2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue	National Stadium
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	14 September
Competitors	25 from 16 nations
Winning time	28:55.77
Medalists
Jimmy Gressier    France   Yomif Kejelcha    Ethiopia   Andreas Almgren    Sweden
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The men's 10,000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 14 September 2025. ^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Joshua Cheptegei  (UGA)	26:11.00	Valencia, Spain	7 October 2020
Championship record	Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)	26:46.31	Berlin, Germany	17 August 2009
World Leading	Biniam Mehary  (ETH)	26:43.82	Eugene, United States	5 July 2025
African Record	Joshua Cheptegei  (UGA)	26:11.00	Valencia, Spain	7 October 2020
Asian Record	Ahmad Hassan Abdullah  (QAT)	26:38.76	Brussels, Belgium	5 September 2003
European Record	Mo Farah  (GBR)	26:46.57	Eugene, United States	3 June 2011
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Grant Fisher  (USA)	26:33.84	San Juan Capistrano, United States	6 March 2022
Oceanian record	Jack Rayner  (AUS)	27:09.57		16 March 2024
South American Record	Marilson Gomes dos Santos  (BRA)	27:28.12	Neerpelt, Belgium	2 June 2007

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 27:00.00. ^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
14 September	21:30	Final

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Jimmy Gressier	France	28:55.77	SB
	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	28:55.83	SB
	Andreas Almgren	Sweden	28:56.02
4	Ishmael Kipkurui	Kenya	28:56.48
5	Nico Young	United States	28:56.62	SB
6	Selemon Barega	Ethiopia	28:57.21
7	Edwin Kurgat	Kenya	28:57.83
8	Grant Fisher	United States	28:57.85	SB
9	Thierry Ndikumwenayo	Spain	28:59.07	SB
10	Adriaan Wildschutt	South Africa	28:59.47
11	Graham Blanks	United States	29:01.27
12	Berihu Aregawi	Ethiopia	29:02.02
13	Dan Kibet	Uganda	29:03.22
14	Dominic Lobalu	Switzerland	29:11.65	SB
15	Egide Ntakarutimana	Burundi	29:12.81
16	Gulveer Singh	India	29:13.33
17	Awet Nftalem Kibrab	Norway	29:19.91
18	Oscar Chelimo	Uganda	29:26.66	PB
19	Efrem Gidey	Ireland	29:30.37
20	Mebuki Suzuki	Japan	29:33.60
21	Célestin Ndikumana	Burundi	29:38.86
22	Jun Kasai	Japan	29:41.84
23	Davor Bienenfeld	Germany	29:51.41
—	Benson Kiplangat	Kenya	DNF
	Mohammed Ahmed	Canada
	Merhawi Mebrahtu	Eritrea	DNS
	Ignacio Velásquez	Chile
[4]

References

1. "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Men 10,000 Metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
2. "10,000 Metres Men − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
3. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
4. "Men's 10,000 metres - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.