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The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to 3 miles 188 yards or 16,404 feet 2 inches.It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 laps of a standard 400 m track, or 25 laps on an indoor 200 m track.
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
However, this remains the only time that the 5000 metres world record has been broken in Olympic competition. The best time recorded for the women's Olympic 3000 m was 8:26.53 minutes by Tetyana Dorovskikh (then Samolenko) at the 1988 Seoul Olympics; the world record for that event was not improved during an Olympic race.
Country Time Athlete Date Place Ref. Ethiopia 14:00.21: Gudaf Tsegay: 17 September 2023: Eugene: R3 Kenya 14:05.20: Faith Kipyegon: 9 June 2023: Paris: R3 Netherlands ...
Additionally, high-school competition is conducted under slightly different rules, which have evolved over time. For example, in 1980, high schools converted their running distances from Imperial (yards) to metric, but instead of running conventional international distances like 1500 metres in place of the mile run, a more equitable but non ...
16 years, 177 days 26 Aug 2015 Wisam El-Bekheet (PLE) 14 years, 281 days 9 Aug 2001 Oldest champion Bernard Lagat (USA) 32 years, 264 days 2 Sep 2007 Hellen Obiri (KEN) 29 years, 296 days 5 Oct 2019 Oldest medalist Bernard Lagat (USA) 36 years, 266 days 4 Sep 2011 Edith Masai (KEN) 36 years, 148 days 30 Aug 2003 Oldest finalist
6.35 Greg Foster: World Class AC January 27, 1985 Rosemont, United States 6.35 Greg Foster: World Class AC January 31, 1987 Ottawa, Canada 55 m hurdles: 6.89 Renaldo Nehemiah: University of Maryland January 20, 1979 New York City, United States 60 m hurdles: 7.29 Grant Holloway: Adidas: February 24, 2021 Villa de Madrid Indoor Meeting: Madrid ...
19 years, 6 days [12] 10,000 m: 28:15.52 Galen Rupp: 7 May 2005 Oregon Twilight Meet Eugene United States 18 years, 364 days Marathon: 2:15:28 Paul Gompers: 10 December 1983 Huntsville, Alabama, United States 19 years, 309 days [13] 2:12:47 Riley Nedrow: 15 December 2024 Tucson Marathon Tucson, United States 19 years, 273 days [citation needed]