Record No.
MRB-2026-005987
Men's 10,000m World Record
Sports
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Record Holder
Joshua Cheptegei
Uganda
Category
Sports
Country
Uganda
(
UG )
Achievement Date
07 October 2020
Verification Status
Reference
Record Description
Ugandan runner Joshua Cheptegei ran 26:11.00 for the 10,000 metres in Valencia, Spain in October 2020, breaking a world record that had stood since 2005. He also set the men's 5000m world record that same year, holding both track distance records at once.
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