20,000 metres

Long distance running event

This article is about the track race and is not to be confused with 20K run, the same distance run on a road.

The 20,000 metres (approximately 12.43 mi or 65,617 ft) is a rarely contested long-distance running event in track and field competitions; most world records in the event have been set during half marathons and one-hour races, as a half marathon is roughly 21,000 meters.

## World Records

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+ = indicates a time was taken at an intermediate distance in a longer race

### Men

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* Zersenay Tadese in the lead pack of the 2013 Prague Half MarathonUpdated January 2024.

Event  | Result  | Athlete  | Nationality  | Date  | Place  | Meeting  | Citation

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20,000 m (track)  | 56:20.02+ | Bashir Abdi |  Belgium  | 4 September 2020  | Brussels | Memorial Van Damme | [1]
20 km (road)  | 54:29+ | Jacob Kiplimo |  Uganda  | 21 Nov 2021  | Lisbon | Lisbon Half Marathon | [2]

### Women

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* Correct as of January 2024.

Event  | Result  | Athlete  | Nationality  | Date  | Place  | Meeting  | Citation

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20,000 m (track)  | 1:05:26.6  | Tegla Loroupe |  Kenya  | 3 Sep 2000  | Borgholzhausen |  | [3]
20 km (road)  | 59:35+ | Letesenbet Gidey |  Ethiopia  | 24 Oct 2021  | Valencia | Valencia Half Marathon | [4]

## All-time top 25

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* \+ = en route to longer performance
* h = hand timed

### Men

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* Updated September 2022.

Rank  | Result (m)  | Athlete  | Nation  | Date  | Place  | Ref

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1  | 56:20.02+ | Bashir Abdi |  Belgium  | 4 September 2020  | Brussels | [1]
2  | 56:20.30+ | Mo Farah |  Great Britain  | 4 September 2020  | Brussels  | [5]
3  | 56:20.55+ | Sabastian Sawe |  Kenya  | 2 September 2022  | Brussels  | [6]
4  | 56:26.0+ | Haile Gebrselassie |  Ethiopia  | 27 June 2007  | Ostrava | [7]
5  | 56:51.60+ | Sondre Nordstad Moen |  Norway  | 7 August 2020  | Kristiansand | [8]
6  | 56:55.6+ h | Arturo Barrios |  Mexico  | 30 March 1991  | La Fléche |
7  | 57:07.41+ | Kibiwott Kandie |  Kenya  | 2 September 2022  | Brussels  | [9]
8  | 57:18.4+ h | Dionisio Castro |  Portugal  | 31 March 1990  | La Flèche |
9  | 57:24.2+ | Jos Hermens |  Netherlands  | 1 May 1976  | Arnhem |
10  | 57:28.7+ h | Carl Thackery |  Great Britain  | 31 March 1990  | La Flèche |
11  | 57:44.4+ h | Gaston Roelants |  Belgium  | 20 September 1972  | Brussels  |
12  | 57:48.7  | Toshihiko Seko |  Japan  | 11 May 1985  | Odawara |
13  | 57:50.25+ | Morhad Amdouni |  France  | 19 September 2020  | Lucciana |
14  | 58:17.3+ | Daniel Mateo |  Spain  | 20 April 2021  | La Nucía | [10]
15  | 58:18.4+ | Bertrand Itsweire |  France  | 31 March 1990  | La Flèche |
16  | 58:25.0  | Bill Rodgers |  United States  | 9 August 1977  | Boston |
17  | 58:30.2+ | Werner Schildhauer |  Germany  | 29 April 1983  | Cottbus |
18  | 58:37.2+ h | Rob de Castella |  Australia  | 17 April 1982  | Rome |
19  | 58:37.8+ h | Mariano Haro |  Spain  | 9 August 1975  | San Sebastián |
20  | 58:53.6+ | Girmaw Amare |  Israel  | 26 January 2020  | Tel Aviv |
21  | 58:43.8 h | Franco Fava |  Italy  | 9 April 1977  | Rome |
22  | 59:02.0 h | Rashid Sharafetdinov |  Soviet Union  | 2 May 1971  | Leningrad |
23  | 59:14.02  | Stéphane Schweickhardt |  Switzerland  | 15 April 1998  | Martigny |
24  | 59:19.0  | András Fancsali |  Hungary  | 15 April 1978  | Budapest |
25  | 59:24.8+ | Leszek Bebło |  Poland  | 31 March 1990  | La Flèche |

### Women

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* Updated September 2022.

Rank  | Result  | Athlete  | Nation  | Date  | Place  | Ref

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1  | 1:05:26.6  | Tegla Loroupe |  Kenya  | 3 September 2000  | Borgholzhausen |
2  | 1:05:35.3  | Dire Tune |  Ethiopia  | 17 June 2009  | Ostrava |
3  | 1:06:48.8  | Izumi Maki |  Japan  | 19 September 1993  | Amagasaki |
4  | 1:06:55.5  | Rosa Mota |  Portugal  | 14 May 1983  | Lisbon |
5  | 1:07:19.9  | Naomi Sakashita |  Japan  | 10 October 1995  | Amagasaki |
6  | 1:07:47.0  | Kaori Kumura |  Japan  | 19 September 1993  | Amagasaki |
7  | 1:07:49.9  | Rika Ota |  Japan  | 17 June 1992  | Akashi |
8  | 1:07:52.0  | Midori Shimizu |  Japan  | 1 October 1994  | Amagasaki |
9  | 1:08:07.6  | Megumi Fujiwara |  Japan  | 17 June 1992  | Akashi |
10  | 1:08:46.6  | Takako Kobayashi |  Japan  | 1 October 1994  | Amagasaki |
11  | 1:08:51.9  | Junko Asari |  Japan  | 17 June 1992  | Akashi |
12  | 1:08:52.6  | Nanae Sasaki |  Japan  | 29 May 1984  | Tokyo |
13  | 1:08:59.2  | Aki Yasaki |  Japan  | 17 June 1992  | Akashi |
14  | 1:09:19.1  | Chiyuki Ona |  Japan  | 17 June 1992  | Akashi |
15  | 1:09:53.0  | Blandine Bitzner |  France  | 13 May 2000  | La Celle-Saint-Cloud |
16  | 1:10:30.4+ | Helena Javornik |  Slovenia  | 19 July 2006  | Maribor |
17  | 1:10:35.0  | Leah Malot |  Kenya  | 17 June 2009  | Ostrava |
18  | 1:10:50.2  | Christa Vahlensieck |  West Germany  | 25 October 1975  | Essen |
19  | 1:10:56.6  | Ágnes Özéné Sipka |  Hungary  | 16 October 1988  | Székesfehérvár |
20  | 1:11:00.0  | Miki Kitajima |  Japan  | 20 September 1993  | Amagasaki |
21  | 1:11:05.0+ | Judit Nagy |  Hungary  | 22 October 1989  | Székesfehérvár |
22  | 1:11:17.6  | Chiara Mainetti |  Argentina  | 18 June 2022  | Buenos Aires  |
23  | 1:11:48.9+ | Karolina Szabo |  Hungary  | 23 April 1988  | Budapest |
24  | 1:12:44  | Maria Luisa Irizar |  Spain  | 23 June 1985  | Laredo |
25  |  |  |  |  |  |

## In popular culture

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Tegla Loroupe's 20,000 meter world record was mentioned in Chapter 1, problem 64P of Chemistry (Seventh Edition) by John E. McMurry, Robert C. Fay, and Jill Kirsten Robinson. [11]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Hassan and Farah smash world one hour records in Brussels". European Athletics. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
2. ^ "Jacob Kiplimo 2021 Lisbon Half Marathon Result". sporthive.com. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
3. ^ "IAAF: Women's outdoor 20,000 Metres | Records | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
4. ^ "Letesenbet Gidey 2021 Valencia Half Marathon Result". valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
5. ^ Rich Perelman (4 September 2020). "THE TICKER: Three world records: for Farah, Abdi and Hassan in Brussels; another win for van Aert at Le Tour; double death for Iranian wrestler?". thesportsexaminer.com. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
6. ^ "Wanda Diamond League – One Hour Run Results and Split Times" (PDF). sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
7. ^ "IAAF: Men's outdoor 20,000 Metres | Records | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
8. ^ "2020 Stadionmila Kristiansand Results" (PDF). stadionmila.no/. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
9. ^ "Wanda Diamond League – One Hour Run Results and Split Times" (PDF). sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
10. ^ "Dani Mateo tritura el récord de España de la hora: 20.593 metros". soycorredor.es (in Spanish). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
11. ^ "Chegg.com". www.chegg.com. Retrieved 2018-08-07.

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