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The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to 3 miles 188 yards or 16,404 feet 2 inches. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics , run over 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 laps of a standard 400 m track, or 25 laps on an indoor 200 m track.
Eliud Kipchoge (L) and his three pacers (R) about 30 minutes into the run en route to the marathon world record in 2018. He is shown a few seconds before crossing the river Spree . "A 2:01:39 in the Marathon is like a Mars landing for Space travel."
Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah [6] (born Hussein Abdi Kahin; [7] 23 March 1983) is a Somali-British former long-distance runner.Considered one of the greatest runners of all time, his ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) make him the most successful male track distance runner in the history of the sport, and he is the most successful British track athlete in ...
Bert Kreischer, Jelly Roll, and Tom Segura attend Netflix is a Joke Fest: 2 Bears 5K at Rose Bowl Stadium on May 07, 2024. Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix Jelly Roll is feeling good after ...
The official world records in the 5000 metres, or 5000-metre run, are held by Joshua Cheptegei with 12:35.36 for men and Gudaf Tsegay with 14:00.21 for women. The first world record in the men's 5000 m was recognized by World Athletics (formerly called the International Association of Athletics Federations, or IAAF) in 1912. As of January 2024 ...
30 December 2016 Saransk 3 20:37.77 Margarita Turova Belarus 13 December 2005 Minsk 4 20:42.33 Yelena Gruzinova Russia 1 March 1997 Samara 5 20:44.45 Anna Lukyanova Russia 23 February 2010 Volgograd 6 20:48.00 Sabine Krantz Germany 19 December 2006 Halle 7 20:48.9 Sofiya Brodatskaya Russia 30 December 2016 Saransk 8 20:50.6 Olimpiada Ivanova
In 2007 on a track in Brussels Belgium, she became the only woman with a 2-mile run in less than 9 minutes (8:58.58). This was an improvement on the world record by 11 seconds. [4] Defar has been successful in the 5,000 m at the Olympic Games, taking gold at the 2012 London Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics and bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The organizers planned to run the event on Saturday, 12 October 2019, but they had a reserve window of eight days in case of poor weather conditions. [28] The attempt was run on 12 October starting at 08:15 CET. Organizers allowed a start time between 05:00 and 09:00, but chose 08:15 to maximize viewership.