10,000 metres world record progression

World record progression 10,000 m speed skating men none thumb|Former men's world record holder Kenenisa Bekele celebrating his 2009 world title in the 10,000 m The official world records in the 10,000 metres are held by Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei with 26:11 minutes for men and Kenyan Beatrice Chebet with 28:54.14 for women. The first world record in the men's 10,000 metres was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. The first ratified record, Jean Bouin's time of 30:58.8 minutes, had been run the year before. As of June 21, 2009, 37 men's world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009. IAAF Media & Public Relations Department http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf Monte Carlo 546, 551–552 2009 August 9, 2009 The first world record in the women's 10,000 metres was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1981. As of June 21, 2009, eight women's world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009. IAAF Media & Public Relations Department http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf Monte Carlo 546, 643 2009 August 9, 2009 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, although women did sometimes compete over 10,000 m before its addition to the World Championships and Olympic programme in 1987 and 1988, respectively.Main > Women, 10000 m > World Records Progression. Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-01-19. Men Pre-IAAF TimeAthleteDatePlace32:35.0a aWilliam Howitt GBR1847-04-05Peckham, United Kingdom32:09.0b bWalter George GBR1882-03-25London, United Kingdom31:53.4b bWalter George GBR1884-04-07London, United Kingdom31:40.0b bWalter George GBR1884-07-28London, United Kingdom31:23.1William Cummings GBR1885-09-28London, United Kingdom31:02.4Alfred Shrubb GBR1904-11-05Glasgow, United Kingdom a a Howitt's time was recorded at the point of 10,186 m, en route to a longer distance.10,000 meters outdoors https://web.archive.org/web/20250222015855/https://www.arrs.run/RecProg/RP_wwT.htm 2025-02-22 . Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2014-01-19. b b George's times were recorded at the 6.25 mi km point. IAAF world records Time Athlete Date Place Ratified Auto30:58.8Jean Bouin FRA16 November 1911Paris, France30:40.2Paavo Nurmi FIN22 June 1921Stockholm, Sweden30:35.4Ville Ritola FIN25 May 1924Helsinki, Finland30:23.2Ville Ritola FIN6 July 1924Paris, France30:06.2Paavo Nurmi FIN31 August 1924Kuopio, Finland30:05.6Ilmari Salminen FIN18 July 1937Kouvola, Finland30:02.0Taisto Mäki FIN29 September 1938Tampere, Finland29:52.6Taisto Mäki FIN17 September 1939Helsinki, Finland29:35.4Viljo Heino FIN25 August 1944Helsinki, Finland29:28.2Emil Zátopek TCH11 June 1949Ostrava, Czechoslovakia29:27.2Viljo Heino FIN1 September 1949Kouvola, Finland29:21.2Emil Zátopek TCH22 October 1949Ostrava, Czechoslovakia29:02.6Emil Zátopek TCH4 August 1950Turku, Finland29:01.6Emil Zátopek TCH1 November 1953Stara Boleslav, Czechoslovakia28:54.2Emil Zátopek TCH1 June 1954Brussels, Belgium28:42.8Sandor Iharos HUN 194915 July 1956Budapest, Hungary28:30.4Vladimir Kuts URS11 September 1956Moscow, Soviet Union28:18.8Pyotr Bolotnikov URS15 October 1960Kiev, Soviet Union28:18.2Pyotr Bolotnikov URS11 August 1962Moscow, Soviet Union28:15.6Ron Clarke AUS18 December 1963Melbourne, Australia27:39.4 27:39.89Ron Clarke AUS14 July 1965Oslo, Norway27:38.4 27:38.35Lasse Virén FIN3 September 1972Munich, West Germany27:30.8 27:30.80David Bedford GBR13 July 1973London, United Kingdom27:30.5 27:30.47Samson Kimobwa KEN30 June 1977Helsinki, Finland27:22.4 27:22.47Henry Rono KEN11 June 1978Vienna, Austria27:13.81 Fernando Mamede POR2 July 1984Stockholm, Sweden27:08.23 Arturo Barrios MEX18 August 1989West Berlin, West Germany27:07.91 Richard Chelimo KEN5 July 1993Stockholm, Sweden26:58.38 Yobes Ondieki KEN10 July 1993Oslo, Norway26:52.23 William Sigei KEN22 July 1994Oslo, Norway26:43.53 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 19915 June 1995Hengelo, Netherlands26:38.08 Salah Hissou MAR23 August 1996Brussels, Belgium26:31.32 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 19964 July 1997Oslo, Norway26:27.85 Paul Tergat KEN22 August 1997Brussels, Belgium26:22.75 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 19961 June 1998Hengelo, Netherlands26:20.31 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 19968 June 2004Ostrava, Czech Republic26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 199626 August 2005Brussels, Belgium26:11.00 Joshua Cheptegei UGA7 October 2020Valencia, Spain Where present, the "Auto" column gives a fully automatic time that was additionally recorded where the ratified mark was hand-timed, or from which the ratified mark was rounded to the 10th of a second, depending on the rules then in place. Auto times to the hundredth of a second were accepted by the IAAF for events up to and including 10,000 m from 1981. However, Henry Rono's 27:22.4, timed to the hundredth at 27:22.47, was not adjusted from 1981. Women Pre-recognition TimeAthleteDatePlace39:25.0Gertrud Schmidt GDR1966?http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf IAAF World Records Progression 2015 Hymans, Richard Matrahazi, Imre International Association of Athletics Federations March 4, 202039:10.0Hannelore Middeke GDR1966?38:06.4Ann O'Brien IRL1967-03-26Gormanstown, Ireland35:30.5Paola Pigni ITA1970-05-09Milan, Italy34:51.0Kathy Gibbons USA1971-06-12Phoenix, United States35:00.4Julie Brown USA1975-03-29Los Angeles, United States34:01.4Christa Vahlensieck FRG1975-08-20Wolfsburg, West Germany33:34.17 MxLoa Olafsson DEN1977-03-19Hvidovre, Denmark33:15.09Peg Neppel USA1977-06-09Los Angeles, United States32:43.2Natalia Mărăşescu ROM 19651978-01-22Băile Felix, Romania31:45.4 MxLoa Olafsson DEN1978-04-06Copenhagen, Denmark32:30.80Olga Krentser URS1981-08-07Moscow, Soviet Union IAAF world records Ratified Not ratified Ratified but later rescinded Pending ratification TimeAthleteDatePlace32:17.20Yelena Sipatova URS1981-10-19Moscow, Soviet Union31:35.3Mary Decker-Slaney USA1982-07-16Eugene, USA31:35.01Lyudmila Baranova URS1983-05-29Krasnodar, Soviet Union31:27.58Raisa Sadreydinova URS1983-09-07Odessa, Soviet Union31:13.78Olga Bondarenko URS1984-06-24Kiev, Soviet Union30:59.42Ingrid Kristiansen NOR1985-07-27Oslo, Norway30:13.74Ingrid Kristiansen NOR1986-07-05Oslo, Norway29:31.78Wang Junxia CHN1993-09-08Beijing, PR China29:17.45 Almaz Ayana ETH2016-08-12Rio de Janeiro, BrazilWorld records ratified PRESS-RELEASE World Athletics https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-release/world-records-ratified-niekerk-ayana-harrison 2021-06-12 www.worldathletics.org29:06.82 Sifan Hassan NED2021-06-06Hengelo, NetherlandsSifan Hassan smashes 10,000m world record https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/06/06/sifan-hassan-world-record-10000-meters/ olympics.nbcsports.com 6 June 2021 6 June 2021 29:01.03Letesenbet Gidey ETH2021-06-08Hengelo, NetherlandsRatified: World records for Gidey https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/ratified-world-record-gidey-hassan-hodgkinson-holloway-warholm World Athletics 26 July 2021 8 June 202228:54.14Beatrice Chebet KEN2024-05-25Eugene, United StatesPeterson Anne M. 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