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 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. It is approximately equivalent to or.
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.

3 miles

The 5000 metres is the approximate metric equivalent of the 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 track.

Continental records

  • Updated 5 July 2025.

    All-time top 25

Men (outdoor)

  • Updated June 2025.
TimeAthleteNationDatePlace
1112:35.36Joshua Cheptegei14 August 2020Monaco
2212:36.73Hagos Gebrhiwet30 May 2024Oslo
3312:37.35Kenenisa Bekele31 May 2004Hengelo
4412:38.95Yomif Kejelcha30 May 2024Oslo
5512:39.36Haile Gebrselassie13 June 1998Helsinki
6612:39.74Daniel Komen22 August 1997Brussels
712:40.18K. Bekele #21 July 2005Saint-Denis
7812:40.45Berihu Aregawi30 June 2023Lausanne
8912:40.96Jacob Kiplimo30 May 2024Oslo
1012:41.61Cheptegei #230 June 2023Lausanne
1112:41.73Kejelcha #215 June 2023Oslo
1112:41.73Kiplimo #215 June 2023Oslo
1312:41.86Gebrselassie #213 August 1997Zürich
1412:42.18Gebrhiwet #221 July 2023Monaco
1512:42.58Aregawi #221 July 2023Monaco
91612:42.70Telahun Haile Bekele21 July 2023Monaco
101712:43.02Selemon Barega31 August 2018Brussels
111812:44.27Andreas Almgren15 June 2025Stockholm
1912:44.39Gebrselassie #316 August 1995Zürich
2012:44.90Komen #213 August 1997Zürich
122112:45.01Mohamed Katir21 July 2023Monaco
2212:45.09Komen #314 August 1996Zürich
132312:45.27Nico Young12 June 2025Oslo
142412:45.71Jacob Krop2 September 2022Brussels
2512:45.82Gebrhiwet #331 August 2018Brussels
1512:45.93Biniam Mehary12 June 2025Oslo
1612:46.33Nicholas Kimeli9 June 2022Rome
1712:46.41Kuma Girma12 June 2025Oslo
1812:46.53Eliud Kipchoge2 July 2004Rome
1912:46.59George Mills12 June 2025Oslo
2012:46.81Dejen Gebremeskel6 July 2012Saint-Denis
2112:46.96Grant Fisher2 September 2022Brussels
2212:47.04Sileshi Sihine2 July 2004Rome
2312:47.20Mohammed Ahmed10 July 2020Portland
2412:47.67Thierry Ndikumwenayo12 June 2025Oslo
2512:48.20Graham Blanks12 June 2025Oslo

Women (outdoor)

  • Updated July 2025.
TimeAthleteNationDatePlace
1113:58.06Beatrice Chebet5 July 2025Eugene
2214:00.21Gudaf Tsegay17 September 2023Eugene
3314:01.29Agnes Jebet Ngetich5 July 2025Eugene
414:03.69Chebet #26 June 2025Rome
514:04.41Tsegay #25 July 2025Eugene
4614:05.20Faith Kipyegon9 June 2023Paris
714:05.92Chebet #317 September 2023Eugene
5814:06.62Letesenbet Gidey7 October 2020Valencia
914:07.94Gidey #29 June 2023Paris
1014:08.79Gidey #33 September 2023Berlin
1114:09.52Chebet #45 September 2024Zurich
1214:09.82Chebet #514 September 2024Brussels
61314:11.15Tirunesh Dibaba6 June 2008Oslo
1414:12.29Tsegay #323 July 2023London
71514:12.59Almaz Ayana2 June 2016Rome
81614:12.88Meseret Defar22 July 2008Stockholm
1714:12.92Chebet #623 July 2023London
91814:12.98Ejgayehu Taye27 May 2022Eugene
1914:13.31Taye #29 June 2023Paris
2014:13.32Tsegay #48 June 2021Hengelo
102114:13.42Sifan Hassan23 July 2023London
2214:14.09Taye #38 June 2021Hengelo
2314:14.32Ayana #217 May 2015Shanghai
112414:15.24Senbere Teferi8 June 2021Hengelo
122514:15.41Genzebe Dibaba4 July 2015Saint-Denis
1314:16.54Medina Eisa23 July 2023London
1414:18.37Hellen Obiri8 June 2017Rome
1514:18.76Tsigie Gebreselama25 May 2024Eugene
1614:19.33Freweyni Hailu6 June 2025Rome
1714:19.45Alicia Monson23 July 2023London
1814:20.68Agnes Tirop21 July 2019London
1914:20.87Vivian Cheruiyot29 July 2011Stockholm
2014:22.76Aynadis Mebratu25 May 2024Eugene
2114:23.05Lilian Kasait Rengeruk9 June 2023Paris
2214:23.15Nadia Battocletti6 June 2025Rome
2314:23.67Margaret Kipkemboi9 June 2023Paris
2414:23.71Birke Haylom25 May 2024Eugene
2514:23.75Liliya Shobukhova19 July 2008Kazan