Main > Men, 10000 m > World Records Progression
All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
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  32.35.0 William Jackson GBR Peckham Apr 05, 1847
  32.09.0 Walter George GBR London Mar 25, 1882
  31.53.4 Walter George GBR London Apr 07, 1884
  31.40.0 Walter George GBR London Jul 28, 1884
  31.23.1 William Cummings GBR London Sep 28, 1885
  31.02.4 Alfred Schrubb GBR Glasgow Nov 05, 1904
• 30.58.8 Jean Bouin FRA Paris Nov 16, 1911
• 30.40.2 Paavo Nurmi FIN Stockholm Jun 22, 1921
• 30.35.4 Ville Ritola FIN Helsinki May 25, 1924
• 30.23.2 Ville Ritola FIN Paris Jul 06, 1924
• 30.06.2 Paavo Nurmi FIN Kuopio Aug 31, 1924
• 30.05.6 Ilmari Salminen FIN Kouvola Jul 18, 1937
• 30.02.0 Taisto Mäki FIN Tampere Sep 29, 1938
• 29.52.6 Taisto Mäki FIN Helsinki Sep 17, 1939
• 29.35.4 Viljo Heino FIN Helsinki Aug 25, 1944
• 29.28.2 Emil Zátopek TCH Ostrava Jun 11, 1949
• 29.27.2 Viljo Heino FIN Kouvola Sep 01, 1949
• 29.21.2 Emil Zátopek TCH Ostrava Oct 22, 1949
• 29.02.6 Emil Zátopek TCH Turku Aug 04, 1950
• 29.01.6 Emil Zátopek TCH Stará Boleslav Nov 01, 1953
• 28.54.2 Emil Zátopek TCH Brussels Jun 01, 1954
• 28.42.8 Sandor Iharos HUN Budapest Jul 15, 1956
• 28.30.4 Vladimir Kuts URS Moscow Sep 11, 1956
• 28.18.8 Pyotr Bolotnikov URS Kiev Oct 15, 1960
• 28.18.2 Pyotr Bolotnikov URS Moscow Aug 11, 1962
• 28.15.6 Ron Clarke AUS Melbourne Dec 18, 1963
• 27.39.4 Ron Clarke AUS Oslo Jul 14, 1965
• 27.38.4 Lasse Viren FIN München Sep 03, 1972
• 27.30.8 Dave Bedford GBR London Jul 13, 1973
• 27.30.5 Samson Kimobwa KEN Helsinki Jun 30, 1977
• 27.22.5 Henry Rono KEN Vienna Jun 11, 1978
• 27.13.81 Fernando Mamede POR Stockholm Jul 02, 1984
• 27.08.23 Arturo Barrios MEX Berlin Aug 18, 1989
• 27.07.91 Richard Chelimo KEN Stockholm Jul 05, 1993
• 26.58.38 Yobes Ondieki KEN Oslo Jul 11, 1993
• 26.52.23 William Sigei KEN Oslo Jul 22, 1994
• 26.43.53 Haile Gebrselassie ETH Hengelo Jun 05, 1995
• 26.38.08 Salah Hissou MAR Brussels Aug 23, 1996
• 26.31.32 Haile Gebrselassie ETH Oslo Jul 04, 1997
• 26.27.85 Paul Tergat KEN Brussels Aug 22, 1997
• 26.22.75 Haile Gebrselassie ETH Hengelo Jun 01, 1998
• 26.20.31 Kenenisa Bekele ETH Ostrava Jun 08, 2004
• 26.17.53 Kenenisa Bekele ETH Brussels Aug 26, 2005
• 26.11.00 Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei UGA Valencia Oct 07, 2020