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The following tables show the progression of world bests and world records in the 10K run, as recognised by the IAAF. The 10K run was introduced as a part of world record events in 2003. The 10K run was introduced as a part of world record events in 2003.
The Brașov Running Festival is an annual road-based 10K run hosted by Brașov, Romania, since 2021. [5] [3] The race is a World Athletics Elite Label Road Race. [6] A 5K run is also offered earlier in the day. [3] In both 2021 and 2022, both the male and female Romanian 10K all-comers records were broken. [4]
The sport of athletics is defined by the many events which make up its competition programmes. All events within the sport are forms of running, walking, jumping or throwing. These events are divided into the sub-sports of track and field, road running, racewalking and cross country running.
The 10K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of ten kilometres (6.2 miles). Also referred to as the 10K road race, 10 km, or simply 10K, it is one of the most common types of road running event, alongside the shorter 5K and longer half marathon and marathon.
Marathon, half-marathon, 10 km, 5 km 73,206 [16] [17] 11 Hong Kong Marathon: Hong Kong: Hong Kong: 15 January 2015 Marathon, half-marathon, 10 km, 10 km wheelchair race, 3 km wheelchair race 73,070 [18] 12 Round the Bays: Auckland: New Zealand: 10 March 2013 8.4 km 70,000 [19] 13 JPMorgan Corporate Challenge: Frankfurt Germany 7 June 2018 5.6 km
They are held on the same course in opposite directions, similar to the Comrades Marathon in South Africa, although unlike the Comrades, the "north" (up) and "south" (down) versions are run in the same year. The "South" (running down) Peachtree was founded in 1970 and has been the world's largest 10k race, [1] [2] since the late 1970s. [3]
A full range of indoor track and field events were held. [10] Since 2019 in addition to indoor disciplines, outdoor stadia events Hammer Throw, Discus Throw and Javelin Throw and non-stadia events Half Marathon, 8K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk are included. [11] New for the Championships was a mixed 4 x 200m relay. [1]
World Athletics Label Road Races are races that World Athletics (until 2019: IAAF) designates as the "leading road races around the world." [1] The classification was first introduced for the 2008 running season, upon the suggestion of the IAAF Road Running Commission. [2] The races are split into three categories: marathons, half marathons and