 |  Jean Bouin (FRA)
|
November 16, 1911 | Paris, France[2] | |
| 30:40.2 |  Paavo Nurmi (FIN)
|
June 22, 1921 | Stockholm, Sweden[2] | |
| 30:35.4 | Ville Ritola (FIN)
|
May 25, 1924 | Helsinki, Finland[2] | |
| 30:23.2 | Ville Ritola (FIN)
|
July 6, 1924 | Paris, France[2] | |
| 30:06.2 | Paavo Nurmi (FIN)
|
August 31, 1924 | Kuopio, Finland[2] | |
| 30:05.6 | Ilmari Salminen (FIN)
|
July 18, 1937 | Kouvola, Finland[2] | |
| 30:02.0 | Taisto Mäki (FIN)
|
September 29, 1938 | Tampere, Finland[2] | |
| 29:52.6 | Taisto Mäki (FIN)
|
September 17, 1939 | Helsinki, Finland[2] | |
| 29:35.4 | Viljo Heino (FIN)
|
August 25, 1944 | Helsinki, Finland[2] | |
| 29:28.2 |  Emil Zátopek (TCH)
|
June 11, 1949 | Ostrava, Czech Republic[2] | |
| 29:27.2 | Viljo Heino (FIN)
|
September 1, 1949 | Kouvola, Finland[2] | |
| 29:21.2 | Emil Zátopek (TCH)
|
October 22, 1949 | Ostrava, Czech Republic[2] | |
| 29:02.6 | Emil Zátopek (TCH)
|
August 4, 1950 | Turku, Finland[2] | |
| 29:01.6 | Emil Zátopek (TCH)
|
November 1, 1953 | Stara Boleslav, Czech Republic[2] | |
| 28:54.2 | Emil Zátopek (TCH)
|
June 1, 1954 | Brussels, Belgium[2] | |
| 28:42.8 |  Sandor Iharos (HUN)
|
July 15, 1956 | Budapest, Hungary[2] | |
| 28:30.4 |  Vladimir Kuts (URS)
|
September 11, 1956 | Moscow, Soviet Union[2] | |
| 28:18.8 | Pyotr Bolotnikov (URS)
|
October 15, 1960 | Kiev, Soviet Union[2] | |
| 28:18.2 | Pyotr Bolotnikov (URS)
|
August 11, 1962 | Moscow, Soviet Union[2] | |
| 28:15.6 |  Ron Clarke (AUS)
|
December 18, 1963 | Melbourne, Australia[2] | |
| 27:39.4 | 27:39.89 | Ron Clarke (AUS)
|
July 14, 1965 | Oslo, Norway[2] |
| 27:38.4 | 27:38.35 | Lasse Virén (FIN)
|
September 3, 1972 | Munich, Germany[2] |
| 27:30.8 | 27:30.80 | David Bedford (GBR)
|
July 13, 1973 | London, United Kingdom[2] |
| 27:30.5 | 27:30.47 |  Samson Kimobwa (KEN)
|
June 30, 1977 | Helsinki, Finland[2] |
| 27:22.4 | 27:22.47 | Henry Rono (KEN)
|
June 11, 1978 | Vienna, Austria[2] |
| 27:13.81 |  Fernando Mamede (POR)
|
July 2, 1984 | Stockholm, Sweden[2] | |
| 27:08.23 |  Arturo Barrios (MEX)
|
August 18, 1989 | Berlin, Germany[2] | |
| 27:07.91 | Richard Chelimo (KEN)
|
July 5, 1993 | Stockholm, Sweden[2] | |
| 26:58.38 | Yobes Ondieki (KEN)
|
July 10, 1993 | Oslo, Norway[2] | |
| 26:52.23 | William Sigei (KEN)
|
July 22, 1994 | Oslo, Norway[2] | |
| 26:43.53 |  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)
|
June 5, 1995 | Hengelo, Netherlands[2] | |
| 26:38.08 |  Salah Hissou (MAR)
|
August 23, 1996 | Brussels, Belgium[2] | |
| 26:31.32 |  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)
|
July 4, 1997 | Oslo, Norway[2] | |
| 26:27.85 | Paul Tergat (KEN)
|
August 22, 1997 | Brussels, Belgium[2] | |
| 26:22.75 | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)
|
June 1, 1998 | Hengelo, Netherlands[2] | |
| 26:20.31 | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
|
June 8, 2004 | Ostrava, Czech Republic[2] | |
| 26:17.53 | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
|
August 26, 2005 | Brussels, Belgium[2] | |
| 26:11.00 |  Joshua Cheptegei (UGA)
|
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.[2] However, Henry Rono's 27:22.4, timed to the hundredth at 27:22.47, was not adjusted from 1981.
Women edit
Pre-recognition edit
| Time | Athlete | Date | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39:25.0 |  Gertrud Schmidt (GDR)
|
1966 | ?[6] |
| 39:10.0 | Hannelore Middeke (GDR)
|
1966 | ?[6] |
| 38:06.4 |  Ann O'Brien (IRL)
|
1967-03-26 | Gormanstown, Ireland[6] |
| 35:30.5 |  Paola Pigni (ITA)
|
1970-05-09 | Milan, Italy[6] |
| 34:51.0 |  Kathy Gibbons (USA)
|
1971-06-12 | Phoenix, United States[6] |
| 35:00.4 | Julie Brown (USA)
|
1975-03-29 | Los Angeles, United States[6] |
| 34:01.4 |  Christa Vahlensieck (FRG)
|
1975-08-20 | Wolfsburg, Germany[6] |
| 33:34.17 Mx |  Loa Olafsson (DEN)
|
1977-03-19 | Hvidovre, Denmark[6] |
| 33:15.09 | Peg Neppel (USA)
|
1977-06-09 | Los Angeles, United States[6] |
| 32:43.2 |  Natalia Mărăşescu (ROM)
|
1978-01-22 | Băile Felix, Romania[6] |
| 31:45.4 Mx | Loa Olafsson (DEN)
|
1978-04-06 | Copenhagen, Denmark[6] |
| 32:30.80 | Olga Krentser (URS)
|
1981-08-07 | Moscow, Soviet Union[6] |
IAAF world records edit
| Time | Athlete | Date | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32:17.20 | Yelena Sipatova (URS)
|
1981-10-19 | Moscow, Soviet Union[3] |
| 31:35.3 | Mary Decker-Slaney (USA)
|
1982-07-16 | Eugene, USA[3] |
| 31:35.01 | Lyudmila Baranova (URS)
|
1983-05-29 | Krasnodar, Soviet Union[3] |
| 31:27.58 | Raisa Sadreydinova (URS)
|
1983-09-07 | Odessa, Soviet Union[3] |
| 31:13.78 | Olga Bondarenko (URS)
|
1984-06-24 | Kiev, Soviet Union[3] |
| 30:59.42 |  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
|
1985-07-27 | Oslo, Norway[3] |
| 30:13.74 | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
|
1986-07-05 | Oslo, Norway[3] |
| 29:31.78 |  Wang Junxia (CHN)
|
1993-09-08 | Beijing, PR China[3] |
| 29:17.45 |  Almaz Ayana (ETH)
|
2016-08-12 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[7] |
| 29:06.82 |  Sifan Hassan (NED)
|
2021-06-06 | Hengelo, Netherlands[8] |
| 29:01.03 | Letesenbet Gidey (ETH)
|
2021-06-08 | Hengelo, Netherlands[1] |
References edit
- ^ a b "Ratified: World records for Gidey". World Athletics (Press release). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. 546, 551–552. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. 546, 643. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
- ^ Main > Women, 10000 m > World Records Progression. Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-01-19.
- ^ a b 10,000 meters outdoors. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2014-01-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Hymans, Richard; Matrahazi, Imre. "IAAF World Records Progression" (PDF) (2015 ed.). International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- ^ "World records ratified | PRESS-RELEASE | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
- ^ "Sifan Hassan smashes 10,000m world record". olympics.nbcsports.com. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.