National Records- 5000 meters Outdoor Track
Men
_ww 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele 31 May 2004 Hengelo NED
ALB 14:12.6 Isuf Curri 31 May 1990 Elbasan ALB
ALG 12:50.86 Ali Saidi-Sief 30 Jun 2000 Rome ITA
AND 14:10.06 Antoni Bernado 14 Jul 2005 Mataro ESP
ANG 13:40.12 Aurelio Miti 11 Aug 1995 Goteborg SWE
ARG 13:19.64 Antonio Silio 17 Jul 1991 Rome ITA
ARM 13:53.0 Artashes Mikoyan 30 May 1976 Munich GER
ARU 14:18.31 Kim Reynierse 08 May 1986 Leiden NED
AUS 12:55.76 Craig Mottram 30 Jul 2004 London ENG
AUT 13:15.31 Dietmar Millonig 18 Aug 1982 Zurich SUI
AZE 14:01.2 Nikolay Pavlenko 27 Sep 1968 Krasnodar RUS
BDI 13:03.29 Venuste Niyongabo 03 Jun 1996 St Denis FRA
BEL 12:49.71 Mohammed Mourhit 25 Aug 2000 Brussels BEL
BIH 14:00.2 Bilko Kacar 13 Apr 1980 Nova Gorica BIH
BLR 13:17.66 Aleksandr Fedotkin 10 Jul 1979 Budapest HUN
BOL 14:06.73 Johnny Perez 27 Oct 1984 Santiago CHI
BOT 13:29.6 Matthews Motswarateu 14 Apr 1978 Stellenbosch RSA
BRA 13:19.43 Marilson Gomes 08 Jun 2006 Kassel GER
BRN 13:02.89 Salim Jawher 13 Jul 2007 Rome ITA
BUL 13:13.15 Evgeni Ignatov 31 Aug 1986 Stuttgart GER
CAM 14:24.71 Ham Bunting 07 Dec 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima THA
CAN 13:13.96 Jeff Schiebler 01 Sep 1998 Berlin GER
CHA 14:16.60 Abdelkerim Abdoulaye 15 Apr 2005 Mecca SAU
CHI 13:23.68 Mauricio Diaz 14 Jul 2001 Huesden BEL
CHN 13:25.14 Feng-yuan Xia 23 Oct 1997 Shanghai CHN
COD 13:49.69 Patrick n'Tambwe 12 Jul 2001 Sotteville FRA
COL 13:29.67 Domingo Tibaduiza 16 Aug 1978 Zurich SUI
COM 14:02.2 Mohamed Ahmed 07 Jun 1995 Marignane FRA
CRC 13:44.99 Eric Quiros 27 May 2000 Victoria CAN
CRO 13:36.10 Romeo Zivko 18 Jul 1990 Bologna ITA
CUB 13:44.8 Luis Medina 21 Jun 1977 Prague CZE
CYP 13:34.29 Philippos Philippou 27 Aug 1983 Riccione ITA
CZE 13:24.99 Jiri Sykora 01 Aug 1980 Moscow RUS
DEN 13:25.39 Dennis Jensen 05 Aug 2000 Heusden BEL
DJI 13:32.53 Ibrahim Ali Foulier 03 Jul 1998 Dijon FRA
DMA 13:50.0 Stephen Agar 04 Jun 1994 Dedham MA USA
ECU 13:30.69 Silvio Guerra 03 Jun 1992 Victoria CAN
EGY 14:03.0 Abdel Hamid Khamis 21 Aug 1971 Turku FIN
ENG 13:00.41 Dave Moorcroft 07 Jul 1982 Oslo NOR
ERI 12:59.27 Zerisenay Tadesse 14 Jul 2006 Rome ITA
ESP 13:02.54 Alberto Garcia 29 Jun 2001 Rome ITA
EST 13:17.2 Enn Sellik 28 Jun 1976 Podolsk RUS
ETH 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele 31 May 2004 Hengelo NED
FIN 13:16.4 Lasse Viren 14 Sep 1972 Helsinki FIN
FRA 13:01.64 Ismail Sghyr 29 Jun 2001 Rome ITA
GBR 13:00.41 Dave Moorcroft 07 Jul 1982 Oslo NOR
GEO 13:30.88 Oleg Strizhakov 23 Jun 1984 Kiev UKR
GER 12:54.70 Dieter Baumann 13 Aug 1997 Zurich SUI
GRE 13:28.59 Panayiotis Papoulias 11 Jun 1995 Turku FIN
GRL 14:12.52 Kim Godtfredsen 20 Jun 1998 Tonsberg DEN
GUA 13:58.73 Ivan Gomez 25 Mar 1995 Mar del Plata ARG
GUE 13:57.66 Lee Merrien 29 Jul 2007 Manchester ENG
GUY 14:07.08 Cleveland Forde 10 Nov 2006 Buenos Aires ARG
HAI 14:39.12 Steeve Gabart 02 Mar 2007 Tallahasse FL USA
HUN 13:26.96 Balazs Csillag 20 Jul 2002 Huesden BEL
IND 13:29.70 Prasad Bahadur 27 Jun 1992 Birmingham ENG
IRI 13:53.40 Hamid Sadjadi 11 Aug 1995 Goteborg SWE
IRL 13:03.93 Mark Carroll 01 Sep 1998 Berlin GER
ISL 14:07.13 Kari-Steinn Karlsson 04 May 2008 Palo Alto CA USA
ISR 13:39.8 Yuval Wishnitzer 13 Aug 1974 Goteborg SWE
ITA 13:05.59 Salvatore Antibo 18 Jul 1990 Bologna ITA
JAM 13:33.10 Mark Elliott 23 Aug 1989 Koblenz GER
JOR 14:07.46 Awad Hasini 16 Oct 1994 Hiroshima JPN
JPN 13:13.20 Takayuki Matsumiya 28 Jul 2007 Heusden BEL
KAZ 13:35.64 Sergey Navolokin 22 Aug 1982 Podolsk RUS
KEN 12:39.74 Daniel Komen 22 Aug 1997 Brussels BEL
KGZ 13:34.2 Vadim Mochalov 13 May 1976 Sochi RUS
KOR 13:50.35 Seung-Do Baek 02 Aug 1987 Seoul KOR
KSA 12:58.58 Moukhled Al-Outaibi 23 Jul 2005 Heusden BEL
KUW 14:36.48 Omar Awadh Al-Rashidi 07 Mar 2007 Kuwait KUW
LAT 13:34.2 Juris Grustins 19 Jul 1971 Moscow RUS
LBA 13:34.99 Marbrouk El Zendi 05 Aug 2000 Heusden BEL
LES 13:42.99 Kgotso Tau 08 Mar 2002 Bellville RSA
LTU 13:17.9 Aleksandras Antipovas 08 Jun 1979 Sochi RUS
LUX 13:38.51 Justin Gloden 03 Jun 1983 Louvain BEL
MAR 12:49.28 Brahim Lahlafi 25 Aug 2000 Brussels BEL
MAS 14:06.84 Munusamy Ramachandran 05 Aug 1994 Troisdorf GER
MDA 13:38.6 Pyotr Bolotnikov 23 Jun 1963 Zurich SUI
MEX 13:07.79 Arturo Barrios 14 Jul 1989 London ENG
MKD 14:06.52 Stevce Georgijevski 07 Aug 1982 Maribor SLO
MRI 13:47.39 Jean-Benoit Guyto 08 Jun 1997 Marseilles FRA
NAM 13:46.91 Lucketz Swartbooi 12 Mar 1994 Fullerton CA USA
NCL 14:15.12 Alain Lazare 15 Dec 1987 Noumea NCL
NED 13:13.06 Kamiel Maase 06 Sep 2002 Berlin GER
NEP 14:01.19 Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari 25 Aug 2006 Colombo SRI
NOR 13:06.39 Marius Bakken 02 Jul 2004 Rome ITA
NZL 13:12.86 Dick Quax 05 Jul 1977 Stockholm SWE
PAK 14:08.4 Muhammad Younis 22 Jul 1977 Troisdorf GER
PER 13:55.1 Roger Soler 04 May 1985 Austin TX USA
PHI 13:58.43 Eduardo Buenavista 10 Oct 2002 Pusan KOR
PLE 13:33.41 Mohammed Baket 19 Jul 1997 Hechtel BEL
POL 13:17.69 Bronislaw Malinowski 05 Jul 1976 Stockholm SWE
POR 13:02.86 Antonio Pinto 12 Aug 1998 Zurich SUI
PRK 13:53.9 Ok-Hyon Ryu 13 May 1987 Pyongyang PRK
PUR 13:48.7 Antonio Colon 15 May 1982 Dallas TX USA
QAT 12:51.98 Saif Saaeed Shaheen 14 Jul 2006 Rome ITA
REU 13:28.7 Jean-Louis Prianon 16 Jul 1986 Saint Maur FRA
ROM 13:15.0 Ilie Floroiu 23 Jul 1978 Bucharest ROM
RSA 13:14.16 Shadrack Hoff 02 Jul 1995 Gateshead ENG
RUS 13:11.99 Valeriy Abramov 09 Sep 1981 Rieti ITA
RWA 13:11.29 Mathias Ntawulikuri 09 Jun 1992 Rome ITA
SCO 13:17.9 Nat Muir 15 Jul 1980 Oslo NOR
SER 13:31.2 Danijel Korica 30 Jun 1971 Helsinki FIN
SLO 13:32.8 Peter Svet 12 Jun 1974 Berlin GER
SOM 13:40.61 Abdihakim Abdirahman 06 Jun 1998 Buffalo NY USA
SRI 14:10.2 Lucien Rosa 05 Sep 1970 Colombo SRI
STV 14:31.5 Pamenos Ballantyne 14 Jun 1998 London ENG
SUD 13:27.09 Mohamed Yagoub 23 Jun 2001 Solihull ENG
SUI 13:07.54 Markus Ryffel 11 Aug 1984 Los Angeles CA USA
SVK 13:19.40 Robert Stefko 01 Jun 1995 St Denis FRA
SWE 13:17.59 Anders Gärderud 05 Jul 1976 Stockholm SWE
SWZ 13:43.52 Sipho Dlamini 23 Apr 1994 Durban RSA
TAN 13:03.62 John Yuda 12 Jul 2002 Rome ITA
THA 14:10.56 Srisung Boonthung 19 Aug 2005 Izmir TUR
TJK 14:07.44 Sergey Davidov 20 Jun 1983 Moscow RUS
TKM 13:55.45 Marly Sopyev 06 Jul 1995 St Petersburg RUS
TPE 13:54.42 Wen-chien Wu 10 Oct 2002 Pusan KOR
TRI 14:12.01 Ronnie Holassie 20 Jun 1999 Port-of-Spain TRI
TUN 13:13.94 Fethi Baccouche 04 Jul 1987 Oslo NOR
TUR 13:26.77 Zeki Ozturk 15 Aug 1990 Zurich SUI
UAE 13:49.74 Mohamed Ahmed Amer 04 Dec 1993 Manila PHI
UGA 12:50.72 Moses Kipsiro 14 Sep 2007 Brussels BEL
UKR 13:10.78 Sergey Lebed 06 Sep 2002 Berlin GER
URU 13:47.6 Nestor Garcia 10 May 1999 Montevideo URU
USA 12:58.21 Robert Kennedy 14 Aug 1996 Zurich SUI
UZB 13:41.0 Ashur Normuradov 19 Aug 1975 Podolsk RUS
VEN 13:22.30 Fred Gonzalez 03 Jul 2004 San Sebastian ESP
WAL 13:09.80 Iam Hamer 06 Jun 1992 Rome ITA
ZAM 13:25.25 Obed Mutanya 18 Aug 2001 San Sebastian ESP
ZIM 13:14.50 Phillimon Hanneck 08 Jun 1994 Rome ITA
Women
_ww 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 06 Jun 2008 Oslo NOR
AHO 21:50.07 Jacqueline Hol 09 Jun 2007 Willemstad AHO
ALB 16:09.9 Mimosa Xhafa 17 Mar 1995 Durres ALB
ALG 15:07.49 Souad ait-Salem 08 Jul 2006 Saint Denis FRA
AND 17:19.43 Silvia Felipo 29 Jun 2002 Igualada ESP
ANG 16:21.83 Rosa Saul 05 Jul 2003 Barakaldo ESP
ARG 15:54.48 Elisa Cobanea 26 Mar 2000 Mar del Plata ARG
AUS 14:47.60 Benita Johnson 06 Sep 2002 Berlin GER
AUT 15:10.54 Susanne Pumper 22 Jul 2001 London ENG
BDI 15:59.39 Diane Nukuri 04 May 2008 Palo Alto CA USA
BEL 15:15.58 Fatiha Baouf 31 Jul 2004 Heusden BEL
BIH 15:53.45 Mirsada Buric 14 Apr 1995 Walnut CA USA
BLR 14:47.75 Volha Kravtsova 13 Aug 2005 Helsinki FIN
BOL 16:14.00 Niusha Mansilla 29 Apr 2000 Santiago CHI
BRA 15:22.01 Carmen deOliveira 31 Jul 1993 Hechtel BEL
BRN 14:51.68 Maryam Yusuf Jamal 29 May 2005 Hengelo NED
BRU 23:51.32 Safria Fahanina Yayan 22 Jun 2008 Bandar Seri Begawan BRU
BUL 14:56.95 Daniela Yordanova 25 Sep 2000 Sydney AUS
CAN 14:54.88 Courtney Babcock 30 Aug 2003 Paris FRA
CGO 18:12.0 Ida Kihindou 22 Oct 2005 Brazzaville CGO
CHI 15:51.45 Erika Olivera 20 May 2000 Rio de Janeiro BRA
CHN 14:28.09 Ji-ang Bo 23 Oct 1997 Shanghai CHN
COL 15:48.82 Estela Castro 06 Apr 1997 Mar del Plata ARG
CRC 17:19.02 Shirley Cespedes 02 Sep 1995 Marietta GA USA
CRO 16:27.20 Liljana Cilibrk 19 Aug 2005 Izmir TUR
CUB 15:34.94 Yesenia Centeno 07 Jun 2003 Seville ESP
CYP 16:13.25 Andri Avraam 14 Aug 1988 Hengelo NED
CZE 15:44.11 Monika Hamhalterova 21 Jun 1988 Grudziadz POL
DEN 15:22.95 Gitte Karlshoj 27 Aug 1993 Berlin GER
DOM 16:57.20 Andreina delaRosa 12 Apr 2008 Ponce PUR
ECU 16:04.47 Janeth Alder 20 Apr 1996 Walnut CA USA
ENG 14:29.11 Paula Radcliffe 20 Jun 2004 Bydgoszcz POL
ERI 15:16.33 Simret Sultan 18 Jul 2007 Algiers ALG
ESP 14:44.95 Julia Vaquero 05 Jul 1996 Oslo NOR
EST 15:30.84 Ille Kukk 01 Aug 1985 Leningrad RUS
ETH 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba 06 Jun 2008 Oslo NOR
FIN 14:56.22 Annemari Sandell 08 Jul 1996 Stockholm SWE
FRA 14:43.90 Margaret Maury 03 Sep 2004 Brussels BEL
GBR 14:29.11 Paula Radcliffe 20 Jun 2004 Bydgoszcz POL
GER 14:42.03 Irina Mikitenko 07 Sep 1999 Berlin GER
GHA 16:31.8 Millicent Boadi 30 Jul 1999 Kumasi GHA
GRE 15:04.03 Maria Protopappa 25 Aug 2006 Brussels BEL
GUA 17:03.41 Elsa Elizabeth Monterosso 05 Dec 2002 San Salvador ESA
HKG 15:45.87 Maggie (Man-yee) Chan 03 May 2002 Palo Alto CA USA
HUN 15:02.00 Katalin Szentgyörgy 02 Jun 2002 Hengelo NED
INA 15:54.32 Triyaningsih 08 Dec 2007 Nakhon Ratchasema THA
IND 15:41.4 Sunita Rani 09 Aug 1999 Bangalore IND
IRL 14:41.02 Sonia O'Sullivan 25 Sep 2000 Sydney AUS
IRQ 16:39.3 Maisaa Hussein 06 May 1994 Baghdad IRQ
ISL 15:55.91 Martha Ernstsdottir 30 Jul 1994 Hechtel BEL
ISR 16:09.88 Nili Avramski 20 Jul 2002 Huesden BEL
ITA 14:44.50 Roberta Brunet 16 Aug 1996 Koln GER
JAM 15:07.91 Yvonne Graham 01 Sep 1995 Berlin GER
JPN 14:53.22 Kayoko Fukushi 08 Jul 2005 Rome ITA
KAZ 15:16.83 Natalya Sorokivaskaya 05 Sep 1988 Moscow RUS
KEN 14:22.51 Vivian Cheruiyot 15 Jun 2007 Oslo NOR
KGZ 15:59.38 Galina Kalinina 11 Jun 1982 Moscow RUS
KOR 15:41.67 Eun-Jung Lee 03 Sep 2005 Incheon KOR
LAT 14:47.71 Jelena Prokopcuka 01 Aug 2000 Stockholm SWE
LIB 18:03.97 Maria Pia Nehme 16 Mar 2007 Beirut LIB
LTU 15:28.66 Inga Juodeskiene 05 Aug 2000 Heusden BEL
LUX 15:42.38 Daniele Kaber 05 Sep 1986 Brussels BEL
MAD 16:20.30 Clarisse Rasoarizay 13 Aug 1998 St Paul REU
MAR 14:32.08 Zhara Ouaziz 01 Sep 1998 Berlin GER
MAS 16:18.12 Yuan-yu Fang 13 Oct 1997 Jakarta INA
MAW 15:36.22 Catherine Chikwakwa 13 Jul 2004 Grosseto ITA
MDA 15:02.12 Svetlana Guskova 21 Jun 1986 Tallinn EST
MEX 15:04.32 Adriana Fernandez 17 May 2003 Gresham OR USA
MKD 18:36.46 Katerina Dimeska 01 Jul 2000 Kavala GRE
MLT 16:43.8 Carol Galea 08 Apr 1995 Marsa LBA
MNE 18:29.51 Sladjana Perunovic 24 Jun 2007 Zenica BIH
MRI 17:05.1 Josiane Boulle 10 Apr 1989 Reduit MRI
MYA 16:09.10 Pa Pa 13 Sep 2001 Kuala Lumpur MAS
NAM 16:34.26 Elizabeth Mongudhi 29 Aug 1995 Fukuoka JPN
NED 14:56.43 Lornah Kiplagat 05 Aug 2003 Stockholm SWE
NEP 16:55.85 Kancha Maya Koju 24 Aug 2006 Colombo SRI
NGR 16:10.75 Augustine Christiana 28 Feb 1998 Abuja NGR
NIR 16:18.71 Sharon Hatch 15 Jun 2002 Manchester ENG
NOR 14:37.33 Ingrid Kristiansen 05 Aug 1986 Stockholm SWE
NZL 14:45.93 Kimberley Smith 11 Jul 2008 Rome ITA
PER 16:17.37 Ines Melchor 11 Jul 2008 Lima PER
PHI 16:40.81 Mercedita Manipol 10 Dec 2003 Hanoi VIE
POL 15:04.88 Lidia Chojecka 06 Sep 2002 Berlin GER
POR 14:36.45 Fernanda Ribeiro 22 Jul 1995 Hechtel BEL
PRK 15:37.5 Bong-Sil Ham 30 Apr 2002 Pyongyang PRK
PUR 16:35.34 Carolina Tabares 24 Apr 2008 Philadelphia PA USA
REU 15:27.04 Chantal Dallenbach 02 Jun 1997 St Denis FRA
ROM 14:31.48 Gabriela Szabo 01 Sep 1998 Berlin GER
RSA 14:44.05 Elana Meyer 22 Jul 1995 Hechtel BEL
RUS 14:23.75 Liliya Shobukhova 19 Jul 2008 Kazan RUS
RWA 15:43.89 Angeline Nyiransabimana 24 Jun 2008 Jerez ESP
SCO 14:56.94 Yvonne Murray 07 Jul 1995 London ENG
SEN 18:11.89 Agnés Kaling 24 Jun 2007 Dakar SEN
SER 15:11.25 Olivera Jevtic 22 Sep 2000 Sydney AUS
SEY 18:17.7 Phylis Labonne 14 Apr 2007 Victoria SEY
SIN 17:35.3 Yvonne Danson 02 Mar 1997 Singapore SIN
SLO 15:15.40 Helena Javornik 07 Aug 1999 Hechtel BEL
SOL 19:30.7 Florence Tina Jun 2007 Honiara SOL
SRI 16:21.18 Sujeewa Nilmini Jayasena 25 Jul 2003 Colombo SRI
SUD 16:00.06 Hind Musa 22 Jun 2002 Solihull ENG
SUI 14:59.28 Anita Weyermann 05 Jun 1996 Rome ITA
SVK 15:43.67 Alena Mocairova 21 Jun 1988 Grudziadz POL
SWE 15:06.90 Sara Wedlund 08 Jul 1996 Stockholm SWE
TAN 14:43.87 Zakia Mrisho 13 Aug 2005 Helsinki FIN
THA 17:42.01 Sunisa Pechpongprai 13 Dec 1997 Srisaket THA
TPE 16:29.06 Yu-fang Hsu 18 Oct 2005 Yunlin TPE
TUN 16:14.64 Soulef Bouguerra 13 Sep 2001 Tunis TUN
TUR 14:24.68 Elvan Abeylegesse 11 Jun 2004 Bergen NOR
UGA 15:05.30 Dorcus Inzikuru 31 Jul 2004 Heusden BEL
UKR 14:59.26 Natalia Berkut 12 Jun 2004 Moscow RUS
USA 14:44.80 Shalane Flanagan 13 Apr 2007 Walnut CA USA
UZB 15:05.50 Svetlana Ulmasova 08 Jul 1986 Moscow RUS
VEN 16:30.60 Maria Isabel Montilla 13 Jun 2008 Iquique CHI
VIE 16:12.73 Nu Truc Van Doan 10 Dec 2003 Hanoi VIE
WAL 15:13.22 Angela Tooby 05 Aug 1987 Oslo NOR
YEM 20:55.25 Fatma Al-Orafi 26 Oct 2007 Amman JOR
ZAM 15:47.58 Mirian Kaumba 01 May 2005 Palo Alto CA USA
ZIM 15:40.43 Samukeliso Moya 08 Mar 2000 Adelaide AUS
Last Updated on 21 Jul 2008
Contributors: Winfred Kramer, Meric Talofar, Mick McGeogh, György Csiki