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*a common ‘long-distance running event’ in ‘track + field’*
(approximately equivalent to…)
*’3 miles’ / ‘188 yards’*
*’16,404 feet’ / ‘2 inches’*
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*WORLD RECORD*
(as of ’28 december 2021’*)
*’12 MINUTES’ / ‘35.36 SECONDS’*
*UGANDAN RUNNER*
*AGE 24*
*2020*
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*PACE* –>
*~ [‘3 MINUTES’ / ’58 SECONDS’] PER MILE*
(3 sub-4-minute-miles in a row!)
(and then some!)
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It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over 12+1⁄2 laps of a standard track.
The same distance in road running is called a 5K run; referring to the distance in metres rather than kilometres serves to disambiguate the two events.
The 5000 m has been present on the Olympic programme since 1912 for men and since 1996 for women. Prior to 1996, women had competed in an Olympic 3000 metres race since 1984. The 5000 m has been held at each of the World Championships in Athletics in men’s competition and since 1995 in women’s.
The event is almost the same length as the dolichos race held at the Ancient Olympic Games, introduced in 720 BCE. While mainly run as an outdoor event, the 5000 m is sometimes run on an indoor track. World Athletics keeps official records for both outdoor and indoor 5000-metre track events.[1][2]
3 miles[edit]
The 5000 metres is the (slightly longer) approximate metric equivalent of the 3-mile (4,828.0 m) run, an event common in countries which used the imperial measurement system. The 3-mile event featured in the Commonwealth Games through 1966, and was a championship in the United States in non-Olympic years from 1953 to 1973. It required 12 laps around a 1⁄4-mile (402 m; 440 yd; 1,320 ft) track.
All-time top 25[edit]
Men[edit]
Correct as of July 2021.[3]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 1 12:35.36 Joshua Cheptegei Uganda 14 AUG 2020 Monaco [4]
2 2 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 31 MAY 2004 Hengelo
3 3 12:39.36 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia 13 JUN 1998 Helsinki
4 4 12:39.74 Daniel Komen Kenya 22 AUG 1997 Brussels
5 12:40.18 Bekele #2 01 JUL 2005 Paris
6 12:41.86 Gebrselassie #2 13 AUG 1997 Zürich
5 7 12:43.02 Selemon Barega Ethiopia 31 AUG 2018 Brussels [5]
8 12:44.39 Gebrselassie #3 16 AUG 1995 Zürich
9 12:44.90 Komen #2 13 AUG 1997 Zürich
10 12:45.09 Komen #3 14 AUG 1996 Zürich
6 11 12:45.82 Hagos Gebrhiwet Ethiopia 31 AUG 2018 Brussels [5]
7 12 12:46.53 Eliud Kipchoge Kenya 02 JUL 2004 Rome
8 13 12:46.79 Yomif Kejelcha Ethiopia 31 AUG 2018 Brussels [5]
9 14 12:46.81 Dejen Gebremeskel Ethiopia 06 JUL 2012 Paris [6]
10 15 12:47.04 Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia 02 JUL 2004 Rome
11 16 12:47.20 Mohammed Ahmed Canada 10 JUL 2020 Portland [7]
17 12:47.53 Gebrhiwet #2 06 JUL 2012 Paris [6]
18 12:48.09 Bekele #3 25 AUG 2006 Brussels
19 12:48.25 Bekele #4 18 AUG 2006 Zürich
12 20 12:48.45 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway 10 JUN 2021 Florence [8]
13 21 12:48.63 Jacob Kiplimo Uganda 08 SEP 2020 Ostrava [9]
14 22 12:48.64 Isaiah Kiplangat Koech Kenya 06 JUL 2012 Paris [6]
15 23 12:48.66 Isaac Songok Kenya 18 AUG 2006 Zürich
16 24 12:48.77 Yenew Alamirew Ethiopia 06 JUL 2012 Paris [6]
17 25 12:48.81 Stephen Cherono Kenya 12 JUN 2003 Ostrava
18 12:49.04 Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa Kenya 06 JUL 2012 Paris
19 12:49.28 Brahim Lahlafi Morocco 25 AUG 2000 Brussels
20 12:49.50 John Kipkoech Kenya 06 JUL 2012 Paris [6]
21 12:49.71 Mohammed Mourhit Belgium 25 AUG 2000 Brussels
22 12:49.87 Paul Tergat Kenya 13 AUG 1997 Zürich
23 12:50.24 Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco 12 JUN 2003 Ostrava
24 12:50.25 Abderrahim Goumri Morocco 26 AUG 2005 Brussels
25 12:50.55 Moses Ndiema Masai Kenya 01 JUN 2008 Berlin
Women[edit]
Correct as of July 2021.[10]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 1 14:06.62 Letesenbet Gidey Ethiopia 07 OCT 2020 Valencia [11]
2 2 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia 06 JUN 2008 Oslo
3 3 14:12.59 Almaz Ayana Ethiopia 02 JUN 2016 Rome [12]
4 4 14:12.88 Meseret Defar Ethiopia 22 JUL 2008 Stockholm
5 5 14:13.32 Gudaf Tsegay Ethiopia 08 JUN 2021 Hengelo [13]
6 6 14:14.09 Ejgayehu Taye Ethiopia 08 JUN 2021 Hengelo [13]
7 14:14.32 Ayana #2 17 MAY 2015 Shanghai
7 8 14:15.24 Senbere Teferi Ethiopia 08 JUN 2021 Hengelo [13]
8 9 14:15.41 Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia 04 JUL 2015 Paris [14]
10 14:16.31 Ayana #3 22 MAY 2016 Rabat
11 14:16.63 Defar #2 15 JUN 2007 Oslo
9 12 14:18.37 Hellen Obiri Kenya 08 JUN 2017 Rome [15]
13 14:18.89 Ayana #4 09 SEP 2016 Brussels
14 14:19.76 G. Dibaba #2 30 MAY 2015 Eugene
15 14:20.36 Obiri #2 21 JUL 2019 London [16]
10 16 14:20.68 Agnes Jebet Tirop Kenya 21 JUL 2019 London [16]
11 17 14:20.87 Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya 29 JUL 2011 Stockholm
18 14:21.29 G. Dibaba #3 11 JUN 2015 Oslo
19 14:21.75 Obiri #3 13 JUL 2018 Rabat
20 14:21.97 Ayana #5 04 JUL 2015 Paris
12 21 14:22.12 Sifan Hassan Netherlands 21 JUL 2019 London
21 14:22.12 Obiri #4 14 AUG 2020 Monaco [16]
23 14:22.34 Hassan #2 13 JUL 2018 Rabat
24 14:22.47 Obiri #5 13 MAY 2017 Shanghai
25 14:22.51 Cheruiyot #2 15 JUN 2007 Oslo
13 14:23.75 Liliya Shobukhova Russia 19 JUL 2008 Kazan
14 14:23.92 Shelby Houlihan United States 10 JUL 2020 Portland [17]
15 14:24.68 Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey 11 JUN 2004 Bergen
16 14:25.34 Francine Niyonsaba Burundi 03 SEP 2021 Brussels [18]
17 14:26.34 Karissa Schweizer United States 10 JUL 2020 Portland [17]
18 14:26.76 Konstanze Klosterhalfen Germany 03 AUG 2019 Berlin [19]
19 14:26.80 Fantu Worku Ethiopia 01 JUL 2021 Oslo
20 14:27.12 Margaret Kipkemboi Kenya 03 SEP 2021 Brussels [18]
21 14:27.55 Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui Kenya 01 SEP 2017 Brussels [20]
22 14:28.09 Jiang Bo China 23 OCT 1997 Shanghai
23 14:28.39 Sentayehu Ejigu Ethiopia 16 JUL 2010 Paris
24 14:28.55 Eilish McColgan United Kingdom 01 JUL 2021 Oslo
25 14:29.11 Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom 20 JUN 2004 Bydgoszcz
Olympic medalists[edit]
Men[edit]
Two men have won the Olympic 5000 metres on two occasions, both times back-to-back. Lasse Virén of Finland was the first to achieve the feat, winning the title in 1972 in Munich, before retaining the title in 1976 in Montreal. Mo Farah of Great Britain matched the achievement, winning the title in 2012 in London, and retaining it four years later in Rio de Janeiro. Both men achieved 5000 metre – 10,000 metre doubles on both occasions.
Finnish legend Paavo Nurmi is the only male runner to have won three Olympic medals at the distance, a gold and two silvers between 1920 and 1928.
Women[edit]
Only one woman has won the Olympic 5000 metres title twice, Ethiopian Meseret Defar winning in Athens in 2004, taking silver behind compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba in 2008, before regaining the title in London in 2012. Defar and Dibaba are the only athletes with three Olympic medals at the distance, with both reaching the podium in 2004, 2008 and 2012.
World Championship Medalists[edit]
Men[edit]
In the World Championships, Great Britain’s Mo Farah stands alone, the most successful and most decorated athlete in the event with three gold medals (2011, 2013 and 2015) and four medals in total (including silver in 2017) between 2011 and 2017. Kenya’s Ismael Kirui was the first athlete to win the title twice in 1993 and 1995, and Ethiopia’s Muktar Edris the third between 2017 and 2019.
Women[edit]
Romania’s Gabriela Szabo won the title twice between 1995 and 1997. Since then four African runners – two Kenyan, two Ethiopian – have repeated the feat; Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar of Ethiopia and Vivian Cheruiyot and Hellen Obiri of Kenya. Meseret Defar’s five medals – 2 gold, a silver and two bronze won between 2005 and 2013 – are the most won in the event by any athlete.
Season’s bests[edit]
“i” indicates indoor performance.
See also[edit]
National champions 5000 metres (men)
National champions 5000 metres (women)
References[edit]
^ “– 5000 Metre Records – Outdoor”. Iaaf.org. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
^ “– 5000 Metre Records – Indoor”. Iaaf.org. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
^ “All-time men’s best 5000 metres”. alltime-athletics.com. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^ “Cheptegei breaks world 5000m record in Monaco as Diamond League action returns”. World Athletics. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
^ Jump up to: a b c “5000m Results” (PDF). sportresult.com. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e “5000 Metres Results”. IAAF. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ “Moh Ahmed Erupts For 12:47 5k, Fastest Ever On U.S. Soil”. FloTrack. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^ “European 5000m record of 12:48.45 for Ingebrigtsen in Florence”. European Athletics. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ Bob Ramsak (8 September 2020). “Kiplimo, Crouser, Kipyegon and Taylor impress in Ostrava”. World Athletics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ “All-time women’s best 5000 metres”. alltime-athletics.com. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
^ Phil Minshull (7 October 2020). “Cheptegei and Gidey break world records in Valencia”. World Athletics. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ “5000m Results” (PDF). sportresult.com. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b c Hannah Borenstein (8 June 2021). “Gidey breaks 10,000m world record in Hengelo”. World Athletics. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ “IAAF Diamond League Paris 2015 – 5000m W Results”. IAAF. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
^ “5000m Results” (PDF). sportresult.com. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c Bob Ramsak (21 July 2019). “Obiri and Fraser-Pryce shine in London – IAAF Diamond League”. IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
^ Jump up to: a b Jon Mulkeen (12 July 2020). “Ahmed and Houlihan smash North American 5000m records, Fraser-Pryce clocks 11.00”. World Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^ Jump up to: a b “5000m Result” (PDF). sportresult.com. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
^ Germany, Süddeutsche de GmbH, Munich (3 August 2019). “Klosterhalfen stellt deutschen Rekord über 5000 Meter auf”. Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 3 August 2019.
^ “5000m Results” (PDF). sportresult.com. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
External links[edit]
IAAF list of 5000-metres records in XML
ARRS: Yearly Rankings – 5000 metres Outdoor Track
All-time Masters men’s 5000 m list
All-time Masters women’s 5000 m list
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/5000_metres
5000 metres
Contributors to Wikimedia projects10-13 minutes 5/6/2005
This article is about track racing. For road racing, see 5K run.
Athletics
5000 metres
Osaka07 D6A M5000M Heat2-2.jpg
Runners in the 5000 metres at IAAF World Championships in Osaka 2007.
World records
Men Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 12:35.36 (2020)
Women Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) 14:06.62 (2020)
Olympic records
Men Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:57.82 (2008)
Women Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:26.17 (2016)
World Championship records
Men Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 12:52.79 (2003)
Women Hellen Obiri (KEN) 14:26.72 (2019)
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5K
5 kilometers = 3.1 miles
(1 kilometer = 0.6214 miles)
i ran a spring lake 5-mile run in 2007…i traveled from my apartment in the east village…i ran it in 35 minutes (for a 7-minute mile pace)…
ran a few “robert beckert 5Ks”…
(start @ watchung hills driveway)
(to front parking lot)
(down to the traffic light)
(make a right and then make a left at some random suburban road)
(loop around)
(the heaths cheering us on)
(it was just a spectacle really)
2008:
(diganci blew me off)
(nina horowitz cheered me on)
(i led the race for awhile)
(then a lady passed me)
(lusted after season shobin)
(the proverbial “jap” seemed the motivator of the day)
(i don’t believed i placed for my age/sex group)
2009:
i hooked up with devon macgilivray the night before…and i had gotten really drunk at olivia kenwell’s graduation party…
(the chemidlin mother + grandmother watched me run)
(i arrived there minutes before it started)
(i outran some tall gawky guy at the end of the race)
(wasn’t the guy i wanted to beat)
(but there were too many “hotshots” there for me to compete with)
(listened to ‘jet’ on my iphone)
(hadzitheodorou at the top)
(she didn’t say a word to me)
(thought i’d see hauer / it was really only sarah buccarelli)
(kristin beckert + mike buccarelli both kissed my ass)
(i gave he and neil cornelisse CDs)
6 JUNE 2010:
(sunday)
(there will be a lot of people there to market to)
(i was preparing for the performance @ watchung arts center)
time: 22 minutes
(third place in 25-29 age group)
(i ran 7 minute miles)
(same pace as spring lake back in 2007)
(so this means i’m in decline)
should’ve gotten more flyers…
got there 5 minutes before race…
little girl set my pace at first
(then she fell behind)
(then i followed ed)
(then he went ahead)
(i had an untied shoe for the last half of the race but didn’t feel like tying it)
(the tall dude beat me this year)
(i beat him last year)
(talked to bill ard / alex caruso)
(some guy told me ‘there’s lots of room on the other side’)
(missus caruso looks old / ran in 32 minutes)
(pow wow with bill ard / joe gatti/ tom diganci / jay stewart)
(ticket for ice cream)
(bagels / waters sprawled on table)
(saw heath on train back to summit / said nothing)
(i hate those kids)
(got water)
(mother’s milk in coffee wasn’t so good)
(got decent 5 hours sleep)
(didn’t feel like going)
(emily’s attention was diverted by grown men lusting after her)
(little kid passed me at the end)
(eric sa doppelganger?)
(50-year-old woman beat me and mom!)
(ed used to run them in 17+ minutes)
(did 20+ because he is 51 years old)
(cornelisse is a trainer @ lifetime fitness)
(kopecki is a dweeb)
(talked to old woman)
(and mother / son duo)
(deli also did car flyers)
(because breeze was strong)
(probably be liable for a dozen broken windshield wipers)
(buc smokes bowls)
(caruso didn’t know i was a great runner)
(stewart left the band as bassist)
(buc only knew aaron fragnito)
(bearded man behind me)
(other teenage boy never caught back up)
(the beckerts don’t give a shit about me)
(they wouldn’t warmly receive me into their home)
(buc remembered i was hungover last year)
(helped hold up tent)
(go to gym with flyers!!!)
(ard mentioned a musician named black joe louis like ingrassia)
(he’s listening to mick jagger?)
(ard said my music would make him not want to finish the race)
(what the hell does that mean?)
(curl up in fetal position)
(i said i’m better than whatever black singer of the moment he was touting)
(his youngest son going to rutgers?)
(only for the parents)
(neil cornelisse and joe standish)
after the race, i wrote + recorded “forgotten sons”…
i ran a “superhero” 10K race with cheryl in 2010…
i ran a cherry blossom 10K with cheryl in april 2011…i had been suffering from diarrhea all week…and i had stopped running after my romance with emma…
49:03.76
(for a 7:53 mile pace)
(shows my decline)
(that was roughly my mile pace for my marathon run almost 3 yeas ago)
the top time was 31:08.56
(a 17-year-old named edward cheserek from newark NJ)
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