Men's 10,000 metres world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression for the Men's 10,000 metres, as recognised by the IAAF.

Record Athlete Nat Venue Date
31:20.8[1] Hannes Kolehmainen  Finland Stockholm, Sweden July 8, 1912
30:40.2 Paavo Nurmi  Finland Stockholm, Sweden June 22, 1921
30:35.4 Ville Ritola  Finland Helsinki, Finland May 25, 1924
30:23.2 Ville Ritola  Finland Paris, France July 6, 1924
30:06.2 Paavo Nurmi  Finland Kuopio, Finland August 31 1924
30:05.6 Ilmari Salminen  Finland Kouvola, Finland July 18, 1937
30:02.0 Taisto Mäki  Finland Tampere, Finland September 29, 1938
29:52.6 Taisto Mäki  Finland Helsinki, Finland September 17, 1939
29:35.4 Viljo Heino  Finland Helsinki, Finland August 25, 1944
29:28.2 Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia Ostrava, Czechoslovakia June 11, 1949
29:27.2 Viljo Heino  Finland Kouvola, Finland September 1, 1949
29:21.2 Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia Ostrava, Czechoslovakia October 22, 1949
29:02.6 Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia Turku, Finland August 4, 1950
29:01.6 Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia Stará Boleslav, Czechoslovakia November 1, 1953
28:54.2 Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia Brussels, Belgium June 1, 1954
28:42.8 Sándor Iharos  Hungary Budapest, Hungary July 15, 1956
28:30.4 Vladimir Kuts  Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union September 11, 1956
28:18.8 Pyotr Bolotnikov  Soviet Union Kiev, Ukraine October 15, 1960
28:18.2 Pyotr Bolotnikov  Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union August 11, 1962
28:15.6 Ron Clarke  Australia Melbourne, Australia December 18, 1963
28:14.0 Ron Clarke  Australia Turku, Finland May 16, 1965
27:39.4 Ron Clarke  Australia Oslo, Norway July 14, 1965
27:38.35[2] Lasse Virén  Finland Munich, Germany September 3, 1972
27:30.8 David Bedford  United Kingdom London, Great Britain July 13, 1973
27:30.5 Samson Kimobwa  Kenya Helsinki, Finland June 30 1977
27:22.4 Henry Rono  Kenya Vienna, Austria June 11, 1978
27:13.81 Fernando Mamede  Portugal Stockholm, Sweden July 2, 1984
27:08.23 Arturo Barrios  Mexico Berlin, Germany August 18, 1989
27:07.91 Richard Chelimo  Kenya Stockholm, Sweden July 5, 1993
26:58.38 Yobes Ondieki  Kenya Oslo, Norway July 10, 1993
26:52.23 William Sigei  Kenya Oslo, Norway July 22, 1994
26:43.53[3] Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia Hengelo, Netherlands June 5, 1995
26:38.08 Salah Hissou  Morocco Brussels, Belgium August 23, 1996
26:31.32[3] Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia Oslo, Norway August 4, 1997
26:27.85 Paul Tergat  Kenya Brussels, Belgium August 22, 1997
26:22.75[3] Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia Hengelo, Netherlands June 1, 1998
26:20.31 Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia Ostrava, Czech Republic June 8, 2004
26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia Brussels, Belgium August 26, 2005

Notes

  1. ^ Jean Bouin (France) ran 30:50.8 on 16 Nov 1911 at Colombes, France, before the formation of the IAAF.[1] [2]
  2. ^ Lasse Virén's 27:38.35 was ratified by the IAAF as 27:38.4
  3. ^ a b c "Geb's 16 World Records", Track & Field News 59 (5): 7, May 2006 

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