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10,000 metres

Common long distance running event

Field	Value
event	10,000 metres
image	Mens 10000m final sydney olympics 2000.jpg
image_upright	1.2
caption	10,000 metres at 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney
WRmen	Joshua Cheptegei 26:11.00 (2020)
ORmen	Joshua Cheptegei 26:43.14 (2024)
CRmen	Kenenisa Bekele 26:46.31 (2009)
WRwomen	Beatrice Chebet 28:54.14 (2024)
ORwomen	Almaz Ayana 29:17.45 (2016)
CRwomen	Berhane Adere 30:04.18 (2003)
WU20Rmen	Samuel Wanjiru 26:41.75 (2005)	WU20Rwomen=Linet Masai 30:26.50 (2008)

The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship-level events. The race consists of 25 laps around an Olympic-sized 400 m track. It is less commonly held at track and field meetings due to its duration. The 10,000-metre track race is usually distinguished from its road running counterpart, the 10K run, by referring to the distance in metres rather than kilometres.

The 10,000 metres is the longest standard track event, approximately equivalent to 10 km or 10 km.

Added to the Olympic programme in 1912, athletes from Finland, nicknamed the "Flying Finns", dominated the event until the late 1940s. In the 1960s, African runners began to come to the fore. In 1988, the women's competition debuted in the Olympic Games.

Official records are kept for outdoor 10,000-metre track events. The world record for men is held by Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda in 26:11.00, set in Valencia, Spain on 7 October 2020. For women, the world record is held by Beatrice Chebet of Kenya, in 28:54.14, set in Eugene, Oregon, on 25 May 2024.

The 10,000 metres demands exceptional levels of aerobic endurance, and elite athletes typically train in excess of 160 km (100 miles) a week.

6 miles

10,000 metres is the slightly longer metric derivative of the 6 mi run, an event common in countries when they were using the imperial measurement system. 6 miles was used in the Commonwealth Games until 1966 and was a championship in the United States in non-Olympic years from 1953 to 1973. It is 24 laps around a 1/4 mi track.

Continental records

Updated 25 May 2024.

Area	Men	Women	Athlete	Nation
Africa (records)	26:11.00	Joshua Cheptegei	28:54.14	Beatrice Chebet
Asia (records)	26:38.76	Ahmad Hassan Abdullah	29:31.78	Wang Junxia
Europe (records)	26:46.57	Mo Farah	29:06.82	Sifan Hassan
North, Central America
and Caribbean (records)	26:33.84	Grant Fisher	30:03.82	Alicia Monson
Oceania (records)	27:15.35	Jack Rayner	30:35.54	Kimberley Smith
South America (records)	27:28.12	Marílson Gomes dos Santos	31:47.76	Carmem de Oliveira

All-time top 25

- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes* who fall outside the top 25 10,000m times*

Men

Kenenisa Bekele (right), the former 10,000 m world record holder.

Correct as of June 2024.

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
1	1	26:11.00	Joshua Cheptegei		7 October 2020	Valencia
2	2	26:17.53	Kenenisa Bekele		26 August 2005	Brussels
	3	26:20.31	Bekele #2		8 June 2004	Ostrava
3	4	26:22.75	Haile Gebrselassie		1 June 1998	Hengelo
	5	26:25.97	Bekele #3		8 June 2008	Eugene
4	6	26:27.85	Paul Tergat		22 August 1997	Brussels
	7	26:28.72	Bekele #4		29 May 2005	Hengelo
8	26:29.22	Gebrselassie #2	5 September 2003	Brussels
5	9	26:30.03	Nicholas Kemboi		5 September 2003	Brussels
6	10	26:30.74	Abebe Dinkesa		29 May 2005	Hengelo
7	11	26:31.01	Yomif Kejelcha		14 June 2024	Nerja
8	12	26:31.13	Berihu Aregawi		14 June 2024	Nerja
	13	26:31.32	Gebrselassie #3		4 July 1997	Oslo
9	14	26:33.84	Grant Fisher		6 March 2022	San Juan Capistrano
10	15	26:33.93	Jacob Kiplimo		19 May 2021	Ostrava
11	16	26:34.14	Mohammed Ahmed		6 March 2022	San Juan Capistrano
12	17	26:34.93	Selemon Barega		14 June 2024	Nerja
13	18	26:35.63	Micah Kogo		25 August 2006	Brussels
14	19	26:36.26	Paul Koech		22 August 1997	Brussels
15	20	26:37.25	Zersenay Tadese		25 August 2006	Brussels
16	21	26:37.93	Biniam Mehary		14 June 2024	Nerja
17	22	26:38.08	Salah Hissou		23 August 1996	Brussels
18	23	26:38.76	Ahmad Abdullah Hassan		5 September 2003	Brussels
19	24	26:39.69	Sileshi Sihine		31 May 2004	Hengelo
20	25	26:39.77	Boniface Toroitich Kiprop		26 August 2005	Brussels
21		26:41.75	Samuel Wanjiru		26 August 2005	Brussels
22	26:42.65	Gemechu Dida		14 June 2024	Nerja
23	26:43.98	Lucas Rotich		7 September 2011	Brussels
24	26:44.36	Galen Rupp		30 May 2014	Eugene
25	26:45.91	Tadese Worku		5 May 2022	Hengelo

Women

Correct as of June 2024.

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
1	1	28:54.14	Beatrice Chebet		25 May 2024	Eugene
2	2	29:01.03	Letesenbet Gidey		8 June 2021	Hengelo
3	3	29:05.92	Gudaf Tsegay		25 May 2024	Eugene
4	4	29:06.82	Sifan Hassan		6 June 2021	Hengelo
5	5	29:17.45	Almaz Ayana		12 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
6	6	29:26.89	Lilian Rengeruk		25 May 2024	Eugene
7	7	29:27.59	Margaret Kipkemboi		25 May 2024	Eugene
	8	29:29.73	Tsegay #2		23 June 2023	Nerja
8	9	29:31.78	Wang Junxia		8 September 1993	Beijing
9	10	29:32.53	Vivian Cheruiyot		12 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
	11	29:36.67	Hassan #2		10 October 2020	Hengelo
12	29:37.80	Hassan #3	3 June 2023	Hengelo	title=Hassan runs 10,000m world lead on track return in Hengelo REPORTS World Athletics	url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/hengelo-fbk-games-2023	access-date=2023-06-04	website=worldathletics.org}}
13	29:39.42	Tsegay #3	8 May 2021	Maia	title=Rojas opens with 15.14m, Andrejczyk throws 71.40m	url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/rojas-1514m-crouser-22m-plus-series	publisher=World Athletics	first=Jess	last=Whittington	date=9 May 2021	access-date=4 June 2021}}
10	14	29:42.56	Tirunesh Dibaba		12 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
11	15	29:47.42	Grace Loibach Nawowuna		3 June 2023	Hengelo
12	16	29:47.71	Fotyen Tesfay		14 June 2024	Nerja
13	17	29:48.34	Tsigie Gebreselama		16 March 2024	San Juan Capistrano
	18	29:49.33	Gebreselama #2		14 June 2024	Nerja
14	19	29:50.52	Ejgayehu Taye		14 June 2024	Nerja
15	20	29:50.77	Kalkidan Gezahegne		8 May 2021	Maia
16	21	29:53.51	Alice Aprot Nawowuna		12 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
17	22	29:53.80	Meselech Melkamu		14 June 2009	Utrecht
	23	29:54.66	Dibaba #2		15 August 2008	Beijing
24	29:55.32	Hassan #4	7 August 2021	Tokyo
25	29:56.18	Gezahegne #2	7 August 2021	Tokyo
18			29:59.03	Mizan Alem		20 May 2023	London
19	29:59.15	Lemlem Hailu		23 June 2023	Nerja
20	29:59.20	Meseret Defar		11 July 2009	Birmingham
21	30:00.86	Eilish McColgan		4 March 2023	San Juan Capistrano	date=2023-03-05	title=Alicia Monson Sets American Record in 10,000 Meters	url=https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a43194915/alicia-monson-american-record-10000-meters/	access-date=2023-03-05	website=Runner's World	language=en-US}}
22	30:01.09	Paula Radcliffe		6 August 2002	Munich
23	30:03.82	Alicia Monson		4 March 2023	San Juan Capistrano
24	30:04.18	Berhane Adere		23 August 2003	Saint-Denis
25	30:04.97	Janeth Chepngetich		25 May 2024	Eugene

Annulled marks

Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey ran 29:56.34 at the 2008 Olympics. This performance was annulled due to doping offences.

Olympic medalists

Men

Women

World Championships medalists

Men

Women

European Championships medalists

Men

Main article: List of European Athletics Championships medalists (men)#10,000 metres

Women

Main article: List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)#10,000 metres

Season's bests

Men

Year	Time	Athlete	Place
2025	26:43.82	Biniam Mehary	Eugene
2024	26:31.01	Yomif Kejelcha	Nerja
2023	26:50.66	Berihu Aregawi	Nerja
2022	26:33.84	Grant Fisher	San Juan Capistrano
2021	26.33.90	Jacob Kiplimo	Ostrava
2020	26:11.00	Joshua Cheptegei	Valencia
2019	26:48.36	Joshua Cheptegei	Doha
2018	27:13.01	Stanley Mburu	Yokohama
2017	26:49.51	Mo Farah	London
2016	26:51.11	Yigrem Demelash	Hengelo
2015	26:50.97	Mo Farah	Eugene
2014	26:44.36	Galen Rupp	Eugene
2013	26:51.02	Dejen Gebremeskel	Sollentuna
2012	26:51.16	Emmanuel Bett	Brussels
2011	26:43.16	Kenenisa Bekele	Brussels
2010	26:56.74	Josphat Kiprono Menjo	Turku
2009	26:46.31	Kenenisa Bekele	Berlin
2008	26:25.97	Kenenisa Bekele	Eugene
2007	26:46.19	Kenenisa Bekele	Brussels
2006	26:35.63	Micah Kogo	Brussels
2005	26:17.53	Kenenisa Bekele	Brussels
2004	26:20.31	Kenenisa Bekele	Ostrava
2003	26:29.22	Haile Gebrselassie	Brussels
2002	26:49.38	Sammy Kipketer	Brussels
2001	27:04.20	Abraham Chebii	Palo Alto
2000	27:03.87	Paul Tergat	Brussels
1999	26:51.49	Charles Kamathi	Brussels
1998	26:22.75	Haile Gebrselassie	Hengelo
1997	26:27.85	Paul Tergat	Brussels
1996	26:38.08	Salah Hissou	Brussels
1995	26:43.53	Haile Gebrselassie	Hengelo
1994	26:52.23	William Sigei	Oslo
1993	26:58.38	Yobes Ondieki	Oslo
1992	27:14.26	Fita Bayisa	Oslo
1991	27:11.18	Richard Chelimo	Hengelo
1990	27:18.22	Arturo Barrios	Berlin
1989	27:08.23	Arturo Barrios	Berlin
1988	27:21.46	Brahim Boutayeb	Seoul
1987	27:26.95	Francesco Panetta	Stockholm
1986	27:20.56	Mark Nenow	Brussels
1985	27:37.17	Bruce Bickford	Stockholm
1984	27:13.81	Fernando Mamede	Stockholm
1983	27:23.44	Carlos Lopes	Oslo
1982	27:22.95	Fernando Mamede	Paris
1981	27:27.1	Fernando Mamede	Lisbon
1980	27:29.16	Craig Virgin	Paris
1979	27:36.8	Karl Fleschen	Troisdorf
1978	27:22.47	Henry Rono	Vienna
1977	27:30.47	Samson Kimobwa	Helsinki
1976	27:40.38	Lasse Viren	Montreal
1975	27:45.43	Brendan Foster	London
1974	27:43.6	Steve Prefontaine	Eugene
1973	27:30.80	Dave Bedford	London
1972	27:38.4	Lasse Viren	Munich
1971	27:47.0	Dave Bedford	Portsmouth
1970	28:06.2	Dave Bedford	Warsaw

Women

Year	Time	Athlete	Place
2025	30:27.02	Janeth Chepngetich	Nairobi
2024	28:54.14	Beatrice Chebet	Eugene
2023	29:29.73	Gudaf Tsegay	Nerja
2022	30:09.94	Letesenbet Gidey	Eugene
2021	29:01.03	Letesenbet Gidey	Hengelo
2020	29:36.67	Sifan Hassan	Hengelo
2019	30:17.62	Sifan Hassan	Doha
2018	30:41.85	Pauline Kamulu	Fukagawa
2017	30:16.32	Almaz Ayana	London
2016	29:17.45	Almaz Ayana	Rio de Janeiro
2015	30:49.68	Gelete Burka	Hengelo
2014	30:42.26	Sally Kipyego	Palo Alto
2013	30:08.06	Meseret Defar	Sollentuna
2012	30:20.75	Tirunesh Dibaba	London
2011	30:38.35	Sally Kipyego	Palo Alto
2010	31:04.52	Meselech Melkamu	Ostrava
2009	29:53.80	Meselech Melkamu	Utrecht
2008	29:54.66	Tirunesh Dibaba	Beijing
2007	31:00.27	Mestawet Tufa	Valkenswaard
2006	30:21.67	Elvan Abeylegesse	Antalya
2005	30:15.67	Tirunesh Dibaba	Sollentuna
2004	30:17.15	Paula Radcliffe	Gateshead
2003	30:04.18	Berhane Adere	Saint-Denis
2002	30:01.09	Paula Radcliffe	Munich
2001	30:55.80	Paula Radcliffe	Barakaldo
2000	30:17.49	Derartu Tulu	Sydney
1999	30:24.56	Gete Wami	Seville
1998	30:48.06	Fernanda Ribeiro	Lisbon
1997	30:38.09	Dong Yanmei	Shanghai
1996	31:01.63	Fernanda Ribeiro	Atlanta
1995	31:04.99	Fernanda Ribeiro	Gothenburg
1994	30:50.34	Wang Junxia	Hiroshima
1993	29:31.78	Wang Junxia	Beijing
1992	31:06.02	Derartu Tulu	Barcelona
1991	30:57.07	Liz McColgan	Hengelo
1990	31:18.18	Viorica Ghican	Helsinki
1989	30:48.51	Ingrid Kristiansen	Oslo
1988	31:05.21	Olga Bondarenko	Seoul
1987	31:05.85	Ingrid Kristiansen	Rome
1986	30:13.74	Ingrid Kristiansen	Oslo
1985	30:59.42	Ingrid Kristiansen	Oslo
1984	31:13.78	Olga Bondarenko	Kyiv
1983	31:27.58	Raisa Sadreydinova	Odesa
1982	31:35.3	Mary Decker-Slaney	Eugene
1981	32:17.19	Yelena Sipatova	Moscow
1980	32:57.17	Kathryn Binns	Sittard
1979	32:52.5	Mary Shea	Walnut
1978	32:43.2	Natalia Mărăşescu	Băile Felix
1977	33:15.1	Peg Neppel	Westwood
1976	34:19.0	Peg Neppel	Eugene
1975	34:01.4	Christa Vahlensieck	Wolfsburg
1974	—	—	—
1973	—	—	—
1972	—	—	—
1971	34:51.0	Kathy Gibbons	Phoenix
1970	35:30.5	Paola Pigni	Milan

Competitions

European Cup 10,000m
Iberian 10,000 Metres Championships

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