5000 metres world record progression

Current men's world record holder Kenenisa Bekele competing in the 5000 m in Paris in 2006

The official world records in the 5000 metres are held by Kenenisa Bekele with 12:37.35 minutes for men and Tirunesh Dibaba with 14:11.15 minutes for women.

The first world record in the men's 5000 m was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1912. As of January 2014, 35 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.^[1]

The first world record in the women's 5000 m was recognized by the IAAF in 1981. As of January 2014, 13 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.^[2] 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. However, women did sometimes compete over 5000 m before its addition to the World Championships and Olympic programme in 1995 and 1996, respectively.^[3]

Men

Pre-IAAF

Time	Athlete	Date	Location
16:34.6	George Touquet-Daunis (FRA)	1897-10-31	Paris, France
16:29.2	George Touquet-Daunis (FRA)	1899-05-22	Lyon, France
15:29.8	Charles Bennett (GBR)	1900-07-22	Paris, France
14:59.0	Alfred Shrubb (GBR)	1904-06-13	Glasgow, United Kingdom

IAAF era

Time	Athlete	Date	Location
14:36.6	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	1912-06-10	Stockholm, Sweden^[1]
14:35.4	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	1922-09-12	Stockholm, Sweden^[1]
14:28.2	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	1924-06-19	Helsinki, Finland^[1]
14:17.0	Lauri Lehtinen (FIN)	1932-06-19	Helsinki, Finland^[1]
14:08.8	Taisto Mäki (FIN)	1939-06-16	Helsinki, Finland^[1]
13:58.2	Gunder Hägg (SWE)	1942-09-20	Gothenburg, Sweden^[1]
13:57.2	Emil Zátopek (TCH)	1954-05-30	Paris, France^[1]
13:56.6	Vladimir Kuts (URS)	1954-08-29	Bern, Switzerland^[1]
13:51.6	Chris Chataway (GBR)	1954-10-13	London, United Kingdom^[1]
13:51.2	Vladimir Kuts (URS)	1954-10-23	Prague, Czechoslovakia^[1]
13:50.8	Sandor Iharos (HUN)	1955-09-10	Budapest, Hungary^[1]
13:46.8	Vladimir Kuts (URS)	1955-09-18	Belgrad, Yugoslavia^[1]
13:40.6	Sandor Iharos (HUN)	1955-09-23	Budapest, Hungary^[1]
13:36.8	Gordon Pirie (GBR)	1956-06-19	Bergen, Norway^[1]
13:35.0	Vladimir Kuts (URS)	1957-10-13	Rome, Italy^[1]
13:34.8	Ron Clarke (AUS)	1965-01-16	Hobart, Australia^[1]
13:33.6	Ron Clarke (AUS)	1965-02-01	Auckland, New Zealand^[1]
13:25.8	Ron Clarke (AUS)	1965-06-04	Compton, USA^[1]
13:24.2	Kipchoge Keino (KEN)	1965-11-30	Auckland, New Zealand^[1]
13:16.6	Ron Clarke (AUS)	1966-07-05	Stockholm, Sweden^[1]
13:16.4	Lasse Virén (FIN)	1972-09-14	Helsinki, Finland^[1]
13:13.0	Emiel Puttemans (BEL)	1972-09-20	Brussels, Belgium^[1]
13:12.9	Dick Quax (NZL)	1977-07-05	Stockholm, Sweden^[1]
13:08.4	Henry Rono (KEN)	1978-04-08	Berkeley, California, USA^[1]
13:06.20	Henry Rono (KEN)	1981-09-13	Knarvik, Norway^[1]
13:00.41	David Moorcroft (GBR)	1982-07-07	Oslo, Norway^[1]
13:00.40	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	1985-07-22	Oslo, Norway^[1]
12:58.39	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	1987-07-27	Rome, Italy^[1]
12:56.96	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	1994-06-04	Hengelo, Netherlands^[1]
12:55.30	Moses Kiptanui (KEN)	1995-06-08	Rome, Italy^[1]
12:44.39	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	1995-08-16	Zürich, Switzerland^[1]
12:41.86	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	1997-08-13	Zürich, Switzerland^[1]
12:39.74	Daniel Komen (KEN)	1997-08-22	Brussels, Belgium^[1]
12:39.36	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	1998-06-13	Helsinki, Finland^[1]
12:37.35	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	2004-05-31	Hengelo, Netherlands^[1]

Auto times to the hundredth of a second were accepted by the IAAF for events up to and including 10,000m from 1981.^[1] Dick Quax's 13:12.9 from 1977 was recorded as 13:12.87 to the hundredth of a second.

Women

Pre-recognition

Time	Athlete	Date	Location
16:17.4	Paola Pigni (ITA)	1969-05-11	Formia, Italy
15:53.6	Paola Pigni (ITA)	1969-09-02	Milan, Italy
15:41.4	Natalia Mărăşescu (ROM)	1977-03-16	Oradea, Romania
15:37.0	Janice Merrill (USA)	1977-07-11	Mainz, Germany
15:35.52	Kathy Mills (USA)	1978-05-26	Knoxville, United States
15:33.8	Janice Merrill (USA)	1979-05-19	Durham, United States
15:30.6	Janice Merrill (USA)	1980-03-22	Stanford, United States
15:28.43	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	1981-07-11	Oslo, Norway
15:24.6	Yelena Sipatova (URS)	1981-09-06	Podolsk, Soviet Union

IAAF world records

Current women's world record holder Tirunesh Dibaba (right) leading former world record holder Meseret Defar (centre) at the 2012 Olympic 5000 m final

Time	Athlete	Date	Location
15:14.51	Paula Fudge (GBR)	1981-09-13	Knarvik, Norway^[2]
15:13.22	Anne Audain (NZL)	1982-03-17	Auckland, New Zealand^[2]
15:08.26	Mary Decker-Slaney (USA)	1982-07-05	Eugene, Oregon, United States^[2]
14:58.89	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	1984-06-28	Oslo, Norway^[2]
14:48.07	Zola Budd (GBR)	1985-08-26	London, United Kingdom^[2]
14:37.33	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	1986-08-05	Stockholm, Sweden^[2]
14:36.45	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)	1995-07-22	Hechtel, Belgium^[2]
14:31.27	Dong Yanmei (CHN)	1997-10-21	Shanghai, China^[2]
14:28.09	Jiang Bo (CHN)	1997-10-23	Shanghai, China^[2]
14:24.68	Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)	2004-06-11	Bergen, Norway^[2]
14:24.53	Meseret Defar (ETH)	2006-06-03	New York, United States^[2]
14:16.63	Meseret Defar (ETH)	2007-06-15	Oslo, Norway^[2]
14:11.15	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	2008-06-06	Oslo, Norway^[2]

Zola Budd (RSA) ran 15:01.83 in 1984, but this time was not ratified as a world record.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009." (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 551. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009." (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 643. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
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Athletics record progressions

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