World Rankings — Men’S 10,000
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World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 Kenenisa Bekele (l) & Haile Gebrselassie combined for 12 No. 1s between ’95 and ’09 © VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN 1947 1948 1 ............................. Viljo Heino (Finland) 1 ............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2 ......................Valter Nyström (Sweden) 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 (Norway) 8 .......................... Helge Perälä (Finland) 8 ................. Gösta Jacobsson (Sweden) 9 ...................... Martin Stokken (Norway) 9 ......................... Alain Mimoun (France) 10 .........Fyeodosiy Vanin (Soviet Union) 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 ................. Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 3 ......................... Alain Mimoun (France) 3 ..................... József Kovács (Hungary) 4 ...................... Martin Stokken (Norway) 4 ................Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) 5 ....................... Väinö Koskela (Finland) 5 .... Aleksandr Anufriyev (Soviet Union) 6 ..................................... Curt Stone (US) 6 ...........................Hannu Posti (Finland) 7 ......................Severt Dennolf (Sweden) 7 ......................... Alain Mimoun (France) 8 ......................Valter Nyström (Sweden) 8 ................. Frank Sando (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 Germany) 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 (Poland) 8 ......................Bertil Karlsson (Sweden) 8 ....................... Miklós Szabó (Hungary) 9 ......................... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 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 ...................... Sándor Iharos (Hungary) 3 .... Aleksandr Anufriyev (Soviet Union) 3 ..................... József Kovács (Hungary) 4 ......................Valter Nyström (Sweden) 4 ........................ Al Lawrence (Australia) 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 ....................Dave Stephens (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 .......... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 2 .........................Dave Power (Australia) 3 .............. George Knight (Great Britain) 3 ............... Martin Hyman (Great Britain) 4 ........................ Al Lawrence (Australia) 4 .................Basil Heatley (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 ....................Roy Fowler (Great Britain) 4 .............. Nikolay Pudov (Soviet Union) 4 ................. Bruce Tulloh (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 .........................Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia) 8 . Aleksey Desyatchikov (Soviet Union) 8 .......... Hans Grodotzki (East Germany) 9 ..................... József Kovács (Hungary) 9 .........................Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) 10 ............. Lembit Virkus (Soviet Union) 10 .............Leonid Ivanov (Soviet Union) 1959 1963 1 .......... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 1 .......................... Ron Clarke (Australia) 2 ............... Martin Hyman (Great Britain) 2 ......................... Ron Hill (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 ......................Bill Baillie (New Zealand) 8 ................. Osvaldo Suarez (Argentina) 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 .......................................Billy Mills (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 .............Murray Halberg (New Zealand) 5 ...............Leonid Ivanov (Soviet Union) 6 ......................................Max Truex (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 .................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 10 ............. Martin Hyman (Great Britain) 10 .................Kokichi Tsuburaya (Japan) © 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 ......................Mike Tagg (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 .................