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10,000 Meters World Record Holders - Men

Time	Athlete	Nationality	Date
30:58.8	Jean Bouin	France	November 16, 1911
30:40.2	Paavo Nurmi	Finland	June 22, 1921
30:35.4	Ville Ritola	Finland	May 25, 1924
30:23.2	Ville Ritola	Finland	July 6, 1924
30:06.2	Paavo Nurmi	Finland	August 31, 1924
30:05.6	Imari Salminen	Finland	July 18, 1937
30:02.0	Taisto Maki	Finland	September 29, 1938
29:52.6	Taisto Maki	Finland	September 17, 1938
29:35.4	Viljo Heino	Finland	August 25, 1944
29:28.2	Emil Zatopek	Czech Republic	June 11, 1949
29:27.2	Viljo Heino	Finland	September 1, 1949
29:21.2	Emil Zatopek	Czech Republic	October 22, 1949
29:02.6	Emil Zatopek	Czech Republic	August 4, 1950
29:01.6	Emil Zatopek	Czech Republic	November 1, 1953
28:54.2	Emil Zatopek	Czech Republic	June 1, 1954
28:42.8	Sandor Iharos	Hungary	July 15,1956
28:30.4	Vladimir Kuts	Russia	September 11, 1956
28:18.8	Pyotr Bolotnikov	Russia	October 15, 1960
28:18.2	Pyotr Bolotnikov	Russia	August 11, 1962
28:15.6	Ron Clarke	Australia	December 18, 1963
27:39.4	Ron Clarke	Australia	July 14, 1965
27:38.4	Lasse Viren	Finland	September 3, 1972
27:30.8	David Bedford	Great Britain	July 13,1973
27:30.5	Samson Kimobwa	Kenya	June 30, 1977
27:22.4	Henry Rono	Kenya	June 11, 1978
27:13.81	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	July 2, 1984
27:08.23	Arturo Barrios	Mexico	August 18, 1989
27:07.91	Richard Chelimo	Kenya	July 5, 1993
26:58.38	Yobes Ondieki	Kenya	July 10, 1993
26:52.23	William Sigei	Kenya	July 22, 1994
26:43.53	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	June 5, 1995
26:38.08	Salah Hissou	Morocco	August 23,1996
26:31.32	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	July 4, 1997
26:27.85	Paul Tergat	Kenya	August 22, 1997
26:22.75	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	June 1, 1998
26:20.31	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	June 8,, 2004
26:17.53	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	August 26, 2005
26:11.00	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	October 7, 2020