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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
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  16.34.6 George Touquet-Daunis FRA Paris Oct 31, 1897
  16.29.2 George Touquet-Daunis FRA Lyon May 22, 1899
  15.29.8 Charles Bennett GBR Paris Jul 22, 1900
  14.59.0 Alfred Schrubb GBR Glasgow Jun 13, 1904
• 14.36.6 Hannes Kolehmainen FIN Stockholm Jul 10, 1912
• 14.35.4 Paavo Nurmi FIN Stockholm Sep 12, 1922
• 14.28.4 Paavo Nurmi FIN Helsinki Jun 19, 1924
• 14.17.0 Lauri Lehtinen FIN Helsinki Jun 19, 1932
• 14.08.8 Taisto Mäki FIN Helsinki Jun 16, 1939
• 13.58.4 Gunder Hägg SWE Göteborg Sep 20, 1942
• 13.57.2 Emil Zátopek TCH Paris May 30, 1954
• 13.56.6 Vladimir Kuts URS Bern Aug 29, 1954
• 13.51.6 Christopher Chataway GBR London Oct 13, 1954
• 13.51.2 Vladimir Kuts URS Prague Oct 23, 1954
• 13.50.8 Sandor Iharos HUN Budapest Sep 10, 1955
• 13.46.8 Vladimir Kuts URS Belgrad Sep 18, 1955
• 13.40.6 Sandor Iharos HUN Budapest Oct 23, 1955
• 13.36.8 Gordon Pirie GBR Bergen Jun 19, 1956
• 13.35.0 Vladimir Kuts URS Rome Oct 13, 1957
• 13.34.8 Ron Clarke AUS Hobart Jan 16, 1965
• 13.33.6 Ron Clarke AUS Auckland Feb 01, 1965
• 13.25.8 Ron Clarke AUS Los Angeles Jun 04, 1965
• 13.24.2 Kipchoge Keino KEN Auckland Nov 30, 1965
• 13.16.6 Ron Clarke AUS Stockholm Jul 05, 1966
• 13.16.4 Lasse Viren FIN Helsinki Sep 14, 1972
• 13.13.0 Emiel Puttemans BEL Brussels Sep 20, 1972
• 13.12.9 Dick Quax NZL Stockholm Jul 05, 1977
• 13.08.4 Henry Rono KEN Berkeley Apr 08, 1978
• 13.06.2 Henry Rono KEN Knarvik Sep 13, 1981
• 13.00.41 David Moorcroft GBR Oslo Jul 07, 1982
• 13.00.40 Said Aouita MAR Oslo Jul 27, 1985
• 12.58.39 Said Aouita MAR Rome Jul 22, 1987
• 12.56.96 Haile Gebrselassie ETH Hengelo Jun 04, 1994
• 12.55.30 Moses Kiptanui KEN Rome Jun 08, 1995
• 12.44.39 Haile Gebrselassie ETH Zürich Aug 16, 1995
• 12.41.86 Haile Gebrselassie ETH Zürich Aug 13, 1997
• 12.39.74 Daniel Komen KEN Brussels Aug 22, 1997
• 12.39.36 Haile Gebrselassie ETH Helsinki Jun 13, 1998
• 12.37.35 Kenenisa Bekele ETH Hengelo May 31, 2004
• 12.35.36 Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei UGA Monaco Aug 14, 2020