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{{short description|Common long distance running event}}
{{for|the road running event|10K run}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox athletics event
|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= {{flagathlete|[[Joshua Cheptegei]]|UGA}} 26:11.00 (2020)
|ORmen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Joshua Cheptegei]]|UGA}} 26:43.14 (2024)}}
|CRmen= {{flagathlete|[[Kenenisa Bekele]]|ETH|1996}} 26:46.31 (2009)
|WRwomen= {{flagathlete|[[Beatrice Chebet]]|KEN}} 28:54.14 (2024)
|ORwomen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Almaz Ayana]]|ETH}} 29:17.45 (2016)}}
|CRwomen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Berhane Adere]]|ETH|1996}} 30:04.18 (2003)}}
|WU20Rmen={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Samuel Wanjiru]]|KEN}} 26:41.75 (2005)}}|WU20Rwomen={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Linet Masai]]|KEN}} 30:26.50 (2008)}}}}

The '''10,000 metres''' or the '''10,000-metre run''' is a common [[long-distance running|long-distance]] track running event. The event is part of the [[athletics (sport)|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 {{convert|10|km|miyd|0|disp=output only|abbr=off}} or {{convert|10|km|ftin|abbr=off|0|disp=output only}}.

[[File:Taisto Mäki sets 10,000 m world record.jpeg|thumb|[[Taisto Mäki]] from [[Finland]] breaks the 30-minute barrier in [[Helsinki]] on 17 September 1939.]]

Added to the Olympic programme in 1912, athletes from Finland, nicknamed the "[[Flying Finn]]s", dominated the event until the late 1940s. In the 1960s, African runners began to come to the fore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://olympics.india-server.com/track-field/10000m-sprint-men.html|title=Olympics Men's 10 KM Winners - List of Gold, Silver & Bronze Medalists at Olympic Games|website=olympics.india-server.com}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-25 |title=Beatrice Chebet breaks 10,000m world record at Pre Classic |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/beatrice-chebet-world-record-10000-meters-pre-classic |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=NBC Sports |language=en-US}}</ref>

The 10,000 metres demands exceptional levels of aerobic endurance, and elite athletes typically train in excess of 160&nbsp;km (100 miles) a week.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jeff |first1=Coach |title=Training Schedule of an elite runner |url=https://runnersconnect.net/elite-runner-training-schedule/ |website=RunnersConnect |date=31 January 2012 |access-date=17 July 2019}}</ref>

==6 miles==
10,000 metres is the slightly longer metric derivative of the {{convert|6|mi|m|1|abbr=off|adj=on}} run, an event common in countries when they were using the [[Imperial units|imperial measurement system]]. 6 miles was used in the [[Athletics at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] until 1966 and was a [[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|championship in the United States]] in non-Olympic years from 1953 to 1973. It is 24 laps around a {{convert|1/4|mi|m yd ft|0|adj=on}} track.

==Continental records==
*Updated 25 May 2024.<ref name="recordsmen">{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/middlelong/10000-metres/all/men |title=Men's 10000 Metres {{!}} Records |website=worldathletics.org |publisher=[[World Athletics]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="recordswomen">{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/middlelong/10000-metres/all/women |title=Women's 10000 Metres {{!}} Records |website=worldathletcs.org |publisher=[[World Athletics]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan=2| Area
!colspan=3| Men
!colspan=3| Women
|-
! Time 
! Athlete
! Nation
! Time 
! Athlete
! Nation
|-
| [[Confederation of African Athletics|Africa]] {{small|(''[[List of African records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''26:11.00''' {{WR}} || [[Joshua Cheptegei]] || {{UGA}} || '''28:54.14''' {{WR}} || [[Beatrice Chebet]] || {{KEN}}
|-
| [[Asian Athletics Association|Asia]] {{small|(''[[List of Asian records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''26:38.76''' || [[Ahmad Hassan Abdullah]] || {{QAT}} || '''29:31.78''' || [[Wang Junxia]] || {{CHN}}
|-
| [[European Athletic Association|Europe]] {{small|(''[[List of European records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''26:46.57''' || [[Mo Farah]] || {{GBR2}} || '''29:06.82''' || [[Sifan Hassan]] || {{NED}}
|-
| [[North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association|North, Central America<br/> and Caribbean]] {{small|(''[[List of North, Central American and Caribbean records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''26:33.84''' || [[Grant Fisher]] || {{USA}} || '''30:03.82''' || [[Alicia Monson]] || {{USA}}
|-
| [[Oceania Athletics Association|Oceania]] {{small|(''[[List of Oceanian records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''27:15.35''' || [[Jack Rayner (runner)|Jack Rayner]] || {{AUS}} || '''30:35.54''' || [[Kim Smith (runner)|Kimberley Smith]] || {{NZL}}
|-
| [[CONSUDATLE|South America]] {{small|(''[[List of South American records in athletics|records]]'')}} || '''27:28.12''' || [[Marílson Gomes dos Santos]] || {{BRA}} || '''31:47.76''' || [[Carmem de Oliveira]] || {{BRA}}
|}

==All-time top 25==
{{see also|10,000 metres world record progression}}
{| class="wikitable"
|Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 '''10,000m times''' and the top 25 '''athletes''':
|-
| style="background: #f6F5CE" |''- denotes top performance for '''athletes''' in the top 25 '''10,000m times'''''
|-
|''- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 '''10,000m times''', by repeat athletes''
|-
| style="background: #CCFFCC" |''- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 '''athletes''' who fall outside the top 25 10,000m times''
|}

===Men===
[[File:Kenenisa Bekele Golden League Paris 2006.jpg|thumb|Kenenisa Bekele (right), the former 10,000 m world record holder.]]
*Correct as of June 2024.<ref name="iaaf_10000out">{{cite web|title=10,000 Metres - men - senior - outdoor|url=https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/middlelong/10000-metres/all/men/senior?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=false&firstDay=1900-01-01&lastDay=2024-04-09&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=10229610&ageCategory=senior|website=[[World Athletics]]|access-date=9 April 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}} !! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}} !! Time !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|1 || align=center|1 || 26:11.00 || [[Joshua Cheptegei]] || {{UGA}} || 7 October 2020  || [[Valencia]] || <ref>{{cite news|title=Cheptegei and Gidey break world records in Valencia|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/cheptegei-gidey-valencia-world-records|publisher=World Athletics|first=Phil|last=Minshull|date=7 October 2020|access-date=13 October 2020}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|2 || align=center|2 || 26:17.53 || [[Kenenisa Bekele]] || {{ETH|1996}} || 26 August 2005 || [[Brussels]] ||
|-
| || align=center|3 || 26:20.31 || ''Bekele #2'' || || 8 June 2004 || [[Ostrava]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|3 || align=center|4 || 26:22.75 || [[Haile Gebrselassie]] || {{ETH|1996}} || 1 June 1998 || [[Hengelo]] ||
|-
| || align=center|5 || 26:25.97 || ''Bekele #3'' || || 8 June 2008 || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|4 || align=center|6 || 26:27.85 || [[Paul Tergat]] || {{KEN}} || 22 August 1997 || [[Brussels]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | || align=center|7 || 26:28.72 || ''Bekele #4'' || rowspan="2"| || 29 May 2005 || [[Hengelo]] ||
|-
| align="center" |8 || 26:29.22 || ''Gebrselassie #2'' || 5 September 2003 || [[Brussels]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|5 || align=center|9 || 26:30.03 || [[Nicholas Kemboi (1983)|Nicholas Kemboi]] || {{KEN}} || 5 September 2003 || [[Brussels]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|6 || align=center|10 || 26:30.74 || [[Abebe Dinkesa]] || {{ETH|1996}} || 29 May 2005 || [[Hengelo]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center| 7 || align=center| 11 || 26:31.01 || [[Yomif Kejelcha]] || {{ETH}} || 14 June 2024 || [[Nerja]] || <ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title=Kejelcha prevails over Aregawi at Ethiopian Olympic 10,000m trials|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/kejelcha-ethiopia-olympic-10000m-trials-nerja|website=World Athletics|author=Emeterio Valiente|date=15 June 2024|access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align=center| 8 || align=center| 12 || 26:31.13 || [[Berihu Aregawi]] ||  {{ETH}} || 14 June 2024 || [[Nerja]] || <ref name="auto1"/>
|-
| align="center" | || align="center" | 13 || 26:31.32 || ''Gebrselassie #3'' || || 4 July 1997 || [[Oslo]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |9
| align="center" |14
|26:33.84
|[[Grant Fisher]]|| {{USA}}
|6 March 2022
|[[San Juan Capistrano, California|San Juan Capistrano]]
|<ref name="Fisher">{{cite news|title=Grant Fisher (26:33.84) SMASHES Galen Rupp's 10,000 American Record, Elise Cranny (30:14.66) Just Misses Molly Huddle's AR|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2022/03/grant-fisher-2633-84-smashes-galen-rupps-10000-american-record-elise-cranny-3014-66-just-misses-molly-huddles-ar/|website=letsrun.com|date=6 March 2022|access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |10
| align="center" |15
|26:33.93
|[[Jacob Kiplimo]]|| {{UGA}}
|19 May 2021
|[[Ostrava]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=60th Golden Spike Ostrava 2021 Results|url=https://www.zlatatretra.cz/uploads/vysledk/zt_resultlists2021.pdf|website=zlatatretra.cz|date=19 May 2021|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |11
| align="center" |16
|26:34.14
|[[Mohammed Ahmed (runner)|Mohammed Ahmed]] || {{CAN}}
|6 March 2022
|[[San Juan Capistrano, California|San Juan Capistrano]]
|<ref name="Fisher" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align="center"| 12|| align="center" |17
|26:34.93 || [[Selemon Barega]]
| {{ETH}}||  14 June 2024 || [[Nerja]] || <ref name="auto1"/>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |13
| align="center" |18
| 26:35.63  || [[Micah Kogo]] || {{KEN}}
|25 August 2006
|[[Brussels]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |14
| align="center" |19
| 26:36.26  || [[Paul Koech]]|| {{KEN}}
|22 August 1997
|[[Brussels]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |15
| align="center" |20
|26:37.25  || [[Zersenay Tadese]] || {{ERI}}
|25 August 2006
|[[Brussels]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center"| 16 || align="center" |21 || 26:37.93 || [[Biniam Mehary]] ||  {{ETH}} || 14 June 2024 || [[Nerja]] || <ref name="auto1"/>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |17
| align="center" |22
|26:38.08  || [[Salah Hissou]]|| {{MAR}}
|23 August 1996
|[[Brussels]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |18
| align="center" |23
|26:38.76  || [[Ahmad Abdullah Hassan]]|| {{QAT}}
|5 September 2003
|[[Brussels]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |19
| align="center" |24
|26:39.69 || [[Sileshi Sihine]]|| {{ETH|1996}} || 31 May 2004 || [[Hengelo]]||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |20
| align="center" |25
|26:39.77 || [[Boniface Toroitich Kiprop]] || {{UGA}} || 26 August 2005 || [[Brussels]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |21 || rowspan="5" align="center" | || 26:41.75 || [[Samuel Wanjiru]]|| {{KEN}} || 26 August 2005 || [[Brussels]]||
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |22
|26:42.65
|[[Gemechu Dida]]
|{{ETH}}
|14 June 2024
|[[Nerja]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |23
|26:43.98 || [[Lucas Rotich]] || {{KEN}} || 7 September 2011 || [[Brussels]] ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |24
|26:44.36 || [[Galen Rupp]] || {{USA}} || 30 May 2014 || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] ||
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|align="center" |25
|26:45.91
|[[Tadese Worku]]
|{{ETH}}
|5 May 2022
|[[Hengelo]]
|
|}

===Women===
*Correct as of June 2024.<ref name="IAAF-alltime">{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/middlelong/10000-metres/outdoor/women/senior|title=10,000 Metres - women - senior - outdoor|website=IAAF|date=5 August 2017|accessdate=5 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="AP2024"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}} !! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}} !! Time !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|1 || align=center|1 || 28:54.14 || [[Beatrice Chebet]] || {{KEN}} || 25 May 2024  || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || <ref name="AP2024">{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Anne M. |title=Kenya's Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 meters |url=https://apnews.com/article/beatrice-chebet-kenya-world-record-7fd0d865f16689882834c8d36562eb2d |work=AP News |date=25 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|2 || align=center|2 || 29:01.03 || [[Letesenbet Gidey]] || {{ETH}} || 8 June 2021  || [[Hengelo]] || <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=FLASH: Gidey breaks 10,000m world record in Hengelo {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/letesenbet-gidey-world-10000m-record-hengelo|access-date=2021-06-08|website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |3 || align="center" |3 || 29:05.92 || [[Gudaf Tsegay]]|| {{ETH}} || 25 May 2024  || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || <ref name="AP2024"/>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|4 || align=center|4 || 29:06.82 || [[Sifan Hassan]] || {{NED}} || 6 June 2021 || [[Hengelo]] || <ref>{{Cite web|title=Patience pays off for Hassan {{!}} FEATURE {{!}} World Athletics|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/feature/patience-world-record-hassan-hengelo|access-date=2021-06-08|website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|5 || align=center|5 || 29:17.45 || [[Almaz Ayana]] || {{ETH}} || 12 August 2016 || [[Rio de Janeiro]] || <ref name="rio2016results">{{cite web|title=Women's 10000m Results|url=https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/A/T/ATW100101_Results_2016_08_12_716fce55_1a99_495f_94ee_a729d2565bd1.pdf|work=Rio 2016 official website|date=11 August 2016|access-date=12 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813082254/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/A/T/ATW100101_Results_2016_08_12_716fce55_1a99_495f_94ee_a729d2565bd1.pdf|archive-date=August 13, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |6 || align="center" |6 || 29:26.89 || [[Lilian Rengeruk]]|| {{KEN}} || 25 May 2024  || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Chebet breaks world 10,000m record, Kerr pips Ingebrigtsen in mile in Eugene|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/world-record-prefontaine-classic-eugene-2024|website=World Athletics|date=25 May 2024|access-date=26 May 2024}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |7 || align="center" |7 || 29:27.59 || [[Margaret Kipkemboi]]|| {{KEN}} || 25 May 2024  || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || <ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=10000m Result|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/EUGENE_2024/PDF_ATHW10000M--ADDITIONALFNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=hSy4lWFSMcKMW2QgzjJFkaRCPa8=|website=swisstiming.com|date=25 May 2024|access-date=26 May 2024}}</ref>
|- 
| rowspan="1" | || align="center" |8 || 29:29.73 || ''Tsegay #2'' || rowspan="1" | || 23 June 2023 || [[Nerja]] || <ref name="World Athletics">{{cite web|title=World leads for Tsegay in Nerja and Tinch in Fayetteville|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/gudaf-tsegay-nerja-cordell-tinch-fayetteville|publisher=World Athletics|date=24 June 2023|access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |8 || align="center" |9 || 29:31.78 || [[Wang Junxia]]|| {{CHN}} || 8 September 1993 || [[Beijing]]||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |9 || align="center" |10 || 29:32.53 || [[Vivian Cheruiyot]]|| {{KEN}} || 12 August 2016 || [[Rio de Janeiro]]|| <ref name="rio2016results" />
|- 
| rowspan="3" | || align="center" |11 || 29:36.67 || ''Hassan #2'' || rowspan="3" | || 10 October 2020 || [[Hengelo]] ||
|-
| align="center" |12
|29:37.80
|''Hassan #3''
|3 June 2023
|[[Hengelo]]
|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |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}}</ref>
|- 
| align="center" |13 || 29:39.42 || ''Tsegay #3''  || 8 May 2021 || [[Maia, Portugal|Maia]] || <ref name="Whittington">{{cite news|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}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |10
| align="center" |14
|29:42.56
|[[Tirunesh Dibaba]]|| {{ETH}}
|12 August 2016
|[[Rio de Janeiro]]
|<ref name="rio2016results" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |11
| align="center" |15
|29:47.42
|[[Grace Loibach Nawowuna]]
|{{KEN}}
|3 June 2023
|[[Hengelo]]
|<ref name=":2" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |12
| align="center" |16
|29:47.71
|[[Fotyen Tesfay]]
|{{ETH}}
|14 June 2024
|[[Nerja]]
|<ref name="auto1"/>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align="center" |13
|align="center" |17
|29:48.34
|[[Tsigie Gebreselama]]
|{{ETH}}
|16 March 2024
|[[San Juan Capistrano, California|San Juan Capistrano]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gebreselama and Fisher win as records fall in San Juan Capistrano {{!}} REPORTS {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/san-juan-capistrano-the-ten-gebreselama-fisher |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
|- 
| rowspan="1" | || align="center" |18 || 29:49.33 || ''Gebreselama #2'' || rowspan="1" | || 14 June 2024 || [[Nerja]] || <ref name="auto1"/>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |14
| align="center" |19
|29:50.52
|[[Ejgayehu Taye]]
|{{ETH}}
|14 June 2024
|[[Nerja]]
|<ref name="auto1"/>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |15
| align="center" |20
|29:50.77
|[[Kalkidan Gezahegne]]|| {{BHR}}
|8 May 2021
|[[Maia, Portugal|Maia]]
|<ref name="Whittington" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |16
| align="center" |21
|29:53.51
|[[Alice Aprot Nawowuna]] || {{KEN}}
|12 August 2016
|[[Rio de Janeiro]]
|<ref name="rio2016results" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |17
| align="center" |22
| 29:53.80  || [[Meselech Melkamu]] || {{ETH}} || 14 June 2009 || [[Utrecht]]||
|- 
| rowspan="3" | || align="center" |23 || 29:54.66 || ''Dibaba #2''|| rowspan="3" | || 15 August 2008 || [[Beijing]] ||
|- 
| align="center" |24 || 29:55.32 || ''Hassan #4''|| 7 August 2021  || [[Tokyo]]||
|- 
| align="center" |25 || 29:56.18 || ''Gezahegne #2''|| 7 August 2021 || [[Tokyo]]||
|-
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |18
| rowspan="8" align="center" |
| | 29:59.03  || [[Mizan Alem]] || {{ETH}} || 20 May 2023 || [[London]]||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henderson |first=Jason |date=21 May 2023 |title=Paul Chelimo and Mizan Alem Adane impress at Night of the 10,000m PBs |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/paul-chelimo-and-mizan-alem-adane-impress-at-night-of-the-10000m-pbs-1039968002/ |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=[[Athletics Weekly|AW]]}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |19
|29:59.15
|[[Lemlem Hailu]]
|{{ETH}}
|23 June 2023
|[[Nerja]]
|<ref name="World Athletics" />
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |20
| 29:59.20  || [[Meseret Defar]]|| {{ETH}} || 11 July 2009 || [[Birmingham]]||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |21
|30:00.86
|[[Eilish McColgan]]
|{{GBR2}}
|4 March 2023
|[[San Juan Capistrano, California|San Juan Capistrano]]
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |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}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |22
| 30:01.09 || [[Paula Radcliffe]]|| {{GBR2}} || 6 August 2002 || [[Munich]]||
|-
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |23
|30:03.82
|[[Alicia Monson]]
|{{USA}}
|4 March 2023
|[[San Juan Capistrano, California|San Juan Capistrano]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |24
| 30:04.18 || [[Berhane Adere]] || {{ETH|1996}} || 23 August 2003 || [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |25
| 30:04.97 || [[Janeth Chepngetich]]|| {{KEN}} || 25 May 2024  || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || <ref name="auto"/>
|}

====Annulled marks====
*[[Elvan Abeylegesse]] of [[Turkey]] ran 29:56.34 at the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres|2008 Olympics]]. This performance was annulled due to doping offences.

==Olympic medalists==
===Men===
{{Olympic medalists in men's 10,000 metres}}

===Women===
{{Olympic medalists in women's 10,000 metres}}

==World Championships medalists==
===Men===
{{World Championships in Athletics medalists in men's 10,000 metres}}

=== Women ===
{{World Championships in Athletics medalists in women's 10,000 metres}}

== European Championships medalists ==
===Men===
{{main|List of European Athletics Championships medalists (men)#10,000 metres}}

===Women===
{{main|List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)#10,000 metres}}

==Season's bests==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Men===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Time
!Athlete
!Place
|-
|[[2024 in athletics (track and field)|2024]]
|26:31.01
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yomif Kejelcha]]|ETH}}
|[[Nerja]]
|-
|[[2023 in athletics (track and field)|2023]]
|26:50.66
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Berihu Aregawi]]|ETH}}
|[[Nerja]]
|-
|[[2022 in athletics (track and field)|2022]]
|26:33.84
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Grant Fisher]]|USA}}
|[[San Juan Capistrano]]
|-
|[[2021 in athletics (track and field)|2021]]
|26.33.90
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jacob Kiplimo]]|UGA}}
|[[Ostrava]]
|-
|[[2020 in athletics (track and field)|2020]]
|26:11.00
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Joshua Cheptegei]]|UGA}}
|[[Valencia]]
|-
|[[2019 in athletics (track and field)|2019]]
|26:48.36
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Joshua Cheptegei]]|UGA}}
|[[Doha]]
|-
|[[2018 in athletics (track and field)|2018]]
|27:13.01
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Stanley Mburu]]|KEN}}
|[[Yokohama]]
|-
|[[2017 in athletics (track and field)|2017]]
|26:49.51
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mo Farah]]|GBR}}
|[[London]]
|-
|[[2016 in athletics (track and field)|2016]]
|26:51.11
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yigrem Demelash]]|ETH}}
|[[Hengelo]]
|-
|[[2015 in athletics (track and field)|2015]]
|26:50.97
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mo Farah]]|GBR}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[2014 in athletics (track and field)|2014]]
|26:44.36
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Galen Rupp]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[2013 in athletics (track and field)|2013]]
|26:51.02
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Dejen Gebremeskel]]|ETH}}
|[[Sollentuna Municipality|Sollentuna]]
|-
|[[2012 in athletics (track and field)|2012]]
|26:51.16
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Emmanuel Bett]]|KEN}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2011 in athletics (track and field)|2011]]
|26:43.16
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kenenisa Bekele]]|ETH}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2010 in athletics (track and field)|2010]]
|26:56.74
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Josphat Kiprono Menjo]]|KEN}}
|[[Turku]]
|-
|[[2009 in athletics (track and field)|2009]]
|26:46.31
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kenenisa Bekele]]|ETH}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|[[2008 in athletics (track and field)|2008]]
|26:25.97
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kenenisa Bekele]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[2007 in athletics (track and field)|2007]]
|26:46.19
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kenenisa Bekele]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2006 in athletics (track and field)|2006]]
|26:35.63
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Micah Kogo]]|KEN}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2005 in athletics (track and field)|2005]]
|26:17.53
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kenenisa Bekele]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2004 in athletics (track and field)|2004]]
|26:20.31
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kenenisa Bekele]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Ostrava]]
|-
|[[2003 in athletics (track and field)|2003]]
|26:29.22
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2002 in athletics (track and field)|2002]]
|26:49.38
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sammy Kipketer]]|KEN}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2001 in athletics (track and field)|2001]]
|27:04.20
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Abraham Chebii]]|KEN}}
|[[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]]
|-
|[[2000 in athletics (track and field)|2000]]
|27:03.87
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Tergat]]|KEN}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[1999 in athletics (track and field)|1999]]
|26:51.49
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Charles Kamathi]]|KEN}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[1998 in athletics (track and field)|1998]]
|26:22.75
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Hengelo]]
|-
|[[1997 in athletics (track and field)|1997]]
|26:27.85
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Tergat]]|KEN}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[1996 in athletics (track and field)|1996]]
|26:38.08
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Salah Hissou]]|MAR}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[1995 in athletics (track and field)|1995]]
|26:43.53
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH|1991}}
|[[Hengelo]]
|-
|[[1994 in athletics (track and field)|1994]]
|26:52.23
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[William Sigei]]|KEN}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[1993 in athletics (track and field)|1993]]
|26:58.38
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yobes Ondieki]]|KEN}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[1992 in athletics (track and field)|1992]]
|27:14.26
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Fita Bayisa]]|ETH|1991}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[1991 in athletics (track and field)|1991]]
|27:11.18
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Richard Chelimo]]|KEN}}
|[[Hengelo]]
|-
|[[1990 in athletics (track and field)|1990]]
|27:18.22
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Arturo Barrios]]|MEX}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|[[1989 in athletics (track and field)|1989]]
|27:08.23
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Arturo Barrios]]|MEX}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|[[1988 in athletics (track and field)|1988]]
|27:21.46
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Brahim Boutayeb]]|MAR}}
|[[Seoul]]
|-
|[[1987 in athletics (track and field)|1987]]
|27:26.95
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Francesco Panetta]]|ITA}}
|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|[[1986 in athletics (track and field)|1986]]
|27:20.56
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mark Nenow]]|USA}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[1985 in athletics (track and field)|1985]]
|27:37.17
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Bruce Bickford (athlete)|Bruce Bickford]]|USA}}
|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|[[1984 in athletics (track and field)|1984]]
|27:13.81
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Fernando Mamede]]|POR}}
|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|[[1983 in athletics (track and field)|1983]]
|27:23.44
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Carlos Lopes]]|POR}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[1982 in athletics (track and field)|1982]]
|27:22.95
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Fernando Mamede]]|POR}}
|[[Paris]]
|-
|[[1981 in athletics (track and field)|1981]]
|27:27.1
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Fernando Mamede]]|POR}}
|[[Lisbon]]
|-
|[[1980 in athletics (track and field)|1980]]
|27:29.16
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Craig Virgin]]|USA}}
|[[Paris]]
|-
|[[1979 in athletics (track and field)|1979]]
|27:36.8
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Karl Fleschen]]|FRG}}
|[[Troisdorf]]
|-
|[[1978 in athletics (track and field)|1978]]
|27:22.47
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Henry Rono]]|KEN}}
|[[Vienna]]
|-
|[[1977 in athletics (track and field)|1977]]
|27:30.47
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Samson Kimobwa]]|KEN}}
|[[Helsinki]]
|-
|[[1976 in athletics (track and field)|1976]]
|27:40.38
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lasse Viren]]|FIN}}
|[[Montreal]]
|-
|[[1975 in athletics (track and field)|1975]]
|27:45.43
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Brendan Foster]]|GBR}}
|[[London]]
|-
|[[1974 in athletics (track and field)|1974]]
|27:43.6
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Prefontaine]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[1973 in athletics (track and field)|1973]]
|27:30.80
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Dave Bedford]]|GBR}}
|[[London]]
|-
|[[1972 in athletics (track and field)|1972]]
|27:38.4
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lasse Viren]]|FIN}}
|[[Munich]]
|-
|[[1971 in athletics (track and field)|1971]]
|27:47.0
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Dave Bedford]]|GBR}}
|[[Portsmouth]]
|-
|[[1970 in athletics (track and field)|1970]]
|28:06.2
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Dave Bedford]]|GBR}}
|[[Warsaw]]
|}
{{col-2}}

===Women===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Time
!Athlete
!Place
|-
|[[2024 in athletics (track and field)|2024]]
|28:54.14
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Beatrice Chebet]]|KEN}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[2023 in athletics (track and field)|2023]]
|29:29.73	
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Gudaf Tsegay]]|ETH}}
|[[Nerja]]
|-
|[[2022 in athletics (track and field)|2022]]
|30:09.94	
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Letesenbet Gidey]]|ETH}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[2021 in athletics (track and field)|2021]]
|29:01.03
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Letesenbet Gidey]]|ETH}}
|[[Hengelo]]
|-
|[[2020 in athletics (track and field)|2020]]
|29:36.67
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sifan Hassan]]|NED}}
|[[Hengelo]]
|-
|[[2019 in athletics (track and field)|2019]]
|30:17.62
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sifan Hassan]]|NED}}
|[[Doha]]
|-
|[[2018 in athletics (track and field)|2018]]
|30:41.85
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Pauline Kamulu]]|KEN}}
|[[Fukagawa, Hokkaido|Fukagawa]]
|-
|[[2017 in athletics (track and field)|2017]]
|30:16.32
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Almaz Ayana]]|ETH}}
|[[London]]
|-
|[[2016 in athletics (track and field)|2016]]
|29:17.45
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Almaz Ayana]]|ETH}}
|[[Rio de Janeiro]]
|-
|[[2015 in athletics (track and field)|2015]]
|30:49.68
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Gelete Burka]]|ETH}}
|[[Hengelo]]
|-
|[[2014 in athletics (track and field)|2014]]
|30:42.26
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sally Kipyego]]|KEN}}
|[[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]]
|-
|[[2013 in athletics (track and field)|2013]]
|30:08.06
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH}}
|[[Sollentuna Municipality|Sollentuna]]
|-
|[[2012 in athletics (track and field)|2012]]
|30:20.75
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tirunesh Dibaba]]|ETH}}
|[[London]]
|-
|[[2011 in athletics (track and field)|2011]]
|30:38.35
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sally Kipyego]]|KEN}}
|[[Palo Alto]]
|-
|[[2010 in athletics (track and field)|2010]]
|31:04.52
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Meselech Melkamu]]|ETH}}
|[[Ostrava]]
|-
|[[2009 in athletics (track and field)|2009]]
|29:53.80
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Meselech Melkamu]]|ETH}}
|[[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]]
|-
|[[2008 in athletics (track and field)|2008]]
|29:54.66
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tirunesh Dibaba]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Beijing]]
|-
|[[2007 in athletics (track and field)|2007]]
|31:00.27
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mestawet Tufa]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Valkenswaard]]
|-
|[[2006 in athletics (track and field)|2006]]
|30:21.67
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Elvan Abeylegesse]]|TUR}}
|[[Antalya]]
|-
|[[2005 in athletics (track and field)|2005]]
|30:15.67
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tirunesh Dibaba]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Sollentuna Municipality|Sollentuna]]
|-
|[[2004 in athletics (track and field)|2004]]
|30:17.15
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Paula Radcliffe]]|GBR}}
|[[Gateshead]]
|-
|[[2003 in athletics (track and field)|2003]]
|30:04.18
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Berhane Adere]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Stade de France|Saint-Denis]]
|-
|[[2002 in athletics (track and field)|2002]]
|30:01.09
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Paula Radcliffe]]|GBR}}
|[[Munich]]
|-
|[[2001 in athletics (track and field)|2001]]
|30:55.80
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Paula Radcliffe]]|GBR}}
|[[Barakaldo]]
|-
|[[2000 in athletics (track and field)|2000]]
|30:17.49
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Derartu Tulu]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Sydney]]
|-
|[[1999 in athletics (track and field)|1999]]
|30:24.56
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Gete Wami]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Seville]]
|-
|[[1998 in athletics (track and field)|1998]]
|30:48.06
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Fernanda Ribeiro]]|POR}}
|[[Lisbon]]
|-
|[[1997 in athletics (track and field)|1997]]
|30:38.09
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Dong Yanmei]]|CHN}}
|[[Shanghai]]
|-
|[[1996 in athletics (track and field)|1996]]
|31:01.63
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Fernanda Ribeiro]]|POR}}
|[[Atlanta]]
|-
|[[1995 in athletics (track and field)|1995]]
|31:04.99
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Fernanda Ribeiro]]|POR}}
|[[Gothenburg]]
|-
|[[1994 in athletics (track and field)|1994]]
|30:50.34
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Wang Junxia]]|CHN}}
|[[Hiroshima]]
|-
|[[1993 in athletics (track and field)|1993]]
|29:31.78
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Wang Junxia]]|CHN}}
|[[Beijing]]
|-
|[[1992 in athletics (track and field)|1992]]
|31:06.02
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Derartu Tulu]]|ETH|1991}}
|[[Barcelona]]
|-
|[[1991 in athletics (track and field)|1991]]
|30:57.07
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Liz McColgan]]|GBR}}
|[[Hengelo]]
|-
|[[1990 in athletics (track and field)|1990]]
|31:18.18
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Viorica Ghican]]|ROU}}
|[[Helsinki]]
|-
|[[1989 in athletics (track and field)|1989]]
|30:48.51
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ingrid Kristiansen]]|NOR}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[1988 in athletics (track and field)|1988]]
|31:05.21
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Bondarenko]]|URS}}
|[[Seoul]]
|-
|[[1987 in athletics (track and field)|1987]]
|31:05.85
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ingrid Kristiansen]]|NOR}}
|[[Rome]]
|-
|[[1986 in athletics (track and field)|1986]]
|30:13.74
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ingrid Kristiansen]]|NOR}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[1985 in athletics (track and field)|1985]]
|30:59.42
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ingrid Kristiansen]]|NOR}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[1984 in athletics (track and field)|1984]]
|31:13.78
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Bondarenko]]|URS}}
|[[Kyiv]]
|-
|[[1983 in athletics (track and field)|1983]]
|31:27.58
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Raisa Sadreydinova]]|URS}}
|[[Odesa]]
|-
|[[1982 in athletics (track and field)|1982]]
|31:35.3
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mary Decker|Mary Decker-Slaney]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[1981 in athletics (track and field)|1981]]
|32:17.19
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Sipatova]]|URS}}
|[[Moscow]]
|-
|[[1980 in athletics (track and field)|1980]]
|32:57.17
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kathryn Binns]]|GBR}}
|[[Sittard]]
|-
|[[1979 in athletics (track and field)|1979]]
|32:52.5
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mary Shea]]|USA}}
|[[Walnut, California|Walnut]]
|-
|[[1978 in athletics (track and field)|1978]]
|32:43.2
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Natalia Mărăşescu]]|ROU|1965}}
|[[Băile Felix]]
|-
|[[1977 in athletics (track and field)|1977]]
|33:15.1
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Peg Neppel]]|USA}}
|[[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]]
|-
|[[1976 in athletics (track and field)|1976]]
|34:19.0
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Peg Neppel]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[1975 in athletics (track and field)|1975]]
|34:01.4
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Christa Vahlensieck]]|FRG}}
|[[Wolfsburg]]
|-
|[[1974 in athletics (track and field)|1974]]
| —
| —
| —
|-
|[[1973 in athletics (track and field)|1973]]
| —
| —
| —
|-
|[[1972 in athletics (track and field)|1972]]
| —
| —
| —
|-
|[[1971 in athletics (track and field)|1971]]
|34:51.0
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kathy Gibbons]]|USA}}
|[[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]
|-
|[[1970 in athletics (track and field)|1970]]
|35:30.5
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Paola Pigni]]|ITA}}
|[[Milan]]

|-
|}
{{col-end}}

==Competitions==
*[[European Cup 10,000m]]
*[[Iberian 10,000 Metres Championships]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
* [[National records in the 10,000 metres]]

==External links==
*[https://iaaf.gekko.de/?a=middle-long&d=10000-metres IAAF list of 10000-metres records in XML]
*[https://www.arrs.run/YR_O10K.htm ARRS: Yearly Rankings - 10,000 meters Outdoor Track]
*[http://race-calendar.com/races/race-distance/10k/ 10K Races in Race-Calendar.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924130905/http://race-calendar.com/races/race-distance/10k/ |date=2010-09-24 }}

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