Haile Gebrselassie
Distance Mark Date Location Notes
5000 metres 12:56.96 4 June 1994 Hengelo , Netherlands
Two miles 8:07.46 28 May 1995 Kerkrade , Netherlands Third fastest time ever , world best
10,000 metres 26:43.53 5 June 1995 Hengelo , Netherlands
5000 metres 12:44.39 16 August 1995 Zurich , Switzerland
5000 metres 13:10.98 27 January 1996 Sindelfingen , Germany , indoors
3000 metres 7:30.72 4 February 1996 Stuttgart , Germany , indoors
5000 metres 12:59.04 20 February 1997 Stockholm , Sweden indoors
Two miles 8:01.08 31 May 1997 Hengelo , Netherlands Second fastest time ever , world best
10,000 metres 26:31.32 4 July 1997 Oslo , Norway
5000 metres 12:41.86 13 August 1997 Zurich , Switzerland
3000 metres 7:26.15 25 January 1998 Karlsruhe , Germany indoors
2000 metres 4:52.86 15 February 1998 Birmingham , UK indoors
10,000 metres 26:22.75 1 June 1998 Hengelo , Netherlands
5000 metres 12:39.36 13 June 1998 Helsinki , Finland
5000 metres 12:50.38 14 February 1999 Birmingham , UK indoors
10 kilometres 27:02 11 December 2002 Doha , Qatar road race
Two miles 8:04.69 21 February 2003 Birmingham , UK indoors , world best
15 kilometres 41:22 + 4 September 2005 Tilburg , Netherlands road race , not IAAF-ratified
10 miles 44:24 4 September 2005 Tilburg , Netherlands road race , world best
20 kilometres 55:48 + 15 January 2006 Tempe , Arizona , US
World records and best performances
Haile Gebrselassie (Amharic: ኃይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ, haylē gebre silassē; born 18 April 1973) is a retired Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon. Further to this, he won four world titles indoors and was the 2001 World Half Marathon Champion. Haile had major competition wins at distances between 1500 metres and the marathon, moving from outdoor, indoor and cross country running to road running in the latter part of his career. He broke 61 Ethiopian national records ranging from 800 metres to the marathon, set 27 world records, and is regarded as one of the greatest distance runners in history. In September 2008, at the age of 35, he won the Berlin Marathon with a 
world record time of 2:03:59, breaking his own world record by 27 seconds. The record stood for three years. Since he was over the age of 35, that mark stood as the Masters Age group world record until 29 September 2019, when fellow Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele ran 2:01:41 at the age of 37. Gebrselassie's 10000 m Masters record has not been challenged since 2008.