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2: 04' 26.   Haile Gebreselasie, ETH, 30 Sep 07, Berlin
2: 04' 55"   Paul Tergat, KEN, 28 Sep 03, Berlin.
2: 05' 38"   Khalid Khannouchi, USA, 14 Apr 02, London.
2: 05' 42"   Khalid Khannouchi, MAR, 24 Oct 99, Chicago
2: 06' 05"   Ronaldo da Costa, BRA, 20 Sep 1988,  Berlin
2: 06' 50"   Belayneh Dinsamo, ETH, 17 Apr 1888, Rotterdam
2: 07' 12"   Carlos Lopes, POR, 20 Apr 1985, Rotterdam
2: 08' 05"   Steve Jones, GBR, 21 Oct 1984, Chicago
2: 08' 18"   Rob de Castella, AUS, 06 Dec 1981, Fukuoka
2: 09' 36"   Derek Clayton, AUS, 03 Dec 1967, Fukuoka
2: 08' 34"   Derek Clayton, AUS, 30 May 1969, Antwerp
2: 12' 00"   Morio Shigematsu, JPN, 12 Jun 1965, Cheswick
2: 12' 11"   Abebe Bikila, ETH, 21 Oct 1964, Tokyo
2: 13' 55"   Basil Heatley, GBR, 13 Jun 1964, Cheswick
2: 14' 28"   Leonard Edelen, USA, 15 Jun 1963, Cheswick
2: 15' 15"   Toru Terasawa, JPN, 17 Feb 1963, Beppu
2: 15' 16"   Abebe Bikila, ETH, 10 Sep 1960, Rome
2: 15' 17"   Sergey Popov, URS, 24 Aug 1958, Stockholm
2: 17' 39"   Jim Peters, GBR, 26 Jun 1954, Cheswick
2: 18' 34"   Jim Peters, GBR, 04 Oct 1953, Turku
2: 18' 40"   Jim Peters, GBR, 13 Jun 1953, Cheswick
2: 20' 42"   Jim Peters, GBR, 14 Jun 1952, Cheswick
2: 25' 39"   Yun Bok Suh, KOR, 19 Apr 1947, Boston
2: 26' 42"   Kitei Son, JPN, 03 Nov 1935, Tokyo
2: 26' 44"   Yashuo Ikenaka, JPN, 03 Apr 1935, Tokyo
2: 27' 49"   Fushashige Suzuki, JPN, 31 Mar 1935, Tokyo
2: 29' 01"   Albert Michelson, USA, 12 Oct 1925, Port Chester
2: 32' 35"   Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN, 22 Aug 1920, Antwerp
2: 36' 06"   Alexis Ahlgren, SWE, 31 May 1913, London
2: 38' 16"   Harry Green, GBR, 12 May 1913, London

B. UNOFFICIAL PROGRESSION BEFORE IAAF

2: 40' 34"   Thure Johansson, SWE, 31 Aug 09, Stockholm
2: 42' 31"   Fred Barett, GBR, 1909, London
2: 46' 04"   Albert Raines, USA, 1909, New York
2: 46' 52"   James Clark, USA, 12  Feb 1909, New York
2: 52' 45"   Robert Fowler, USA, 01 Jan 1909, New York
2: 55' 18"   John Hayes, USA, 21 Aug 1904, London