2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
Records
Columns: World record | Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH ) | 26:17.53 | Bruxelles , Belgium | 26 August 2005
Championship record | Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH ) | 26:49.57 | Paris , France | 24 August 2003 | World leading | Josephat Muchiri Ndambiri ( KEN ) | 26:57.36 | Fukuroi , Japan | 3 May 2009 | African record | Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH ) | 26:17.53 | Bruxelles, Belgium | 26 August 2005 | Asian record | Ahmad Hassan Abdullah ( QAT ) | 26:38.76 | Bruxelles, Belgium | 5 September 2003 | North American record | Arturo Barrios ( MEX ) | 27:08.23 | Berlin , West Germany | 18 August 1989 | South American record | Marílson Gomes dos Santos ( BRA ) | 27:28.12 | Neerpelt , Belgium | 2 June 2007 | European record | Mohammed Mourhit ( BEL ) | 26:52.30 | Bruxelles, Belgium | 3 September 1999