Yearly Ranking Leaders- 10,000 meters Outdoor Track
Men (quality performances)
2016 26:51.11 Yigrem Demelash (ETH) 29 Jun Hengelo NED
2015 26:50.97 Mohamed Farah (ENG) 29 May Eugene OR USA
2014 26:44.36 Galen Rupp (USA) 30 May Eugene OR USA
2013 26:51.02 Dejene Gebremeskel (ETH) 27 Jun Sollentuna SWE
2012 26:51.16 Emmanuel Bett Kipkemboi (KEN) 07 Sep Brussels BEL
2011 26:43.16 Kenenisa Bekele-6 16 Sep Brussels BEL
2010 26:56.74 Josphat Kiprono (KEN) 29 Aug Turku FIN
2009 26:46.31 Kenenisa Bekele-5 17 Aug Berlin GER
2008 26:25.97 Kenenisa Bekele-4 08 Jun Eugene OR USA
2007 26:46.19 Kenenisa Bekele-3 14 Sep Brussels BEL
2006 26:35.63 Micah Kogo (KEN) 25 Aug Brussels BEL
2005 26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele-2 26 Aug Brussels BEL
2004 26:20.31 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 08 Jun Ostrava CZE
2003 26:29.22 Haile Gebreselasie-3 05 Sep Brussels BEL
2002 26:49.38 Sammy Kipketer (KEN) 30 Aug Brussels BEL
2001 27:04.20 Abraham Chebii (KEN) 04 May Palo Alto CA USA
2000 27:03.87 Paul Tergat-2 25 Aug Brussels BEL
1999 26:51.49 Charles Kamathi (KEN) 03 Sep Brussels BEL
1998 26:22.75 Haile Gebreselasie-2 01 Jun Hengelo NED
1997 26:27.85 Paul Tergat (KEN) 22 Aug Brussels BEL
1996 26:38.08 Salah Hissou (MAR) 23 Aug Brussels BEL
1995 26:43.53 Haile Gebreselasie (ETH) 05 Jun Hengelo NED
1994 26:52.23 William Sigei (KEN) 22 Jul Oslo NOR
1993 26:58.38 Yobes Ondieki (KEN) 10 Jul Oslo NOR
1992 27:14.26 Fita Bayissa (ETH) 04 Jul Oslo NOR
1991 27:11.18 Richard Chelimo (KEN) 25 Jun Hengelo NED
1990 27:18.22 Arturo Barrios-2 17 Aug Berlin GER
1989 27:08.23 Arturo Barrios (MEX) 18 Aug Berlin GER
1988 27:21.46 Brahim Boutaib (MAR) 26 Sep Seoul KOR
1987 27:26.95 Francesco Panetta (ITA) 30 Jun Stockholm SWE
1986 27:20.56 Marcus Nenow (USA) 05 Sep Brussels BEL
1985 27:37.17 Bruce Bickford (USA) 02 Jul Stockholm SWE
1984 27:13.81 Fernando Mamede-3 02 Jul Stockholm SWE
1983 27:23.44 Carlos Lopes (POR) 09 Jul Oslo NOR
1982 27:22.95 Fernando Mamede-2 09 Jul Paris FRA
1981 27:27.1 Fernando Mamede (POR) 30 May Lisbon POR
1980 27:29.16 Craig Virgin (USA) 17 Jul Paris FRA
1979 27:36.8 Karl Fleschen (GER) 28 Apr Troisdorf GER
1978 27:22.47 Henry Rono (KEN) 11 Jun Vienna AUT
1977 27:30.47 Samson Kimobwa (KEN) 30 Jun Helsinki FIN
1976 27:40.38 Lasse Viren-2 26 Jul Montreal CAN
1975 27:45.43 Brendan Foster (ENG) 29 Aug London ENG
1974 27:43.6 Steve Prefontaine (USA) 27 Apr Eugene OR USA
1973 27:30.80 Dave Bedford-3 13 Jul London ENG
1972 27:38.35 Lasse Viren (FIN) 03 Sep Munich GER
1971 27:47.0 Dave Bedford-2 10 Jul Portsmouth ENG
1970 28:06.2 Dave Bedford (ENG) 12 Sep Warsaw POL
1969 28:03.6 Ronald Clarke-5 08 Jul Oslo NOR
1968 27:49.4 Ronald Clarke-4 29 Aug London ENG
1967 28:26.6 Gaston Roelants (BEL) 22 Aug Oslo NOR
1966 27:54.0 Ronald Clarke-3 12 Jul Oslo NOR
1965 27:39.89 Ronald Clarke-2 14 Jul Oslo NOR
1964 28:24.4 Billy Mills (USA) 14 Oct Tokyo JPN
1963 28:15.5 Ronald Clarke (AUS) 18 Dec Melbourne AUS
1962 28:18.1 Piotr Bolotnikov-3 11 Aug Moscow RUS
1961 28:50.8 Barry Magee (NZL) 06 Jul Helsinki FIN
1960 28:18.8 Piotr Bolotnikov-2 15 Oct Kiev UKR
1959 29:03.0 Piotr Bolotnikov (MDA) 09 Aug Moscow RUS
1958 28:56.0 Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak (POL) 19 Aug Stockholm SWE
1957 29:06.4 George Knight (GBR) 07 Sep Warsaw POL
1956 28:30.4 Vladimir Kuts-2 11 Sep Moscow RUS
1955 28:59.2 Vladimir Kuts (UKR) 03 Oct Bucharest ROM
1954 28:54.2 Emil Zatopek-7 01 Jun Brussels BEL
1953 29:01.6 Emil Zatopek-6 01 Nov Stara Boleslav CZE
1952 29:17.0 Emil Zatopek-5 20 Jul Helsinki FIN
1951 29:29.8 Emil Zatopek-4 01 Sep Trebic CZE
1950 29:02.6 Emil Zatopek-3 04 Aug Turku FIN
1949 29:21.2 Emil Zatopek-2 22 Oct Ostrava CZE
1948 29:37.0 Emil Zatopek (CZE) 17 Jun Prague CZE
1947 30:07.4 Viljo Heino-5 29 Jul Copenhagen DEN
1946 29:52.0 Viljo Heino-4 22 Aug Oslo NOR
1945 30:02.0 Viljo Heino-3 02 Sep Helsinki FIN
1944 29:35.4 Viljo Heino-2 25 Aug Helsinki FIN
1943 30:15.2 Viljo Heino (FIN) 19 Sep Helsinki FIN
1942 30:09.4 Jenö Szilagyi (HUN) 14 Oct Budapest HUN
1941 30:25.6 Andras Csaplar (HUN) 18 Jul Goteborg SWE
1940 30:06.6 Max Syring (GER) 13 Jul Jena GER
1939 29:52.6 Taisto Mãki-2 17 Sep Helsinki FIN
1938 30:02.0 Taisto Mãki (FIN) 29 Sep Tampere FIN
1937 30:05.5 Ilmari Salminen-4 18 Jul Kouvola FIN
1936 30:15.4 Ilmari Salminen-3 02 Aug Berlin GER
1935 30:38.2 Ilmari Salminen-2 24 Aug Helsinki FIN
1934 31:02.2 Ilmari Salminen (FIN) 01 Jul Viipuri FIN
1933 30:21.2 Volmari Iso-Hollo (FIN) 21 Sep Helsinki FIN
1932 30:11.4 Janusz Kusocinski (POL) 31 Jul Los Angeles CA USA
1931 30:50.6 Paavo Nurmi-7 30 Aug Stockholm SWE
1930 31:04.6 Paavo Nurmi-6 17 Aug Tampere FIN
1929 31:12.9 Toivo Loukola (FIN) 08 Sep Helsinki FIN
1928 30:18.8 Paavo Nurmi-5 29 Jul Amsterdam NED
1927 31:38.2 Eric Stenfeldt (SWE) 28 Aug Copenhagen DEN
1926 31:12.2 Paavo Nurmi-4 15 Aug Tampere FIN
1925 30:40.2 Paavo Nurmi-3 06 Sep Helsinki FIN
1924 30:06.1 Paavo Nurmi-2 31 Aug Kuopio FIN
1923 31:38 Ville Ritola (FIN) 27 Oct New York NY USA
1922 31:26.0 Eric Backman-4 25 Jul Copenhagen DEN
1921 30:40.2 Paavo Nurmi (FIN) 22 Jun Stockholm SWE
1920 31:16.0 Eric Backman-3 26 Sep Örebro SWE
1919 31:55.0 Eric Backman-2 29 Jul Copenhagen DEN
1918 31:13.7 Eric Backman (SWE) 18 Aug Stockholm SWE
1917 32:07.5 Lauritz Dam (DEN) 18 Aug Stockholm SWE
1916 32:03.9 Sture Lagerman (SWE) 04 Sep Stockholm SWE
1915 32:05.2 Josef Ternström (SWE) 01 Aug Soderfors SWE
1914 31:27.4 Hannes Kolehmainen-2 02 Aug Tampere FIN
1913 31:12.1 Jean Bouin-3 22 Jun Stockholm SWE
1912 31:20.8 Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) 08 Jul Stockholm SWE
1911 30:58.8 Jean Bouin-2 16 Nov Colombes FRA
1910 31:30.0 Georg Peterson (SWE) 05 Jun Halmstad SWE
1909 32:13.6^ Jean Bouin (FRA) 13 May Paris FRA
1908 31:52.0 Arthur Robertson (GBR) 01 Sep Oslo NOR
1907 31:30.9 Johan Svanberg-2 03 Jun Stockholm SWE
1906 31:56.8 Johan Svanberg (SWE) 10 Oct Stockholm SWE
1905 32:20.0 Henri Prevot (FRA) 25 Dec Lille FRA
1904 31:02.4^ Alfred Shrubb (GBR) 05 Nov Glasgow SCO
1903 33:31.4 Theophile Segers (FRA) 25 Dec
1902 33:25.0 Henri Prevot (FRA) 21 Oct Paris FRA
1901 34:00.0 Michele Negri (ITA) 29 Jan Sestri Levante ITA
1900 33:05.0^ Sidney Robinson (GBR) 07 Apr London ENG
1899 34:36.2^ Albert Charbonnel (FRA) 03 Dec Paris FRA
1898 34:41.6 Georges Touquet-Denis (FRA) 13 Nov Paris FRA
1897 31:44.4^ Fred Bacon (GBR) 19 Jun Rochdale ENG
1896 36:16.4^ George Crossland (GBR) 11 Apr Leicester ENG
1895 34:50.0 P Cabessut (FRA) 16 Jun Paris FRA
1894 35:17.0 Ossian Blomstedt (SWE) 16 Sep Stockholm SWE
1893 35:11.0 Patrick Lofgren (SWE) 23 Sep Stockholm SWE
1892 32:56.4^ Sidney Thomas (GBR) 22 Oct London ENG
^ indicates time enroute to longer
distance (time may be taken at a distance longer than 10,000m
Women (quality performances)
2016 29:17.45 Almaz Ayana Eba (ETH) 12 Aug Rio de Janeiro BRA 2015 30:49.68 Gelete Burika Bati (ETH) 17 Jun Hengelo NED 2014 30:42.26 Sally Kipyego Chepkosgei(KEN) 04 May Palo Alto CA USA 2013 30:08.06 Meseret Defar (ETH) 27 Jun Sollentuna SWE 2012 30:20.75 Tirunesh Dibaba-3 03 Aug London ENG 2011 30:38.35 Sally Kipyego (KEN) 01 May Palo Alto CA USA 2010 31:04.52 Meselech Melkamu-2 27 May Ostrava CZE 2009 29:53.80 Meselech Melkamu (ETH) 14 Jun Utrecht NED 2008 29:54.66 Tirunesh Dibaba-2 15 Aug Beijing CHN 2007 31:00.27 Mestawat Tufa (ETH) 26 Jun Valkenswaard NED 2006 30:21.67 Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 15 Apr Antalya TUR 2005 30:15.67 Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 28 Jun Sollentuna SWE 2004 30:17.15 Paula Radcliffe-3 27 Jun Gateshead ENG 2003 30:04.18 Birhane Adere (ETH) 23 Aug Paris FRA 2002 30:01.09 Paula Radcliffe-2 06 Aug Munich GER 2001 30:55.80 Paula Radcliffe (ENG) 07 Apr Barakaldo ESP 2000 30:17.49 Derartu Tulu-2 30 Sep Sydney AUS 1999 30:24.56 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 26 Aug Seville ESP 1998 30:48.06 Fernanda Ribeiro-3 04 Apr Lisbon POR 1997 30:38.09 Yan-mei Dong (CHN) 19 Oct Shanghai CHN 1996 31:01.63 Fernanda Ribeiro-2 02 Aug Atlanta GA/USA 1995 31:04.99 Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) 09 Aug Goteborg SWE 1994 30:50.34 Jun-xia Wang-2 15 Oct Hiroshima JPN 1993 29:31.78 Jun-xia Wang (CHN) 08 Sep Beijing CHN 1992 31:06.02 Derartu Tulu (ETH) 07 Aug Barcelona ESP 1991 30:57.07 Liz McColgan (SCO) 25 Jun Hengelo NED 1990 31:18.18 Viorica Ghican (ROM) 27 Jun Helsinki FIN 1989 30:48.51 Ingrid Kristiansen-4 01 Jul Oslo NOR 1988 31:05.21 Olga Bondarenko-2 30 Sep Seoul KOR 1987 31:05.85 Ingrid Kristiansen-3 04 Sep Rome ITA 1986 30:13.74 Ingrid Kristiansen-2 05 Jul Oslo NOR 1985 30:59.42 Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 27 Jul Oslo NOR 1984 31:13.78 Olga Bondarenko (RUS) 24 Jun Kiev UKR 1983 31:27.58 Raisa Sadreydinova (RUS) 07 Sep Odessa RUS 1982 31:35.3 Mary Slaney (USA) 16 Jul Eugene OR USA 1981 32:17.19 Elena Sipatova (RUS) 19 Sep Moscow RUS 1980 32:57.17 Kathryn Binns (ENG) 15 Aug Sittard NED 1979 32:52.5 Mary Shea (USA) 15 Jun Walnut CA USA 1978 32:43.2 Natalia Betini (ROM) 22 Jan Baile Felix ROM 1977 33:15.1 Peg Neppel-2 09 Jun Westwood CA USA 1976 34:19.0 Peg Neppel (USA) 22 Mar Eugene OR USA 1975 34:01.4 Christa Vahlensieck (GER) 20 Aug Wolfsburg GER 1974 1973 1972 1971 34:51.0 Kathy Gibbons (USA) 12 Jun Phoenix AZ USA 1970 35:30.5 Paola Pigni (ITA) 09 May Milan ITA 1969 1968 1967 36:06.4 Anne O'Brien (IRL) 26 Mar Gormanstown IRL
Last Updated on 03 Sep 2016
Note: Pre-1950 men's list leaders are based largely on "A World History of Long Distance Running" by Roberto L Quercetani, available from the IAAF or from Track and Field News.
Contributors: Michael Rabinovich, Andy Milroy (15)