JUL 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 AUG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
 Athletics – 10,000m
  
Stade de France Event Medal

FORMAT
Final only, with 25-30 athletes competing Laps of track 25

ORIGINS
Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) claims first title in 1912.
Olga Bondarenko (URS) takes inaugural women’s 10,000m in 1988

LEGACY
Traditionally paired with 5,000m – seven men and two women have completed Olympic long-distance track double
          
2020 GOLD
Selemon Barega (ETH) – who secures 11th Ethiopian title in event – and Sifan Hassan (NED)

Mohamed Farah
GBR
2012, 2016

Kenenisa Bekele ETH
2004, 2008

Tirunesh Dibaba ETH
2008, 2016

Olympic record
Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) Beijing 2008 27:01.17
Almaz Ayana (ETH) Rio de Janeiro 2016 29:17.45
 
World record
Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) Valencia 2020 26:11.00
Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) Hengelo 2021 29:01.03

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