Women · World record

10,000 Metres

The current record and its documented progression: 24 ratified records from 1966 to 2024.

Current record

28:54.14

Beatrice ChebetKENEugene · 25 May 2024

2 years standing6.89 s improvementAll-time top 25 →

Record progression

Each step is a documented record; red marks the fully automatic timing era

1966 · 39:25.0 Gertrud Schmidt1966 · 39:10.0 Hannelore Middeke1967 · 38:06.4 Ann O'Brien1970 · 35:30.5 Paola Pigni1971 · 34:51.0 Kathy Gibbons1975 · 35:00.4 Julie Brown1975 · 34:01.4 Christa Vahlensieck1977 · 33:34.17 Loa Olafsson1977 · 33:15.09 Peg Neppel1978 · 32:43.2 Natalia Mărăşescu1978 · 31:45.4 Loa Olafsson1981 · 32:30.80 Olga Krentser1981 · 32:17.20 Yelena Sipatova1982 · 31:35.3 Mary Decker-Slaney1983 · 31:35.01 Lyudmila Baranova1983 · 31:27.58 Raisa Sadreydinova1984 · 31:13.78 Olga Bondarenko1985 · 30:59.42 Ingrid Kristiansen1986 · 30:13.74 Ingrid Kristiansen1993 · 29:31.78 Wang Junxia2016 · 29:17.45 Almaz Ayana2021 · 29:06.82 Sifan Hassan2021 · 29:01.03 Letesenbet Gidey2024 · 28:54.14 Beatrice Chebet 28:54.1439:25.00

19661975 · Vahlensieck 34:01.41981 · Sipatova 32:17.201986 · Kristiansen 30:13.742024 · Chebet 28:54.14

Documented records

24 ratified · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1358693602, imported 2 Sep 2026

MarkAthleteNationVenueDateStood
31:35.3 Mary Decker-Slaney USA Eugene, USA 16 Jul 1982 317 d
31:45.4 Loa Olafsson DEN Copenhagen, Denmark 6 Apr 1978 3 yrs
32:43.2 Natalia Mărăşescu ROU Băile Felix, Romania 22 Jan 1978 74 d
34:01.4 Christa Vahlensieck FRG Wolfsburg, West Germany 20 Aug 1975 1 yr
35:00.4 Julie Brown USA Los Angeles, United States 29 Mar 1975 144 d
34:51.0 Kathy Gibbons USA Phoenix, United States 12 Jun 1971 3 yrs
35:30.5 Paola Pigni ITA Milan, Italy 9 May 1970 1 yr
38:06.4 Ann O'Brien IRL Gormanstown, Ireland 26 Mar 1967 3 yrs
39:10.0 Hannelore Middeke GDR ? 1966
39:25.0 Gertrud Schmidt GDR ? 1966

Rows link to a profile only where the athlete appears on a published list. Struck marks were rescinded or never ratified, and A marks a performance at altitude; both come from the source article's own key and markers, and eras are kept as it lists them. Nothing is inferred.