5000 metres
The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run (approximately 3.1 mi or 16,404 ft) is a common long-distance running event in track and field. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over 12.5 laps of a standard track. The same distance in road running is called a 5K run. The 5000 m has been present on the Olympic programme since 1912 for men and since 1996 for women. Prior to 1996, women had competed in an Olympic 3000 metres race since 1984. The 5000 m has been held at each of the World Championships in Athletics in men's competition and since 1995 in women's.
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![]() Runners in the 5000 metres at IAAF World Championships in Osaka 2007. | |
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Olympic records | |
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World Championship records | |
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The event is almost the same length as the dolichos race held at the Ancient Olympic Games, introduced in 720 BCE. While mainly run as an outdoor event, the 5000 m is sometimes run on an indoor track. World Athletics keeps official records for both outdoor and indoor 5000-metre track events.[1][2]
3 miles
5000 metres is the slightly longer metric derivative of the 3-mile run, an event common in countries when they were using the imperial measurement system. 3 miles was used in the Commonwealth Games until 1966 and was a championship in the United States in non-Olympic years from 1953 to 1973. It is 12 laps around a quarter-mile (440-yard), 1320 ft 0 in (402.33 m) track.
All-time top 25 long-distance runners
Men
- Correct as of September 2020.[3]
Pos | Time | Athlete | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 12:35.36 | ![]() |
14 August 2020 | Monaco | [4] |
2 | 12:37.35 | ![]() | 31 May 2004 | Hengelo | |
3 | 12:39.36 | ![]() | 13 June 1998 | Helsinki | |
4 | 12:39.74 | ![]() | 22 August 1997 | Brussels | |
5 | 12:43.02 | ![]() |
31 August 2018 | Brussels | [5] |
6 | 12:45.82 | ![]() |
31 August 2018 | Brussels | [5] |
7 | 12:46.53 | ![]() | 2 July 2004 | Rome | |
8 | 12:46.79 | ![]() |
31 August 2018 | Brussels | [5] |
9 | 12:46.81 | ![]() | 6 July 2012 | Saint-Denis | [6] |
10 | 12:47.04 | ![]() | 2 July 2004 | Rome | |
11 | 12:47.20 | ![]() |
10 July 2020 | Portland | [7] |
12 | 12:48.63 | ![]() |
8 September 2020 | Ostrava | [8] |
13 | 12:48.64 | ![]() | 6 July 2012 | Saint-Denis | [6] |
14 | 12:48.66 | ![]() | 18 August 2006 | Zürich | |
15 | 12:48.77 | ![]() | 6 July 2012 | Saint-Denis | [6] |
16 | 12:48.81 | ![]() | 12 June 2003 | Ostrava | |
17 | 12:49.04 | ![]() | 6 July 2012 | Saint-Denis | [6] |
18 | 12:49.28 | ![]() | 25 August 2000 | Brussels | |
19 | 12:49.50 | ![]() | 6 July 2012 | Saint-Denis | [6] |
20 | 12:49.71 | ![]() | 25 August 2000 | Brussels | |
21 | 12:49.87 | ![]() | 13 August 1997 | Zürich | |
22 | 12:50.24 | ![]() | 12 June 2003 | Ostrava | |
23 | 12:50.25 | ![]() | 26 August 2005 | Brussels | |
24 | 12:50.55 | ![]() | 1 June 2008 | Berlin | |
25 | 12:50.72 | ![]() | 14 September 2007 | Brussels |
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 12:49.60:
- Kenenisa Bekele also ran 12:40.18 (2005), 12:48.09 (2006), 12:48.25 (2006), 12:49.53 (2007) and 12:49.60i (2004).
- Haile Gebrselassie also ran 12:41.86 (1997) and 12:44.39 (1995).
- Daniel Komen also ran 12:44.90 (1997), 12:45.09 (1996) and 12:48.98 (1997).
- Hagos Gebrhiwet also ran 12:47.53 (2012).
- Selemon Barega also ran 12:49.08 (2020).
Women
Pos | Time | Athlete | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 14:06.62 | ![]() |
7 October 2020 | Valencia | [11] |
2 | 14:11.15 | ![]() | 6 June 2008 | Oslo | |
3 | 14:12.59 | ![]() |
2 June 2016 | Rome | [12] |
4 | 14:12.88 | ![]() | 22 July 2008 | Stockholm | |
5 | 14:15.41 | ![]() |
4 July 2015 | Saint-Denis | [13] |
6 | 14:18.37 | ![]() |
8 June 2017 | Rome | [14] |
7 | 14:20.68 | ![]() |
21 July 2019 | London | [15] |
8 | 14:20.87 | ![]() | 29 July 2011 | Stockholm | |
9 | 14:22.12 | ![]() |
21 July 2019 | London | [15] |
10 | 14:23.33 | ![]() |
13 July 2018 | Rabat | [16] |
11 | 14:23.75 | ![]() | 19 July 2008 | Kazan | |
12 | 14:23.92 | ![]() |
10 July 2020 | Portland | [17] |
13 | 14:24.68 | ![]() | 11 June 2004 | Bergen | |
14 | 14:26.34 | ![]() |
10 July 2020 | Portland | [17] |
15 | 14:26.76 | ![]() |
3 August 2019 | Berlin | [18] |
16 | 14:27.49 | ![]() |
5 October 2019 | Doha | [19] |
17 | 14:27.55 | ![]() |
1 September 2017 | Brussels | [20] |
18 | 14:28.09 | ![]() | 23 October 1997 | Shanghai | |
19 | 14:28.39 | ![]() | 16 July 2010 | Saint-Denis | |
20 | 14:29.11 | ![]() | 20 June 2004 | Bydgoszcz | |
21 | 14:29.32 | ![]() | 31 August 2001 | Berlin | |
![]() | 27 June 2003 | Oslo | |||
23 | 14:29.50 | ![]() | 22 May 2016 | Rabat | |
24 | 14:29.60 | ![]() |
5 October 2019 | Doha | [19] |
25 | 14:29.82 | ![]() |
23 October 1997 | Shanghai |
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 14:29.82:
- Letesenbet Gidey also ran 14:23.14 (2018), 14:26.57 (2020) and 14:29.54 (2019).
- Tirunesh Dibaba also ran 14:23.46 (2008) and 14:23.68 (2013).
- Almaz Ayana also ran 14:14.32 (2015), 14:16.31 (2016), 14:18.89 (2016), 14:21.97 (2015), 14:25.84 (2013), 14:26.83 (2015) and 14:29.19 (2014).
- Meseret Defar also ran 14:16.63 (2007), 14:24.53 (2006), 14:25.52 (2008), 14:26.90 (2013), 14:28.98 (2005) and 14:29.52 (2011).
- Genzebe Dibaba also ran 14:19.76 (2015), 14:21.29 (2015), 14:25.22 (2017), 14:26.89 (2018) and 14:28.88 (2014).
- Hellen Obiri also ran 14:20.36 (2019), 14:21.75 (2018), 14:22.12 (2020), 14:22.37 (2017), 14:25.78 (2016), 14:25.88 (2017), 14:26.72 (2019) and 14:29.77 (2016).
- Vivian Cheruiyot also ran 14:22.51 (2007), 14:25.43 (2008) 14:26.17 (2016) and 14:27.41 (2010).
- Agnes Jebet Tirop also ran 14:24.24 (2018).
- Sifan Hassan also ran 14:26.26 (2019).
- Konstanze Klosterhalfen also ran 14:28.43 (2019).
- Senbere Teferi also ran 14:29.82 (2016).
Olympic medalists
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Women
World Championship Medalists
Men
Women
Season's bests
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- "i" indicates indoor performance.
References
- "– 5000 Metre Records – Outdoor". Iaaf.org. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
- "– 5000 Metre Records – Indoor". Iaaf.org. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
- "All-time men's best 5000 metres". alltime-athletics.com. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- "Cheptegei breaks world 5000m record in Monaco as Diamond League action returns". World Athletics. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- "5000m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- "5000 Metres Results". IAAF. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- "Moh Ahmed Erupts For 12:47 5k, Fastest Ever On U.S. Soil". FloTrack. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- Bob Ramsak (8 September 2020). "Kiplimo, Crouser, Kipyegon and Taylor impress in Ostrava". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- "Women's 5000m All Time List". World Athletics. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- "All-time women's best 5000 metres". alltime-athletics.com. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- Phil Minshull (7 October 2020). "Cheptegei and Gidey break world records in Valencia". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- "5000m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- "IAAF Diamond League Paris 2015 - 5000m W Results". IAAF. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- "5000m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- Bob Ramsak (21 July 2019). "Obiri and Fraser-Pryce shine in London - IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- "5000m Results". sportresult.com. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- Jon Mulkeen (12 July 2020). "Ahmed and Houlihan smash North American 5000m records, Fraser-Pryce clocks 11.00". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- Germany, Süddeutsche de GmbH, Munich (3 August 2019). "Klosterhalfen stellt deutschen Rekord über 5000 Meter auf". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- "5000m Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "5000m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.