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Instead, the fastest times were referred to as "world bests". This changed in August 2003 when the IAAF Congress approved world record status for a number of specified road distances, including the 10 km. [16] As with other forms of professional long-distance running, East African athletes have been dominant in the 10K distance since the 1990s.
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
On May 28, 2000, Roman Rasskazov of Russia set a new 10-km race walk world record in Saransk in a time of 37:11. [4] The all-time women's 10-km race-walk record is held by Yelena Nikolayeva of Russia, at 41:04. [5]
[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.
Mo Farah is a seven-time winner of the men's race and his course record of 27:44 minutes in 2010 was ratified as the British record for the 10K road distance. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The women's record of 31:06 minutes was also set in 2010, by Kenya's Mary Keitany .
On November 14, 2020, Eiki Takahashi of Japan set a new 10,000 m race walk world best in Inzai in a time of 37:25.21. The all-time women's 10,000 m race-walk record is held by Nadezhda Ryashkina of Soviet Union, at 41:56.23.
Briton Jo Pavey won the women's event while Kenyan Micah Kogo won the men's, beating the UK all-comers' record by four seconds with a finishing time of 27:25 minutes. [4] Celebrity participants included Kelly Holmes, Amir Khan and members of the cast of Coronation Street. [3] [5] The following year saw almost 25,000 runners complete the course.
The men's race at the 2010 edition, won by Rigoberto Gaetán, had six runners break the 28 minute mark. [1] Lornah Kiplagat has been the race's most successful competitor as she has won the women's race on six occasions. The race was first held in 1998, when it was known as the Puente Teodoro Moscoso 10 km. The competition changed to its ...