Record Timeline
Every record update in this archive, newest first.
| Date | Athlete | Country | Time | Location | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul 2025 | Beatrice Chebet | Kenya | 13:58.06 | Eugene | World Record |
| 17 Sept 2023 | Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia | 14:00.21 | Eugene | World Record |
| 8 Sept 2023 | Nozomi Tanaka | Japan | 14:29.18 | Brussels | Japan Record |
| 23 Aug 2023 | Nozomi Tanaka | Japan | 14:37.98 | Budapest | Japan Record |
| 9 Jun 2023 | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya | 14:05.20 | Paris | World Record |
| 2 Aug 2021 | Ririka Hironaka | Japan | 14:52.84 | Tokyo | Japan Record |
| 7 Oct 2020 | Letesenbet Gidey | Ethiopia | 14:06.62 | Valencia | World Record |
| 14 Aug 2020 | Joshua Cheptegei | Uganda | 12:35.36 | Monaco | World Record |
| 18 Jul 2015 | Suguru Osako | Japan | 13:08.40 | Heusden-Zolder | Japan Record |
| 6 Jun 2008 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 14:11.15 | Oslo | World Record |
| 28 Jul 2007 | Takayuki Matsumiya | Japan | 13:13.20 | Heusden-Zolder | Japan Record |
| 15 Jun 2007 | Meseret Defar | Ethiopia | 14:16.63 | Oslo | World Record |
| 3 Jun 2006 | Meseret Defar | Ethiopia | 14:24.53 | New York | World Record |
| 8 Jul 2005 | Kayoko Fukushi | Japan | 14:53.22 | Rome | Japan Record |
| 11 Jun 2004 | Elvan Abeylegesse | Turkey | 14:24.68 | Bergen | World Record |
| 31 May 2004 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 12:37.35 | Hengelo | World Record |
| 5 Aug 1998 | Harumi Hiroyama | Japan | 15:03.67 | Stockholm | Japan Record |
| 1 Aug 1998 | Toshinari Takaoka | Japan | 13:13.40 | Hechtel | Japan Record |
| 13 Jun 1998 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 12:39.36 | Helsinki | World Record |
| 23 Oct 1997 | Jiang Bo | China | 14:28.09 | Shanghai | World Record |
| 21 Oct 1997 | Dong Yanmei | China | 14:31.27 | Shanghai | World Record |
| 22 Aug 1997 | Daniel Komen | Kenya | 12:39.74 | Brussels | World Record |
| 13 Aug 1997 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 12:41.86 | Zurich | World Record |
| 29 Jun 1997 | Harumi Hiroyama | Japan | 15:07.75 | Sheffield | Japan Record |
| 28 Jul 1996 | Michiko Shimizu | Japan | 15:09.05 | Atlanta | Japan Record |
| 16 Aug 1995 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 12:44.39 | Zurich | World Record |
| 22 Jul 1995 | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal | 14:36.45 | Hechtel | World Record |
| 10 Jun 1995 | Atsumi Yashima | Japan | 15:14.77 | Tokyo | Japan Record |
| 8 Jun 1995 | Moses Kiptanui | Kenya | 12:55.30 | Rome | World Record |
| 4 Jun 1994 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 12:56.96 | Hengelo | World Record |
| 8 Jul 1988 | Shuichi Yoneshige | Japan | 13:22.97 | London | Japan Record |
| 27 Jul 1987 | Said Aouita | Morocco | 12:58.39 | Rome | World Record |
| 5 Aug 1986 | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway | 14:37.33 | Stockholm | World Record |
| 11 Jul 1986 | Toshihiko Seko | Japan | 13:24.29 | London | Japan Record |
| 26 Aug 1985 | Zola Budd | Great Britain | 14:48.07 | London | World Record |
| 27 Jul 1985 | Said Aouita | Morocco | 13:00.40 | Oslo | World Record |
| 28 Jun 1984 | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway | 14:58.89 | Oslo | World Record |
| 24 Sept 1982 | Masanari Shintaku | Japan | 13:24.69 | Tokyo | Japan Record |
| 7 Jul 1982 | David Moorcroft | Great Britain | 13:00.41 | Oslo | World Record |
| 5 Jun 1982 | Mary Tabb | United States | 15:08.26 | Eugene | World Record |
| 17 Mar 1982 | Anne Audain | New Zealand | 15:13.22 | Auckland | World Record |
| 13 Sept 1981 | Henry Rono | Kenya | 13:06.20 | Knarvik | World Record |
| 13 Sept 1981 | Paula Fudge | Great Britain | 15:14.51 | Knarvik | World Record |
| 5 Jul 1977 | Dick Quax | New Zealand | 13:12.87 | Stockholm | World Record |
| 5 Jul 1977 | Toshiaki Kamata | Japan | 13:25.41 | Stockholm | Japan Record |