Record Timeline
Every record update in this archive, newest first.
| Date | Athlete | Country | Time | Location | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Nov 2025 | Mebuki Suzuki | Japan | 27:05.92 | Hachioji | Japan Record |
| 25 May 2024 | Beatrice Chebet | Kenya | 28:54.14 | Eugene | World Record |
| 10 Dec 2023 | Kazuya Shiojiri | Japan | 27:09.80 | Tokyo | Japan Record |
| 8 Jun 2021 | Letesenbet Gidey | Ethiopia | 29:01.03 | Hengelo | World Record |
| 6 Jun 2021 | Sifan Hassan | Netherlands | 29:06.82 | Hengelo | World Record |
| 4 Dec 2020 | Akira Aizawa | Japan | 27:18.75 | Osaka | Japan Record |
| 4 Dec 2020 | Hitomi Niiya | Japan | 30:20.44 | Osaka | Japan Record |
| 7 Oct 2020 | Joshua Cheptegei | Uganda | 26:11.00 | Valencia | World Record |
| 12 Aug 2016 | Almaz Ayana | Ethiopia | 29:17.45 | Rio de Janeiro | World Record |
| 28 Nov 2015 | Kota Murayama | Japan | 27:29.69 | Machida | Japan Record |
| 26 Aug 2005 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 26:17.53 | Brussels | World Record |
| 8 Jun 2004 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 26:20.31 | Ostrava | World Record |
| 3 May 2002 | Yoko Shibui | Japan | 30:48.89 | Palo Alto | Japan Record |
| 4 May 2001 | Toshinari Takaoka | Japan | 27:35.09 | Palo Alto | Japan Record |
| 1 Jul 2000 | Yuko Kawakami | Japan | 31:09.46 | Brunswick, ME | Japan Record |
| 1 Jun 1998 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 26:22.75 | Hengelo | World Record |
| 22 Aug 1997 | Paul Tergat | Kenya | 26:27.85 | Brussels | World Record |
| 4 Jul 1997 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 26:31.32 | Oslo | World Record |
| 23 Aug 1996 | Salah Hissou | Morocco | 26:38.08 | Brussels | World Record |
| 9 Jun 1996 | Hiromi Suzuki | Japan | 31:19.40 | Tokyo | Japan Record |
| 5 Jun 1995 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 26:43.53 | Hengelo | World Record |
| 22 Jul 1994 | William Sigei | Kenya | 26:52.23 | Oslo | World Record |
| 8 Sept 1993 | Wang Junxia | China | 29:31.78 | Beijing | World Record |
| 10 Jul 1993 | Yobes Ondieki | Kenya | 26:58.38 | Oslo | World Record |
| 5 Jul 1993 | Richard Chelimo | Kenya | 27:07.91 | Stockholm | World Record |
| 3 May 1992 | Izumi Maki | Japan | 31:40.38 | Kobe | Japan Record |
| 18 Aug 1989 | Arturo Barrios | Mexico | 27:08.23 | West Berlin | World Record |
| 26 Sept 1988 | Akemi Matsuno | Japan | 32:19.57 | Seoul | Japan Record |
| 2 Jul 1987 | Takeyuki Nakayama | Japan | 27:35.33 | Helsinki | Japan Record |
| 5 Jul 1986 | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway | 30:13.74 | Oslo | World Record |
| 27 Jul 1985 | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway | 30:59.42 | Oslo | World Record |
| 2 Jul 1985 | Toshihiko Seko | Japan | 27:42.17 | Stockholm | Japan Record |
| 2 Jul 1984 | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 27:13.81 | Stockholm | World Record |
| 24 Jun 1984 | Olga Bondarenko | Soviet Union | 31:13.78 | Kiev | World Record |
| 7 Sept 1983 | Raisa Sadreydinova | Soviet Union | 31:27.58 | Odessa | World Record |
| 29 May 1983 | Lyudmila Baranova | Soviet Union | 31:35.01 | Krasnodar | World Record |
| 19 Oct 1981 | Yelena Sipatova | Soviet Union | 32:17.20 | Moscow | World Record |
| 7 Jul 1980 | Toshihiko Seko | Japan | 27:43.44 | Stockholm | Japan Record |
| 11 Jun 1978 | Henry Rono | Kenya | 27:22.47 | Vienna | World Record |
| 30 Jun 1977 | Samson Kimobwa | Kenya | 27:30.47 | Helsinki | World Record |
| 13 Jul 1973 | David Bedford | Great Britain | 27:30.80 | London | World Record |
| 3 Sept 1972 | Lasse Viren | Finland | 27:38.35 | Munich | World Record |
| 14 Jul 1965 | Ron Clarke | Australia | 27:39.89 | Oslo | World Record |