10000m

The 10,000 meters is the longest standard athletics track event. Most of those running such races also compete in road races and cross country running events.

The world records are: For men:

• Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia in 26:17.53 (6.34 m/s) at Brussels, Belgium on August 26, 2005

For women:

• Wang Junxia of China in 29:31.78 (5.64 m/s) in 1993