Chronological order of sub 30:30 10000m Chronological Time Name Nat Place Venue Date No of Sub- Sub-30:30 P Best Order 30:30 season 1 30:13.74 NOR 1 5 July 1986 2 1 30:13.74 2 29:31.78 CHN 1 8 Sept 1993 1 1 29:31.78 3 30:13.37 CHN 2 Beijing 8 Sept 1993 1 1 30:13.37 4 30:24.56 ETH 1 Sevilla- WC 26 Aug 1999 2 2 30:22.48 5 30:27.13 GBR 2 Sevilla -WC 26 Aug 1999 4 4 30:01.09 6 30:17.49 ETH 1 -OG 30 Sept 2000 2 2 30:17.49 7 30:22.88 POR 3 Sydney -OG 30 Sept 2000 1 1 30:22.88 8 30:28.26 CHN 1 Busan-AG 8 Oct 2002 2 2 30:07.20 9 30:04.18 ETH 1 Saint Denis-WC 23 Aug 2003 2 2 30:04.18 10 30:07.15 ETH 2 Saint Denis-WC 23 Aug 2003 3 3 30:07.15 11 30:12.53 NED 4 Saint Denis-WC 23 Aug 2003 1 1 30:12.53 12 30:23.07 RUS 5 Saint Denis-WC 23 Aug 2003 1 1 30:23.07 13 30:26.20 Galina Bogomalova RUS 6 Saint Denis-WC 23 Aug 2003 1 1 30:26.20 14 30:24.36 CHN 1 Athinai-OG 27 Aug 2004 2 2 30:24.36 15 30:24.98 ETH 2 Athinai-OG 27 Aug 2004 3 2 30:18.39 16 30:15.67 ETH 1 Sollentuna 28 June 2005 3 2 29:54.66 17 30:21.67 TUR 1 Antalya 15 Apr 2006 2 2 29:56.34 18 30:22.22 USA 3 Beijing-OG 15 Aug 2008 1 1 30:22.22 19 30:26.50 KEN 4 Beijing-OG 15 Aug 2008 1 1 30:26.50 20 30:29.21 KEN 1mx Yokohama 23 Nov 2008 1 1 30:29.21 21 29:53.80 ETH 1 Utrecht 14 June 2009 1 1 29:53.80 22 30:11.53 Kiplagat KEN 2 Utrecht 14 June 2009 1 1 30:11.53 23 30:11.87 Ayalew Yimer Wude ETH 3 Utrecht 14 June 2009 1 1 30:11.87 24 29:59.20 ETH 1 11 July 2009 1 1 29:59.20 25 30:29.36 RUS 1 Cheboksary 23 July 2009 1 1 30:29.36

Number of Sub-30:30 10000m performances by individual Name Number of sub 30:30 No of sub-30:30 season Paula Radcliffe 4 4 Ejegayehu Dibaba 3 3 Werknesh Kidane 3 3 Tirunesh Dibaba 3 2

Number of Sub-30:30 10000m runner by country Country Number of sub 30:30 runner ETH 9 CHN 4 RUS 3 KEN 3 NOR 1 GBR 1 USA 1 POR 1 NED 1 TUR 1

10000m trends Number of Sub 3X:YZ performers (NOT performances) 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 <30:00 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 <30:30 0 0 5 5 0 1 5 5 6 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 <31:00 0 0 11 14 0 9 10 7 9 6 1 9 3 2 6 0

Best Marks for Places Place Time Name Nat Venue Date 1 29:31.78 Wang Junxia CHN Beijing 8 Sept 1993 2 29:56.34 Elvan Abeylegesse TUR Beijing - OG 15 Aug 2008 3 30:07.20 Sun Yingjie CHN - Saint Denis –WC 23 Aug 2003 4 30:12.53 Lornah Kiplagat NED Paris- Saint Denis –WC 23 Aug 2003 5 30:23.07 Alla Zhilayeva RUS Paris- Saint Denis –WC 23 Aug 2003 6 30:26.20 RUS Paris- Saint Denis –WC 23 Aug 2003 7 30:31.55 Xing Huina CHN Paris- Saint Denis -WC 23 Aug 2003 8 30:33.75 Galina Bogomolova RUS - WC 6 Aug 2005

National records Time Nation Name Place Venue Date 1 29:31.78 CHN Wang Junxia 1st Beijing 8 Sept 1993 2 29:53.80 ETH Meselech Melkamu 1st Utrecht 14 June 2009 3 29:56.34 TUR Elvan Abeylegesse 2nd Utrecht – OG 15 Aug 2008 4 30:01.09 GBR Paula Radcliffe 1st München –EC 6 Aug 2002 5 30:11.53 KEN 2nd Utrecht 14 June 2009 6 30:12.53 NED Lornah Kiplagat 4th Paris – WC 23 Aug 2003 7 30:13.74 NOR Ingrid Kristiansen 1st Oslo 5 July 1986 8 30:22.22 USA Shalane Flanagan 3rd Beijing – OG 15 Aug 2008 9 30:22.88 POR Fernanda Ribeiro 3rd Sydney – OG 30 Sept 2000 10 30:23.07 RUS Alla Zhilyayeva 5th Paris – WC 23 Aug 2003 11 30:35.54 NZL 2nd Palo Alto 4 May 2008 12 30:37.68 AUS Benita Johnson 8th Paris – WC 23 Aug 2003

All Comer’s records Time Nation Name Nation Venue Date 1 29:31.78 Wang Junxia CHN Beijing 8 Sept 1993 2 29:53.80 Netherland Meselech Melkamu ETH Utrecht 14 June 2009 3 29:59.20 Great Britain Meseret Defar ETH Birmingham 11 July 2009 4 30:01.09 Paula Radcliffe GBR München -EC 6 Aug 2002 5 30:04.18 Berhane Adere ETH Paris (Saint Denis)-WC 23 Aug 2003 6 30:13.74 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR Oslo 5 July 1986 7 30:15.67 Sweden Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Sollentuna 28 June 2005 8 30:17.49 Derartu Tulu ETH Sydney - OG 30 Sept 2000 9 30:19.39 USA Werknesh Kidane ETH Palo Alto 29 May 2005 10 30:21.67 Elvan Abeylegesse TUR Antalya 15 Apr 2006 11 30:24.02 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Helsinki - WC 6 Aug 2005 12 30:24.36 Greece Xing Huina CHN Athinai - OG 27 Aug 2004 13 30:24:56 Gete Wami ETH Sevilla - WC 26 Aug 1999 14 30:28.30 Korea Sun Yingjie CHN Busan – 8 Oct 2002 15 30:29:21 Philes Ongori KEN Yokohama 23 Nov 2008

Fastest 10000m for the month Month Time Name Nat Venue Date January ? February 31:23.96 RSA Stellenbosch 11 Feb 1995 March 31:18.07 Lisa Koll USA Palo Alto 26 Mar 2010 April 30:21.67 Elvan Abeylegesse TUR Anatalya 15 Apr 2006 May 30:19.39 Werknesh Kidane ETH Palo Alto 29 May 2005 June 29:53.80 Meselech Melkamu ETH Utrecht 14 June 2009 July 29:59.20 Meseret Defar ETH Birmingham 11 July 2009 August 29:54.66 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Beijing 15 Aug 2008 September 29:31.78 Wang Junxia CHN Beijing 8 Sept 1993 October 30:28.26 Sun Yingjie CHN Busan 8 Oct 2002 November 30:29.21 Philes Ongori KEN Yokohama 23 Nov 2008 December 31:23.27 JPN Yokohama 23 Dec 2007

Fastest 10000m by Age Age Time Name Nat DOB place Venue Date 18 30:26.50 Linet Masai KEN 5 Dec 1989 4th Beijing – OG 15 Aug 2008 19 30:31.55 Xing Huina CHN 25 Feb 1984 7th Paris – Saint Denis 23 Aug 2003 20 29:31.78 Wang Junxia CHN 9 Jan 1973 1st Beijing 8 Sept 1993 21 30:07.15 Werknesh Kidane ETH 21 Nov 1981 2nd Paris- Saint Denis 23 Aug 2003 22 30:11.53 Florence Kiplagat KEN 27 Feb 1987 2nd Utrecht 14 June 2009 23 29:54.66 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 1 June 1985 1st Beijing – OG 15 Aug 2008 24 29:53.80 Meselech Melkamu ETH 14 Apr 1985 1st Utrecht 14 June 2009 25 29:56.34 Elvan Abeylegesse TUR 11 Sept 1982 2nd Beijing – OG 15 Aug 2008 26 29:59.20 Meseret Defar ETH 19 Nov 1982 1st Birmingham 11 July 2009 27 30:22.22 Shalane Flanagan USA 8 July 1981 3rd Beijing – OG 15 Aug 2008 28 30:01.09 Paula Radcliffe GBR 17 Dec 1973 1st München – EC 6 Aug 2002 29 30:12.53 Lornah Kiplagat NED 20 Mar 1974 4th Paris- Saint Denis 23 Aug 2003 30 30:04.18 Berhane Adere ETH 21 July 1973 1st Paris- Saint Denis 23 Aug 2003 31 30:22.88 Fernanda Ribeiro POR 23 June 1969 3rd Sydney – OG 30 Sept 2000 32 30:25.41 Berhane Adere ETH 21 July 1973 2nd Helsinki – WC 6 Aug 2005 33 30:59.35 RUS 14 Aug 1974 2nd 17 July 2008 34 30:23.07 Alla Zhilyayeva RUS 5 Feb 1969 5th Paris – Saint Denis 23 Aug 2003 38 30:30.26 KEN 4 Apr 1967 5th Helsinki –WC 6 Aug 2005