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.^[1] The 100K run was introduced as a world record event in January 2004.^[2]

World record progression

Awaiting ratification not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics

Time	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref
6:13:33	Takahiro Sunada (JPN)	1998-06-21	Yūbetsu, Japan	^[2]^[3]^[4]
6:09:14	Nao Kazami (JPN)	2018-06-24	Yūbetsu, Japan	^[5]^[6]
6:05:35	Aleksandr Sorokin (LIT)	2023-05-14	Vilnius, Lithuania	^[7]
5:59:20	Sibusiso Kubheka (RSA)	2025-08-26	Nardò Ring, Italy	^[8]

Time	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref

Time	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref
6:33:11	Tomoe Abe (JPN)	2000-06-25	Yūbetsu, Japan	^[2]^[3]

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Newsletter 60" (PDF). www.worldathletics.org. IAAF. 28 February 2003. p. 3. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "100 kilometers Records". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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