The first world record in the men's 5000 m was recognized by World Athletics (formerly called the International Association of Athletics Federations, or IAAF) in 1912. As of January 2024, 36 world records have been ratified by World Athletics in the event.[1]
The first world record in the women's 5000 m was recognized by the IAAF in 1981. As of January 2024, 16 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.[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.
Former women's world record holder Tirunesh Dibaba (right) leading another former world record holder Meseret Defar (centre) at the 2012 Olympic 5000 m final
^"Cheptegei breaks world 5000m record in Monaco as Diamond League action returns". Retrieved August 15, 2020.
^Sully, Kevin. "Faith Kipyegon's Magical Week Continues With 5000m World Record In Paris". FloTrack. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^"5000m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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The official world records in the 5000 metres or 5000 metre run are held by Joshua Cheptegei with 12 35 36 for men and Gudaf Tsegay with 14 00 21 for women The first world record in the men s 5000 m was recognized by World Athletics formerly called the International Association of Athletics Federations or IAAF in 1912 As of January 2024 36 world records have been ratified by World Athletics in the event 1 The first world record in the women s 5000 m was recognized by the IAAF in 1981 As of January 2024 16 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event 1 Contents 1 Men 1 1 Pre World Athletics 1 2 World Athletics era 2 Women 2 1 Pre recognition 2 2 World Athletics world records 3 ReferencesMen editPre World Athletics edit Time Athlete Date Location16 34 6 nbsp George Touquet Daunis FRA 1897 10 31 Paris France16 29 2 nbsp George Touquet Daunis FRA 1899 05 22 Lyon France15 29 8 nbsp Charles Bennett GBR 1900 07 22 Paris France14 59 0 nbsp Alfred Shrubb GBR 1904 06 13 Glasgow United KingdomWorld Athletics era edit RatifiedNot ratifiedRatified but later rescindedPending ratificationTime Athlete Date Location14 36 6 nbsp Hannes Kolehmainen FIN 1912 07 10 Stockholm Sweden 1 14 35 4 nbsp Paavo Nurmi FIN 1922 09 12 Stockholm Sweden 1 14 28 2 nbsp Paavo Nurmi FIN 1924 06 19 Helsinki Finland 1 14 17 0 nbsp Lauri Lehtinen FIN 1932 06 19 Helsinki Finland 1 14 08 8 nbsp Taisto Maki FIN 1939 06 16 Helsinki Finland 1 13 58 2 nbsp Gunder Hagg SWE 1942 09 20 Gothenburg Sweden 1 13 57 2 nbsp Emil Zatopek TCH 1954 05 30 Paris France 1 13 56 6 nbsp Vladimir Kuts URS 1954 08 29 Bern Switzerland 1 13 51 6 nbsp Chris Chataway GBR 1954 10 13 London United Kingdom 1 13 51 2 nbsp Vladimir Kuts URS 1954 10 23 Prague Czechoslovakia 1 13 50 8 nbsp Sandor Iharos HUN 1955 09 10 Budapest Hungary 1 13 46 8 nbsp Vladimir Kuts URS 1955 09 18 Belgrad Yugoslavia 1 13 40 6 nbsp Sandor Iharos HUN 1955 10 23 Budapest Hungary 1 13 36 8 nbsp Gordon Pirie GBR 1956 06 19 Bergen Norway 1 13 35 0 nbsp Vladimir Kuts URS 1957 10 13 Rome Italy 1 13 34 8 nbsp Ron Clarke AUS 1965 01 16 Hobart Australia 1 13 33 6 nbsp Ron Clarke AUS 1965 02 01 Auckland New Zealand 1 13 25 8 nbsp Ron Clarke AUS 1965 06 04 Compton USA 1 13 24 2 nbsp Kipchoge Keino KEN 1965 11 30 Auckland New Zealand 1 13 16 6 nbsp Ron Clarke AUS 1966 07 05 Stockholm Sweden 1 13 16 4 nbsp Lasse Viren FIN 1972 09 14 Helsinki Finland 1 13 13 0 nbsp Emiel Puttemans BEL 1972 09 20 Brussels Belgium 1 13 12 9 nbsp Dick Quax NZL 1977 07 05 Stockholm Sweden 1 13 08 4 nbsp Henry Rono KEN 1978 04 08 Berkeley California USA 1 13 06 20 nbsp Henry Rono KEN 1981 09 13 Knarvik Norway 1 13 00 41 nbsp David Moorcroft GBR 1982 07 07 Oslo Norway 1 13 00 40 nbsp Said Aouita MAR 1985 07 22 Oslo Norway 1 12 58 39 nbsp Said Aouita MAR 1987 07 27 Rome Italy 1 12 56 96 nbsp Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1994 06 04 Hengelo Netherlands 1 12 55 30 nbsp Moses Kiptanui KEN 1995 06 08 Rome Italy 1 12 44 39 nbsp Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1995 08 16 Zurich Switzerland 1 12 41 86 nbsp Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1997 08 13 Zurich Switzerland 1 12 39 74 nbsp Daniel Komen KEN 1997 08 22 Brussels Belgium 1 12 39 36 nbsp Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1998 06 13 Helsinki Finland 1 12 37 35 nbsp Kenenisa Bekele ETH 2004 05 31 Hengelo Netherlands 1 12 35 36 nbsp Joshua Cheptegei UGA 2020 08 14 Monaco 2 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 editPre recognition edit Time Athlete Date Location16 17 4 nbsp Paola Pigni ITA 1969 05 11 Formia Italy15 53 6 nbsp Paola Pigni ITA 1969 09 02 Milan Italy15 41 4 nbsp Natalia Mărășescu ROM 1977 03 16 Oradea Romania15 37 0 nbsp Janice Merrill USA 1977 07 11 Mainz Germany15 35 52 nbsp Kathy Mills USA 1978 05 26 Knoxville United States15 33 8 nbsp Janice Merrill USA 1979 05 19 Durham United States15 30 6 nbsp Janice Merrill USA 1980 03 22 Stanford United States15 28 43 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 1981 07 11 Oslo Norway15 24 6 nbsp Yelena Sipatova URS 1981 09 06 Podolsk Soviet UnionWorld Athletics world records edit nbsp Former women s world record holder Tirunesh Dibaba right leading another former world record holder Meseret Defar centre at the 2012 Olympic 5000 m finalTime Athlete Date Location15 14 51 nbsp Paula Fudge GBR 1981 09 13 Knarvik Norway 1 15 13 22 nbsp Anne Audain NZL 1982 03 17 Auckland New Zealand 1 15 08 26 nbsp Mary Tabb USA 1982 06 05 Eugene Oregon United States 1 15 01 83 a nbsp Zola Budd RSA 1984 01 05 Stellenbosch South Africa 1 14 58 89 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 1984 06 28 Oslo Norway 1 14 48 07 nbsp Zola Budd GBR 1985 08 26 London United Kingdom 1 14 37 33 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 1986 08 05 Stockholm Sweden 1 14 36 45 nbsp Fernanda Ribeiro POR 1995 07 22 Hechtel Belgium 1 14 31 27 nbsp Dong Yanmei CHN 1997 10 21 Shanghai China 1 14 28 09 nbsp Jiang Bo CHN 1997 10 23 Shanghai China 1 14 24 68 nbsp Elvan Abeylegesse TUR 2004 06 11 Bergen Norway 1 14 24 53 nbsp Meseret Defar ETH 2006 06 03 New York United States 1 14 16 63 nbsp Meseret Defar ETH 2007 06 15 Oslo Norway 1 14 11 15 nbsp Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 2008 06 06 Oslo Norway 1 14 06 62 nbsp Letesenbet Gidey ETH 2020 10 07 Valencia Spain 1 14 05 20 nbsp Faith Kipyegon KEN 2023 06 09 Paris France 3 14 00 21 nbsp Gudaf Tsegay ETH 2023 09 17 Eugene Oregon 4 Time was rejected as South Africa was suspended from IAAF membership References edit 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 an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba World Athletics Statistics Handbook 2022 PDF Monte Carlo World Athletics Media amp Public Relations Department 2022 pp Pages 729 865 Retrieved 3 January 2024 Cheptegei breaks world 5000m record in Monaco as Diamond League action returns Retrieved August 15 2020 Sully Kevin Faith Kipyegon s Magical Week Continues With 5000m World Record In Paris FloTrack Retrieved 9 June 2023 5000m Results PDF sportresult com 17 September 2023 Retrieved 20 September 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 5000 metres world record progression amp oldid 1216644631, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
