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World Rankings — Men’s 10,000

Kenenisa Bekele (l) & combined for 12 No. 1s between ’95 and ’09

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1947 1948 1...... () 1...... Emil Zátopek () 2...... Valter Nyström () 2...... Bertil Albertsson (Sweden) 3...... Bertil Albertsson (Sweden) 3...... Viljo Heino (Finland) 4...... Evert Heinström (Finland) 4...... Salomon Könönen (Finland) 5...... Taisto Mäki (Finland) 5...... Evert Heinström (Finland) 6...... Thore Tillman (Sweden) 6...... Helge Perälä (Finland) 7...... Salomon Könönen (Finland) 7...... Martin Stokken () 8...... Helge Perälä (Finland) 8...... Gösta Jacobsson (Sweden) 9...... Martin Stokken (Norway) 9...... () 10...... Fyeodosiy Vanin () 10...... Ellmar Johansson (Sweden)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 1949 1953 1...... Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 1...... Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2...... Viljo Heino (Finland) 2...... (Great Britain) 3...... Alain Mimoun (France) 3...... József Kovács (Hungary) 4...... Martin Stokken (Norway) 4...... (Soviet Union) 5...... Väinö Koskela (Finland) 5..... Aleksandr Anufriyev (Soviet Union) 6...... (US) 6...... Hannu Posti (Finland) 7...... Severt Dennolf (Sweden) 7...... Alain Mimoun (France) 8...... Valter Nyström (Sweden) 8...... (Great Britain) 9...... Salomon Könönen (Finland) 9...... Franjo Mihalić (Yugoslavia) 10...... Erik Wredling (Sweden) 10...... Béla Juhász (Hungary) 1950 1954 1...... Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 1...... Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2...... Alain Mimoun (France) 2...... József Kovács (Hungary) 3...... Fyeodosiy Vanin (Soviet Union) 3...... Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) 4...... Ivan Semyenov (Soviet Union) 4...... Frank Sando (Great Britain) 5...... Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 5...... Herbert Schade (West ) 6...... Nikifor Popov (Soviet Union) 6...... Franjo Mihalić (Yugoslavia) 7...... Väinö Koskela (Finland) 7...... Peter Driver (Great Britain) 8...... Frank Aaron (Great Britain) 8...... Ken Norris (Great Britain) 9...... Martin Stokken (Norway) 9...... Oistein Saksvik (Norway) 10...... Herbert Schade (West Germany) 10... Aleksandr Anufriyev (Soviet Union) 1951 1955 1...... Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 1...... Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) 2...... Herbert Schade (West Germany) 2...... József Kovács (Hungary) 3...... Bertil Albertsson (Sweden) 3...... Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 4...... Martin Stokken (Norway) 4...... Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 5...... Alain Mimoun (France) 5...... Ken Norris (Great Britain) 6...... Väinö Koskela (Finland) 6...... Ivan Chernyavskiy (Soviet Union) 7...... Valter Nyström (Sweden) 7...... Jerzy Chromik () 8...... Bertil (Sweden) 8...... Miklós Szabó (Hungary) 9...... () 9...... Evert Nyberg (Sweden) 10..... Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 10... Aleksandr Anufriyev (Soviet Union) 1952 1956 1...... Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 1...... Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) 2...... Alain Mimoun (France) 2...... (Hungary) 3..... Aleksandr Anufriyev (Soviet Union) 3...... József Kovács (Hungary) 4...... Valter Nyström (Sweden) 4...... Al Lawrence () 5...... Herbert Schade (West Germany) 5...... Zdzisaw Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 6...... Oistein Saksvik (Norway) 6...... Jerzy Chromik (Poland) 7...... Hannu Posti (Finland) 7...... Ken Norris (Great Britain) 8...... Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 8...... (Australia) 9...... Fred Norris (Great Britain) 9...... Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 10...... Frank Sando (Great Britain) 10...... Frank Sando (Great Britain)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 1957 1961 1...... Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) 1...... Barry Magee (New Zealand) 2...... (Soviet Union) 2...... (Australia) 3...... George Knight (Great Britain) 3...... Martin Hyman (Great Britain) 4...... Al Lawrence (Australia) 4...... (Great Britain) 5...... Nikolay Pudov (Soviet Union) 5...... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 6...... Yuriy Zakharov (Soviet Union) 6...... John Merriman (Great Britain) 7...... Ivan Chernyavskiy (Soviet Union) 7...... Robert Bogey (France) 8...... Friedrich Janke (East Germany) 8...... Mike Bullivant (Great Britain) 9...... Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 9...... Boris Yefimov (Soviet Union) 10...... Herbert Schade (West Germany) 10...... Faiz Khuzin (Soviet Union) 1958 1962 1...... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 1...... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 2...... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 2...... Friedrich Janke (East Germany) 3...... Yevgeniy Zhukov (Soviet Union) 3...... (Great Britain) 4...... Nikolay Pudov (Soviet Union) 4...... (Great Britain) 5...... Stan Eldon (Great Britain) 5...... Martin Hyman (Great Britain) 6...... Stanislaw Ozóg (Poland) 6...... Robert Bogey (France) 7...... John Merriman (Great Britain) 7...... () 8. Aleksey Desyatchikov (Soviet Union) 8...... Hans Grodotzki (East Germany) 9...... József Kovács (Hungary) 9...... (Ethiopia) 10...... Lembit Virkus (Soviet Union) 10...... Leonid Ivanov (Soviet Union) 1959 1963 1...... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 1...... (Australia) 2...... Martin Hyman (Great Britain) 2...... (Great Britain) 3...... Stan Eldon (Great Britain) 3...... Leonid Ivanov (Soviet Union) 4...... John Merriman (Great Britain) 4...... Basil Heatley (Great Britain) 5...... Mike Bullivant (Great Britain) 5...... Robert Bogey (France) 6...... Hans Grodotzki (East Germany) 6...... Jim Hogan (Ireland) 7...... Lembit Virkus (Soviet Union) 7...... (New Zealand) 8...... Osvaldo Suarez () 8...... Mel Batty (Great Britain) 9...... Hubert Parnakivi (Soviet Union) 9...... József Sütő (Hungary) 10...... József Kovács (Hungary) 10...... Ron Gomez (Great Britain) 1960 1964 1...... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 1...... (US) 2...... Hans Grodotzki (East Germany) 2...... Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) 3...... Dave Power (Australia) 3...... Ron Clarke (Australia) 4. Aleksey Desyatchikov (Soviet Union) 4...... Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia) 5...... (New Zealand) 5...... Leonid Ivanov (Soviet Union) 6...... (US) 6...... Murray Halberg (New Zealand) 7...... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 7...... Nikolay Dutov (Soviet Union) 8...... John Merriman (Great Britain) 8...... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 9...... Aleksandr Artinyuk (Soviet Union) 9...... (Belgium) 10...... Martin Hyman (Great Britain) 10...... Kokichi Tsuburaya ()

© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 1965 1969 1...... Ron Clarke (Australia) 1...... Ron Clarke (Australia) 2...... Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 2...... Jürgen Haase (East Germany) 3...... Billy Mills (US) 3...... Dick Taylor (Great Britain) 4...... Nikolay Dutov (Soviet Union) 4...... (Great Britain) 5...... Leonid Ivanov (Soviet Union) 5...... Nikolay Sviridov (Soviet Union) 6...... Gerry Lindgren (US) 6...... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 7...... Lutz Philipp (West Germany) 7...... Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 8...... Lajos Mecser (Hungary) 8...... Mike Freary (Great Britain) 9...... Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) 9...... Vyacheslav Alanov (Soviet Union) 10...... Mike Freary (Great Britain) 10...... (US) 1966 1970 1...... () 1...... Dave Bedford (Great Britain) 2...... Ron Clarke (Australia) 2...... (US) 3...... Jürgen Haase (East Germany) 3...... (Great Britain) 4...... Lajos Mecser (Hungary) 4...... Ron Clarke (Australia) 5...... Leonid Mikityenko (Soviet Union) 5...... Dick Taylor (Great Britain) 6...... Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 6...... Jürgen Haase (East Germany) 7...... Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) 7...... Roger Matthews (Great Britain) 8...... Manfred Letzerich (West Germany) 8...... Gert Eisenberg (East Germany) 9...... Bruce Tulloh (Great Britain) 9...... Lutz Philipp (West Germany) 10...... Allan Rushmer (Great Britain) 10...... Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 1967 1971 1...... Naftali Temu (Kenya) 1...... Juha Väätäinen (Finland) 2...... Jürgen Haase (East Germany) 2...... Jürgen Haase (East Germany) 3...... Gennadiy Khlistov (Soviet Union) 3..... Rashid Sharafyetdinov (Soviet Union) 4...... Leonid Mikityenko (Soviet Union) 4...... Dane Korica (Yugoslavia) 5...... Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 5...... Dave Bedford (Great Britain) 6...... Nikolay Sviridov (Soviet Union) 6...... Javier Alvarez () 7...... Lajos Mecser (Hungary) 7...... (Belgium) 8...... (US) 8...... Mariano Haro (Spain) 9...... Tom Laris (US) 9...... Mike Tagg (Great Britain) 10...... Gerry Lindgren (US) 10...... Seppo Tuominen (Finland) 1968 1972 1...... Ron Clarke (Australia) 1...... Lasse Viren (Finland) 2...... Naftali Temu (Kenya) 2...... Emiel Puttemans (Belgium) 3...... Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia) 3...... (Ethiopia) 4...... Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) 4...... Mariano Haro (Spain) 5...... Nikolay Sviridov (Soviet Union) 5...... Frank Shorter (US) 6...... Jürgen Haase (East Germany) 6...... Dave Bedford (Great Britain) 7...... Kip Keino (Kenya) 7...... Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) 8...... Tim Johnston (Great Britain) 8..... Rashid Sharafyetdinov (Soviet Union) 9...... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 9...... Dane Korica (Yugoslavia) 10...... Juan Martínez () 10...... Abdelkader Zaddem (Tunisia)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 1973 1977 1...... Nikolay Sviridov (Soviet Union) 1...... (Great Britain) 2...... Dave Bedford (Great Britain) 2...... Samson Kimobwa (Kenya) 3...... Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) 3...... Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) 4...... Richard Juma (Kenya) 4...... Jörg Peter (East Germany) 5...... Paul Mose (Kenya) 5...... () 6...... Detlef Uhlemann (West Germany) 6...... Gerard Tebroke (Netherlands) 7...... Lasse Viren (Finland) 7...... (Great Britain) 8...... Pavel Andreyev (Soviet Union) 8...... (Kenya) 9...... (Great Britain) 9...... Detlef Uhlemann (West Germany) 10...... Tony Simmons (Great Britain) 10...... Mike Musyoki (Kenya) 1974 1978 1...... (New Zealand) 1...... Henry Rono (Kenya) 2. Manfred Kuschmann (East Germany) 2...... (Finland) 3...... John Ngeno (Kenya) 3...... Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 4...... Richard Juma (Kenya) 4...... () 5...... Frank Shorter (US) 5...... Gerard Tebroke (Netherlands) 6...... Dave Bedford (Great Britain) 6...... Ilie Floroiu (Romania) 7...... Tony Simmons (Great Britain) 7...... Aleksandr Antipov (Soviet Union) 8...... Dave Black (Great Britain) 8...... Dave Black (Great Britain) 9...... Lasse Viren (Finland) 9...... (Soviet Union) 10...... (US) 10...... Knut Kvalheim (Norway) 1975 1979 1...... Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 1...... Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) 2...... Frank Shorter (US) 2...... (US) 3...... Jos Hermens (Netherlands) 3...... Mike McLeod (Great Britain) 4...... Dave Black (Great Britain) 4...... Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 5...... Emiel Puttemans (Belgium) 5...... Leon Schots (Belgium) 6...... Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) 6...... Aleksandr Antipov (Soviet Union) 7...... (Belgium) 7.....Aleksandr Fyedotkin (Soviet Union) 8...... Tony Simmons (Great Britain) 8...... (West Germany) 9...... Pekka Päivärinta (Finland) 9....Matthews Motshwarateu (South Africa) 10...... Bernie Ford (Great Britain) 10. Frank Zimmermann (West Germany) 1976 1980 1...... Lasse Viren (Finland) 1...... Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) 2...... Lopes () 2...... Craig Virgin (US) 3...... Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 3...... Henry Rono (Kenya) 4...... Tony Simmons (Great Britain) 4...... (Japan) 5...... (New Zealand) 5...... Kaarlo Maaninka (Finland) 6...... Ilie Floroiu (Romania) 6...... (Ethiopia) 7...... Mariano Haro (Spain) 7...... Tolossa Kotu (Ethiopia) 8...... Marc Smet (Belgium) 8...... Lasse Viren (Finland) 9...... Bernie Ford (Great Britain) 9...... Aleksandr Antipov (Soviet Union) 10...... Jean-Paul Gomez (France) 10...... Jörg Peter (East Germany)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 1981 1985 1.... (East Germany) 1...... (US) 2...... (Great Britain) 2...... (Italy) 3...... Mohamed Kedir (Ethiopia) 3...... Mark Nenow (US) 4...... Martti Vainio (Finland) 4...... Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 5...... (Tanzania) 5...... (Portugal) 6...... (US) 6...... (Italy) 7...... Fernando Mamede (Portugal) 7...... Yutaka Kanai (Japan) 8...... Venanzio Ortis (Italy) 8...... Hisatoshi Shintaku (Japan) 9...... Bill McChesney (US) 9...... (Ethiopia) 10...... Henry Rono (Kenya) 10...... (US) 1982 1986 1...... Fernando Mamede (Portugal) 1...... Saïd Aouita () 2...... Alberto Salazar (US) 2...... Mark Nenow (US) 3.... Werner Schildhauer (East Germany) 3...... (Italy) 4...... Alberto Cova (Italy) 4...... Alberto Cova (Italy) 5...... (Portugal) 5...... (Italy) 6...... Henry Rono (Kenya) 6...... Martti Vainio (Finland) 7...... Martti Vainio (Finland) 7...... (Portugal) 8...... (Great Britain) 8...... Jon Solly (Great Britain) 9...... (Tanzania) 9...... Hansjörg Kunze (East Germany) 10...... (Belgium) 10...... (Kenya) 1983 1987 1.... Werner Schildhauer (East Germany) 1...... Paul Kipkoech (Kenya) 2...... Alberto Cova (Italy) 2...... Francesco Panetta (Italy) 3...... Hansjörg Kunze (East Germany) 3...... Hansjörg Kunze (East Germany) 4...... Carlos Lopes (Portugal) 4...... (Mexico) 5...... Fernando Mamede (Portugal) 5...... Wodajo Bulti (Ethiopia) 6...... Gidamis Shahanga (Tanzania) 6...... Mark Nenow (US) 7...... Martti Vainio (Finland) 7...... Martti Vainio (Finland) 8...... (Great Britain) 8...... Xolile Yawa (South Africa) 9...... (Great Britain) 9...... Jean-Louis Prianon (France) 10...... Antonio Prieto (Spain) 10...... Takeyuki Nakayama (Japan) 1984 1988 1...... Alberto Cova (Italy) 1...... (Morocco) 2...... Fernando Mamede (Portugal) 2...... Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 3...... Carlos Lopes (Portugal) 3...... Kipkemboi Kimeli (Kenya) 4...... Martti Vainio (Finland) 4...... Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 5...... Mike Musyoki (Kenya) 5...... Hansjörg Kunze (East Germany) 6...... Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 6...... (Great Britain) 7...... Mike McLeod (Great Britain) 7...... Francesco Panetta (Italy) 8...... Sosthenes Bitok (Kenya) 8...... Jean-Louis Prianon (France) 9...... (US) 9...... (Kenya) 10...... Bruce Bickford (US) 10...... Paul Arpin (France)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 1989 1993 1...... Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 1...... (Kenya) 2...... Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 2...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 3...... (Ethiopia) 3...... (Morocco) 4...... Kipkemboi Kimeli (Kenya) 4...... Moses Tanui (Kenya) 5...... Francesco Panetta (Italy) 5...... (Kenya) 6...... (Kenya) 6...... (Kenya) 7...... Domingos Castro (Portugal) 7...... (Kenya) 8...... Brahim Boutayeb (Morocco) 8...... Fita Bayissa (Ethiopia) 9...... Hammou Boutayeb (Morocco) 9...... (US) 10...... Mark Nenow (US) 10...... Antonio Silio (Argentina) 1990 1994 1...... Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 1...... William Sigei (Kenya) 2...... Hammou Boutayeb (Morocco) 2...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 3...... Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 3...... Aloÿs Nizigama (Burundi) 4...... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 4...... William Kiptum (Kenya) 5...... John Ngugi (Kenya) 5...... (Kenya) 6...... Are Nakkim (Norway) 6...... (Mexico) 7...... Antonio Prieto (Spain) 7...... (Morocco) 8...... Addis Abebe (Ethiopia) 8...... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 9...... Stefano Mei (Italy) 9...... (Kenya) 10...... Thierry Pantel (France) 10...... (Rwanda) 1991 1995 1...... Moses Tanui (Kenya) 1...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2...... Richard Chelimo (Kenya) 2...... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 3...... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 3...... Paul Tergat (Kenya) 4...... (Kenya) 4...... Salah Hissou (Morocco) 5...... John Ngugi (Kenya) 5...... Josephat Machuka (Kenya) 6...... Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 6...... Worku Bikila (Ethiopia) 7...... II (Kenya) 7...... Ismael Kirui (Kenya) 8...... Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 8...... (Kenya) 9...... (Great Britain) 9...... (Kenya) 10...... Hammou Boutayeb (Morocco) 10...... William Sigei (Kenya) 1992 1996 1...... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 1...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2...... Richard Chelimo (Kenya) 2...... Salah Hissou (Morocco) 3...... Addis Abebe (Ethiopia) 3...... Paul Tergat (Kenya) 4...... Fita Bayissa (Ethiopia) 4...... Josephat Machuka (Kenya) 5...... Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 5...... (Kenya) 6...... Tony Martins (France) 6...... William Kiptum (Kenya) 7...... Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 7...... Aloÿs Nizigama (Burundi) 8...... Joseph Keino (Kenya) 8...... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 9...... (Great Britain) 9...... Mathias Ntawulikura (Rwanda) 10...... Francesco Panetta (Italy) 10...... Stéphane Franke (Germany)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 1997 2001 1...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 1...... Kamathi (Kenya) 2...... Paul Tergat (Kenya) 2...... (Ethiopia) 3...... Paul Koech (Kenya) 3...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 4...... Salah Hissou (Morocco) 4...... Mark Bett (Kenya) 5...... Assefa Mezgebu (Ethiopia) 5...... Robert Kipchumba (Kenya) 6...... (Belgium) 6...... Yibeltal Admassu (Ethiopia) 7...... (Germany) 7...... Fabián Roncero (Spain) 8...... Domingos Castro (Portugal) 8...... José Rios (Spain) 9...... Dominic Kirui (Kenya) 9...... Paul Kosgei (Kenya) 10...... Elijah Korir (Kenya) 10...... Abraham Chebii (Kenya) 1998 2002 1...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 1...... (Kenya) 2...... Paul Tergat (Kenya) 2...... Assefa Mezgebu (Ethiopia) 3...... Paul Koech (Kenya) 3...... (Kenya) 4...... (Kenya) 4...... Abdullah Hassan (Kenya) 5...... António Pinto (Portugal) 5...... Paul Kosgei (Kenya) 6...... Simon Maina (Kenya) 6...... Wilberforce Talel (Kenya) 7...... Fabián Roncero (Spain) 7...... John Korir (Kenya) 8...... Mark Bett (Kenya) 8...... John Yuda (Tanzania) 9...... Dieter Baumann (Germany) 9...... (US) 10...... (Great Britain) 10...... José Martínez (Spain) 1999 2003 1...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 1...... (Ethiopia) 2...... Paul Tergat (Kenya) 2...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 3...... Assefa Mezgebu (Ethiopia) 3...... (Ethiopia) 4...... (Kenya) 4...... Nicholas Kemboi (Kenya) 5...... Mohammed Mourhit (Belgium) 5...... Abdullah Hassan (Qatar) 6...... Habte Jifar (Ethiopia) 6...... John Korir (Kenya) 7...... Girma Tolla (Ethiopia) 7...... Richard Limo (Kenya) 8...... António Pinto (Portugal) 8...... Wilberforce Talel (Kenya) 9...... David Chelule (Kenya) 9...... Charles Kamathi (Kenya) 10...... Paul Koech (Kenya) 10...... John Yuda (Tanzania) 2000 2004 1...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 1...... Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2...... Paul Tergat (Kenya) 2...... Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) 3...... Assefa Mezgebu (Ethiopia) 3...... (Eritrea) 4...... (Kenya) 4...... Abdullah Hassan (Qatar) 5...... John Korir (Kenya) 5...... Boniface Kiprop () 6...... (Kenya) 6...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 7...... Simon Maina (Kenya) 7...... John Korir (Kenya) 8...... Saïd Bérioui (Morocco) 8...... Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 9...... Girma Tolla (Ethiopia) 9...... (Kenya) 10...... William Kalya (Kenya) 10...... Charles Kamathi (Kenya)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 2005 2009 1...... Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 1...... Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2...... Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) 2...... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 3...... Moses Mosop (Kenya) 3...... Moses Masai (Kenya) 4...... Boniface Kiprop (Uganda) 4...... (Ethiopia) 5...... (Kenya) 5...... (Kenya) 6...... (Ethiopia) 6...... Josphat Muchiri (Kenya) 7...... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 7...... Gideon Ngatuny (Kenya) 8...... Nicholas Kemboi (Qatar) 8...... Sammy Kitwara (Kenya) 9...... (Morocco) 9...... Ali Abdosh (Ethiopia) 10...... Sammy Wanjiru (Kenya) 10...... John Thuo (Kenya) 2006 2010 1...... (Kenya) 1...... (Kenya) 2...... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 2...... Moses Kipsiro (Uganda) 3...... Boniface Kiprop (Uganda) 3...... Chris Solinsky (US) 4...... (Ethiopia) 4...... Daniel Salel (Kenya) 5...... Josphat Muchiri (Kenya) 5...... (Kenya) 6...... Moses Masai (Kenya) 6...... Josephat Menjo (Kenya) 7...... Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 7...... Joseph Birech (Kenya) 8...... (Kenya) 8...... (Kenya) 9...... Moses Mosop (Kenya) 9...... Titus Mbishei (Kenya) 10...... Martin Mathathi (Kenya) 10...... John Thuo (Kenya) 2007 2011 1...... Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 1...... Ibrahim Jeilan (Ethiopia) 2...... Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) 2...... (Great Britain) 3...... Martin Mathathi (Kenya) 3...... Imane Merga (Ethiopia) 4...... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 4...... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 5...... Josphat Muchiri (Kenya) 5...... Martin Mathathi (Kenya) 6...... (Kenya) 6...... Peter Kirui (Kenya) 7...... Moses Mosop (Kenya) 7...... Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 8...... Moses Masai (Kenya) 8...... (US) 9...... Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 9...... (Kenya) 10...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 10...... Josphat Bett (Kenya) 2008 2012 1...... Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 1...... Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2...... Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) 2...... Galen Rupp (US) 3...... Moses Masai (Kenya) 3...... (Ethiopia) 4...... Micah Kogo (Kenya) 4...... Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 5...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 5...... Bedan Karoki (Kenya) 6...... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 6...... (Kenya) 7...... Martin Mathathi (Kenya) 7...... Moses Masai (Kenya) 8...... Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 8...... Wilson Kiprop (Kenya) 9...... Abdullah Hassan (Qatar) 9...... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 10...... (Kenya) 10...... Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 2013 2017 1...... Mo Farah (Great Britain) 1...... Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2...... Ibrahim Jeilan (Ethiopia) 2...... (Uganda) 3...... Paul Tanui (Kenya) 3...... Paul Tanui (Kenya) 4...... (Ethiopia) 4...... Bedan Karoki (Kenya) 5...... Galen Rupp (US) 5...... Jemal Yimer (Ethiopia) 6...... Bedan Karoki (Kenya) 6...... (Kenya) 7...... Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 7...... Abadi Hadis (Ethiopia) 8...... Imane Merga (Ethiopia) 8...... Moh Ahmed () 9...... (Kenya) 9...... Andamlak Belihu (Ethiopia) 10...... (Ethiopia) 10...... (US) 2014 2018 1...... Galen Rupp (US) 1...... Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) 2...... Paul Tanui (Kenya) 2...... Moh Ahmed (Canada) 3...... Josphat Bett (Kenya) 3...... (Kenya) 4...... Moses Kipsiro (Uganda) 4...... Stanley Waithaka (Kenya) 5...... Bedan Karoki (Kenya) 5...... Richard Yator (Kenya) 6...... Stephen Sambu (Kenya) 6...... Rodgers Chumo (Kenya) 7...... Edward Waweru (Kenya) 7...... (Uganda) 8...... William Sitonik (Kenya) 8...... (France) 9...... Cam Levins (Canada) 9...... (New Zealand) 10...... Jeremiah Thuku (Kenya) 10...... Hassan Chani (Bahrain) 2015 2019 1...... Mo Farah (Great Britain) 1...... Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) 2...... Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya) 2...... (Ethiopia) 3...... Paul Tanui (Kenya) 3...... Rhonex Kipruto (Kenya) 4...... Bedan Karoki (Kenya) 4...... Rodgers Chumo (Kenya) 5...... Galen Rupp (US 5...... (Ethiopia) 6...... (Turkey) 6...... Andamlak Belihu (Ethiopia) 7...... (Ethiopia) 7...... (Ethiopia) 8...... Abrar Osman (Eritrea) 8...... Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya) 9...... Tebalu Zawude (Ethiopia) 9...... Moh Ahmed (Canada) 10...... Cam Levins (Canada) 10...... (US) 2016 1...... Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2...... Paul Tanui (Kenya) 3...... Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia) 4...... (Ethiopia) 5...... Galen Rupp (US) 6...... Bedan Karoki (Kenya) 7...... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 8...... Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) 9...... William Sitonik (Kenya) 10...... Abadi Hadis (Ethiopia)

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