US all-time 5,000 and 10,000 meter list

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10,000m Men Overall All-Time

Rank Performance PB Name DOB Club Venue Date

1 27:13.98 27:13.98 Mebrahtom Keflezighi 05.05.75 Nike Palo Alto, CA 4-May-01

2 27:16.99 27:16.99 Abdihakem Abdirahman 01.01.77 Nike Eugene, OR 8-Jun-08

3 27:20.56 27:20.56 Mark Nenow 11.16.57 Athletics West Brussells, BEL 5-Sep-86

4 27:22.28 27:22.28 Dathan Ritzenhein 12.30.82 Nike Berlin, GER 17-Aug-09

5 27:25.61 27:25.61 Alberto Salazar 08.07.58 Athletics West Oslo, NOR 26-Jun-82

6 27:29.16 27:29.16 Craig Virgin 08.02.55 Paris, FRA 17-Jul-80

7 27:31.34 27:31.34 Todd Williams 03.07.69 adidas Knoxville, TN 6-Apr-95

8 27:33.48 27:33.48 Galen Rupp 05.08.86 Nike Palo Alto, CA 29-Apr-07

9 27:33.93 27:33.93 Alan Culpepper 09.15.72 adidas Palo Alto, CA 4-May-01

10 27:34.72 27:34.72 Alan Webb 01.13.83 Nike Palo Alto, CA 30-Apr-06

11 27:36.99 27:36.99 Tim Nelson 02.27.04 Oregon Track Club Palo Alto, CA 2-May-09

12 27:37.17 27:37.17 Bruce Bickford 03.12.57 Stockholm, SWE 2-Jul-85

13 27:37.45 27:37.45 Bob Kennedy 08.18.70 Nike Palo Alto, CA 30-Apr-04

14 27:37.74 27:37.74 Anthony Famiglietti 11.08.78 adidas Palo Alto, CA 30-Apr-06

15 27:41.05 27:41.05 Ed Eyestone 06.15.61 Reebok Walnut, CA 27-Apr-85

16 27:42.19 27:42.19 Dan Browne 06.24.75 Nike Palo Alto, CA 30-Apr-04

17 27:42.91 27:42.91 Jorge Torres 08.22.80 Nike Palo Alto, CA 29-Apr-07

18 27:43.13 27:43.13 Ed Moran 05.27.81 Nike Palo Alto, CA 29-Apr-07

19 27:43.6 27:43.6 Steve Prefontaine 01.25.51 Nike Eugene, OR 27-Apr-74

20 27:43.64 27:43.64 James Carney 05.24.78 New Balance Palo Alto, CA 29-Apr-07

21 27:43.7 27:43.7 Paul Cummings 09.05.53 Pacific Coast Club Walnut, CA 28-Apr-84

22 27:45.20 27:45.20 Steve Plasencia 10.28.56 Seattle, WA 25-Jul-90

23 27:45.91 27:45.91 Frank Shorter 10.31.47 Florida Track Club London, ENG 29-Aug-75

24 27:46.80 27:46.80 Pat Porter 05.31.59 Athletics West Walnut, CA 23-Apr-88

25 27:46.9 27:46.9 Garry Bjorklund 04.22.51 Walnut, CA 28-Apr-84

26 27:47.0 27:47.0 Tony Sandoval 05.19.54 Athletics West Walnut, CA 28-Apr-84

27 27:47.25 27:47.25 Bill McChesney 01.08.59 Athletics West Oslo, NOR 11-Jul-81

28 27:48.06 27:48.06 Scott Bauhs 05.11.86 Chico State Palo Alto, CA 4-May-08

29 27:50.48 27:50.48 Fasil Bizuneh 05.05.80 Nike Palo Alto, CA 4-May-08

30 27:53.0 27:53.0 Chris Fox 10.22.58 Brooks Montreal, CAN 10-Jul-95

31 27:53.1 27:53.1 Greg Meyer 09.18.55 Brooks Williamsburg, VA 2-Apr-83

32 27:54.19 27:54.19 Doug Brown 03.01.52 Athletics West Stockholm, SWE 3-Jul-78

33 27:54.41 27:54.41 Josh Rohatinsky 03.07.82 Nike Eugene, OR 4-Jul-08

34 27:55.17 27:55.17 Nicholas Rogers 05.02.75 Nike Palo Alto, CA 5-May-00

35 27:55.23 27:55.23 Jim Hill 07.01.61 adidas Eugene, OR 9-Apr-83

36 27:56.90 27:56.90 Clint Wells 05.02.75 Nike Palo Alto, CA 3-May-02

37 27:58.02 27:58.02 Brad Hauser 03.28.77 Nike Palo Alto, CA 3-May-02

38 27:58.41 27:58.41 Gerard Donakowski 02.20.60 Athletics West Oslo, NOR 5-Jul-86

39 27:59.1 27:59.1 Thom Hunt 03.17.58 San Diego, CA Walnut, CA 24-Apr-82

40 27:59.31 27:59.31 Adam Goucher 02.18.75 Nike Eugene, OR 4-Jul-08

41 27:59.35 27:59.35 Shannon Butler 01.24.67 Hengelo, NED 25-Jun-91

42 27:59.70 27:59.70 Aaron Ramirez 07.29.64 Mizuno Walnut, CA 20-Apr-91

43 27:59.72 27:59.72 Ian Dobson 02.06.82 adidas Palo Alto, CA 1-May-05

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5000m Men Overall All-Time

Rank Performance PB Name DOB Club Venue Date

1 12:56.27 12:56.27 Dathan Ritzenhein 12.30.82 Nike Zurich, SWI 28-Aug-09

2 12:58.21 12:58.21 Bob Kennedy 08.18.70 Nike Zurich, SWI 14-Aug-96

3 12:58.56 12:58.56 Matt Tegenkamp 01.19.82 Nike Brussels, BEL 4-Sep-09

4 12:59.22 12:59.22 Bernard Lagat 12.12.74 Nike London, ENG 28-Jul-06

5 13:01.15 13:01.15 Sydney Maree 09.09.56 Athletic Attic Oslo, NOR 27-Jul-85

6 13:10.00 13:10.00 Adam Goucher 02.18.75 Nike Heusden, BEL 22-Jul-06

7 13:10.86 13:10.86 Alan Webb 01.13.83 Nike Berlin, GER 4-Sep-05

8 13:11.77 13:11.77 Mebrahtom Keflezighi 05.05.75 Nike Heusden, BEL 5-Aug-00

8 13:11.77 13:11.77 Tim Broe 06.20.77 adidas Oslo, NOR 29-Jul-05

10 13:11.93 13:11.93 Alberto Salazar 08.07.58 Athletics West Stockholm, SWE 6-Jul-82

10 13:11.93 13:11.93 Anthony Famiglietti 11.08.78 adidas Walnut, CA 13-Apr-07

12 13:12.24 13:12.24 Chris Solinsky 12.05.84 Nike Heusden, BEL 28-Jul-07

13 13:12.91 13:12.91 Matt Centrowitz 01.28.55 Athletics West Eugene, OR 5-Jun-82

14 13:13.32 13:13.32 Abdihakem Abdirahman 01.01.77 Nike London, ENG 22-Jul-05

15 13:13.49 13:13.49 Bruce Bickford 03.12.57 Oslo, NOR 27-Jun-85

16 13:14.80 13:14.80 Bill McChesney 01.08.59 Athletics West Zurich, SWI 18-Aug-82

17 13:15.06 13:15.06 Marty Liquori 09.11.49 Athletic Attic Dusseldorf, GER 4-Sep-77

18 13:15.16 13:15.16 Bolota Asmerom 10.12.78 Nike Heusden, BEL 28-Jul-07

19 13:15.33 13:15.33 Ian Dobson 02.06.82 adidas Carson, CA 24-Jun-05

20 13:15.44 13:15.44 Doug Padilla 10.04.56 Athletics West Helsinki, FIN 4-Jul-85

21 13:15.86 13:15.86 Jim Spivey 03.07.60 Asics Berlin, GER 30-Aug-94

22 13:16.02 13:16.02 Dan Browne 06.24.75 Nike Heusden, BEL 31-Jul-04

23 13:16.03 13:16.03 Ryan Hall 10.14.82 Asics Carson, CA 24-Jun-05

24 13:17.44 13:17.44 John Gregorek 04.15.60 Oslo, NOR 4-Jul-87

25 13:18.12 13:18.12 Galen Rupp 05.08.86 Nike Fayetteville, AR 13-Feb-09

26 13:18.19 13:18.19 Ralph King 04.01.56 Eugene, OR 5-Jun-82

27 13:18.46 13:18.46 Brent Vaughn 09.04.84 Nike Palo Alto, CA 4-May-08

28 13:18.50 13:18.50 Nicholas Rogers 05.02.75 Nike Heusden, BEL 5-Aug-00

29 13:18.54 13:18.54 Mark Nenow 11.16.57 Oslo, NOR 28-Jun-84

30 13:19.1 13:19.1 Craig Virgin 08.02.55 Front Runner Oslo, NOR 15-Jun-80

31 13:19.22 13:19.22 Rudy Chapa 11.07.57 Eugene, OR 7-Apr-79

32 13:19.37 13:19.37 Steve Plasencia 10.28.56 Oslo, NOR 27-Jul-85

33 13:19.4 13:19.4 Duncan MacDonald 01.15.49 Stockholm, SWE 10-Aug-76

34 13:19.50 13:19.50 Todd Williams 03.07.69 adidas Lausanne, SWI 5-Jul-95

35 13:19.60 13:19.60 Ryan Wilson 08.14.74 Eugene, OR 30-May-99

36 13:19.62 13:19.62 Paul Cummings 09.05.53 Eugene, OR 5-Jun-82

37 13:19.68 13:19.68 Ryan Kirkpatrick 09.10.78 WCAP Walnut, CA 13-Apr-07

38 13:19.73 13:19.73 Jim Hill 07.01.68 Oslo, NOR 28-Jun-83

39 13:19.92 13:19.92 Jonathan Riley 12.29.78 Nike Heusden, BEL 28-Jul-07

40 13:20.19 13:20.19 John Trautmann 06.29.68 Walnut, CA 17-Apr-92

41 13:20.35 13:20.35 Ed Moran 05.27.81 Nike Walnut, CA 13-Apr-07

42 13:20.43 13:20.43 Josh McDougal 06.01.85 Liberty University Walnut, CA 13-Apr-07

43 13:20.49 13:20.49 Joe Falcon 06.23.66 Eugene, OR 1-Jun-90

44 13:20.57 13:20.57 Jorge Torres 08.22.80 Nike Palo Alto, CA 29-May-05

45 13:21.60 13:21.60 Chris Fox 10.22.58 Oslo, NOR 28-Jun-83

46 13:21.87 13:21.87 Steve Prefontaine 01.25.51 Nike Helsinki, FIN 26-Jun-74

47 13:22.18 0:13:22 Evan Jager 03.08.89 Nike Eugene, OR 26-Jun-09

48 13:23.20 13:23.20 Dick Buerkle 09.03.47 Zurich, SWI 13-Aug-80

49 13:23.38 13:23.38 Paul Geis 02.23.53 Helsinki, FIN 26-Jun-74

50 13:23.50 13:23.50 Sean Graham 03.06.80 Heusden, BEL 28-Jul-07

51 13:23.57 13:23.57 Dan Henderson 06.26.58 Eugene, OR 1-Jun-85

52 13:23.60 13:23.60 Matt Giusto 10.25.66 Eugene, OR 19-Jun-93

53 13:23.72 13:23.72 Mark Coogan 05.01.66 Sacramento, CA 16-Jun-95

54 13:24.55 13:24.55 Greg Whiteley 01.06.67 Eugene, OR 5-Jun-93

55 13:24.78 13:24.78 Ruben Reina 11.16.67 Oslo, NOR 6-Jul-91

56 13:25.19 13:25.19 Louis Luchini 05.24.81 Stanford University Walnut, CA 16-Apr-04

57 13:25.38 13:25.38 Matthew Lane 05.09.77 Palo Alto, CA 4-May-01

58 13:25.46 13:25.46 German Fernandez 11.02.90 Oklahoma State Uni. Eugene, OR 26-Jun-09

59 13:25:53 13:25:53 Josh Rohatinsky 03.07.82 Nike Walnut, CA 13-Apr-07

60 13:25.61 13:25.61 Bill Krohn 03.09.58 Oslo, NOR 27-Jul-85

61 13:25.66 13:25.66 Robert Curtis 11.28.84 Reebok Heusden, BEL 20-Jun-08

62 13:25.70 13:25.70 Aaron Ramirez 07.29.64 Lausanne, SWI 10-Jul-91

63 13:25.75 13:25.75 Gerard Donakowski 02.20.60 Dedham, MA 7-Jun-86

63 13:25.75 13:25.75 Alan Culpepper 09.15.72 adidas London, ENG 22-Jul-05

65 13:26.34 13:26.34 Thom Hunt 03.17.58 London, ENG 3-Jun-81

66 13:26.62 13:26.62 Frank Shorter 10.31.47 Florida Track Club Zurich, SWI 24-Aug-77

67 13:26.65 13:26.65 Radwan Koborsi 10.04.83 Reebok Heusden, BEL 22-Jul-06

68 13:26.79 13:26.79 Vince Draddy 04.19.61 Eugene, OR 1-Jun-85

69 13:26.81 13:26.81 Brian Baker 06.08.70 New Balance Hechtel, BEL 6-Jul-96

70 13:27.05 13:27.05 Marc Davis 12.17.69 Nike Walnut, CA 14-Apr-00

71 13:27.17 13:27.17 Sean Quigley 09.03.82 PUMA Walnut, CA 17-Apr-09

72 13:27.31 13:27.31 Brad Hauser 03.28.77 Nike Sacramento, CA 21-Jul-00

73 13:27.41 13:27.41 Don Clary 07.29.57 Eugene, OR 7-Jun-86

74 13:27.45 13:27.45 Thomas Morgan 05.10.81 ZAP Fitness Heusden, BEL 20-Jul-08

75 13:27.52 13:27.52 Clint Wells 05.02.75 Nike Walnut, CA 19-Apr-02

76 13:27.72 13:27.72 Steve Lacy 01.17.56 Los Angeles, CA 24-Jun-84

77 13:27.79 13:27.79 Brandon Bethke 01.19.87 Wisconsin Walnut, CA 17-Apr-09

78 13:28.00 13:28.00 Terry Brahm 11.21.62 Eugene, OR 1-Jun-90

79 13:28.29 13:28.29 Andre Williams 10.11.71 Reebok Palo Alto, CA 5-May-00

80 13:28.41 13:28.41 Dan Nelson 05.15.64 Eugene, OR 5-Jun-93

81 13:28.45 13:28.45 Hassan Mead 08.28.89 Univ. of Minnesota Palo Alto, CA 2-May-09

82 13:28.99 13:28.99 Ray Appenheimer 10.18.72 Palo Alto, CA 5-May-00

83 13:29.25 13:29.25 Ronnie Harris 05.16.65 Hechtel, BEL 6-Jul-96

84 13:29.4 13:29.4 George Young 07.24.37 Eugene, OR 9-Jul-72

85 13:29.98 13:29.98 Chris Derrick 10.17.90 Stanford University Palo Alto, CA 2-May-09

From this list it is obvious that Rupp is by far the best runner the US has produced in decades.

Uh Meb? Abdi? Ritz? Teg?

"produced" or "hatched" by Nike

So the question is...

Which is more impressive:

Steve Prefontaine's 27:43 10k from 1974

or

Marty Liquori's 13:15 from 1977?

Frank Shorter never ran a 10k faster than Pre, and Shorter's 10k PR came 1 year later and 2 seconds slower, a day late and a dollar short.

Marty Liquori ran 13:15 in 1977 and then apparently no American ran sub 13:20 until Rudy Chapa ran 13:19 in 1979. Pretty impressive runs for the 70's crew.

What's also amazing is the fact that until Ritz's breakthrough this summer, the 3 best US-BORN 10k performers in history (Virgin, Salazar, and Nenow) ran their best times about 25-30 years ago. That's a HELL a long time ago. Really incredible.

(and it makes me question the notion of the incredible rebirth of US distance running that is supposedly taking place. Sure some of our young guys like Ritz, Webb, and Teg and Rupp have done some amazing things, and they have some time to do some more, but it still appears to me that we were better, by certain measurement, 25-30 years ago. It's nice that we are getting back towards that level, but due to a certain type of running "inflation" (great improvements on the all time times by East Africans), a 27:20 or 27:30 today just ain't worth what it once was. With that in mind, we WERE better a quarter century ago).

In need of some fact checking

Sir Lance-alot wrote:

What's also amazing is the fact that until Ritz's breakthrough this summer, the 3 best US-BORN 10k performers in history (Virgin, Salazar, and Nenow) ran their best times about 25-30 years ago.

Salazar was born in Cuba. He's an immigrant just like Meb and Abdi. Not sure why that matters, they're all Americans.

for the above lists:

Average of year in which PR was made - 5k '95; 10k '94

Average of year in which mark was made - 5k '93; 10k '94

top 10 individuals PR average yr is 5k '00; 10k '97

Point - the US records books are still HEAVILY skewed to the golden age in the 70s/80s, and BK's 5k running of the 90s.

record progressions:

13:22.80 Steve Prefontaine 07/09/1972

13:22.40 Steve Prefontaine 06/27/1973

13:21.87 Steve Prefontaine 06/26/1974

13:19.40 Duncan MacDonald 08/10/1976

13:16.00 Marty Liquori 08/24/1977

13:15.06 Marty Liquori 09/04/1977

13:12.91 Matt Centrowitz 06/05/1982

13:11.93 Alberto Salazar 07/06/1982

13:01.15 Sydney Maree 07/27/1985

12:58.75 Bob Kennedy 07/08/1996

12:58.21 Bob Kennedy 08/14/1996

12:56.27 Dathan Ritzenhein 08/28/2009

27:58.23 Frank Shorter 08/31/1972

27:51.32 Frank Shorter 09/03/1972

27:43.60 Steve Prefontaine 04/27/1974

27:39.40 Craig Virgin 06/17/1979

27:29.16 Craig Virgin 07/17/1980

27:25.61 Alberto Salazar 06/26/1982

27:20.56 Mark Nenow 09/05/1986

27:13.98 Mebrahtom Keflezighi 05/04/2001

irun wrote:

So the question is...

Which is more impressive:

Steve Prefontaine's 27:43 10k from 1974

or

Marty Liquori's 13:15 from 1977?

Frank Shorter never ran a 10k faster than Pre, and Shorter's 10k PR came 1 year later and 2 seconds slower, a day late and a dollar short.

Marty Liquori ran 13:15 in 1977 and then apparently no American ran sub 13:20 until Rudy Chapa ran 13:19 in 1979. Pretty impressive runs for the 70's crew.

45 guys have now run a faster 5k than Prefontaine.

The biggest group of them went to Oregon.

Marty Liquori was an interesting guy. One of the first to smartly move up.

He was a bit of a nose in the air dilettante back in the day. I am sure there are some ripe stories of him behind the scenes. Seems like he mellowed into a decent fellow after age took his running career away.

bump

nepoks wrote:

70 13:27.05 13:27.05 Marc Davis 12.17.69 Nike Walnut, CA 14-Apr-00

I'm surprised Marc Davis never ran faster than 13:27. Didn't he briefly have the American record in the 2 mile or 3000?

21 of the top 43 sub 28 min performers have taken place within the last decade. The other half were over the previous 3 decades. This proves that there is greater depth in American 10,000 now than ever before.

It is silly to compare the world scene because the Africans did not compete on the World Scale 30 years ago. We can compare Americans today to the previous generations.

Marty did almost no long (800m and longer) intervals. That he could run 13:15 without regularly doing stuff like 6 x 1000 at 5k pace is amazing to me.