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Last updated 14 March 2001.
| 1 | 8.09.66 | Haylu Mekonnen | ETH | 800404 | 1 | Birmingham | 000220 |
| 2 | 8.09.89 | Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR | 740914 | 1 | Gent | 010223 |
| 3 | 8.12.10 | Million Wolde | ETH | 790317 | 2 | Birmingham | 010218 |
| 4 | 8.12.80 | Girma Tola | ETH | 751013 | 3 | Birmingham | 010218 |
| 5 | 8.13.28 | Paul Bitok | KEN | 700626 | 4 | Birmingham | 010218 |
| 6 | 8.13.2h | Emiel Puttemans | BEL | 471008 | 1 | West Berlin | 730218 |
| 7 | 8.15.02 | Doug Padilla | USA | 561004 | 1 | Inglewood, Ca | 900216 |
| 8 | 8.15.9h | Henry Rono | KEN | 520212 | 1 | San Diego | 800222 |
| 9 | 8.16.18 | Moses Kiptanui | KEN | 701001 | 1 | San Sebastian | 920304 |
| 10 | 8.16.89 | Daniel Komen | KEN | 760517 | 5 | Birmingham | 010218 |
| 11 | 8.17.9h | Suleiman Nyambui | TAN | 530213 | 1 | San Diego | 780217 |
| 12 | 8.18.4h | Nick Rose | GBR | 511230 | 2 | San Diego | 780217 |
| 13 | 8.19.2h | Kerry O'Brien | AUS | 460417 | 1 | San Diego | 710219 |
| 14 | 8.20.4h | Steve Prefontaine | USA | 510125 | 1 | San Diego | 740217 |
| 15 | 8.20.6h | Kerry Pearce | AUS | 461210 | 2 | San Diego | 710219 |
| 16 | 8.20.84 | Eamonn Coghlan | IRL | 521124 | 1 | Dallas | 850202 |
| 17 | 8.21.14 | Youssef Baba | MAR | 790807 | 5 | Birmingham | 000220 |
| 18 | 8.21.16 | Said Berioui | MAR | 790603 | 3 | Gent | 010223 |
| 19 | 8.21.33 | Smail Sghir | FRA | 720316 | 6 | Birmingham | 010218 |
| 20 | 8.21.4h | Jack Buckner | GBR | 610922 | 2 | San Diego | 850215 |
| 21 | 8.21.57 | Sergey Lebed | UKR | 750715 | 7 | Birmingham | 010218 |
| 22 | 8.22.2h | Steve Lacy | USA | 560117 | 2 | San Diego | 800222 |
| 23 | 8.22.34 | David Kibet | KEN | 631124 | 2 | San Sebastian | 920304 |
| 24 | 8.22.4h | Richard Tayler | NZL | 480812 | 2 | San Diego | 740217 |
| 25 | 8.22.7h | Graeme Fell | GBR | 590319 | 2 | San Diego | 820219 |
| 26 | 8.23.16 | Ed Eyestone | USA | 610615 | 850000 | ||
| 27 | 8.23.18 | Philip Barkutwo | KEN | 661006 | 3 | San Sebastian | 920304 |
| 28 | 8.23.1h | Brian Abshire | USA | 631114 | 1 | Portland | 920201 |
| 29 | 8.23.35 | Mohamed Said (Elouardi) El Wardi | MAR | 720419 | 6 | Birmingham | 000220 |
| 30 | 8.23.67 | Kevin Sullivan | CAN | 740320 | 8 | Birmingham | 010218 |
| 31 | 8.24.1h | Rod Dixon | NZL | 500713 | 3 | San Diego | 800222 |
| 32 | 8.24.2h | Alberto Salazar | USA | 580807 | 4 | San Diego | 800222 |
| 33 | 8.24.8h | Paul Geis | USA | 530223 | 74 | ||
| 34 | 8.25.13 | Adrian Royle | GBR | 590212 | 2 | Inglewood, Ca | 830204 |
| 35 | 8.25.2h | Paul Cummings | USA | 530905 | 3 | San Diego | 820219 |
| 36 | 8.25.39 | Paul Donovan | IRL | 630711 | 2 | Cosford | 870315 |
| 37 | 8.25.7h | Rudy Chapa | USA | 571107 | 2 | San Diego | 790216 |
| 38 | 8.26.67 | Mark Rowland | GBR | 630307 | 3 | Cosford | 870315 |
| 39 | 8.26.6h | John Hartnett | IRL | 500707 | 74 | ||
| 40 | 8.27.06 | Ray Flynn | IRL | 570122 | 3 | Cosford | 870315 |
| 41 | 8.27.0h | Ben Jipcho | KEN | 430301 | 750000 | ||
| 42 | 8.27.2h | George Young | USA | 370724 | 1 | San Diego | 690222 |
| 43 | 8.27.6h | Thom Hunt | USA | 580317 | 1 | San Diego | 810220 |
| 44 | 8.27.7h | Dietmar Millonig | AUT | 550601 | 2 | San Diego | 870222 |
| 45 | 8.28.0h | Miruts Yifter | ETH | 440515 | 74 | ||
| 46 | 8.28.21 | Sean Kaley | CAN | 750226 | 3 | Roxbury, Ma | 000206 |
| 47 | 8.28.2h | Bruce Bickford | USA | 570312 | 3 | San Diego | 870222 |
| 48 | 8.28.4h | Ian Stewart I | GBR | 490115 | 1 | College Park, Md | 730112 |
| 49 | 8.28.6h | Rex Maddaford | NZL | 47 | 70 | ||
| 50 | 8.28.6h | Wes Ashford | USA | 610818 | 2 | Portland | 900120 |
| 51 | 8.28.8h | Ronald Clarke | AUS | 370221 | 1 | San Francisco, Ca | 660225 |
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