5000 metres

Long-distance track running event

This article is about track racing. For road racing, see 5K run.

Athletics
5000 metres

Runners in the 5000 metres at IAAF World Championships in Osaka 2007

World records
Men|  Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 12:35.36 (2020)
Women|  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 14:00.21 (2023)
Short track world records
Men|  Grant Fisher (USA) 12:44.09 (2025)
Women|  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 14:18.86 (2015)
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)
World junior (U20) records
Men|  Selemon Barega (ETH) 12:43.02 (2018)
Women|  Medina Eisa (ETH) 14:16.54 (2023)

The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to 3 miles 188 yards or 16,404 feet 2 inches. 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 400 m track, or 25 laps on an indoor 200 m 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. World Athletics keeps official records for both outdoor and indoor 5000-metre track events.[1][2]

## 3 miles

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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.

## Continental records

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* Updated 17 September 2023.[3][4]

Area  | Men  | Women

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Africa (records) | 12:35.36 WR | Joshua Cheptegei |  Uganda | 14:00.21 WR | Gudaf Tsegay |  Ethiopia
Asia (records) | 12:51.96 | Albert Rop |  Bahrain | 14:28.09 | Jiang Bo |  China
Europe (records) | 12:45.01 | Mohamed Katir |  Spain | 14:13.42 | Sifan Hassan |  Netherlands
North, Central America
and Caribbean (records) | 12:46.96 | Grant Fisher |  United States | 14:19.45 | Alicia Monson |  United States
Oceania (records) | 12:55.76 | Craig Mottram |  Australia | 14:39.89 | Kimberley Smith |  New Zealand
South America (records) | 13:05.95 | Santiago Catrofe |  Uruguay | 14:47.76 | Joselyn Daniely Brea |  Venezuela

## All-time top 25

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See also: 5000 metres world record progression

Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 5000m times and the top 25 athletes:

\- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 5000m times
\- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 5000m times, by repeat athletes
\- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 5000m times

### Men (outdoor)

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* Updated May 2024.[5]

Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref.

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1 | 1 | 12:35.36 | Joshua Cheptegei |  Uganda | 14 August 2020 | Monaco | [6]
2 | 2 | 12:36.73 | Hagos Gebrhiwet |  Ethiopia | 30 May 2024 | Oslo | [7]
3 | 3 | 12:37.35 | Kenenisa Bekele |  Ethiopia | 31 May 2004 | Hengelo |
4 | 4 | 12:38.95 | Yomif Kejelcha |  Ethiopia | 30 May 2024 | Oslo | [7]
5 | 5 | 12:39.36 | Haile Gebrselassie |  Ethiopia | 13 June 1998 | Helsinki |
6 | 6 | 12:39.74 | Daniel Komen |  Kenya | 22 August 1997 | Brussels |
| 7 | 12:40.18 | K. Bekele #2 |  | 1 July 2005 | Saint-Denis |
7  | 8  | 12:40.45  | Berihu Aregawi |  Ethiopia | 30 June 2023  | Lausanne | [8]
8  | 9  | 12:40.96  | Jacob Kiplimo |  Uganda | 30 May 2024  | Oslo | [7]
| 10  | 12:41.61  | Cheptegei #2 |  | 30 June 2023  | Lausanne | [8]
11 | 12:41.73 | Kejelcha #2 | 15 June 2023 | Oslo | [9]
Kiplimo #2 | 15 June 2023 | Oslo | [9]
13 | 12:41.86 | Gebrselassie #2 | 13 August 1997 | Zürich |
14 | 12:42.18 | Gebrhiwet #2 | 21 July 2023 | Monaco | [10]
15 | 12:42.58 | Aregawi #2 | 21 July 2023 | Monaco | [10]
9  | 16  | 12:42.70  | Telahun Haile Bekele |  Ethiopia | 21 July 2023 | Monaco | [10]
10 | 17 | 12:43.02 | Selemon Barega |  Ethiopia | 31 August 2018 | Brussels | [11]
| 18 | 12:44.39 | Gebrselassie #3 |  | 16 August 1995 | Zürich |
19 | 12:44.90 | Komen #2 | 13 August 1997 | Zürich |
11  | 20  | 12:45.01  | Mohamed Katir |  Spain | 21 July 2023  | Monaco | [10]
| 21 | 12:45.09 | Komen #3 |  | 14 August 1996 | Zürich |
12  | 22  | 12:45.71  | Jacob Krop |  Kenya | 2 September 2022  | Brussels | [12]
| 23 | 12:45.82 | Gebrhiwet #3 |  | 31 August 2018 | Brussels | [11]
24 | 12:46.02 | Krop #2 | 21 July 2023 | Monaco | [10]
25 | 12:46.21 | T. H. Bekele #2 | 15 June 2023 | Oslo | [9]
13  |  | 12:46.33  | Nicholas Kimeli |  Kenya | 9 June 2022  | Rome | [13]
14 | 12:46.53 | Eliud Kipchoge |  Kenya | 2 July 2004 | Rome |
15 | 12:46.81 | Dejen Gebremeskel |  Ethiopia | 6 July 2012 | Saint-Denis | [14]
16  | 12:46.96  | Grant Fisher |  United States | 2 September 2022  | Brussels | [12]
17 | 12:47.04 | Sileshi Sihine |  Ethiopia | 2 July 2004 | Rome |
18 | 12:47.20 | Mohammed Ahmed |  Canada | 10 July 2020 | Portland | [15]
19 | 12:48.10 | Thierry Ndikumwenayo |  Spain | 30 May 2024 | Oslo | [7]
20 | 12:48.45 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen |  Norway | 10 June 2021 | Florence | [16]
21 | 12:48.64 | Isaiah Koech |  Kenya | 6 July 2012 | Saint-Denis | [14]
22 | 12:48.66 | Isaac Kiprono Songok |  Kenya | 18 August 2006 | Zürich |
23 | 12:48.77 | Yenew Alamirew |  Ethiopia | 6 July 2012 | Saint-Denis | [14]
24 | 12:48.81 | Stephen Cherono |  Kenya | 12 June 2003 | Ostrava |
25 | 12:49.04 | Thomas Longosiwa |  Kenya | 6 July 2012 | Saint-Denis |

### Women (outdoor)

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* Updated September 2024.[17]

Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref.

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1  | 1  | 14:00.21  | Gudaf Tsegay |  Ethiopia | 17 September 2023  | Eugene | [18]
2  | 2  | 14:05.20  | Faith Kipyegon |  Kenya | 9 June 2023  | Paris | [19]
3  | 3  | 14:05.92  | Beatrice Chebet |  Kenya | 17 September 2023  | Eugene | [18]
4 | 4 | 14:06.62 | Letesenbet Gidey |  Ethiopia | 7 October 2020 | Valencia | [20]
| 5  | 14:07.94  | Gidey #2 |  | 9 June 2023  | Paris | [19]
6  | 14:08.79  | Gidey #3 | 3 September 2023  | Berlin | [21]
7  | 14:09.52  | Chebet #2 | 5 September 2024  | Zurich | [22]
8  | 14:09.82  | Chebet #3 | 14 September 2024  | Brussels | [23]
5 | 9 | 14:11.15 | Tirunesh Dibaba |  Ethiopia | 6 June 2008 | Oslo |
| 10  | 14:12.29  | Tsegay #2 |  | 23 July 2023  | London | [24]
6 | 11 | 14:12.59 | Almaz Ayana |  Ethiopia | 2 June 2016 | Rome | [25]
7 | 12 | 14:12.88 | Meseret Defar |  Ethiopia | 22 July 2008 | Stockholm |
| 13  | 14:12.92  | Chebet #4 |  | 23 July 2023  | London | [24]
8  | 14  | 14:12.98  | Ejgayehu Taye |  Ethiopia | 27 May 2022  | Eugene | [26]
| 15  | 14:13.31  | Taye #2 |  | 9 June 2023  | Paris | [19]
16 | 14:13.32 | Tsegay #3 | 8 June 2021 | Hengelo | [27]
9  | 17  | 14:13.42  | Sifan Hassan |  Netherlands | 23 July 2023  | London | [24]
| 18 | 14:14.09 | Taye #3 |  | 8 June 2021 | Hengelo | [27]
19 | 14:14.32 | Ayana #2 | 17 May 2015 | Shanghai |
10 | 20 | 14:15.24 | Senbere Teferi |  Ethiopia | 8 June 2021 | Hengelo | [27]
11 | 21 | 14:15.41 | Genzebe Dibaba |  Ethiopia | 4 July 2015 | Saint-Denis | [28]
| 22 | 14:16.31 | Ayana #3 |  | 22 May 2016 | Rabat |
12 | 23 | 14:16.54 | Medina Eisa |  Ethiopia | 23 July 2023 | London | [29]
| 24 | 14:16.63 | Defar #2 |  | 15 June 2007 | Oslo |
13 | 25 | 14:18.37 | Hellen Obiri |  Kenya | 8 June 2017 | Rome | [30]
14 |  | 14:18.76 | Tsigie Gebreselama |  Ethiopia | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | [31]
15 | 14:19.45 | Alicia Monson |  United States | 23 July 2023 | London | [29]
16 | 14:20.61 | Freweyni Hailu |  Ethiopia | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | [31]
17 | 14:20.68 | Agnes Tirop |  Kenya | 21 July 2019 | London | [32]
18 | 14:20.87 | Vivian Cheruiyot |  Kenya | 29 July 2011 | Stockholm |
19 | 14:22.76 | Aynadis Mebratu |  Ethiopia | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | [31]
20  | 14:23.05  | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk |  Kenya | 9 June 2023  | Paris | [19]
21  | 14:23.67  | Margaret Kipkemboi |  Kenya | 9 June 2023  | Paris | [19]
22  | 14:23.71  | Birke Haylom |  Ethiopia | 25 May 2024  | Eugene | [31]
23  | 14:23.75  | Liliya Shobukhova |  Russia | 19 July 2008  | Kazan |
24 | 14:23.92 | Shelby Houlihan |  United States | 10 July 2020 | Portland | [33]
25 | 14:24.68 | Elvan Abeylegesse |  Turkey | 11 June 2004 | Bergen |

### Men (indoor)

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* Updated 2 March 2025.[34]

Ath.# | Perf.# | Time  | Athlete  | Nation  | Date  | Place  | Ref.

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1  | 1  | 12:44.09  | Grant Fisher |  United States | 14 February 2025  | Boston | [35]
2  | 2  | 12:49.60  | Kenenisa Bekele |  Ethiopia | 20 February 2004  | Birmingham |
3  | 3  | 12:50.38  | Haile Gebrselassie |  Ethiopia | 14 February 1999  | Birmingham |
4  | 4  | 12:51.48  | Daniel Komen |  Kenya | 19 February 1998  | Stockholm |
5  | 5  | 12:51.56  | Nico Young |  United States | 2 March 2025  | Boston | [36]
6  | 6  | 12:51.61  | William Kincaid |  United States | 27 January 2023  | Boston | [37]
| 7  | 12:51.84  | Fisher #2 |  | 16 February 2024  | Boston | [38]
7  | 8  | 12:53.29  | Isiah Koech |  Kenya | 11 February 2011  | Düsseldorf |
| 9  | 12:53.73  | Fisher #3 |  | 12 February 2022  | Boston |
8  | 10  | 12:54.92  | Jimmy Gressier |  France | 14 February 2025  | Boston | [39]
9  | 11  | 12:54.99  | Joe Klecker |  United States | 27 January 2023  | Boston | [37]
10  | 12  | 12:55.02  | Adriaan Wildschutt |  South Africa | 2 March 2025  | Boston | [36]
11  | 13  | 12:55.72  | Eliud Kipchoge |  Kenya | 11 February 2011  | Düsseldorf |
| 14  | 12:56.76  | Wildschutt #2 |  | 26 January 2024  | Boston | [40]
12  | 15  | 12:56.87  | Mohammed Ahmed |  Canada | 12 February 2022  | Boston |
13  | 16  | 12:57.08  | Marc Scott |  Great Britain | 12 February 2022  | Boston |
| 17  | 12:57.14  | Young #2 |  | 26 January 2024  | Boston | [40]
14  | 18  | 12:57.52  | Edwin Kurgat |  Kenya | 26 January 2024  | Boston | [41]
15  | 19  | 12:57.82  | Cole Hocker |  United States | 21 February 2025  | Boston | [42]
16  | 20  | 12:57.97  | Cooper Teare |  United States | 21 February 2025  | Boston | [42]
17  | 21  | 12:58.67  | Thomas Longosiwa |  Kenya | 10 February 2012  | Düsseldorf |
18  | 22  | 12:58.68  | George Mills |  Great Britain | 26 January 2024  | Boston | [41]
19  | 23  | 12:58.73  | Sam Atkin |  Great Britain | 26 January 2024  | Boston | [40]
| 24  | 12:59.04  | Gebrselassie #2 |  | 20 February 1997  | Stockholm |
20  | 25  | 12:59.43  | Jack Rayner |  Australia | 21 February 2025  | Boston | [42]
21  |  | 12:59.77  | Gulveer Singh |  India | 21 February 2025  | Boston | [42]
22  | 12:59.89  | Graham Blanks |  United States | 7 December 2024  | Boston | [43]
23  | 13:00.48  | Emmanuel Bor |  United States | 12 February 2022  | Boston |
24  | 13:01.26  | Galen Rupp |  United States | 16 January 2014  | Boston |
25  | 13:02.09  | Yared Nuguse |  United States | 26 January 2024  | Boston | [41]

### Women (indoor)

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* Updated 16 February 2025.[44]

Ath.# | Perf.# | Time  | Athlete  | Nation  | Date  | Place  | Ref.

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1  | 1  | 14:18.86  | Genzebe Dibaba |  Ethiopia | 19 February 2015  | Stockholm |
2  | 2  | 14:24.37  | Meseret Defar |  Ethiopia | 18 February 2009  | Stockholm |
| 3  | 14:24.79  | Defar #2 |  | 10 February 2010  | Stockholm |
3  | 4  | 14:27.42  | Tirunesh Dibaba |  Ethiopia | 27 January 2007  | Boston |
4  | 5  | 14:30.79  | Konstanze Klosterhalfen |  Germany | 27 February 2020  | Boston |
5  | 6  | 14:31.38  | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford |  Canada | 11 February 2022  | Boston |
| 7  | 14:32.93  | T. Dibaba #2 |  | 29 January 2005  | Boston |
6  | 8  | 14:33.17  | Elise Cranny |  United States | 11 February 2022  | Boston |
| 9  | 14:35.46  | T. Dibaba #3 |  | 28 January 2006  | Boston |
7  | 10  | 14:39.29  | Berhane Adere |  Ethiopia | 31 January 2004  | Stuttgart |
8  | 11  | 14:39.89  | Kimberley Smith |  New Zealand | 27 February 2009  | New York City |
9  | 12  | 14:42.94  | Senayet Getachew |  Ethiopia | 27 January 2024  | Boston | [45]
10  | 13  | 14:43.25  | Fantaye Belayneh |  Ethiopia | 27 January 2024  | Boston | [45]
| 14  | 14:44.53  | T. Dibaba #4 |  | 6 February 2010  | Boston |
11  | 15  | 14:44.94  | Aynadis Mebratu |  Ethiopia | 27 January 2024  | Boston | [45]
12  | 16  | 14:46.37  | Marta Garcia |  Spain | 27 January 2024  | Boston | [45]
13  | 17  | 14:46.51  | Josette Andrews |  United States | 27 January 2024  | Boston | [45]
14  | 18  | 14:46.80  | Sentayehu Ejigu |  Ethiopia | 10 February 2010  | Stockholm |
15  | 19  | 14:47.35  | Gabriela Szabo |  Romania | 13 February 1999  | Dortmund |
| 20  | 14:47.62  | Ejigu #2 |  | 7 February 2009  | Boston |
16  | 21  | 14:47.62  | Shalane Flanagan |  United States | 7 February 2009  | Boston |
| 22  | 14:48.21  | Adere #2 |  | 5 February 2003  | Dortmund |
17  | 23  | 14:48.41  | Whittni Morgan |  United States | 31 January 2025  | Boston | [46]
18  | 24  | 14:48.51  | Vanessa Fraser |  United States | 27 February 2020  | Boston |
19  | 25  | 14:48.75  | Courtney Frerichs |  United States | 11 February 2022  | Boston |
20  |  | 14:49.12  | Laura Muir |  Great Britain | 4 January 2017  | Glasgow |
21  | 14:49.36  | Gete Wami |  Ethiopia | 11 February 2001  | Dortmund |
22  | 14:49.78  | Courtney Wayment |  United States | 27 January 2024  | Boston | [45]
23  | 14:50.89  | Ella Donaghu |  United States | 31 January 2025  | Boston | [46]
24  | 14:51.26  | Nozomi Tanaka |  Japan | 16 February 2025  | Boston |
25  | 14:51.69  | Tegla Loroupe |  Kenya | 13 February 1999  | Dortmund |

## Olympic medalists

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### Men

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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 5000/10000 m doubles on each occasion.

Paavo Nurmi is the only male runner to have won three Olympic medals at the distance; one gold and two silvers between 1920 and 1928.

Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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1912 Stockholm
details | Hannes Kolehmainen
Finland | Jean Bouin
France | George Hutson
Great Britain
1920 Antwerp
details | Joseph Guillemot
France | Paavo Nurmi
Finland | Eric Backman
Sweden
1924 Paris
details | Paavo Nurmi
Finland | Ville Ritola
Finland | Edvin Wide
Sweden
1928 Amsterdam
details | Ville Ritola
Finland | Paavo Nurmi
Finland | Edvin Wide
Sweden
1932 Los Angeles
details | Lauri Lehtinen
Finland | Ralph Hill
United States | Lauri Virtanen
Finland
1936 Berlin
details | Gunnar Höckert
Finland | Lauri Lehtinen
Finland | Henry Jonsson
Sweden
1948 London
details | Gaston Reiff
Belgium | Emil Zátopek
Czechoslovakia | Willem Slijkhuis
Netherlands
1952 Helsinki
details | Emil Zátopek
Czechoslovakia | Alain Mimoun
France | Herbert Schade
Germany
1956 Melbourne
details | Vladimir Kuts
Soviet Union | Gordon Pirie
Great Britain | Derek Ibbotson
Great Britain
1960 Rome
details | Murray Halberg
New Zealand | Hans Grodotzki
United Team of Germany | Kazimierz Zimny
Poland
1964 Tokyo
details | Bob Schul
United States | Harald Norpoth
United Team of Germany | Bill Dellinger
United States
1968 Mexico City
details | Mohammed Gammoudi
Tunisia | Kipchoge Keino
Kenya | Naftali Temu
Kenya
1972 Munich
details | Lasse Virén
Finland | Mohammed Gammoudi
Tunisia | Ian Stewart
Great Britain
1976 Montreal
details | Lasse Virén
Finland | Dick Quax
New Zealand | Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand
West Germany
1980 Moscow
details | Miruts Yifter
Ethiopia | Suleiman Nyambui
Tanzania | Kaarlo Maaninka
Finland
1984 Los Angeles
details | Saïd Aouita
Morocco | Markus Ryffel
Switzerland | António Leitão
Portugal
1988 Seoul
details | John Ngugi
Kenya | Dieter Baumann
West Germany | Hansjörg Kunze
East Germany
1992 Barcelona
details | Dieter Baumann
Germany | Paul Bitok
Kenya | Fita Bayisa
Ethiopia
1996 Atlanta
details | Vénuste Niyongabo
Burundi | Paul Bitok
Kenya | Khalid Boulami
Morocco
2000 Sydney
details | Million Wolde
Ethiopia | Ali Saïdi-Sief
Algeria | Brahim Lahlafi
Morocco
2004 Athens
details | Hicham El Guerrouj
Morocco | Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopia | Eliud Kipchoge
Kenya
2008 Beijing
details | Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopia | Eliud Kipchoge
Kenya | Edwin Soi
Kenya
2012 London
details | Mo Farah
Great Britain | Dejen Gebremeskel
Ethiopia | Thomas Longosiwa
Kenya
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details | Mo Farah
Great Britain | Paul Chelimo
United States | Hagos Gebrhiwet
Ethiopia
2020 Tokyo
details | Joshua Cheptegei
Uganda | Mohammed Ahmed
Canada | Paul Chelimo
United States
2024 Paris
details | Jakob Ingebrigtsen
Norway | Ronald Kwemoi
Kenya | Grant Fisher
United States

### Women

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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.

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1996 Atlanta
details | Wang Junxia
China | Pauline Konga
Kenya | Roberta Brunet
Italy
2000 Sydney
details | Gabriela Szabo
Romania | Sonia O'Sullivan
Ireland | Gete Wami
Ethiopia
2004 Athens
details | Meseret Defar
Ethiopia | Isabella Ochichi
Kenya | Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia
2008 Beijing
details | Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia | Meseret Defar
Ethiopia | Sylvia Kibet
Kenya
2012 London
details | Meseret Defar
Ethiopia | Vivian Cheruiyot
Kenya | Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details | Vivian Cheruiyot
Kenya | Hellen Obiri
Kenya | Almaz Ayana
Ethiopia
2020 Tokyo
details | Sifan Hassan
Netherlands | Hellen Obiri
Kenya | Gudaf Tsegay
Ethiopia
2024 Paris
details | Beatrice Chebet
Kenya | Faith Kipyegon
Kenya | Sifan Hassan
Netherlands

## World Championships medalists

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### Men

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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.

Championships  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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1983 Helsinki
details |  Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) |  Werner Schildhauer (GDR) |  Martti Vainio (FIN)
1987 Rome
details |  Saïd Aouita (MAR) |  Domingos Castro (POR) |  Jack Buckner (GBR)
1991 Tokyo
details |  Yobes Ondieki (KEN) |  Fita Bayisa (ETH) |  Brahim Boutayeb (MAR)
1993 Stuttgart
details |  Ismael Kirui (KEN) |  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) |  Fita Bayisa (ETH)
1995 Gothenburg
details |  Ismael Kirui (KEN) |  Khalid Boulami (MAR) |  Shem Kororia (KEN)
1997 Athens
details |  Daniel Komen (KEN) |  Khalid Boulami (MAR) |  Tom Nyariki (KEN)
1999 Seville
details |  Salah Hissou (MAR) |  Benjamin Limo (KEN) |  Mohammed Mourhit (BEL)
2001 Edmonton
details |  Richard Limo (KEN) |  Million Wolde (ETH) |  John Kibowen (KEN)
2003 Saint-Denis
details |  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) |  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) |  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
2005 Helsinki
details |  Benjamin Limo (KEN) |  Sileshi Sihine (ETH) |  Craig Mottram (AUS)
2007 Osaka
details |  Bernard Lagat (USA) |  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) |  Moses Kipsiro (UGA)
2009 Berlin
details |  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) |  Bernard Lagat (USA) |  James Kwalia (QAT)
2011 Daegu
details |  Mo Farah (GBR) |  Bernard Lagat (USA) |  Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH)
2013 Moscow
details |  Mo Farah (GBR) |  Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) |  Isiah Koech (KEN)
2015 Beijing
details |  Mo Farah (GBR) |  Caleb Ndiku (KEN) |  Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH)
2017 London
details |  Muktar Edris (ETH) |  Mo Farah (GBR) |  Paul Chelimo (USA)
2019 Doha
details |  Muktar Edris (ETH) |  Selemon Barega (ETH) |  Mohammed Ahmed (CAN)
2022 Eugene
details |  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) |  Jacob Krop  (KEN) |  Oscar Chelimo (UGA)
2023 Budapest
details |  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) |  Mohamed Katir (ESP) |  Jacob Krop  (KEN)

### Women

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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.

Championships  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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1995 Gothenburg
details |  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) |  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) |  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)
1997 Athens
details |  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) |  Roberta Brunet (ITA) |  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
1999 Seville
details |  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) |  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR) |  Ayelech Worku (ETH)
2001 Edmonton
details |  Olga Yegorova (RUS) |  Marta Dominguez (ESP) |  Ayelech Worku (ETH)
2003 Saint-Denis
details |  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) |  Marta Dominguez (ESP) |  Edith Masai (KEN)
2005 Helsinki
details |  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) |  Meseret Defar (ETH) |  Ejegayehu Dibaba (ETH)
2007 Osaka
details |  Meseret Defar (ETH) |  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) |  Priscah Jepleting Cherono (KEN)
2009 Berlin
details |  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) |  Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (KEN) |  Meseret Defar (ETH)
2011 Daegu
details |  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) |  Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (KEN) |  Meseret Defar (ETH)
2013 Moscow
details |  Meseret Defar (ETH) |  Mercy Cherono (KEN) |  Almaz Ayana (ETH)
2015 Beijing
details |  Almaz Ayana (ETH) |  Senbere Teferi (ETH) |  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)
2017 London
details |  Hellen Obiri (KEN) |  Almaz Ayana (ETH) |  Sifan Hassan (NED)
2019 Doha
details |  Hellen Obiri (KEN) |  Margaret Kipkemboi (KEN) |  Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER)
2022 Eugene
details |  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) |  Beatrice Chebet (KEN) |  Dawit Seyaum (ETH)
2023 Budapest
details |  Faith Kipyegon (KEN) |  Sifan Hassan (NED) |  Beatrice Chebet (KEN)

## Season's bests

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### Men

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| Year  | Time  | Athlete  | Place

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2024 | 12:36.73  |  Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) | Oslo
2023 | 12:40.45  |  Berihu Aregawi (ETH) | Lausanne
2022 | 12:45.71  |  Jacob Krop (KEN) | Brussels
2021 | 12:48.45  |  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | Florence
2020 | 12:35.36  |  Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) | Monaco
2019 | 12:52.98  |  Telahun Haile Bekele (ETH) | Rome
2018 | 12:43.02  |  Selemon Barega (ETH) | Brussels
2017 | 12:55.23  |  Muktar Edris (ETH) | Lausanne
2016 | 12:59.29  |  Mo Farah (GBR) | London
2015 | 12:53.98  |  Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) | Rome
2014 | 12:54.83  |  Muktar Edris (ETH) | Stockholm
2013 | 12:51.34  |  Edwin Soi (KEN) | Monaco
2012 | 12:46.81  |  Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH) | Saint-Denis
2011 | 12:53.11  |  Mo Farah (GBR) | Monaco
2010 | 12:51.21  |  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) | Doha
2009 | 12:52.32  |  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | Zürich
2008 | 12:50.18  |  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | Zürich
2007 | 12:49.53  |  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | Zaragoza
2006 | 12:48.09  |  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | Brussels
2005 | 12:40.18  |  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | Saint-Denis
2004 | 12:37.35  |  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | Hengelo
2003 | 12:48.81  |  Stephen Cherono (KEN) | Ostrava
2002 | 12:55.85  |  Salah Hissou (MAR) | Rome
2001 | 12:56.72  |  Richard Limo (KEN) | Zürich
2000 | 12:49.28  |  Brahim Lahlafi (MAR) | Brussels
1999 | 12:49.64  |  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | Zürich
1998 | 12:39.36  |  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | Helsinki
1997 | 12:39.74  |  Daniel Komen (KEN) | Brussels
1996 | 12:45.09  |  Daniel Komen (KEN) | Zürich
1995 | 12:44.39  |  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | Zürich
1994 | 12:56.96  |  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | Hengelo
1993 | 13:02.75  |  Ismael Kirui (KEN) | Stuttgart
1992 | 13:00.93  |  Moses Kiptanui (KEN) | Brussels
1991 | 13:01.82  |  Yobes Ondieki (KEN) | Zürich
1990 | 13:05.59  |  Salvatore Antibo (ITA) | Bologna
1989 | 13:04.24  |  Yobes Ondieki (KEN) | Oslo
1988 | 13:11.70  |  John Ngugi (KEN) | Seoul
1987 | 12:58.39  |  Saïd Aouita (MAR) | Rome
1986 | 13:00.86  |  Saïd Aouita (MAR) | A Coruña
1985 | 13:00.40  |  Saïd Aouita (MAR) | Oslo
1984 | 13:04.78  |  Saïd Aouita (MAR) | Florence
1983 | 13:08.54  |  Fernando Mamede (POR) | Tokyo
1982 | 13:00.41  |  David Moorcroft (GBR) | Oslo
1981 | 13:06.20  |  Henry Rono (KEN) | Knarvik
1980 | 13:16.38  |  Miruts Yifter (ETH) | Bratislava
1979 | 13:12.29  |  Suleiman Nyambui (TAN) | Stockholm
1978 | 13:08.4  |  Henry Rono (KEN) | Berkeley
1977 | 13:12.86  |  Dick Quax (NZL) | Stockholm
1976 | 13:13.10  |  Dick Quax (NZL) | Stockholm
1975 | 13:18.6  |  Emiel Puttemans (BEL) | Papendal
1974 | 13:14.4  |  Ben Jipcho (KEN) | Christchurch
1973 | 13:14.51  |  Emiel Puttemans (BEL) | Stockholm
1972 | 13:13.0  |  Emiel Puttemans (BEL) | Brussels
1971 | 13:22.2  |  Dave Bedford (GBR) | Edinburgh
1970 | 13:22.8  |  Ian Stewart (GBR) | Edinburgh
1969 | 13:28.96  |  Dick Taylor (GBR) | London
1968 | 13:27.66  |  Ron Clarke (AUS) | London
1967 | 13:18.8  |  Ron Clarke (AUS) | Stockholm
1966 | 13:16.6  |  Ron Clarke (AUS) | Stockholm
1965 | 13:24.2  |  Kipchoge Keino (KEN) | Auckland
1964 | 13:38.0  |  Bob Schul (USA) | Compton
1963 | 13:38.6  |  Pyotr Bolotnikov (URS) | Zürich
1962 | 13:38.4  |  Murray Halberg (NZL) | Auckland
1961 | 13:38.2  |  Murray Halberg (NZL) | Stockholm
1960 | 13:38.1  |  Pyotr Bolotnikov (URS) | Kyiv

### Women

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| Year  | Time  | Athlete  | Place

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2024 | 14:09.52  |  Beatrice Chebet (KEN) | Zurich
2023 | 14:00.21  |  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) | Eugene
2022 | 14:12.98  |  Ejgayehu Taye (ETH) | Eugene
2021 | 14:13.32  |  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) | Hengelo
2020 | 14:06.62  |  Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) | Valencia
2019 | 14:20.36  |  Hellen Obiri (KEN) | London
2018 | 14:21.75  |  Hellen Obiri (KEN) | Rabat
2017 | 14:18.37  |  Hellen Obiri (KEN) | Rome
2016 | 14:12.59  |  Almaz Ayana (ETH) | Rome
2015 | 14:14.32  |  Almaz Ayana (ETH) | Shanghai
2014 | 14:28.88  |  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) | Monaco
2013 | 14:23.68  |  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | Saint-Denis
2012 | 14:35.62  |  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) | Rome
2011 | 14:20.87  |  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) | Stockholm
2010 | 14:24.79 i |  Meseret Defar (ETH) | Stockholm
2009 | 14:24.37 i |  Meseret Defar (ETH) | Stockholm
2008 | 14:11.15  |  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | Oslo
2007 | 14:16.63  |  Meseret Defar (ETH) | Oslo
2006 | 14:24.53  |  Meseret Defar (ETH) | New York City
2005 | 14:28.98  |  Meseret Defar (ETH) | Brussels
2004 | 14:24.68  |  Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) | Bergen
2003 | 14:29.32  |  Berhane Adere (ETH) | Oslo
2002 | 14:31.42  |  Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | Manchester
2001 | 14:29.32  |  Olga Yegorova (RUS) | Berlin
2000 | 14:30.88  |  Getenesh Wami (ETH) | Heusden
1999 | 14:40.59  |  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) | Berlin
1998 | 14:31.48  |  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) | Berlin
1997 | 14:28.09  |  Jiang Bo (CHN) | Shanghai
1996 | 14:41.07  |  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) | Oslo
1995 | 14:36.45  |  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) | Hechtel
1994 | 15:05.94  |  Yelena Romanova (RUS) | Stockholm
1993 | 14:45.92  |  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) | Berlin
1992 | 14:44.15  |  Elana Meyer (RSA) | Bellville
1991 | 14:49.35  |  Elana Meyer (RSA) | Cape Town
1990 | 15:02.23  |  Yelena Romanova (URS) | Seattle
1989 | 14:59.01  |  Kathrin Weßel (GDR) | Stockholm
1988 | 15:03.29  |  Liz McColgan (GBR) | Berlin
1987 | 15:01.08  |  Liz McColgan (GBR) | Oslo
1986 | 14:37.33  |  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | Stockholm
1985 | 14:48.07  |  Zola Budd (GBR) | London
1984 | 14:58.89  |  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | Oslo
1983 | 15:10.65  |  Zola Budd (RSA) | Port Elizabeth
1982 | 15:08.26  |  Mary Slaney (USA) | Eugene
1981 | 15:14.51  |  Paula Fudge (GBR) | Knarvik
1980 | 15:30.6  |  Jan Merrill (USA) | Palo Alto
1979 | 15:33.8  |  Jan Merrill (USA) | Durham
1978 | 15:35.52  |  Kathy Mills (USA) | Knoxville
1977 | 15:37.0  |  Jan Merrill (USA) | Ingelheim
1976 | 16:04.2  |  Nina Holmén (FIN) | Jakobstad
1975 | —  | —  | —
1974 | —  | —  | —
1973 | —  | —  | —
1972 | —  | —  | —
1971 | —  | —  | —
1970 | —  | —  | —
1969 | 15:53.6  |  Paola Pigni (ITA) | Milan
1968 | —  | —  | —
1967 | —  | —  | —
1966 | —  | —  | —
1965 | —  | —  | —
1964 | —  | —  | —
1963 | —  | —  | —
1962 | —  | —  | —
1961 | —  | —  | —
1960 | —  | —  | —

## See also

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* Athletics portal

* National champions 5000 metres (men)
* National champions 5000 metres (women)

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## External links

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* IAAF list of 5000-metres records in XML
* ARRS: Yearly Rankings – 5000 metres Outdoor Track
* All-time Masters men's 5000 m list Archived 2017-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
* All-time Masters women's 5000 m list Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine

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