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20,000 metres

This article is about the track race. It is not to be confused with 20K run, the same distance run on a road.

The 20,000 metres (approximately 12.43 mi or 65,617 ft) is a rarely contested long-distance running event in track and field competitions; most world records in the event have been set during half marathons and one-hour races, as a half marathon is roughly 21,000 meters.

World Records edit

+ = indicates a time was taken at an intermediate distance in a longer race

Men edit

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    Zersenay Tadese in the lead pack of the 2013 Prague Half Marathon
    Updated January 2024.
Event Result Athlete Nationality Date Place Meeting Citation
20,000 m (track) 56:20.02+ Bashir Abdi   Belgium 4 September 2020 Brussels Memorial Van Damme [1]
20 km (road) 54:29+ Jacob Kiplimo   Uganda 21 Nov 2021 Lisbon Lisbon Half Marathon [2]

Women edit

  • Correct as of January 2024.
Event Result Athlete Nationality Date Place Meeting Citation
20,000 m (track) 1:05:26.6 Tegla Loroupe   Kenya 3 Sep 2000 Borgholzhausen [3]
20 km (road) 59:35+ Letesenbet Gidey   Ethiopia 24 Oct 2021 Valencia Valencia Half Marathon [4]

All-time top 25 edit

  • + = en route to longer performance
  • h = hand timed

Men edit

  • Updated September 2022.
Rank Result (m) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 56:20.02+ Bashir Abdi   Belgium 4 September 2020 Brussels [5]
2 56:20.30+ Mo Farah   Great Britain 4 September 2020 Brussels [6]
3 56:20.55+ Sabastian Sawe   Kenya 2 September 2022 Brussels [7]
4 56:26.0+ Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia 27 June 2007 Ostrava [8]
5 56:51.60+ Sondre Nordstad Moen   Norway 7 August 2020 Kristiansand [9]
6 56:55.6+ h Arturo Barrios   Mexico 30 March 1991 La Fléche
7 57:07.41+ Kibiwott Kandie   Kenya 2 September 2022 Brussels [10]
8 57:18.4+ h Dionisio Castro   Portugal 31 March 1990 La Flèche
9 57:24.2+ Jos Hermens   Netherlands 1 May 1976 Arnhem
10 57:28.7+ h Carl Thackery   Great Britain 31 March 1990 La Flèche
11 57:44.4+ h Gaston Roelants   Belgium 20 September 1972 Brussels
12 57:48.7 Toshihiko Seko   Japan 11 May 1985 Odawara
13 57:50.25+ Morhad Amdouni   France 19 September 2020 Lucciana
14 58:17.3+ Daniel Mateo   Spain 20 April 2021 La Nucía [11]
15 58:18.4+ Bertrand Itsweire   France 31 March 1990 La Flèche
16 58:25.0 Bill Rodgers   United States 9 August 1977 Boston
17 58:30.2+ Werner Schildhauer   Germany 29 April 1983 Cottbus
18 58:37.2+ h Rob de Castella   Australia 17 April 1982 Rome
19 58:37.8+ h Mariano Haro   Spain 9 August 1975 San Sebastián
20 58:53.6+ Girmaw Amare   Israel 26 January 2020 Tel Aviv
21 58:43.8 h Franco Fava   Italy 9 April 1977 Rome
22 59:02.0 h Rashid Sharafetdinov   Soviet Union 2 May 1971 Leningrad
23 59:14.02 Stéphane Schweickhardt    Switzerland 15 April 1998 Martigny
24 59:19.0 András Fancsali   Hungary 15 April 1978 Budapest
25 59:24.8+ Leszek Bebło   Poland 31 March 1990 La Flèche

Women edit

  • Updated September 2022.
Rank Result Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 1:05:26.6 Tegla Loroupe   Kenya 3 September 2000 Borgholzhausen
2 1:05:35.3 Dire Tune   Ethiopia 17 June 2009 Ostrava
3 1:06:48.8 Izumi Maki   Japan 19 September 1993 Amagasaki
4 1:06:55.5 Rosa Mota   Portugal 14 May 1983 Lisbon
5 1:07:19.9 Naomi Sakashita   Japan 10 October 1995 Amagasaki
6 1:07:47.0 Kaori Kumura   Japan 19 September 1993 Amagasaki
7 1:07:49.9 Rika Ota   Japan 17 June 1992 Akashi
8 1:07:52.0 Midori Shimizu   Japan 1 October 1994 Amagasaki
9 1:08:07.6 Megumi Fujiwara   Japan 17 June 1992 Akashi
10 1:08:46.6 Takako Kobayashi   Japan 1 October 1994 Amagasaki
11 1:08:51.9 Junko Asari   Japan 17 June 1992 Akashi
12 1:08:52.6 Nanae Sasaki   Japan 29 May 1984 Tokyo
13 1:08:59.2 Aki Yasaki   Japan 17 June 1992 Akashi
14 1:09:19.1 Chiyuki Ona   Japan 17 June 1992 Akashi
15 1:09:53.0 Blandine Bitzner   France 13 May 2000 La Celle-Saint-Cloud
16 1:10:30.4+ Helena Javornik   Slovenia 19 July 2006 Maribor
17 1:10:35.0 Leah Malot   Kenya 17 June 2009 Ostrava
18 1:10:50.2 Christa Vahlensieck   West Germany 25 October 1975 Essen
19 1:10:56.6 Ágnes Özéné Sipka   Hungary 16 October 1988 Székesfehérvár
20 1:11:00.0 Miki Kitajima   Japan 20 September 1993 Amagasaki
21 1:11:05.0+ Judit Nagy   Hungary 22 October 1989 Székesfehérvár
22 1:11:17.6 Chiara Mainetti   Argentina 18 June 2022 Buenos Aires
23 1:11:48.9+ Karolina Szabo   Hungary 23 April 1988 Budapest
24 1:12:44 Maria Luisa Irizar   Spain 23 June 1985 Laredo
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In popular culture edit

Tegla Loroupe's 20,000 meter world record was mentioned in Chapter 1, problem 64P of Chemistry (Seventh Edition) by John E. McMurry, Robert C. Fay, and Jill Kirsten Robinson. [12]

References edit

  1. ^ "Hassan and Farah smash world one hour records in Brussels". European Athletics. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Jacob Kiplimo 2021 Lisbon Half Marathon Result". sporthive.com. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. ^ "IAAF: Women's outdoor 20,000 Metres | Records | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  4. ^ "Letesenbet Gidey 2021 Valencia Half Marathon Result". valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Hassan and Farah smash world one hour records in Brussels". European Athletics. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  6. ^ Rich Perelman (4 September 2020). "THE TICKER: Three world records: for Farah, Abdi and Hassan in Brussels; another win for van Aert at Le Tour; double death for Iranian wrestler?". thesportsexaminer.com. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Wanda Diamond League – One Hour Run Results and Split Times" (PDF). sportresult.com. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  8. ^ "IAAF: Men's outdoor 20,000 Metres | Records | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  9. ^ "2020 Stadionmila Kristiansand Results" (PDF). stadionmila.no/. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Wanda Diamond League – One Hour Run Results and Split Times" (PDF). sportresult.com. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Dani Mateo tritura el récord de España de la hora: 20.593 metros". soycorredor.es (in Spanish). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Chegg.com". www.chegg.com. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
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