5000 metres


The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over 12.5 laps of a standard track. The same distance in road running is called a 5K run.
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. The IAAF keeps official records for both outdoor and indoor 5000-metre track events.

3 miles

5000 metres is the slightly longer metric derivative of the 3-mile run, an event common in countries when they were using the imperial measurement system. 3 miles was used in the Commonwealth Games until 1966 and was a championship in the United States in non-Olympic years from 1953 to 1973. It is 12 laps around a quarter-mile, track.

All-time top 25 long-distance runners

Men

PosTimeAthleteDateVenueRef
112:37.3531 May 2004Hengelo
212:39.3613 June 1998Helsinki
312:39.7422 August 1997Brussels
412:43.0231 August 2018Brussels
512:45.8231 August 2018Brussels
612:46.532 July 2004Rome
712:46.7931 August 2018Brussels
812:46.816 July 2012Saint-Denis
912:47.042 July 2004Rome
1012:47.2010 July 2020Portland
1112:48.646 July 2012Saint-Denis
1212:48.6618 August 2006Zürich
1312:48.776 July 2012Saint-Denis
1412:48.8112 June 2003Ostrava
1512:49.046 July 2012Saint-Denis
1612:49.2825 August 2000Brussels
1712:49.506 July 2012Saint-Denis
1812:49.7125 August 2000Brussels
1912:49.8713 August 1997Zürich
2012:50.2412 June 2003Ostrava
2112:50.2526 August 2005Brussels
2212:50.551 June 2008Berlin
2312:50.7214 September 2007Brussels
2412:50.805 June 1996Rome
2512:50.8630 June 2000Rome

Women

PosTimeAthleteDateVenueRef
114:11.156 June 2008Oslo
214:12.592 June 2016Rome
314:12.8822 July 2008Stockholm
414:15.414 July 2015Saint-Denis
514:18.378 June 2017Rome
614:20.6821 July 2019London
714:20.8729 July 2011Stockholm
814:22.1221 July 2019London
914:23.1413 July 2018Rabat
1014:23.3313 July 2018Rabat
1114:23.7519 July 2008Kazan
1214:23.9210 July 2020Portland
1314:24.6811 June 2004Bergen
1414:26.3410 July 2020Portland
1514:26.763 August 2019Berlin
1614:27.495 October 2019Doha
1714:27.551 September 2017Brussels
1814:28.0923 October 1997Shanghai
1914:28.3916 July 2010Saint-Denis
2014:29.1120 June 2004Bydgoszcz
2114:29.3231 August 2001Berlin
2114:29.3227 June 2003Oslo
2314:29.605 October 2019Doha
2414:29.8223 October 1997Shanghai
2514:30.428 September 2011Zürich

Olympic medalists

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Women

World Championships medalists

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Women

Season's bests

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Women