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5000 metres
File:Osaka07 D6A M5000M Heat2-2.jpg
Runners in the 5000 metres at IAAF World Championships in Osaka 2007
World records
MenFile:Flag of Uganda.svg Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 12:35.36 (2020)
WomenFile:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 14:00.21 (2023)
Short track world records
MenFile:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:49.60 (2004)
WomenFile:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 14:18.86 (2015)
Olympic records
MenFile:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:57.82 (2008)
WomenFile:Flag of Kenya.svg Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:26.17 (2016)
World Championship records
MenFile:Flag of Kenya.svg Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 12:52.79 (2003)
WomenFile:Flag of Kenya.svg Hellen Obiri (KEN) 14:26.72 (2019)
World junior (U20) records
MenFile:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Selemon Barega (ETH) 12:43.02 (2018)
WomenFile:Flag of Ethiopia.svg 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+12 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

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 14-mile (402 m; 440 yd; 1,320 ft) track.

Continental records

  • Updated 17 September 2023.[3][4]
Area Men Women
Time Athlete Nation Time Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 12:35.36 WR Joshua Cheptegei File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 14:00.21 WR Gudaf Tsegay File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
Asia (records) 12:51.96 Albert Rop File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 14:28.09 Jiang Bo File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Europe (records) 12:45.01 Mohamed Katir File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 14:13.42 Sifan Hassan File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
12:46.96 Grant Fisher File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 14:19.45 Alicia Monson File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
Oceania (records) 12:55.76 Craig Mottram File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 14:39.89 Kimberley Smith File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
South America (records) 13:11.57 Federico Bruno File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 14:47.76 Joselyn Daniely Brea File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela

All-time top 25

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)

  • Updated May 2024.[5]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 12:35.36 Joshua Cheptegei File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 14 August 2020 Monaco [6]
2 2 12:36.73 Hagos Gebrhiwet File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 30 May 2024 Oslo [7]
3 3 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 31 May 2004 Hengelo
4 4 12:38.95 Yomif Kejelcha File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 30 May 2024 Oslo [8]
5 5 12:39.36 Haile Gebrselassie File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 13 June 1998 Helsinki
6 6 12:39.74 Daniel Komen File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 22 August 1997 Brussels
7 12:40.18 K. Bekele #2 1 July 2005 Saint-Denis
7 8 12:40.45 Berihu Aregawi File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 30 June 2023 Lausanne [9]
8 9 12:40.96 Jacob Kiplimo File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 30 May 2024 Oslo [10]
10 12:41.61 Cheptegei #2 30 June 2023 Lausanne [9]
11 12:41.73 Kejelcha #2 15 June 2023 Oslo [11]
Kiplimo #2 15 June 2023 Oslo [11]
13 12:41.86 Gebrselassie #2 13 August 1997 Zürich
14 12:42.18 Gebrhiwet #2 21 July 2023 Monaco [12]
15 12:42.58 Aregawi #2 21 July 2023 Monaco [12]
9 16 12:42.70 Telahun Haile Bekele File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 21 July 2023 Monaco [12]
10 17 12:43.02 Selemon Barega File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 31 August 2018 Brussels [13]
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 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 21 July 2023 Monaco [12]
21 12:45.09 Komen #3 14 August 1996 Zürich
12 22 12:45.71 Jacob Krop File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2 September 2022 Brussels [14]
23 12:45.82 Gebrhiwet #3 31 August 2018 Brussels [13]
24 12:46.02 Krop #2 21 July 2023 Monaco [12]
25 12:46.21 T. H. Bekele #2 15 June 2023 Oslo [11]
13 12:46.33 Nicholas Kimeli File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 9 June 2022 Rome [15]
14 12:46.53 Eliud Kipchoge File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2 July 2004 Rome
15 12:46.81 Dejen Gebremeskel File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 6 July 2012 Saint-Denis [16]
16 12:46.96 Grant Fisher File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 2 September 2022 Brussels [14]
17 12:47.04 Sileshi Sihine File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 2 July 2004 Rome
18 12:47.20 Mohammed Ahmed File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 10 July 2020 Portland [17]
19 12:48.10 Thierry Ndikumwenayo File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 30 May 2024 Oslo [18]
20 12:48.45 Jakob Ingebrigtsen File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 10 June 2021 Florence [19]
21 12:48.64 Isaiah Koech File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 6 July 2012 Saint-Denis [16]
22 12:48.66 Isaac Kiprono Songok File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 18 August 2006 Zürich
23 12:48.77 Yenew Alamirew File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 6 July 2012 Saint-Denis [16]
24 12:48.81 Stephen Cherono File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 12 June 2003 Ostrava
25 12:49.04 Thomas Longosiwa File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 6 July 2012 Saint-Denis

Women (outdoor)

  • Updated September 2024.[20]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 14:00.21 Gudaf Tsegay File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 17 September 2023 Eugene [21]
2 2 14:05.20 Faith Kipyegon File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 9 June 2023 Paris [22]
3 3 14:05.92 Beatrice Chebet File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 17 September 2023 Eugene [21]
4 4 14:06.62 Letesenbet Gidey File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 7 October 2020 Valencia [23]
5 14:07.94 Gidey #2 9 June 2023 Paris [22]
6 14:08.79 Gidey #3 3 September 2023 Berlin [24]
7 14:09.52 Chebet #2 5 September 2024 Zurich [25]
8 14:09.82 Chebet #3 14 September 2024 Brussels [26]
5 9 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 6 June 2008 Oslo
10 14:12.29 Tsegay #2 23 July 2023 London [27]
6 11 14:12.59 Almaz Ayana File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 2 June 2016 Rome [28]
7 12 14:12.88 Meseret Defar File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 22 July 2008 Stockholm
13 14:12.92 Chebet #4 23 July 2023 London [27]
8 14 14:12.98 Ejgayehu Taye File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 27 May 2022 Eugene [29]
15 14:13.31 Taye #2 9 June 2023 Paris [22]
16 14:13.32 Tsegay #3 8 June 2021 Hengelo [30]
9 17 14:13.42 Sifan Hassan File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 23 July 2023 London [27]
18 14:14.09 Taye #3 8 June 2021 Hengelo [30]
19 14:14.32 Ayana #2 17 May 2015 Shanghai
10 20 14:15.24 Senbere Teferi File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 8 June 2021 Hengelo [30]
11 21 14:15.41 Genzebe Dibaba File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 4 July 2015 Saint-Denis [31]
22 14:16.31 Ayana #3 22 May 2016 Rabat
12 23 14:16.54 Medina Eisa File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 23 July 2023 London [32]
24 14:16.63 Defar #2 15 June 2007 Oslo
13 25 14:18.37 Hellen Obiri File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 8 June 2017 Rome [33]
14 14:18.76 Tsigie Gebreselama File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 25 May 2024 Eugene [34]
15 14:19.45 Alicia Monson File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 23 July 2023 London [32]
16 14:20.61 Freweyni Hailu File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 25 May 2024 Eugene [35]
17 14:20.68 Agnes Tirop File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 21 July 2019 London [36]
18 14:20.87 Vivian Cheruiyot File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 29 July 2011 Stockholm
19 14:21.89 Medina Eisa File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 14 September 2024 Brussels [37]
20 14:22.76 Aynadis Mebratu File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 25 May 2024 Eugene [38]
21 14:23.05 Lilian Kasait Rengeruk File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 9 June 2023 Paris [22]
22 14:23.67 Margaret Kipkemboi File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 9 June 2023 Paris [22]
23 14:23.71 Birke Haylom File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 25 May 2024 Eugene [39]
24 14:23.75 Liliya Shobukhova File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 19 July 2008 Kazan
25 14:23.92 Shelby Houlihan File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 10 July 2020 Portland [40]

Men (indoor)

  • Updated 16 February 2024.[41]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 12:49.60 Kenenisa Bekele File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 20 February 2004 Birmingham
2 2 12:50.38 Haile Gebrselassie File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 14 February 1999 Birmingham
3 3 12:51.48 Daniel Komen File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 19 February 1998 Stockholm
4 4 12:51.61 William Kincaid File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 27 January 2023 Boston [42]
5 5 12:51.84 Grant Fisher File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 16 February 2024 Boston [43]
6 6 12:53.29 Isiah Koech File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 11 February 2011 Düsseldorf
7 12:53.73 Fisher #2 12 February 2022 Boston
7 8 12:54.99 Joe Klecker File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 27 January 2023 Boston [42]
8 9 12:55.72 Eliud Kipchoge File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 11 February 2011 Düsseldorf
9 10 12:56.76 Adriaan Wildschutt File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 26 January 2024 Boston [44]
10 11 12:56.87 Mohammed Ahmed File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 12 February 2022 Boston
11 12 12:57.08 Marc Scott File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 12 February 2022 Boston
12 13 12:57.14 Nico Young File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 26 January 2024 Boston [44]
13 14 12:57.52 Edwin Kurgat File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 26 January 2024 Boston [45]
14 15 12:58.67 Thomas Longosiwa File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 10 February 2012 Düsseldorf
15 16 12:58.68 George Mills File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 26 January 2024 Boston [46]
16 17 12:58.73 Sam Atkin File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 26 January 2024 Boston [44]
18 12:59.04 Gebrselassie #2 20 February 1997 Stockholm
17 19 13:00.48 Emmanuel Bor File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 12 February 2022 Boston
18 20 13:01.26 Galen Rupp File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 16 January 2014 Boston
19 21 13:02.09 Yared Nuguse File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 26 January 2024 Boston [47]
22 13:02.36 I. Koech #2 10 February 2012 Düsseldorf
20 23 13:02.69 Paul Kipsiele Koech File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 10 February 2012 Düsseldorf
24 13:02.95 P. K. Koech #2 3 February 2010 Düsseldorf
21 25 13:03.17 Abdihamid Nur File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 26 January 2024 Boston [44]
22 13:03.46 John Heymans File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 26 January 2024 Boston [44]
23 13:03.57 Morgan Beadlescomb File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 26 January 2024 Boston [44]
24 13:03.78 Graham Blanks File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 2 December 2023 Boston [48]
25 13:04.05 Patrick Dever File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 16 February 2024 Boston [43]

Women (indoor)

  • Updated 27 January 2024.[49]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 14:18.86 Genzebe Dibaba File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 19 February 2015 Stockholm
2 2 14:24.37 Meseret Defar File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 18 February 2009 Stockholm
3 14:24.79 Defar #2 10 February 2010 Stockholm
3 4 14:27.42 Tirunesh Dibaba File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 27 January 2007 Boston
4 5 14:30.79 Konstanze Klosterhalfen File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 27 February 2020 Boston
5 6 14:31.38 Gabriela DeBues-Stafford File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 11 February 2022 Boston
7 14:32.93 T. Dibaba #2 29 January 2005 Boston
6 8 14:33.17 Elise Cranny File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 11 February 2022 Boston
9 14:35.46 T. Dibaba #3 28 January 2006 Boston
7 10 14:39.29 Berhane Adere File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 31 January 2004 Stuttgart
8 11 14:39.89 Kimberley Smith File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 27 February 2009 New York City
9 12 14:42.94 Senayet Getachew File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 27 January 2024 Boston [50]
10 13 14:43.25 Fantaye Belayneh File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 27 January 2024 Boston [51]
14 14:44.53 T. Dibaba #4 6 February 2010 Boston
11 15 14:44.94 Aynadis Mebratu File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 27 January 2024 Boston [52]
12 16 14:46.37 Marta Garcia File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 27 January 2024 Boston [53]
13 17 14:46.51 Josette Andrews File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 27 January 2024 Boston [54]
14 18 14:46.80 Sentayehu Ejigu File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 10 February 2010 Stockholm
15 19 14:47.35 Gabriela Szabo File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 13 February 1999 Dortmund
20 14:47.62 Ejigu #2 7 February 2009 Boston
16 21 14:47.62 Shalane Flanagan File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 7 February 2009 Boston
22 14:48.21 Adere #2 5 February 2003 Dortmund
17 23 14:48.51 Vanessa Fraser File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 27 February 2020 Boston
18 24 14:48.75 Courtney Frerichs File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 11 February 2022 Boston
19 25 14:49.12 Laura Muir File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 4 January 2017 Glasglow
20 14:49.36 Gete Wami File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 11 February 2001 Dortmund
21 14:49.78 Courtney Wayment File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 27 January 2024 Boston [54]
22 14:51.69 Tegla Loroupe File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 13 February 1999 Dortmund
23 14:51.91 Emily Infeld File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 27 February 2020 Boston
24 14:52.21 Natosha Rogers File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 10 February 2023 Boston
25 14:52.67 Sally Kipyego File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 6 February 2010 Boston

Olympic medalists

Men

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 5000/10,000 m doubles on each occasion. 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.

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Stockholm
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Hannes Kolehmainen
File:Flag of Russia.svg Finland
Jean Bouin
File:Flag of France.svg France
George Hutson
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain
1920 Antwerp
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Joseph Guillemot
File:Flag of France.svg France
Paavo Nurmi
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Eric Backman
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
1924 Paris
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Paavo Nurmi
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Ville Ritola
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Edvin Wide
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
1928 Amsterdam
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Ville Ritola
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Paavo Nurmi
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Edvin Wide
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
1932 Los Angeles
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Lauri Lehtinen
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Ralph Hill
File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States
Lauri Virtanen
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
1936 Berlin
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Gunnar Höckert
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Lauri Lehtinen
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Henry Jonsson
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
1948 London
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Gaston Reiff
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Emil Zátopek
File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
Willem Slijkhuis
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
1952 Helsinki
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Emil Zátopek
File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
Alain Mimoun
File:Flag of France.svg France
Herbert Schade
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
1956 Melbourne
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Vladimir Kuts
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Gordon Pirie
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain
Derek Ibbotson
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain
1960 Rome
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Murray Halberg
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Hans Grodotzki
File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany
Kazimierz Zimny
File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland
1964 Tokyo
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Bob Schul
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Harald Norpoth
File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany
Bill Dellinger
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
1968 Mexico City
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Mohammed Gammoudi
File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia
Kipchoge Keino
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Naftali Temu
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
1972 Munich
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Lasse Virén
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Mohammed Gammoudi
File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia
Ian Stewart
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain
1976 Montreal
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Lasse Virén
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Dick Quax
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
1980 Moscow
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Miruts Yifter
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg Ethiopia
Suleiman Nyambui
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
Kaarlo Maaninka
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
1984 Los Angeles
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Saïd Aouita
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Markus Ryffel
File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
António Leitão
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
1988 Seoul
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John Ngugi
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Dieter Baumann
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
Hansjörg Kunze
File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
1992 Barcelona
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Dieter Baumann
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Paul Bitok
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Fita Bayisa
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1987–1991).svg Ethiopia
1996 Atlanta
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Vénuste Niyongabo
File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi
Paul Bitok
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Khalid Boulami
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
2000 Sydney
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Million Wolde
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg Ethiopia
Ali Saïdi-Sief
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Brahim Lahlafi
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
2004 Athens
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Hicham El Guerrouj
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Kenenisa Bekele
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg Ethiopia
Eliud Kipchoge
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
2008 Beijing
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Kenenisa Bekele
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg Ethiopia
Eliud Kipchoge
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Edwin Soi
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
2012 London
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Mo Farah
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain
Dejen Gebremeskel
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
Thomas Longosiwa
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Mo Farah
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain
Paul Chelimo
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Hagos Gebrhiwet
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
2020 Tokyo
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Joshua Cheptegei
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Mohammed Ahmed
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Paul Chelimo
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
2024 Paris
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Ronald Kwemoi
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Grant Fisher
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States

Women

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.

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Atlanta
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Wang Junxia
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Pauline Konga
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Roberta Brunet
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
2000 Sydney
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Gabriela Szabo
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Sonia O'Sullivan
File:Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg Ireland
Gete Wami
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg Ethiopia
2004 Athens
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Meseret Defar
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg Ethiopia
Isabella Ochichi
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Tirunesh Dibaba
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg Ethiopia
2008 Beijing
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Tirunesh Dibaba
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg Ethiopia
Meseret Defar
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg Ethiopia
Sylvia Kibet
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
2012 London
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Meseret Defar
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
Vivian Cheruiyot
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Tirunesh Dibaba
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Vivian Cheruiyot
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Hellen Obiri
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Almaz Ayana
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
2020 Tokyo
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Sifan Hassan
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Hellen Obiri
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Gudaf Tsegay
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
2024 Paris
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Beatrice Chebet
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Faith Kipyegon
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Sifan Hassan
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

World Championships medalists

Men

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
1983 Helsinki
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File:Flag of Ireland.svg Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) File:Flag of East Germany.svg Werner Schildhauer (GDR) File:Flag of Finland.svg Martti Vainio (FIN)
1987 Rome
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File:Flag of Morocco.svg Saïd Aouita (MAR) File:Flag of Portugal.svg Domingos Castro (POR) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Buckner (GBR)
1991 Tokyo
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File:Flag of Kenya.svg Yobes Ondieki (KEN) File:Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg Fita Bayisa (ETH) File:Flag of Morocco.svg Brahim Boutayeb (MAR)
1993 Stuttgart
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File:Flag of Kenya.svg Ismael Kirui (KEN) File:Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) File:Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg Fita Bayisa (ETH)
1995 Gothenburg
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File:Flag of Kenya.svg Ismael Kirui (KEN) File:Flag of Morocco.svg Khalid Boulami (MAR) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Shem Kororia (KEN)
1997 Athens
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File:Flag of Kenya.svg Daniel Komen (KEN) File:Flag of Morocco.svg Khalid Boulami (MAR) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Tom Nyariki (KEN)
1999 Seville
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File:Flag of Morocco.svg Salah Hissou (MAR) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Benjamin Limo (KEN) File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mohammed Mourhit (BEL)
2001 Edmonton
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File:Flag of Kenya.svg Richard Limo (KEN) File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Million Wolde (ETH) File:Flag of Kenya.svg John Kibowen (KEN)
2003 Saint-Denis
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File:Flag of Kenya.svg Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) File:Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
2005 Helsinki
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File:Flag of Kenya.svg Benjamin Limo (KEN) File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Sileshi Sihine (ETH) File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Mottram (AUS)
2007 Osaka
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File:Flag of the United States.svg Bernard Lagat (USA) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) File:Flag of Uganda.svg Moses Kipsiro (UGA)
2009 Berlin
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File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) File:Flag of the United States.svg Bernard Lagat (USA) File:Flag of Qatar.svg James Kwalia (QAT)
2011 Daegu
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File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mo Farah (GBR) File:Flag of the United States.svg Bernard Lagat (USA) File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH)
2013 Moscow
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File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mo Farah (GBR) File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Isiah Koech (KEN)
2015 Beijing
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File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mo Farah (GBR) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Caleb Ndiku (KEN) File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH)
2017 London
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File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Muktar Edris (ETH) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mo Farah (GBR) File:Flag of the United States.svg Paul Chelimo (USA)
2019 Doha
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File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Muktar Edris (ETH) File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Selemon Barega (ETH) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mohammed Ahmed (CAN)
2022 Eugene
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File:Flag of Norway.svg Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Jacob Krop  (KEN) File:Flag of Uganda.svg Oscar Chelimo (UGA)
2023 Budapest
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File:Flag of Norway.svg Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) File:Flag of Spain.svg Mohamed Katir (ESP) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Jacob Krop  (KEN)

Women

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
1995 Gothenburg
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File:Flag of Ireland.svg Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) File:Flag of Portugal.svg Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) File:Flag of Morocco.svg Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)
1997 Athens
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File:Flag of Romania.svg Gabriela Szabo (ROU) File:Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Brunet (ITA) File:Flag of Portugal.svg Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
1999 Seville
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File:Flag of Romania.svg Gabriela Szabo (ROU) File:Flag of Morocco.svg Zahra Ouaziz (MAR) File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ayelech Worku (ETH)
2001 Edmonton
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File:Flag of Russia.svg Olga Yegorova (RUS) File:Flag of Spain.svg Marta Dominguez (ESP) File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ayelech Worku (ETH)
2003 Saint-Denis
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File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) File:Flag of Spain.svg Marta Dominguez (ESP) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Edith Masai (KEN)
2005 Helsinki
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File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Meseret Defar (ETH) File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ejegayehu Dibaba (ETH)
2007 Osaka
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File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Meseret Defar (ETH) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Priscah Jepleting Cherono (KEN)
2009 Berlin
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File:Flag of Kenya.svg Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (KEN) File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Meseret Defar (ETH)
2011 Daegu
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File:Flag of Kenya.svg Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (KEN) File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Meseret Defar (ETH)
2013 Moscow
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File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Meseret Defar (ETH) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Mercy Cherono (KEN) File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Almaz Ayana (ETH)
2015 Beijing
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File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Almaz Ayana (ETH) File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Senbere Teferi (ETH) File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)
2017 London
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File:Flag of Kenya.svg Hellen Obiri (KEN) File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Almaz Ayana (ETH) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sifan Hassan (NED)
2019 Doha
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File:Flag of Kenya.svg Hellen Obiri (KEN) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Margaret Kipkemboi (KEN) File:Flag of Germany.svg Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER)
2022 Eugene
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File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Beatrice Chebet (KEN) File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Dawit Seyaum (ETH)
2023 Budapest
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File:Flag of Kenya.svg Faith Kipyegon (KEN) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sifan Hassan (NED) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Beatrice Chebet (KEN)

Season's bests

See also

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