World Records
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
12:49.60 Kenenisa Bekele 13/06/1982 ETH Birmingham, GBR 20/02/2004
World Leading 2012
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
12:58.67 Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa 14/01/1982 KEN Düsseldorf 10/02/2012
World Junior Records
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
12:53.29 Isiah Kiplangat Koech 19/12/1993 KEN Düsseldorf 11/02/2011
Area Records
Area Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
AFRICA 12:49.60 Kenenisa Bekele 13/06/1982 ETH Birmingham, GBR 20/02/2004
ASIA 13:19.10 Essa Ismail Rashed 14/12/1986 QAT Düsseldorf 03/02/2010
EUROPE 13:10.60 Mohamed Farah 23/03/1983 GBR Birmingham, GBR 19/02/2011
NORTH,CENTRAL AMERICA&C. 13:07.15 Bernard Lagat 12/12/1974 USA New York (Armory), NY 11/02/2012
OCEANIA 13:36.41 David McNeill 06/10/1986 AUS Fayetteville, AR 12/03/2010
SOUTH AMERICA 13:42.54 Antonio Fabián Silio 09/05/1966 ARG San Sebastián 20/02/1990
World Records
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
14:24.37 Meseret Defar 19/11/1983 ETH Stockholm 18/02/2009
World Leading 2012
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
15:38.83 Betsy Saina 30/06/1988 KEN Nampa, ID 09/03/2012
World Junior Records
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
14:53.99 Tirunesh Dibaba 01/06/1985 ETH Boston (Roxbury), MA 31/01/2004
Area Records
Area Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
AFRICA 14:24.37 Meseret Defar 19/11/1983 ETH Stockholm 18/02/2009
EUROPE 14:46.44 Alemitu Bekele 17/09/1977 TUR Stockholm 10/02/2010
NORTH,CENTRAL AMERICA&C. 14:47.62 Shalane Flanagan 08/07/1981 USA Boston (Roxbury), MA 07/02/2009
OCEANIA 14:39.89 Kimberley Smith 19/11/1981 NZL New York (Armory), NY 27/02/2009
SOUTH AMERICA 16:12.58 María Elena Calle 25/07/1975 ECU Fayetteville, AR 10/03/2000