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Men    Women 100 y 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 1 Mile 5000 m 10000 m Marathon Half Marathon 110 m Hurdles 400 m Hurdles 3000 m Steeplechase High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Discus Throw Hammer Throw Javelin Throw Decathlon 4 x 400 m Mixed Marathon Walk Mixed

Men, 5000 m All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated          •   - Then World Record   • 15.06.4 Louis Scott USA Celtic Park, NY Jun 26, 1912   • 14.45.? Charles Hunter USA Pasadena Jun 26, 1920   • 14.30.? Ralph Hill USA Los Angeles Aug 05, 1932   • 14.26.8 Fred Wilt USA Helsinki Jun 29, 1950   • 14.26.0 William Dellinger USA Los Angeles Jun 29, 1956   • 14.25.5 William Dellinger USA Berkeley Oct 13, 1956   • 14.22.8 Max Truex USA Ontario, CA Oct 20, 1956   • 14.16.2 William Dellinger USA Los Angeles Nov 01, 1956   • 14.14.5 Max Truex USA Fresno May 11, 1957   • 14.04.2 Max Truex USA Compton May 31, 1957   • 14.03.6 Max Truex USA Sunnyvale, CA May 06, 1960   • 13.51.7 Jim Beatty USA Compton Jun 03, 1960   • 13.49.6 Max Truex USA Compton Jun 02, 1962   • 13.45.0 Jim Beatty USA Turku Aug 24, 1962   • 13.38.0 Bob Schul USA Compton Jun 05, 1964   • 13.38.0* Gerry Lindgren USA Los Angeles Jun 04, 1966   • 13.33.8 Gerry Lindgren USA Modesto May 25, 1968   • 13.32.2 George Young USA Bakersfield May 15, 1971   • 13.30.4 Steve Prefontaine USA Berkeley Jul 03, 1971   • 13.29.6 Steve Prefontaine USA Eugene Apr 29, 1972   • 13.22.8 Steve Prefontaine USA Eugene Jul 09, 1972   • 13.22.4 Steve Prefontaine USA Helsinki Jun 27, 1973   • 13.21.87 Steve Prefontaine USA Helsinki Jun 26, 1974   • 13.19.40 Duncan MacDonald USA Stockholm Aug 10, 1976   • 13.16.00 Martin Liquori USA Zürich Aug 24, 1977   • 13.15.06 Martin Liquori USA Düsseldorf Sep 04, 1977   • 13.12.91 Matt Centrowitz USA Eugene Jun 05, 1982   • 13.11.93 Alberto Salazar USA Stockholm Jul 06, 1982   • 13.01.15 Sydney Maree USA Oslo Jul 27, 1985   • 12.58.75 Bob Kennedy USA Stockholm Jul 08, 1996   • 12.58.21 Bob Kennedy USA Zürich Aug 14, 1996   • 12.56.27 Dathan Ritzenhein USA Zürich Aug 28, 2009   • 12.54.12 Bernhard Lagat USA Oslo Jun 04, 2010   • 12.53.60 Bernhard Lagat USA Monaco Jul 22, 2011   • 12.46.96 Grant Fisher USA Bruxelles Sep 02, 2022     12.44.09 Grant Fisher USA Boston, MA Feb 14, 2025