Men
• > The chart is clipped at 26:00 (1560 seconds), and magnified by 3 (three pixels height equal 1 second) Pre-IAAF • Howitt's time was recorded at the point of 10,186 m, en route to a longer distance. • George's times were recorded at the point. IAAF world records Where present, the "Auto" column gives a fully automatic time that was additionally recorded where the ratified mark was hand-timed, or from which the ratified mark was rounded to the 10th of a second, depending on the rules then in place. Auto times to the hundredth of a second were accepted by the IAAF for events up to and including 10,000 m from 1981. However, Henry Rono's 27:22.4, timed to the hundredth at 27:22.47, was not adjusted from 1981. ==Women==