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Time Athlete Date Place Ref 27:02 Haile Gebreselasie (ETH) 11 December 2002 Doha, Qatar 27:01 Micah Kogo Kemboi (KEN) 29 March 2009 Brunssum, Netherlands 26:44 Leonard Patrick Komon (KEN) 26 September 2010 Utrecht, Netherlands 26:38 Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 1 December 2019 Valencia, Spain 26:24 Rhonex Kipruto (KEN) 12 January 2020
The mass public race at the 2012 London 10000 race Amateur runners completing the very large 2006 Peachtree Road Race. The 10K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of ten kilometres (6.2 miles).
The first ratified record, Jean Bouin's time of 30:58.8 minutes, had been run the year before. As of June 21, 2009, 37 men's world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. [2] The first world record in the women's 10,000 metres was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1981.
[1] [2] A 5K race is also held on the same day. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Kenyan runner Rhonex Kipruto set a world record for the 10K run during this race in 2020 with a time of 26:24, as did Kenyan runner Agnes Ngetich in the 2024 edition with a time of 28:46.
Race time prediction formula, running course certification. Peter Riegel (January 30, 1935 – May 28, 2018) was an American research engineer who developed a mathematical formula for predicting race times for runners and other athletes given a certain performance at another distance.
The 10,000-metre track race is usually distinguished from its road running 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 6 miles 376 yards or 32,808 feet 5 inches.
Despite a strong first half of the race, Gebrselassie failed to break the record after he was impeded by wet and windy conditions. Vivian Cheruiyot won the women's race in 32:01 minutes but conditions also slowed her time, much to her dissatisfaction. Brian Alldis and Shelly Woods won their respective men's and women's wheelchair races. [10]
The 10,000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race. The event is competed as a track race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 10,000 meters is 6.21 miles.