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The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance 
Added to the Olympic programme in 1912, athletes from Finland, nicknamed the " Flying Finns", dominated the event until the late 1940s. In the 1960s, African runners began to come to the fore. In 1988, the women's competition debuted in the Olympic Games.
Official records are kept for outdoor 10,000-metre track events. The world record for men is held by Joshua Cheptegei of
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IAAF list of 10000-metres records in XML10K Races in Race-Calendar.com
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track running
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event. The event is part of the athletics
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programme at the Olympic Games
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and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race consists of 25 laps around an Olympic-sized track. It is less commonly held at track and field meetings, due to its duration. The 10,000-metre track race is usually distinguished from its road running
Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road. This differs from track and field on a regular track and cross country running over natural terrain.
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counterpart, the 10K run
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, by its reference to the distance in metres rather than kilometres.
The 10,000 metres is the longest standard track event, approximately equivalent to or . Most of those running such races also compete in road races and cross country events.
Added to the Olympic programme in 1912, athletes from Finland, nicknamed the " Flying Finns", dominated the event until the late 1940s. In the 1960s, African runners began to come to the fore. In 1988, the women's competition debuted in the Olympic Games.
Official records are kept for outdoor 10,000-metre track events. The world record for men is held by Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda
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on 7 October 2020. For women, the world track 10,000-metre record is held by Letesenbet Gidey
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on 8 June 2021.
The 10,000 metres demands exceptional levels of aerobic endurance, and elite athletes typically train in excess of 160 km (100 miles) a week.
6 miles
10,000 metres is the slightly longer metric derivative of the run, an event common in countries when they were using the imperial measurement system. 6 miles was used in theCommonwealth Games
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until 1966 and was a championship in the United States in non-Olympic years from 1953 to 1973. It is 24 laps around a track.
All-time top 25
Men
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Women
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of Turkey
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's time of 29:56.34 set in Beijing
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on 15 August 2008 was annulled due to doping offences.
Olympic medalists
Men
Women
World Championships medalists
Men
Women
European Championships medalists
Men
Women
Season's bests
Men
Women
Competitions
* European Cup 10,000m *Iberian 10,000 Metres Championships The Iberian 10,000 Metres Championships or Iberian Trophy ( pt, Troféu Ibérico; es, Trofeo Ibérico) is an annual team track running competition over 10,000 metres that is contested between athletes from Portugal and Spain. The event has been h ...
References
External links
IAAF list of 10000-metres records in XML
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