![<span class="mw-page-title-main">10K run</span> Road running competition over a distance of ten kilometres](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/2012_Bupa_London_10000_Blackfriars_Bridge.jpg/320px-2012_Bupa_London_10000_Blackfriars_Bridge.jpg)
The 10K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of ten kilometres. Also referred to as the 10K road race, 10 km, or simply 10K, it is one of the most common types of road running event, alongside the shorter 5K and longer half marathon and marathon. It is usually distinguished from the 10,000 metres track running event by stating the distance in kilometres, rather than metres.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">5K run</span> Road running competition](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Cannon_Hill_parkrun_event_71_%28669%29_%286659543339%29.jpg/320px-Cannon_Hill_parkrun_event_71_%28669%29_%286659543339%29.jpg)
The 5K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of five kilometres (3.107 mi). Also referred to as the 5K road race, 5 km, or simply 5K, it is the shortest of the most common road running distances. It is usually distinguished from the 5000 metres track running event by stating the distance in kilometres, rather than metres.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sifan Hassan</span> Dutch middle- and long-distance runner (born 1993)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Hassan_cropped.jpg/320px-Hassan_cropped.jpg)
Sifan Hassan is an Ethiopian-born Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She is most recognized for her versatility in running championship and world leading performances in widely disparate distances. She completed an unprecedented triple at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, winning gold medals in both the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres and a bronze medal for the 1,500 metres. Hassan is the only athlete in Olympic history to win medals across a middle-distance event and both long-distance races in a single Games. She is only the second woman to complete an Olympic distance double.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Agnes Tirop</span> Kenyan long-distance runner (1995–2021)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Agnes_Tirop_vid_friidrotts-VM_2019_i_Doha.png/320px-Agnes_Tirop_vid_friidrotts-VM_2019_i_Doha.png)
Agnes Jebet Tirop was a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She won bronze medals in the 10,000 metres at the 2017 and 2019 World Athletics Championships. At the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Tirop became the second-youngest ever gold medallist in the women's race, after Zola Budd. At the time of her death in 2021, she was the world-record holder in the 10 kilometres women's-only event.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Senbere Teferi</span> Ethiopian runner](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Senbere_Teferi_Rio_2016.jpg/320px-Senbere_Teferi_Rio_2016.jpg)
Senbere Teferi is an Ethiopian professional middle- and long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics. Teferi was also the silver medallist at the 2015 World Cross Country Championships. She is the world record holder for the women's only 5 kilometres road race.
The following table shows the progression of world bests and world records in the 5K run, as recognised by the IAAF. The 5K run is a new event, having been introduced as a world record event in 2017.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres</span>](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Women%27s_10%2C000m_podium_at_Doha_2019.jpg/320px-Women%27s_10%2C000m_podium_at_Doha_2019.jpg)
The women's 10,000 metres at the World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 28 September 2019.
The following tables show the progression of world bests and world records in the 10K run, as recognised by the IAAF. The 10K run was introduced as a world record event in 2003.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nadia Battocletti</span> Italian long-distance runner](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Nadia_Battocletti_%28Istanbul_2023%29.jpg/320px-Nadia_Battocletti_%28Istanbul_2023%29.jpg)
Nadia Battocletti is an Italian female middle- and long-distance runner. She won the gold medal for the 5000 metres at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships. Battocletti earned four individual gold medals in the U20 and U23 age groups at the European Cross Country Championships. She is the Italian record holder for the indoor 3000 metres and 5 km road race.
Agnes Jebet Ngetich is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She won two medals at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships with bronze in the senior women's race and team gold. In January 2024, she improved the world record for a 10 km run by 28 seconds with a time of 28:46. She also broke the 5km world record by passing the 5km mark in 14:13, 6 seconds faster than the previous world record.
Medina Eisa is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 5000 metres at the 2022 World Under-20 Championships and silver in the junior women's race at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships.
2023 in athletics is a year of track and field, highlighted by the main event of 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, 40 years after the very first edition in 1983.
Bertukan Welde Sura is an Ethiopian track and field athlete who competes as a long-distance runner.