Men's 5000 metres European record progression

The following table shows the European record progression in the men's 5000 metres running event, as ratified by the EAA. ^{[1] [2]}

Hand timing

Time	Athlete	Nationality	Venue	Date
14:36.6	Hannes Kolehmainen	Finland	Stockholm, Sweden	July 10, 1912
14:35.4 (a)	Paavo Nurmi	Finland	Stockholm, Sweden	September 12, 1922
14:28.2	Paavo Nurmi	Finland	Helsinki, Finland	June 19, 1924
14:17.0 (b)	Lauri Lehtinen	Finland	Helsinki, Finland	June 19, 1932
14:08.8	Taisto Mäki	Finland	Helsinki, Finland	June 16, 1939
13:58.2 (c)	Gunder Hägg	Sweden	Gothenburg, Sweden	September 20, 1942
13:57.2	Emil Zátopek	Czechoslovakia	Paris, France	May 30, 1954
13:56.6	Vladimir Kuts	Soviet Union	Bern, Switzerland	August 29, 1954
13:51.6	Christopher Chataway	United Kingdom	London, England	October 13, 1954
13:51.2	Vladimir Kuts	Soviet Union	Prague, Czechoslovakia	October 23, 1954
13:50.8	Sándor Iharos	Hungary	Budapest, Hungary	September 10, 1955
13:46.8	Vladimir Kuts	Soviet Union	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	September 18, 1955
13:40.6	Sándor Iharos	Hungary	Budapest, Hungary	October 23, 1955
13:36.8	Gordon Pirie	United Kingdom	Bergen, Norway	June 19, 1956
13:35.0	Vladimir Kuts	Soviet Union	Rome, Italy	October 13, 1957
13:34.4	Michel Jazy	France	Lorient, France	June 6, 1965
13:29.0	Michel Jazy	France	Paris, France	June 11, 1965
13:27.6	Michel Jazy	France	Helsinki, Finland	June 30, 1965
13:24.8	Harald Norpoth	West Germany	Cologne, West Germany	September 7, 1966
13:22.8	Ian Stewart	United Kingdom	Edinburgh, Scotland	July 25, 1970
13:22.2	David Bedford	United Kingdom	Edinburgh, Scotland	June 12, 1971
13:17.2 (d)	David Bedford	United Kingdom	London, England	July 14, 1972
13:16.4 (e)	Lasse Virén	Finland	Helsinki, Finland	September 14, 1972
13:13.0	Emiel Puttemans	Belgium	Brussels, Belgium	September 20, 1972

(a) Timed at 14:35.3 but rounded for record ratification
(b) Timed at 14:16.9 but rounded for record ratification
(c) Timed at 13:58.1 but rounded for record ratification
(d) Timed at 13:17.21 but rounded for record ratification
(e) Timed at 13:16.3 but rounded for record ratification

Automatic timing

	Ratified
	Not ratified
	Ratified but later rescinded
	Pending ratification

Time	Athlete	Nationality	Venue	Date	Ref
13:10.40	Hansjörg Kunze	East Germany	Rieti, Italy	September 9, 1981
13:00.41	David Moorcroft	United Kingdom	Oslo, Norway	July 7, 1982
12:54.70	Dieter Baumann	Germany	Zürich, Switzerland	August 13, 1997
12:49.71	Mohammed Mourhit	Belgium	Brussels, Belgium	August 26, 2000
12:48.45	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	Florence, Italy	June 10, 2021
12:45.01	Mohamed Katir	Spain	Fontvieille, Monaco	July 21, 2023	[3]
12:44.27	Andreas Almgren	Sweden	Stockholm, Sweden	June 15, 2025	[4]

References

1. Athletix ^{[ usurped ]}
2. European Athletics Archived 2010-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
3. "5000m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 21 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
4. "5000m Result" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.