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The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the
*Correct as of June 2024.
IAAF list of 10000-metres records in XML10K Races in Race-Calendar.com
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and the World Athletics Championships
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, and is common at championship-level events. The race consists of 25 laps around an Olympic-sized 400 m track. It is less commonly held at track and field meetings due to its duration. The 10,000-metre track race is usually distinguished from its road running
Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road. This differs from track and field on a regular track and cross country running over natural terrain.
These events are usually classified as long-distance ru ...
counterpart, the 10K run, by referring to the distance in metres rather than kilometres.
The 10,000 metres is the longest standard track event, approximately equivalent to or .
Added to the Olympic programme in 1912, athletes from Finland, nicknamed the " Flying Finns", dominated the event until the late 1940s. In the 1960s, African runners began to come to the fore. In 1988, the women's competition debuted in the Olympic Games.
Official records are kept for outdoor 10,000-metre track events. The world record for men is held by Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda
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in 26:11.00, set in Valencia
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, Spain on 7 October 2020. For women, the world record is held by Beatrice Chebet of Kenya
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, in 28:54.14, set in Eugene, Oregon, on 25 May 2024.
The 10,000 metres demands exceptional levels of aerobic endurance, and elite athletes typically train in excess of 160 km (100 miles) a week.
6 miles
10,000 metres is the slightly longer metric derivative of the run, an event common in countries when they were using the imperial measurement system. 6 miles was used in theCommonwealth Games
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until 1966 and was a championship in the United States in non-Olympic years from 1953 to 1973. It is 24 laps around a track.
Continental records
*Updated 25 May 2024.All-time top 25
Men
*Correct as of June 2024.
Women
*Correct as of June 2024.Annulled marks
* Elvan Abeylegesse ofTurkey
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ran 29:56.34 at the 2008 Olympics
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. This performance was annulled due to doping offences.
Olympic medalists
Men
Women
World Championships medalists
Men
Women
European Championships medalists
Men
Women
Season's bests
Men
Women
Competitions
* European Cup 10,000m * Iberian 10,000 Metres ChampionshipsReferences
See also
* National records in the 10,000 metresExternal links
IAAF list of 10000-metres records in XML
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