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All 25 Best Performances All Championships Olympic Games World Championships European Championships World Cups Commonwealth Games Pan-American Games Final Results        1-8 Places        1-6 Places before 1964        (Sprint, Hurdles) Medalists Only    Top 10/25 Lists World     Europe Previous Years All Time Best

World Record   (Progression) 12.35.36 Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei UGA Monaco Aug 14, 2020 (1894 days old) World Indoor Record   (Progression) 12.44.09 Grant Fisher USA Boston, MA Feb 14, 2025 (249 days old) Championships Olympic Games   (Progression) 12.57.82 Kenenisa Bekele ETH Beijing Aug 23, 2008 (6268 days old) World Championsips   (Progression) 12.52.79 Eliud Kipchoge ETH Paris Aug 31, 2003 (8087 days old) European Championships (Progression) 13.10.15 Jack Buckner GBR Stuttgart Aug 31, 1986 (14296 days old) Continents Africa 12.35.36 Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei UGA Monaco Aug 14, 2020 (1894 days old) Asia 12.48.67 Birhanu Balew BRN Paris Jun 20, 2025 (123 days old) Central America & Caribbean 13.07.79 Arturo Barrios MEX London Jul 14, 1989 (13248 days old) Europe   (Progression) 12.44.27 Andreas Almgren SWE Stockholm Jun 15, 2025 (128 days old) North America 12.44.09 Grant Fisher USA Boston, MA Feb 14, 2025 (249 days old) Oceania 12.55.76 Craig Mottram AUS London Jul 30, 2004 (7753 days old) South America 12.59.26 Santiago Catrope URU Paris Jun 20, 2025 (123 days old)