Compiled and provided courtesy of Ken Nakamura. Beijing Olympic Men’s 10000m Statistical File Olympic 10000m All Time list --- Men Performances Time Performers Name Nationality Place Venue Date 1 27:05.10 1 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 1 Athinai 20 Aug 2004 2 27:07.34 2 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1 Atlanta 29 July 1996 3 27:08.17 3 Paul Tergat KEN 2 Atlanta 29 July 1996 4 27:09.39 4 Sileshi Sihine ETH 2 Athinai 20 Aug 2004 5 27:18.20 Haile Gebrselassie 1 Sydney 25 Sept 2000 6 27:18.29 Paul Tergat 2 Sydney 25 Sept 2000 7 27:19.75 5 Assefa Mezegebu ETH 3 Sydney 25 Sept 2000 8 27:20.44 6 Patrick Ivuti KEN 4 Sydney 25 Sept 2000 9 27:21.46 7 Brahim Boutayeb MAR 1 Seoul 26 Sept 1988 10 27:22.57 8 Zersenay Tadesse ERI 3 Athinai 20 Aug 2004 11 27:23.55 9 Salvatore Antibo ITA 2 Seoul 26 Sept 1988 12 27:24.67 10 Salah Hissou MAR 3 Atlanta 29 July 1996 13 27:24.75 11 John Korir KEN 5 Sydney 25 Sept 2000 14 27:25.16 12 Kipkemboi Kimeli KEN 3 Seoul 26 Sept 1988 15 27:25.48 13 Boniface Kiprop UGA 4 Athinai 20 Aug 2004 16 27:27.90 Haile Gebrselassie 5 Athinai 20 Aug 2004 17 27:33.797 14 Aloys Nizigama BDI 4 Atlanta 29 July 1996 18 27:35.08 15 Josephat Machuka KEN 5 Atlanta 29 July 1996 19 27:35.19 16 Paul Koech KEN 6 Atlanta 29 July 1996 20 27:36.43 17 Jean-Louis Prianon FRA 4 Seoul 26 Sept 1988 21 27:37.83 18 Said Berrioui MAR 6 Sydney 25 Sept 2000 22 27:38.35 19 Lasse Viren FIN 1 Munchen 3 Sept 1972 23 27:39.32 20 Arturo Barrios MEX 5 Seoul 26 Sept 1988 24 27:39:35 21 Hansjorg Kunze GDR 6 Seoul 26 Sept 1988 25 27:39.36 22 Paul Arpin FRA 7 Seoul 26 Sept 1988 26 27:39.58 23 Emiel Puttemans BEL 2 Munchen 3 Sept 1972 27 27:40.38 Lasse Viren 1 Montreal 26 July 1976 28 27:40.44 24 Toshinari Takaoka JPN 7 Sydney 25 Sept 2000 Best Marks for Places ––– OlyOlympicsmpics Place Time Name Nationality Venue Date 1 27:05.10 Kenenisa Bekele ETH Athinai 20 Aug 2004 2 27:08.17 Paul Tergat KEN Atlanta 29 July 1996 3 27:19.75 Assefa Mezegebu ETH Sydney 25 Sept 2000 4 27:20.44 Patrick Ivuti KEN Sydney 25 Sept 2000 5 27:24.75 John Korir KEN Sydney 25 Sept 2000 6 27:25.19 Paul Koech KEN Atlanta 29 July 1996 7 27:39.36 Paul Arpin FRA Seoul 26 Sept 1988 8 27:44.09 Karl Keska GBR Sydney Fastest 10000m in August Performance Name Country Time Place Venue DMY 1 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 26:17.53 1st Bruxelles 26 Aug 2005 2 Paul Tergat KEN 26:27.85 1st Bruxelles 22 Aug 1997 3 Micah Kogo KEN 26:35.63 1 Bruxelles 25 Aug 2006 4 Paul Koech KEN 26:36.26 2 Bruxelles 22 Aug 1997 5 Zersenay Tadese ERI 26:37.25 2 Bruxelles 25 Aug 2006 6 Salah Hissou MAR 26:38.08 1 Bruxelles 23 Aug 1996 7 Boniface Kiprop UGA 26:39.77 2 Bruxelles 26 Aug 2005 8 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 26:41.75 3 Bruxelles 26 Aug 2005 9 Boniface Kiprop 26:41.95 3 Bruxelles 25 Aug 2006 10 Paul Tergat 26:46.44 1 Bruxelles 28 Aug 1998 Fastest 10000m in on August 17 (day of the final) Performance Name Country Time Place Venue DMY 1 Valeriy Abramov RUS 27:55.17 1st Moskva 17 Aug 1984 No sub-28 minutes 10000m in China so far Miscellaneous Olympic StatsStats:: Fastest winning time 27:05.10 Kenenisa Bekele 2004 Athinai Slowest winning time (since 1970) 27:47.54 Alberto Cova 1984 Los Angeles Closest finish 27:18.20 & 27:18.29 (0.09) 2000 Sydney Largest margin of Victory (last 50 years) 27:47.54 & 28:06.22 (18.68) 1984 Los Angeles Fastest last lap 53.0 Kenenisa Bekele 2004 Athinai Fastest opening 5000m 13:35.32 1988 Seoul Fastest closing 5000m 13:12.12 1996 Atlanta Lap times (fastest lap times are in boldbold) in the Olympics 1000m 2000m 3000m 4000m 5000m 6000m 7000m 8000m 9000m 10000 1952 2:52 2:59 2:57 2:57.6 2:57.8 2:55.8 2:54.8 2:57 2:57 2:49 1956 2:43 2:48 2:55 2:50 2:51 2:55 2:59 3:00 2:52 2:52.6 1960 2:48.2 2:49.2 2:52.3 2:54.9 2:57.6 2:56.4 2:53.1 2:50.1 2:51.8 2:38.58 1964 2:42.2 2:47.4 2:48.0 2:55.8 2:51.4 2:53.2 2:54.8 2:54.6 2:58.6 2:38.6 1968 2:58.5 2:58.4 2:58.7 2:58.7 3:00.2 3:03.6 2:58.5 3:00.6 2:53.4 2:36.3 1972 2:37.0 2:41.8 2:47.8 2:49.2 2:48.4 2:51.8 2:52.0 2:50.0 2:51.4 2:29.2 1976 2:53.0 2:51.2 2:49.2 2:49.4 2:46.2 2:43.4 2:44.0 2:43.8 2:42.8 2:37.4 1980 2:53.2 2:49.5 2:44.7 2:47.4 2:48.7 2:46.2 2:45.7 2:48.2 2:45.9 2:33.2 1984 2:53. 0 2:54.61 2:52.20 2:52.73 2:47.30 2:40.46 2:40.75 2:43.90 2:46.09 2:36.50 1988 2:41.7 2:46.8 2:39.3 2:42.3 2:45.2 2:44.8 2:44.5 2:45.6 2:45.6 2:45.7 1992 2:50.88 2:49.87 2:47.19 2:42.64 2:44.08 2:47.20 2:43.05 2:47.39 2:51.91 2:43.49 1996 2:48.32 2:42.94 2:45.41 2:49.96 2:48.59 2:40.26 2:42.88 2:43.62 2:33.9 2:31.46 2000 2:39.52 2:43.79 2:44.72 2:47.44 2:50.41 2:45.31 2:53.44 2:39.83 2:39.63 2:34.11 2004 2:50.85 2:54.31 2:48.82 2:41.89 2:35.00 2:43.64 2:37.41 2:45.26 2:40.01 2:27.91 MenMen’’’’ss 10000m AllAll----timetime List Performances Time Performers Name Nat Place Meet Venue Date 1 26:17.53 1 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 1 VD Bruxelles 26 Aug 05 2 26:20.31 Kenenisa Bekele 1 Ostrava 8 June 04 3 26:22.75 2 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1 Hengelo 1 June 98 4 26:25.97 Kenenisa Bekele 1 Pre Eugene 8 June 08 5 26:27.85 3 Paul Tergat KEN 1 VD Bruxelles 22 Aug 97 6 26:28.72 Kenenisa Bekele 1 FBK Hengelo 29 May 05 7 26:29.22 Haile Gebrselassie 1 VD Bruxelles 5 Sep 03 8 26:30.03 4 Nicholas Kemboi KEN 2 VD Bruxelles 5 Sep 03 9 26:30.74 5 Abebe Dinkesa Negera ETH 2 FBK Hengelo 29 May 05 10 26:31.32 Haile Gebrselassie 1 Bislett Oslo 4 July 97 11 26:35.63 6 Micah Kogo KEN 1 VD Bruxelles 25 Aug 06 12 26:36.26 7 Paul Koech KEN 2 VD Bruxelles 22 Aug 97 13 26:37.25 8 Zersenay Tadese ERI 2 VD Bruxelles 25 Aug 06 14 26:38.08 9 Salah Hissou MAR 1 VD Bruxelles 23 Aug 96 15 26:38.76 10 Abdullah Ahmad Hassan QAT 3 VD Bruxelles 5 Sep 03 16 26:39.69 11 Sileshi Sihine ETH 1 FBK Hengelo 31 May 04 17 26:39.77 12 Boniface Kiprop UGA 2 VD Bruxelles 26 Aug 05 18 26:41.58 Haile Gebrselassie 2 FBK Hengelo 31 May 04 19 26:41.75 13 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 3 VD Bru xelles 26 Aug 05 20 26:41.95 Boniface Kiprop 3 VD Bruxelles 25 Aug 06 21 26:43.53 Haile Gebrselassie 1 Hengelo 5 June 95 22 26:46.19 Kenenisa Bekele 1 VD Bruxelles 14 Sept 07 23 26:46.44 Paul Tergat 1 VD Bruxelles 28 Aug 98 24 26:47.89 Pa ul Koech 2 VD Bruxelles 28 Aug 98 25 26:48.73 Seleshi Sihine 1 FBK Hengelo 26 May 07 26 26:49.02 14 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 2 FBK Hengelo 26 May 07 27 26:49.20 15 Moses Masai KEN 2 VD Bruxelles 14 Sept 07 28 26:49.38 16 Sammy Kipketer KEN 1 VD Bruxelles 30 Aug 02 29 26:49.55 17 Moses M osop KEN 3 FBK Hengelo 26 May 07 30 26:49.57 Kenenisa Bekele 1 WC Saint Denis 24 Aug 03 31 26:49.90 18 Assefa Mezgebu ETH 2 VD Bruxelles 30 Aug 02 32 26:50.20 19 Richard Limo KEN 3 VD Bruxelles 30 Aug 02 33 26:50.53 Seleshi Sihine 1 FBK Hengelo 24 May 08 34 26:50.67 Albert Chepkurui 4 VD Bruxelles 30 Aug 02 35 26:50.77 Haile Gebrselassie 2 WC Saint Denis 24 Aug 03 36 26:51.20 Haile Gebrselassie 2 FBK Hengelo 24 May 08 37 26:51.49 20 Charles Kamathi KEN 1 VD Bruxelles 3 Sept 99 38 26:51.87 Nicholas Kemboi 4 VD Bruxelles 26 Aug 05 39 26:52.23 21 William Sigei KEN 1 Bislett Oslo 22 Jul 94 40 26:52.30 22 Mohammed Mourhit BEL 2 VD Bruxelles 3 Sept 99 41 26:52.33 23 Gebre -egziabher Gebremariam ETH 4 FBK Hengelo 26 May 07 42 26:52.60 Sammy Kipketer 5 VD Bruxelles 26 Aug 05 43 26:52.81 Haile Gebreselassie 5 FBK Hengelo 26 May 07 44 26:52.87 24 John Cheruiyot Korir KEN 5 VD Bruxelles 30 Aug 02 2008 World Performance list for Men’s 10000m Ti me Name Place Venue Date 1 26:25.97 1 Kenenisa Bekele 1 Prefontaine Eugene 8 June 2008 2 26:50.53 2 Sileshi Sihine 1 FBK Games Hengelo 24 May 2008 3 26:51.20 3 Haile Gebrselassie 2 FBK Games Hengelo 24 May 2008 4 26:54.32 4 Eliud Kipchoge 3 FBK Game s Hengelo 24 May 2008 5 26:57.08 5 Leonard Patrick Komon 4 FBK Games Hengelo 24 May 2008 6 27:06.16 6 Kidane Tadesse 1rA Nacht Van de Euregio Neerpelt 31 May 2008 7 27:09.37 7 Josephat Kiprono Menjo 2rA Nacht Van de Euregio Neerpelt 31 May 2008 8 27:1 1.09 8 Peter Kamais 3rA Nacht Van de Euregio Neerpelt 31 May 2008 9 27:13.85 9 Ibrahim Jeylan 2 Prefontaine Eugene 8 June 2008 10 27:14.03 10 Josphat Muchiri Ndambiri 1 Shizuoka International Fukuroi 3 May 2008 11 27:14.13 11 Maregu Zewdie 3 Prefontaine Eugene 8 June 2008 12 27:14.67 12 Mark Kosgei Kiptoo 4 Prefontaine Eugene 8 June 2008 13 27:15.17 13 Tadese Tola 5 Prefontaine Eugene 8 June 2008 14 27:15.82 Josphat Muchiri Ndambiri 1GP Hyogo Relays Kobe 27 Apr 2008 15 27:16.49 14 Kiplimo Kimutai 6 Prefontaine Eugene 8 June 2008 16 27:16.99 15 Abdi Abdirahman 7 Prefontaine Eugene 8 June 2008 17 27:17.27 16 Abebe Dinkesa 1 di Athletics Leggera Pergine 12 July 2008 18 27:17.91 17 Gedion Ngatuny 2GP Hyogo Relays Kobe 27 Apr 2008 19 27:19.26 18 Bonif ace Kiprop 5 FBK Games Hengelo 24 May 2008 20 27:19.72 19 Fabiano Joseph Naasi 6 FBK Games Hengelo 24 May 2008 21 27:20.65 20 Gebre -egziabher Gebremariam 7 FBK Games Hengelo 24 May 2008 22 27:24.46 21 Hassan Mahboob Ali 4rA Nacht Van de Euregio Neerpel t 31 May 2008 23 27:26.31 22 Silas Kipruto 8 FBK Games Hengelo 24 May 2008 24 27:27.57 23 Hunegnaw Mesfin 5rA Nacht Van de Euregio Neerpelt 31 May 2008 25 27:27.64 24 Mekubo Mogusu 1r1 Kanto College Ch Tokyo 18 May 2008 26 27:28.31 25 Juan Carlos de la Ossa 1 ESP 10000m Champ Vigo 12 July 2008 27 27:29.31 26 Eshetu Wondimu 9 FBK Games Hengelo 24 May 2008 28 27:30.85 27 Josphat Kipkoech Bett 1 World Junior Champ Bydgoszcz 9 July 2008 29 27:31.65 28 Titus Kipjumba Mbishei 2 World Junior Champ Bydgoszcz 9 July 2008 30 27:32.60 29 Regassa Tilahun 6rA Nacht Van de Euregio Neerpelt 31 May 2008 31 27:33.53 30 Jida Irman Merga 1 FRA NC 10000m St -Maur 6 June 2008 32 27:34.29 31 Mohammed El Hachami 7rA Nacht Van de Euregio Neerpelt 31 May 2008 33 27:34.48 32 Craig Mottram 1r1 Cardinal Inv Palo Alto 4 May 2008 34 27:34.81 33 Musasabeker Marda 2 FRA NC 10000m St -Maur