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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated   • 33.49.0 Hannes Kolehmainen FIN Stockholm Jul 07, 1912 • 32.30.8 Leonard Richardson RSA Stockholm Jul 07, 1912 • 31.20.8 Hannes Kolehmainen FIN Stockholm Jul 08, 1912 • 30.23.2 Ville Ritola FIN Paris Jul 06, 1924 • 30.18.8 Paavo Nurmi FIN Amsterdam Jul 29, 1928 • 30.11.4 Janusz Kusocinski POL Los Angeles Jul 31, 1932 • 29.59.6 Emil Zátopek TCH London Jul 30, 1948 • 29.17.0 Emil Zátopek TCH Helsinki Jul 20, 1952 • 28.45.6 Vladimir Kuts URS Melbourne Nov 23, 1956 • 28.32.2 Pyotr Bolotnikov URS Paris Sep 08, 1960 • 28.24.4 Bill Mills USA Tokyo Oct 14, 1964 • 27.53.4 Emiel Puttemans BEL München Aug 31, 1972 • 27.38.4 Lasse Viren FIN München Sep 03, 1972 • 27.21.46 Brahim Boutayeb MAR Seoul Sep 26, 1988 • 27.07.34 Haile Gebrselassie ETH Atlanta Jul 29, 1996 • 27.05.10 Kenenisa Bekele ETH Athens Aug 20, 2004   27.01.17 Kenenisa Bekele ETH Beijing Aug 17, 2008