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The fastest 5k was run by the Ethiopian distance runner Kenenisa Bekele on the track posting a time of 12:37.35. For those of you doing the math, that is 4:03/MILE pace for a little more than 3 miles.

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The fastest 5K race ever run by a human is 12 minutes and 37 seconds, set by Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda in 2020.

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1:41.01 by David Rudisha of Kenya in 2010.

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Wilson Kipketer of Denmark with a time of 1:41.11.

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12:37.35 by Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) in Hengelo, Holland on 5/31/04

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Haile Gebrelaisse

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1 min 54 secs

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