100K run world record progression

The following tables show the List of world records in athletics progression in the 100K run, as recognised by World Athletics. The 100K run was introduced as a world record event in January 2004.

World record progression

Key to tables

  Awaiting ratification   not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics

Men

Time Athlete Date Place Ref
6:13:33  Takahiro Sunada (JPN) 1998-06-21 Yūbetsu, Japan
6:09:14  Nao Kazami (JPN) 2018-06-24 Yūbetsu, Japan
6:05:35  Aleksandr Sorokin (LIT) 2023-05-14 Vilnius, Lithuania
5:59:20  Sibusiso Kubheka (RSA) 2025-08-26 Nardò Ring, Italy

Women

Women only race

Time Athlete Date Place Ref

Mixed gender race

Time Athlete Date Place Ref
6:33:11  Tomoe Abe (JPN) 2000-06-25 Yūbetsu, Japan

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Newsletter 60" (PDF). www.worldathletics.org. IAAF. 28 February 2003. p. 3. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 "100 kilometers Records". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Takahiro SUNADA | Profile | World Athletics". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Nao KAZAMI | Profile | World Athletics". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Brett Larner (24 June 2018). "Kazami Breaks 100 km World Record at Lake Saroma". japanrunningnews.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Sorokin breaks world 100km record". World Athletics. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "SPEED WITHOUT LIMITS: SIBUSISO KUBHEKA BREAKS THE 6-HOUR BARRIER IN 100KM CHASE, POWERED BY LATEST IN ADIDAS SPEED INNOVATION". adidas.com. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
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