Monthly Records- Outdoor Track 5000 m

Men
Jan  13:14.4    Ben Jipcho (KEN)                   29 Jan 1974  Christchurch NZL
Feb  13:11.11   Luke Kipkosgei (KEN)               25 Feb 1999  Melbourne AUS
Mar  12:56.41   Augustine Choge (KEN)              20 Mar 2006  Melbourne AUS
Apr  13:08.4    Henry Rono (KEN)                   08 Apr 1978  Berkeley CA/USA
May  12:37.35   Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)              31 May 2004  Hengelo NED
Jun  12:39.36   Haile Gebreselasie (ETH)           13 Jun 1998  Helsinki FIN
Jul  12:40.18   Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)              01 Jul 2005  Paris FRA
Aug  12:39.74   Daniel Komen (KEN)                 22 Aug 1997  Brussels BEL
Sep  12:52.16   Sileshi Sihene (ETH)               14 Sep 2007  Brussels BEL
Oct  13:11.70   John Ngugi (KEN)                   01 Oct 1988  Seoul KOR
Nov  13:18.92   Joseph Kimani (KEN)                19 Nov 1995  Melbourne AUS
Dec  13:24.4    Dick Quax (NZL)                    19 Dec 1973  Auckland NZL

Women
Jan  15:01.83   Zola Pieterse (RSA)                05 Jan 1984  Stellenbosch RSA
Feb  15:03.28   Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)             25 Feb 1998  Melbourne AUS
Mar  14:44.15   Elana Meyer (RSA)                  06 Mar 1992  Bellville RSA
Apr  14:44.80   Shalane Flanagan (USA)             13 Apr 2007  Walnut CA USA 
May  14:35.37   Meseret Defar (ETH)                28 May 2006  Hengelo NED
Jun  14:11.15   Tirunesh Fibaba (ETH)              06 Jun 2008  Oslo NOR
Jul  14:31.42   Paula Radcliffe (ENG)              28 Jul 2002  Manchester ENG
Aug  14:28.98   Meseret Defar (ETH)                26 Aug 2005  Brussels BEL
Sep  14:31.48   Gabriela Szabo (ROM)               01 Sep 1998  Berlin GER
Oct  14:28.09   Ji-ang Bo (CHN)                    23 Oct 1997  Shanghai CHN
Nov  14:51.58   Yan-mei Dong (CHN)                 23 Nov 2001  Guangzhou CHN
Dec  14:50.43   Elana Meyer (RSA)                  19 Dec 1991  Port Elizabeth RSA

Last Updated on 10 Jun 2008