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One Hour Run

The one hour run is an athletics event in which competitors try to cover as much distance as possible within one hour.

While officially recognized by World Athletics as a track event, it is rarely contested apart from occasional world record attempts.

Athletics
One hour run
World records
MenUnited Kingdom Mohamed Farah 21,330 metres (13.25 mi) (2020)
WomenNetherlands Sifan Hassan 18,930 metres (11.76 mi) (2020)

The event has a long history, with first recorded races dating back to the late 17th century. The first athlete to run more than 20 kilometers in one hour was Emil Zátopek, in September 1951. Zátopek also set the 20,000 meters world record in the same race. Since that time, most men's 20,000 m world records were also set en route to one hour world records.

The men's world record is 21,330 metres (13.25 mi), set by Mo Farah, while the women's world record is 18,930 metres (11.76 mi), set by Sifan Hassan. Both were set on 4 September 2020 during the 2020 Diamond League Ivo Van Damme Memorial.

Men's world record progression

Distance (m) Athlete Country Place Date
18,742 Alfred Shrubb One Hour Run  Great Britain Glasgow 1904-11-05
19,021 Jean Bouin One Hour Run  France Stockholm 1913-07-06
19,210 Paavo Nurmi One Hour Run  Finland Berlin 1928-10-07
19,339 Viljo Heino One Hour Run  Finland Turku 1945-09-30
19,558 Emil Zátopek One Hour Run  Czechoslovakia Prague 1951-09-15
20,052 Emil Zátopek One Hour Run  Czechoslovakia Stará Boleslav 1951-09-29
20,190 Bill Baillie One Hour Run  New Zealand Auckland 1963-08-24
20,232 Ron Clarke One Hour Run  Australia Geelong 1965-10-27
20,664 Gaston Roelants One Hour Run  Belgium Leuven 1966-10-28
20,784 Gaston Roelants One Hour Run  Belgium Brussels 1972-09-20
20,907 Jos Hermens One Hour Run  Netherlands Papendal 1975-09-28
20,944 Jos Hermens One Hour Run  Netherlands Papendal 1976-05-01
21,101 Arturo Barrios One Hour Run  Mexico La Flèche 1991-03-30
21,285 Haile Gebrselassie One Hour Run  Ethiopia Ostrava 2007-06-27
21,330 Mo Farah One Hour Run  United Kingdom Brussels 2020-09-04

Women's world record progression

Distance (m) Athlete Country Place Date
18,084 Silvana Cruciata One Hour Run  Italy Rome 1981-05-02
18,340 Tegla Loroupe One Hour Run  Kenya Borgholzhausen 1998-08-07
18,517 Dire Tune One Hour Run  Ethiopia Ostrava 2008-06-12
18,930 Sifan Hassan One Hour Run  Netherlands Brussels 2020-09-04

All-time top 25

Men

  • Updated September 2022.
Rank Result (m) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 21,330 Mo Farah One Hour Run  Great Britain 4 September 2020 Brussels
2 21,322 Bashir Abdi One Hour Run  Belgium 4 September 2020 Brussels
3 21,285 Haile Gebrselassie One Hour Run  Ethiopia 27 June 2007 Ostrava
4 21,250 Sabastian Sawe One Hour Run  Kenya 2 September 2022 Brussels
5 21,131 Sondre Nordstad Moen One Hour Run  Norway 7 August 2020 Kristiansand
6 21,101 Arturo Barrios One Hour Run  Mexico 30 March 1991 La Flèche
7 20,944 Jos Hermens One Hour Run  Netherlands 1 May 1976 Papendal
8 20,943 Dionisio Castro One Hour Run  Portugal 31 March 1990 La Flèche
9 20,940 Kibiwott Kandie One Hour Run  Kenya 2 September 2022 Brussels
10 20,855 Carl Thackery One Hour Run  Great Britain 31 March 1990 La Flèche
11 20,797 Kiplimo Kimutai One Hour Run  Kenya 1 June 2009 Hengelo
12 20,784 Gaston Roelants One Hour Run  Belgium 20 September 1972 Brussels
13 20,772 Morhad Amdouni One Hour Run  France 19 September 2020 Lucciana
14 20,756 Wilson Kiprop One Hour Run  Kenya 1 June 2009 Hengelo
15 20,639 Samuel Nyangincha One Hour Run  Kenya 30 March 1991 La Flèche
16 20,620 Godfrey Kiprotich One Hour Run  Kenya 30 March 1991 La Flèche
17 20,601 Bertrand Itsweire One Hour Run  France 31 March 1990 La Flèche
18 20,593 Daniel Mateo One Hour Run  Spain 20 April 2021 La Nucía
19 20,587 Peter Kiprotich One Hour Run  Kenya 19 September 2020 Lucciana
20 20,550 Gerard Tebroke One Hour Run  Netherlands 28 September 1978 Groningen
21 20,547 Bill Rodgers One Hour Run  United States 9 August 1977 Boston
22 20,536 Werner Schildhauer One Hour Run  Germany 29 April 1983 Cottbus
23 20,525 Hansjörg Kunze One Hour Run  Germany 31 March 1990 La Flèche
24 20,518 Willy Polleunis One Hour Run  Belgium 20 September 1972 Brussels
25 20,516 Rob de Castella One Hour Run  Australia 17 April 1982 Rome

Women

  • Updated September 2020.
  • Mx = Mixed race
Rank Result (m) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 18,930 Sifan Hassan One Hour Run  Netherlands 4 September 2020 Brussels
2 18,571 Lonah Chemtai Salpeter One Hour Run  Israel 4 September 2020 Brussels
3 18,517 Dire Tune One Hour Run  Ethiopia 12 June 2008 Ostrava
4 18,341 Eva Cherono One Hour Run  Kenya 4 September 2020 Brussels
5 18,340 Tegla Loroupe One Hour Run  Kenya 7 August 1998 Borgholzhausen
6 18,084 Silvana Cruciata One Hour Run  Italy 4 May 1981 Rome
7 18,027 Rosa Mota One Hour Run  Portugal 14 May 1983 Lisbon
8 17,974 Helen Bekele One Hour Run  Ethiopia 4 September 2020 Brussels
9 17,955 Sarah Lahti One Hour Run  Sweden 4 September 2020 Brussels
10 17,952 Junko Kataoka One Hour Run  Japan 1 October 1994 Tokyo
11 17,930 Molly Huddle One Hour Run  United States 1 November 2020 Attleboro
12 17,871 Naomi Sakashita One Hour Run  Japan 10 October 1995 Amagasaki
13 17,776 Jeļena Prokopčuka One Hour Run  Latvia 8 August 2003 Riga
14 17,709 Katrin Dörre-Heinig One Hour Run  East Germany 7 July 1988 Leipzig
15 17,693 Izumi Maki One Hour Run  Japan 1 October 1994 Tokyo
16 17,692 Midori Fumoto One Hour Run  Japan 1 October 1994 Tokyo
17 17,569 Annmarie Tuxbury One Hour Run  United States 1 November 2020 Attleboro
18 17,546 Marta Galimany One Hour Run  Spain 4 September 2020 Brussels
19 17,545 Alice Jepkemboi Kimutai One Hour Run  Kenya 17 June 2014 Ostrava
20 17,544 Muluhabt Tsega One Hour Run  Ethiopia 17 June 2014 Ostrava
21 17,343 Leah Malot One Hour Run  Kenya 16 June 2009 Ostrava
22 17,335 Elena Loyo One Hour Run  Spain 4 September 2020 Brussels
23 17,332 Mx Valerie Duvialard One Hour Run  France 23 March 1996 Rouen
24 17,330 Julia Mombi Muraga One Hour Run  Kenya 17 June 2014 Ostrava
25 17,323 Likina Amebaw One Hour Run  Ethiopia 4 September 2020 Brussels

References

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