10,000 metres world record progression
IAAF world records

10,000 metres world record progression

Section Title: IAAF world records
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Time	Auto	Athlete	Date	Place

30:58.8	Jean Bouin (FRA)	November 16, 1911	Paris, France

30:40.2	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	June 22, 1921	Stockholm, Sweden

30:35.4	Ville Ritola (FIN)	May 25, 1924	Helsinki, Finland

30:23.2	Ville Ritola (FIN)	July 6, 1924	Paris, France

30:06.2	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	August 31, 1924	Kuopio, Finland

30:05.6	Ilmari Salminen (FIN)	July 18, 1937	Kouvola, Finland

30:02.0	Taisto Mäki (FIN)	September 29, 1938	Tampere, Finland

29:52.6	Taisto Mäki (FIN)	September 17, 1939	Helsinki, Finland

29:35.4	Viljo Heino (FIN)	August 25, 1944	Helsinki, Finland

29:28.2	Emil Zátopek (CZE)	June 11, 1949	Ostrava, Czech Republic

29:27.2	Viljo Heino (FIN)	September 1, 1949	Kouvola, Finland

29:21.2	Emil Zátopek (CZE)	October 22, 1949	Ostrava, Czech Republic

29:02.6	Emil Zátopek (CZE)	August 4, 1950	Turku, Finland

29:01.6	Emil Zátopek (CZE)	November 1, 1953	Stara Boleslav, Czech Republic

28:54.2	Emil Zátopek (CZE)	June 1, 1954	Brussels, Belgium

28:42.8	Sandor Iharos (HUN)	July 15, 1956	Budapest, Hungary

28:30.4	Vladimir Kuts (URS)	September 11, 1956	Moscow, Soviet Union

28:18.8	Pyotr Bolotnikov (URS)	October 15, 1960	Kiev, Soviet Union

28:18.2	Pyotr Bolotnikov (URS)	August 11, 1962	Moscow, Soviet Union

28:15.6	Ron Clarke (AUS)	December 18, 1963	Melbourne, Australia

27:39.4	27:39.89	Ron Clarke (AUS)	July 14, 1965	Oslo, Norway

27:38.4	27:38.35	Lasse Virén (FIN)	September 3, 1972	Munich, Germany

27:30.8	27:30.80	David Bedford (GBR)	July 13, 1973	London, United Kingdom

27:30.5	27:30.47	Samson Kimobwa (KEN)	June 30, 1977	Helsinki, Finland

27:22.4	27:22.47	Henry Rono (KEN)	June 11, 1978	Vienna, Austria

27:13.81	Fernando Mamede (POR)	July 2, 1984	Stockholm, Sweden

27:08.23	Arturo Barrios (MEX)	August 18, 1989	Berlin, Germany

27:07.91	Richard Chelimo (KEN)	July 5, 1993	Stockholm, Sweden

26:58.38	Yobes Ondieki (KEN)	July 10, 1993	Oslo, Norway

26:52.23	William Sigei (KEN)	July 22, 1994	Oslo, Norway

26:43.53	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	June 5, 1995	Hengelo, Netherlands

26:38.08	Salah Hissou (MAR)	August 23, 1996	Brussels, Belgium

26:31.32	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	July 4, 1997	Oslo, Norway

26:27.85	Paul Tergat (KEN)	August 22, 1997	Brussels, Belgium

26:22.75	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	June 1, 1998	Hengelo, Netherlands

26:20.31	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	June 8, 2004	Ostrava, Czech Republic

26:17.53	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	August 26, 2005	Brussels, Belgium

Sentence(s)

Jean Bouin had a record of time 30:58.8 minutes.

final_sentence: Jean Bouin had a record of time 30:58.8 minutes.