Chronological order of sub 27 minutes 10000m Chronological Time Name Nat Place Venue Date No of No of Sub-27 PB Order sub-27 season 1 26:58.38 Yobes Ondieki KEN 1 Oslo 10 July 1993 1 1 26:58.38 2 26:52.23 William Sigei KEN 1 Oslo 22 Jul 1994 1 1 26:52.23 3 26:43.53 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1 Hengelo 5 June 1995 9 7 26:22.75 4 26:38.08 Salah Hissou MAR 1 Bruxelles 23 Aug 1996 1 1 26:38.08 5 26:54.41 Paul Tergat KEN 2 Bruxelles 23 Aug 1996 3 3 26:27.85 6 26:56.78 Paul Koech KEN 3 Bruxelles 23 Aug 1996 3 3 26:36.26 7 26:51.49 Charles Kamathi KEN 1 Bruxelles 3 Sept 1999 2 2 26:51.49 8 26:52.30 Mohammed Mourhit MAR->BEL 2 Bruxelles 3 Sept 1999 1 1 26:52.30 9 26:49.38 Sammy Kipketer KEN 1 Bruxelles 30 Aug 2002 2 2 26:49.38 10 26:49.90 Assefa Mezgebu ETH 2 Bruxelles 30 Aug 2002 1 1 26:49.90 11 26:50.20 Richard Limo KEN 3 Bruxelles 30 Aug 2002 2 2 26:50.20 12 26:50.67 Albert Chepkurui KEN->QAT 4 Bruxelles 30 Aug 2002 3 3 26:38.76 (Abdullah Ahmad Hassan) 13 26:52.87 John Cheruiyot Korir KEN 5 Bruxelles 30 Aug 2002 1 1 26:52.87 14 26:53.70 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 1 Hengelo 1 June 2003 8 6 26:17.53 15 26:58.76 Sileshi Sihine ETH 3 Hengelo 1 June 2003 5 5 26:39.69 16 26:30.03 Nicholas Kemboi KEN 2 Bruxelles 5 Sep 2003 2 2 26:30.03 17 26:53.73 Gebreegzibher Gebremariam ETH 1 Ostrava 8 June 2004 2 2 26:52.33 18 26:30.74 Abebe Dinkesa Negera ETH 2 Hengelo 29 May 2005 1 1 26:30.74 19 26:39.77 Boniface Kiprop UGA 2 Bruxelles 26 Aug 2005 2 2 26:39.77 20 26:41.75 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 3 Bruxelles 26 Aug 2005 1 1 26:41.75 21 26:52.93 Mark Bett KEN 6 Bruxelles 26 Aug 2005 1 1 26:52.93 22 26:35.63 Micah Kogo KEN 1 Bruxelles 25 Aug 2006 2 2 26:35.63 23 26:37.25 Zersenay Tadese ERI 2 Bruxelles 25 Aug 2006 2 2 26:37.25 24 26:49.02 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 2 Hengelo 26 May 2007 2 2 26:49.02 25 26:49.55 Moses Mosop KEN 3 Hengelo 26 May2007 1 1 26:49.55 26 26:49.20 Moses Masai KEN 2 Bruxelles 14 Sept 2007 2 2 26:49.20 27 26:59.61 Bernard Kipyego KEN 4 Bruxelles 14 Sept 2007 1 1 26:59.61 28 26:57.08 Leonard Patrick Komon KEN 4 Hengelo 24 May 2008 1 1 26:57.08 29 26:57.36 Josphat Muchiri Ndambiri KEN 1 Fukuroi 3 May 2009 2 1 26:57.36 30 26:59.88 Martin Mathathi KEN 2 Fukuroi 3 May 2009 1 1 26:59.88 31 26:59.60 Chris Solinsky USA 1 Palo Alto 1 May 2010 1 1 26:59.60 32 26:56.74 Josephat Kiprono Menjo KEN 1 Turku 29 Aug 2010 1 1 26:56.74 Number of Sub-27 10000m performances by individual Name Number of sub 27 minutes No of Sub-27 season Haile Gebrselassie 9 7 Kenenisa Bekele 8 6 Sileshi Sihine 5 5 Paul Tergat 3 3 Paul Koech 3 3 Albert Chepkurui (Abdullah Ahmad Hassan) 3 3 Number of Sub-27 10000m runner by country Country Number of sub 27 minutes KEN 21 ETH 6 MAR 1 BEL 1 UGA 1 ERI 1 USA 1 Fastest 10000m runners based on the average of their top five/ten performances Kenenisa Bekele Time Race Place Date 1 26:17.53 VD – Bruxelles 1st 26 Aug 2005 2 26:20.31 Ostrava 1st 8 June 2004 3 26:25.97 Prefontaine – Eugene 1st 8 June 2008 4 26:28.72 Hengelo 1st 29 May 2005 5 26:46.19 VD – Bruxelles 1st 14 Sept 2007 Average 26:27.7 6 26:46.31 WC – Berlin 1st 17 Aug 2009 7 26:49.57 WC – Paris 1st 24 Aug 2003 8 26:53.70 Hengelo 1st 1 June 2003 9 27:01.17 OG – Beijing 1st 17 Aug 2008 10 27:05.10 OG – Athinai 1st 20 Aug 2004 Top10 Average 26:41.5 Haile Gebrselassie Time Race Place Date 1 26:22.75 Hengelo 1st 1 June 1998 2 26:29.22 VD - Bruxelles 1st 5 Sept 2003 3 26:31.32 Bislett – Oslo 1st 4 July 1997 4 26:41.58 Hengelo 2nd 31 May 2004 5 26:43.53 Hengelo 1st 5 June 1995 Top 5 Average 26:33.7 6 26:50.77 WC – Paris 2nd 24 Aug 2003 7 26:51.20 Hengelo 2nd 24 May 2008 8 26:52.81 Hengelo 5th 26 May 2007 9 26:54.58 Hengelo 2nd 1 June 2003 10 27:06.68 OG – Beijing 6th 17 Aug 2008 Top 10 Average 26:44.4 10000m trends Number of Sub 2X:YZ performers (NOT performances) 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 <27:00 0 2 5 5 9 3 8 6 6 5 0 0 2 3 3 3 <27:15 0 7 8 18 21 10 15 12 10 7 4 3 8 5 4 4 <27:30 2 20 19 34 29 19 21 18 16 11 14 11 14 11 10 9 Best Marks for Places Place Time Name Nat Venue Date 1 26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele ETH Bruxelles – Van Damme 26 Aug 2005 2 26:30.03 Nicholas Kemboi KEN Bruxelles – Van Damme 5 Sept 2003 3 26:38.76 Abdullah Ahmad Hassan (Albert Chepkurui) QAT Bruxelles – Van Damme 5 Sept 2003 4 26:50.67 Albert Chepkurui KEN Bruxelles - Van Damme 30 Aug 2002 5 26:52.60 Sammy Kipketer KEN Bruxelles – Van Damme 26 Aug 2005 6 26:52.93 Mark Bett KEN Bruxelles – Van Damme 26 Aug 2005 7 27:04.70 Zersenay Tadese ERI Bruxelles – Van Damme 26 Aug 2005 8 27:06.47 Habtamu Fikadu ETH Hengelo – FBK Games 26 May 2007 9 27:11.93 Eshetu Wondimu ETH Hengelo – FBK Games 26 May 2007 10 27:14.04 Sammy Kipketer KEN Hengelo – FBK Games 26 May 2007 National records Time Nation Name Place Venue Date 1 26:17.53 ETH Kenenisa Bekele 1st Bruxelles 26 Aug 2005 2 26:27.85 KEN Paul Tergat 1st Bruxelles 22 Aug 1997 3 26:37.25 ERI Zersenay Tadese 2nd Bruxelles 25 Aug 2006 4 26:38.08 MAR Salah Hissou 1st Bruxelles 23 Aug 1996 5 26:38.76 QAT Abdullah Ahmad Hassan 3rd Bruxelles 5 Sept 2003 6 26:39.77 UGA Boniface Kiprop 2nd Bruxelles 26 Aug 2005 7 26:52.30 BEL Mohammed Mourhit 2nd Bruxelles 3 Sept 1999 8 26:59.60 USA Chris Solinsky 1st Palo Alto 1 May 2010 9 27:06.17 TAN John Yuda 7th Bruxelles 30 Aug 2002 10 27:08.23 MEX Arturo Barrios 1st Berlin 18 Aug 1989 11 27:12.47 POR Antonio Pinto 3rd Stockholm 30 July 1999 12 27:14.44 ESP Fabian Roncero 1st Lisboa 4 Apr 1998 All Comer’s records Time Nation Name Nat Venue Date 1 26:17.53 Belgium Kenenisa Bekele ETH Bruxelles 26 Aug 2005 2 26:20.31 Czech Kenenisa Bekele ETH Ostrava 8 June 2004 3 26:22.75 Netherland Haile Gebrselassie ETH Hengelo 1 June 1998 4 26:25.97 USA Kenenisa Bekele ETH Eugene 8 June 2008 5 26:31.32 Norway Haile Gebrselassie ETH Oslo 4 July 1997 6 26:46.31 Germany Kenenisa Bekele ETH Berlin 17 Aug 2009 7 26:49.57 France Kenenisa Bekele ETH Paris – Saint Denis 24 Aug 2003 8 26:56.74 Finland Josphat Kiprono Menjo KEN Turku 29 Aug 2010 9 26:57.36 Japan Josphat Muchiri Ndambiri KEN Fukuroi 3 May 2009 10 27:00.30 Algeria Zersenay Tadese ERI Algiers – African G 19 July 2007 11 27:01.17 China Kenenisa Bekele ETH Beijing – OG 17 Aug 2008 12 27:05.10 Greece Kenenisa Bekele ETH Athinai – OG 20 Aug 2004 13 27:10.08 Sweden Paul Tergat KEN Stockholm 30 July 1999 14 27:14.44 Portugal Fabian Roncero ESP Lisboa 4 Apr 1998 15 27:15.00 Switzerland Haile Gebrselassie ETH Lausanne 6 July 1994 Fastest 10000m for the month Month Time Name Nat Venue Date January 27:46.4 Richard Tayler NZL Christchurch 25 Jan 1974 February 27:29.94 Hendrick Ramaala RSA Port Elizabeth 22 Feb 1999 March 27:43.89 Shadrack Hoff RSA Port Elizabeth 8 Mar 1996 April 27:08.42 Martin Mathathi KEN Kobe 24 Apr 2005 May 26:28.72 Kenenisa Bekele ETH Hengelo 29 May 2005 June 26:30.31 Kenenisa Bekele ETH Ostrava 8 June 2004 July 26:31.32 Haile Gebrselassie ETH Oslo 4 July 1997 August 26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele ETH Bruxelles 26 Aug 2005 September 26:29.22 Haile Gebrselassie ETH Bruxelles 5 Sept 2003 October 27:08.32 Gideon Ngatuny KEN Yokohama 24 Oct 2009 November 27:26.12 Luke Kipkosgei KEN Melbourne 25 Nov 1996 December 27:22.54 Luke Kipkosgei KEN Melbourne 5 Dec 1998 Fastest 10000m by Age Age Time Name Nat DOB place Race Date 17 27:02.82 Ibrahim Jeylan ETH 12 June 1989 4th Bruxelles 25 Aug 2006 18 26:41.75 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 10 Nov 1986 3rd Bruxelles 26 Aug 2005 19 26:30.03 Nicholas Kemboi KEN 25 Nov 1983 2nd Bruxelles 5 Sept 2003 20 26:35.63 Micah Kogo KEN 3 June 1986 1st Bruxelles 25 Aug 2006 21 26:30.31 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 13 June 1982 1st Ostrava 8 June 2004 22 26:28.72 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 13 June 1982 1st Hengelo 29 May 2005 23 26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 13 June 1982 1st Bruxelles 26 Aug 2005 24 26:31.32 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 18 Apr 1973 1st Oslo 4 July 1997 25 26:22.75 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 18 Apr 1973 1st Hengelo 1 June 1998 26 26:59.93 Charles Kamathi KEN 18 May 1978 2nd Bruxelles 3 Sept 2004 27 26:46.31 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 13 June 1982 1st Berlin – WC 17 Aug 2009 28 26:27.85 Paul Tergat KEN 17 June 1969 1st Bruxelles 22 Aug 1997 29 26:46.44 Paul Tergat KEN 17 June 1969 1st Bruxelles 28 Aug 1998 30 26:29.22 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 18 Apr 1973 1st Bruxelles 5 Sept 2003 31 26:41.58 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 18 Apr 1973 2nd Hengelo 31 May 2004 32 26:58.38 Yobes Ondieki KEN 21 Feb 1961 1st Oslo 10 July 1993 33 ? 34 26:52.81 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 18 Apr 1973 5th Hengelo 26 May 2007 35 26:51.20 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 18 Apr 1973 2nd Hengelo 24 May 2008 .