10,000 metres at the World Championships in Athletics
Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki details Alberto Cova ( ITA ) Werner Schildhauer ( GDR ) Hansjörg Kunze ( GDR )
1987 Rome details Paul Kipkoech ( KEN ) Francesco Panetta ( ITA ) Hansjörg Kunze ( GDR )
1991 Tokyo details Moses Tanui ( KEN ) Richard Chelimo ( KEN ) Khalid Skah ( MAR )
1993 Stuttgart details Haile Gebrselassie ( ETH ) Moses Tanui ( KEN ) Richard Chelimo ( KEN )
1995 Gothenburg details Haile Gebrselassie ( ETH ) Khalid Skah ( MAR ) Paul Tergat ( KEN )
1997 Athens details Haile Gebrselassie ( ETH ) Paul Tergat ( KEN ) Salah Hissou ( MAR )
1999 Seville details Haile Gebrselassie ( ETH ) Paul Tergat ( KEN ) Assefa Mezgebu ( ETH )
2001 Edmonton details Charles Kamathi ( KEN ) Assefa Mezgebu ( ETH ) Haile Gebrselassie ( ETH )
2003 Saint-Denis details Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH ) Haile Gebrselassie ( ETH ) Sileshi Sihine ( ETH )
2005 Helsinki details Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH ) Sileshi Sihine ( ETH ) Moses Mosop ( KEN )
2007 Osaka details Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH ) Sileshi Sihine ( ETH ) Martin Mathathi ( KEN )
2009 Berlin details Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH ) Zersenay Tadese ( ERI ) Moses Ndiema Masai ( KEN )
2011 Daegu details Ibrahim Jeilan ( ETH ) Mo Farah ( GBR ) Imane Merga ( ETH )
2013 Moscow details Mo Farah ( GBR ) Ibrahim Jeilan ( ETH ) Paul Tanui ( KEN )
2015 Beijing details Mo Farah ( GBR ) Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor ( KEN ) Paul Tanui ( KEN )
2017 London details Mo Farah ( GBR ) Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei ( UGA ) Paul Tanui ( KEN )
2019 Doha details Joshua Cheptegei ( UGA ) Yomif Kejelcha ( ETH ) Rhonex Kipruto ( KEN )
Medalists -- Men
In the sixteen editions until 2017 , the men 's race at the World Championships has been dominated by three men ; Ethiopians Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele , and Great Britain 's Mo Farah - between them , they have won eleven of the sixteen editions held , won silver twice , and bronze once .
The 10,000 metres at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by men since the inaugural edition in 1983 and by women since the subsequent edition in 1987. It is the second most prestigious title in the discipline after the 10,000 metres at the Olympics. The competition format is a straight final with typically between twenty and thirty participants. Before 1999, the event had two qualifying heats leading to a final. The championship records for the event are 26:46.31 minutes for men, set by Kenenisa Bekele in 2009, and 30:04.18 minutes for women, set by Berhane Adere in 2003. The world record has never been broken or equalled at the competition by either men or women, reflecting the lack of pacemaking and athletes' more tactical approach to championship races. Haile Gebrselassie is the most successful athlete of the event with four gold medals and also a silver and a bronze, spanning a period from 1993 to 2003. His Ethiopian compatriot Kenenisa Bekele matched his feat of four consecutive titles in 2009. Tirunesh Dibaba is the most successful woman, with three gold medals to her name (2005, 2007, 2013, plus a silver in 2017). Ethiopia is by far the most successful nation in the discipline, with fifteen gold medals and 33 medals in total. Kenya is comfortably the next most successful with seven gold and 25 medals overall. Great Britain is the only other nation to have won multiple gold medals, with three in the men's and one in the women's division.