Top ten American 10000m times:
1 26:44.36 Galen RUPP
2 26:59.60 Chris SOLINSKY
3 27:07.55 Shadrack KIPCHIRCHIR
4 27:13.98 Mebrahtom KEFLEZIGHI
5 27:16.99 Abdi ABDIRAHMAN
6 27:20.18 Leonard KORIR
7 27:20.56 Mark NENOW
8 27:22.28 Dathan RITZENHEIN
9 27:24.67 Bobby CURTIS
10 27:25.61 Alberto SALAZAR
Of these ten men, four have ran a sub 2:10 marathon.
Top ten Japanese 10000m times:
1 27:29.69 Kota MURAYAMA
2 27:29.74 Tetsuya YOROIZAKA
3 27:35.09 Toshinari TAKAOKA
4 27:35.33 Takeyuki NAKAYAMA
5 27:38.25 Yuki SATO
6 27:38.31 Suguru OSAKO
7 27:39.95 Kenta MURAYAMA
8 27:40.69 Tsuyoshi UGACHI
9 27:41.10 Yu MITSUYA
10 27:41.57 Chihiro MIYAWAKI
Of these ten men, six have gone sub 2:10.