10,000-Meter Run
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
| 1912 | Hannes Kolehmainen, Finland | 31:20.80 |
| 1920 | Paavo Nurmi, Finland | 31:45.80 |
| 1924 | Willie Ritola, Finland | 30:23.20 |
| 1928 | Paavo Nurmi, Finland | 30:18.80 |
| 1932 | Janusz Kusocinski, Poland | 30:11.40 |
| 1936 | IImari Salminen, Finland | 30:15.40 |
| 1948 | Emil Zatopek, Czechoslovakia | 29:59.60 |
| 1952 | Emil Zatopek, Czechoslovakia | 29:17.00 |
| 1956 | Vladimir Kuts, USSR | 28:45.60 |
| 1960 | Peter Bolotnikov, USSR | 28:32.20 |
| 1964 | Billy Mills, United States | 28:24.40 |
| 1968 | Nartali Temu, Kenya | 29:27.40 |
| 1972 | Lasse Viren, Finland | 27:38.40 |
| 1976 | Lasse Viren, Finland | 27:40.38 |
| 1980 | Miruts Yifter, Ethiopia | 27:42.70 |
| 1984 | Alberto Cova, Italy | 27:47.50 |
| 1988 | Mly Brahim Boutaib, Morocco | 27:21.46 |
| 1992 | Khalid Skah, Morocco | 27:47.70 |
| 1996 | Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia | 27:07.34 |
| 2000 | Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia | 27:18.20 |
| 2004 | Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia | 27:05.10 |
| 2008 | Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia | 27:01.17* |
*Olympic record
