- Who
- Kenenisa Bekele
- What
- 12:49.60 minute(s):second(s)
- Where
- United Kingdom (Birmingham)
- When
The fastest run indoor 5,000 m by a male athlete is 12 minutes 49.60 seconds, by Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) at an IAAF Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham, UK, on 20 February 2004. He ran the final 200 m in just 27.06 seconds.
In 2004, Bekele set three world records (indoor and outdoor 5,000 m, outdoor 10,000 m) and won a gold and silver medal at the Athens Olympics. As of Feb 2018, he still holds the IAAF world record in all three events.
