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Last updated 14 March 2001.
| 1 | 4.52.86 | Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | 730418 | 1 | Birmingham | 980215 |
| 2 | 4.54.07 | Eamonn Coghlan | IRL | 521124 | 1 | Inglewood, Ca | 870221 |
| 3 | 4.54.76 | Venuste Niyongabo | BUR | 731209 | 1 | Liévin | 960218 |
| 4 | 4.56.09 | Laban Rotich | KEN | 690120 | 1 | Birmingham | 990214 |
| 5 | 4.56.23 | Jens-Peter Herold | GER | 650602 | 1 | Karlsruhe | 930306 |
| 6 | 4.56.40 | Noah Ngeny | KEN | 781102 | 1 | Liévin | 010225 |
| 7 | 4.56.87 | Andres Manuel Diaz | ESP | 690712 | 2 | Birmingham | 990214 |
| 8 | 4.57.09 | John Mayock | GBR | 701026 | 2 | Liévin | 010225 |
| 9 | 4.57.31 | William Tanui | KEN | 640222 | 1 | Sindelfingen | 990228 |
| 10 | 4.58.56 | Adil El Kaouch | MAR | 790101 | 1 | Budapest | 990205 |
| 11 | 4.58.6h | Steve Scott | USA | 560505 | 1 | Louisville | 810207 |
| 12 | 4.58.73 | Sammy Rono | KEN | 74 | 3 | Birmingham | 990214 |
| 13 | 4.58.77 | Daniel Komen | KEN | 760517 | 2 | Budapest | 990205 |
| 14 | 4.58.93 | Youssef Baba | MAR | 790807 | 3 | Liévin | 010225 |
| 15 | 4.59.12 | Vyacheslav Shabunin | RUS | 690927 | 4 | Liévin | 010225 |
| 16 | 4.59.55 | Peter Kip Rono | KEN | 670731 | 2 | Liévin | 960218 |
| 17 | 4.59.78 | Doug Padilla | USA | 561004 | 2 | Inglewood, Ca | 870221 |
| 18 | 4.59.91 | Mohamed Amine | MAR | 76 | 3 | Budapest | 990205 |
| 19 | 4.59.98 | Ali Saidi-Sief | ALG | 780315 | 4 | Budapest | 990205 |
| 20 | 5.00.0h+ | Emiel Puttemans | BEL | 471008 | 1 | West Berlin | 730218 |
| 21 | 5.00.55 | Paul Donovan | IRL | 630711 | 3 | Inglewood, Ca | 870221 |
| 22 | 5.00.88 | Said Chebili | FRA | 730506 | 5 | Budapest | 990205 |
| 23 | 5.01.09 | Mirko Döring | GER | 710721 | 2 | Karlsruhe | 930306 |
| 24 | 5.01.99 | Kamel Boulahfane | ALG | 760701 | 5 | Liévin | 010225 |
| 25 | 5.02.20 | Thomas Wessinghage | FRG | 520222 | 1 | Sindelfingen | 850201 |
| 26 | 5.02.23 | Christoph Herle | FRG | 551119 | 2 | Sindelfingen | 850201 |
| 27 | 5.02.2h | Steve Lacy | USA | 560117 | 2 | Louisville | 810207 |
| 28 | 5.02.43 | Reuben Chesang | KEN | 621222 | 3 | Karlsruhe | 930306 |
| 29 | 5.02.49 | Dieter Baumann | GER | 650209 | 1 | Sindelfingen | 930214 |
| 30 | 5.02.57 | Million Wolde | ETH | 790317 | 2 | Gent | 000211 |
| 31 | 5.02.81 | Mohamed Khaldi | ALG | 750503 | 6 | Liévin | 010225 |
| 32 | 5.02.98 | Robert Banai | HUN | 670228 | 1 | Budapest | 900214 |
| 33 | 5.03.16+ | Paul Bitok | KEN | 700626 | 2 | Liévin | 990221 |
| 34 | 5.03.18+ | Moses Kiptanui | KEN | 701001 | + | Birmingham | 960210 |
| 35 | 5.03.2h+ | Christophe Impens | BEL | 691209 | 1 | Birmingham | 970223 |
| 36 | 5.03.3h | Walter Merlo | ITA | 650718 | 1 | Torino | 860216 |
| 37 | 5.03.47 | Gideon Chirchir | KEN | 660224 | 1 | Sindelfingen | 910303 |
| 38 | 5.03.61 | Mateo Canellas | ESP | 720427 | 1 | Valencia | 950314 |
| 39 | 5.03.70 | Anacleto Jimenez | ESP | 670224 | 2 | Valencia | 950314 |
| 40 | 5.03.75 | Girma Tola | ETH | 751013 | 3 | Gent | 000211 |
| 41 | 5.03.88 | Eric Dubus | FRA | 660228 | 1 | Grenoble | 940206 |
| 42 | 5.03.8h | John Walker | NZL | 520112 | 3 | Louisville | 810207 |
| 43 | 5.03.95 | Rui Silva | POR | 770803 | 7 | Liévin | 010225 |
| 44 | 5.03.97 | David Kipkoech Lelei | KEN | 710510 | 3 | Sindelfingen | 990228 |
| 45 | 5.04.09 | Carsten Eich | GER | 700109 | 2 | Sindelfingen | 910303 |
| 46 | 5.04.14 | Richard Kosgei | KEN | 701229 | 4 | Liévin | 960218 |
| 47 | 5.04.37 | Gert-Jan Liefers | NED | 780926 | 2 | Birmingham | 980215 |
| 48 | 5.04.40 | Marco Antonio Rufo | ESP | 680309 | 7 | Budapest | 990205 |
| 49 | 5.04.4h | Michel Jazy | FRA | 360613 | 1 | Lyon | 650206 |
| 50 | 5.04.68+ | El Hassan Lahssini | MAR | 740101 | 3 | Liévin | 990221 |
| 51 | 5.04.84 | Bela Vago | HUN | 631003 | 2 | Budapest | 900214 |
| 52 | 5.04.89 | Bernhard Richter | AUT | 701211 | 4 | Karlsruhe | 930306 |
| 53 | 5.04.8h | Detlef Schulz | GDR | 600505 | 1 | Potsdam | 810207 |
| 54 | 5.05.01 | Andrey Bulkovskiy | UKR | 720722 | 6 | Liévin | 960218 |
| 55 | 5.05.07 | Stephane £ Franke | GER | 640212 | 3 | Sindelfingen | 910303 |
| 56 | 5.05.07 | Reda Benzine | ALG | 710419 | 7 | Liévin | 960218 |
| 57 | 5.05.18 | Sergey Melnikov | RUS | 681108 | 2 | Grenoble | 940206 |
| 58 | 5.05.20 | John Gladwin | GBR | 630507 | 2 | Cosford | 870315 |
| 59 | 5.05.23 | Yarba Lakhal | MAR | 750212 | 8 | Liévin | 010225 |
| 60 | 5.05.35 | Moses Kigen | KEN | 730422 | 4 | Gent | 000211 |
| 61 | 5.05.53 | Mohamed Said (Elouardi) El Wardi | MAR | 720419 | 9 | Liévin | 010225 |
| 62 | 5.05.68 | Stefano Mei | ITA | 630203 | 1 | Karlsruhe | 920131 |
| 63 | 5.05.77 | Terry Brahm | USA | 621121 | 1 | Bloomington, In | 860131 |
| 64 | 5.05.79 | Jim Spivey | USA | 600307 | 2 | Bloomington, In | 860131 |
| 65 | 5.05.79 | Hauke Fuhlbrügge | GER | 660321 | 5 | Karlsruhe | 930306 |
| 66 | 5.05.7h | Olaf Beyer | GDR | 570804 | 2 | Potsdam | 810207 |
| 67 | 5.05.84 | Patriz Ilg | FRG | 571205 | 1 | Sindelfingen | 840201 |
| 68 | 5.05.85 | Said Berioui | MAR | 790603 | 10 | Liévin | 010225 |
| 69 | 5.05.89 | Herbert Stephan | FRG | 591006 | 3 | Sindelfingen | 850201 |
| 70 | 5.05.94 | Han Kulker | NED | 590815 | 4 | Sindelfingen | 910303 |
| 71 | 5.05.96 | Jürgen Grothe | FRG | 600414 | 4 | Sindelfingen | 850201 |
| 72 | 5.06.0h+ | Khalid Skah | MAR | 670129 | 1 | Gent | 930210 |
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