5000m Long Distance Record

Men's Outdoor
12:37.35 - Kenenisa Bekele from Ethiopia in Hengelo, Netherlands on 5/31/04

Men's Indoor
12:49.60 - Kenenisa Bekele from Ethiopia in Birmingham, England on 2/20/04

Women's Outdoor
14:16.63 - Meseret Defar from Ethiopia in Oslo, Norway on 6/15/07
14:24.53 - Meseret Defar from Ethiopia in Randalls Island, New York on 6 /03/06

Women's Indoor
14:27.42 - Tirunesh Dibaba from Ethiopia in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts on 1/27/07