10000 metres men legal analytics

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Top mark
26:11.00
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬ Joshua Cheptegei
Valencia · 2020-10-07
10th-place mark
26:30.74
gap: +19.74
100th-place mark
26:51.20
gap: +40.20
Median age, top 100
24.1 yrs
Distinct athletes
2945
10965 canonical perfs
Years contested
1960–2026
22 historical WRs
World-record progression 22 world records since 1960

Canonical list: All-time men's best 10000 m. Lower mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 66 years

The single best canonical mark for each year. Hover a dot for the holder.

Entries per year depth growth on the all-time list
1960: 1 performance1962: 1 performance1963: 1 performance1964: 4 performances1965: 7 performances1966: 7 performances1967: 3 performances1968: 12 performances1969: 10 performances1970: 20 performances1971: 39 performances1972: 53 performances1973: 41 performances1974: 70 performances1975: 75 performances1976: 140 performances1977: 107 performances1978: 105 performances1979: 103 performances1980: 134 performances1981: 93 performances1982: 131 performances1983: 130 performances1984: 179 performances1985: 92 performances1986: 151 performances1987: 117 performances1988: 178 performances1989: 116 performances1990: 134 performances1991: 182 performances1992: 135 performances1993: 151 performances1994: 146 performances1995: 195 performances1996: 190 performances1997: 180 performances1998: 152 performances1999: 183 performances2000: 271 performances2001: 180 performances2002: 162 performances2003: 210 performances2004: 221 performances2005: 195 performances2006: 182 performances2007: 255 performances2008: 300 performances2009: 201 performances2010: 182 performances2011: 210 performances2012: 262 performances2013: 188 performances2014: 192 performances2015: 304 performances2016: 286 performances2017: 264 performances2018: 223 performances2019: 280 performances2020: 268 performances2021: 445 performances2022: 469 performances2023: 488 performances2024: 499 performances2025: 431 performances2026: 29 performances1960197019801990200020102020049919602026
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1960s 27:39.89 πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Ron Clarke 1965-07-14
  2. 1970s 27:22.47 πŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺ Henry Rono 1978-06-11
  3. 1980s 27:08.23 πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ Arturo Barrios 1989-08-18
  4. 1990s 26:22.75 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ή Haile Gebrselassie 1998-06-01
  5. 2000s 26:17.53 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ή Kenenisa Bekele 2005-08-26
  6. 2010s 26:43.16 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ή Kenenisa Bekele 2011-09-16
  7. 2020s 26:11.00 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬ Joshua Cheptegei 2020-10-07
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ή ETH 47
  2. πŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺ KEN 28
  3. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬ UGA 8
  4. πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡· ERI 4
  5. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ USA 4
  6. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GBR 3
  7. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ CAN 2
  8. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ RSA 1
Most prolific (top 100) athletes with the most appearances
  1. πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ή Kenenisa Bekele 8
  2. πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ή Haile Gebrselassie 7
  3. πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ή Berihu Aregawi 6
  4. πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ή Yomif Kejelcha 6
  5. πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ή Selemon Barega 6
  6. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬ Joshua Cheptegei 4
  7. πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡· Zersenay Tadese 3
  8. πŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺ Paul Tanui 3
Mark vs age 800 points