Men's 5000m. World Record Progression
TIME ATHLETE COUNTRY DATE VENUE
12.37.35 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 31 May 04 Hengelo
12.39.36 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 13 Jun 98 Helsinki
12.39.74 Daniel Komen (KEN) 22 Aug 97 Brussels
12.41.86 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 13 Aug 97 Zurich
12.44.39 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 16 Aug 95 Zurich
12.55.30 Moses Kiptanui (KEN) 06 Jun 95 Rome
12.56.96 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 04 Jun 94 Hengelo
12.58.39 Said Aouita (MOR) 22 Jul 87 Rome
13.00.40 Said Aouita (MOR) 27 Jul 85 Oslo
13.00.41 David Moorcroft (GBR) 07 Jul 82 Oslo
13.06.20 Henry Rono (KEN) 13 Sep 81 Knarvik
13.08.4+ Henry Rono (KEN) 08 Apr 78 Berkeley
13.12.86 Dick Quax (NZL) 05 Jul 77 Stockholm
13.13.0+ Emil Puttemans (BEL) 20 Sep 72 Brussels
13.16.4+ Lasse Viren (FIN) 14 Sep 72 Helsinki
13.16.6+ Ron Clarke (AUS) 05 Jul 66 Stockholm
13.24.2+ Kipchoge Keino (KEN) 30 Nov 65 Auckland
13.25.8+ Ron Clarke (AUS) 04 Jun 65 Compton
13.33.6+ Ron Clarke (AUS) 01 Feb 65 Auckland
13.34.8+ Ron Clarke (AUS) 16 Jan 65 Hobart
13.35.0+ Vladimir Kuts (URS) 13 Oct 57 Rome
13.40.6+ Sandor Iharos (HUN) 23 Oct 55 Budapest
13.36.8+ Gordon Pirie (GBR) 19 Jun 56 Bergen
13.46.8+ Vladimir Kuts (URS) 18 Sep 55 Belgrade
13.50.8+ Sandor Iharos (HUN) 10 Sep 55 Budapest
13.51.2+ Vladimir Kuts (URS) 23 Oct 54 Prague
13.51.6+ Chris Chataway (GBR) 13 Oct 54 London
13.56.6+ Vladimir Kuts (URS) 29 Aug 54 Berne
13.57.2+ Emil Zatopek (SWE) 20 Sep 42 Gothenburg
14.08.8+ Taisto Maki (FIN) 16 Jun 39 Helsinki
14.17.0+ Lauri Lehtinen (FIN) 19 Jun 32 Helsinki
14.28.2+ Paavo Nurmi (FIN) 19 Jun 24 Helsinki
14.35.4+ Paavo Nurmi (FIN) 12 Sep 22 Stockholm
14.36.6+ Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) 10 Jun 12 Stockholm
15.01.2+ Arthur Robinson (GBR) 13 Sep 08 Stockholm
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