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The 20,000 metres (approximately 12.43 mi or 65,617 ft) is a rarely contested long-distance running event in track and field competitions; most world records in the event have been set during half marathons and one-hour races, as a half marathon is roughly 21,000 meters.

World Records

+ = indicates a time was taken at an intermediate distance in a longer race

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    Zersenay Tadese in the lead pack of the 2013 Prague Half Marathon
    Updated January 2024.
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  • Correct as of January 2024.
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All-time top 25

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  • + = en route to longer performance
  • h = hand timed

Men

  • Updated September 2022.
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Notes

Below is a list of all other times equal or superior to 57:55.00:

Women

  • Updated September 2022.
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Tegla Loroupe's 20,000 meter world record was mentioned in Chapter 1, problem 64P of Chemistry (Seventh Edition) by John E. McMurry, Robert C. Fay, and Jill Kirsten Robinson. [11]

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