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The following tables show the '''List of world records in athletics progression in the 100K run''', as recognised by World Athletics.<ref name="competition rules">{{cite book |author1=World Athletics |title=Book C – C1.1 Competition Rules |date=2021 |url=https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=fd5b5041-3d25-4f9b-b951-c5e642d6cfe7.pdf&urlslug=C1.1%20-%20Competition%20Rules |access-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829092453/https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=fd5b5041-3d25-4f9b-b951-c5e642d6cfe7.pdf&urlslug=C1.1%20-%20Competition%20Rules |archive-date=29 August 2022 |url-status=live |format=PDF}}</ref> The 100K run was introduced as a world record event in January 2004.<ref name="iaafnewsletter60">{{cite web |title=Newsletter 60 |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=2d853208-7ab9-4860-8146-e3cc0bf862eb.pdf&urlslug=2003 |website=www.worldathletics.org |publisher=IAAF |access-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817122634/https://www.worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=2d853208-7ab9-4860-8146-e3cc0bf862eb.pdf&urlslug=2003 |archive-date=17 August 2022 |page=3 |format=PDF |date=28 February 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==World record progression== ===Key to tables=== {{legend2|#CEF6F5|''Awaiting ratification''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|pink|''not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

===Men=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95% !Time !Athlete !Date !Place !Ref |- |align=center| '''6:13:33''' |{{flagathlete|Takahiro Sunada|JPN}} |1998-06-21 |Yūbetsu, Japan |<ref name="iaafnewsletter60" /><ref name="iaaf2012">{{cite web |title=100 kilometers Records |url=http://iaaf.org/statistics/records/inout=o/discType=5/disc=100K/detail.html |website=iaaf.org |access-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023040129/http://iaaf.org/statistics/records/inout=o/discType=5/disc=100K/detail.html |archive-date=23 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Takahiro SUNADA &#124; Profile &#124; World Athletics |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/japan/takahiro-sunada-14205957 |website=World Athletics |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> |- |align=center| '''6:09:14''' |{{flagathlete|Nao Kazami|JPN}} |2018-06-24 |Yūbetsu, Japan |<ref>{{cite web |title=Nao KAZAMI &#124; Profile &#124; World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/japan/nao-kazami-14203848 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419205108/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/japan/nao-kazami-14203848 | archive-date=19 April 2022 | url-status=live |website=World Athletics |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kazami Breaks 100 km World Record at Lake Saroma|url=http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2018/06/kazami-breaks-100-km-world-record-at.html|website=japanrunningnews.blogspot.com|author=Brett Larner|date=24 June 2018|access-date=29 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817203523/http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2018/06/kazami-breaks-100-km-world-record-at.html|archive-date=17 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |align=center| '''6:05:35''' |{{flagathlete|Aleksandr Sorokin|LIT}} |2023-05-14 |Vilnius, Lithuania |<ref>{{cite web|title=Sorokin breaks world 100km record|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/aleksandr-sorokin-breaks-world-100km-record-vilnius|publisher=World Athletics|date=14 May 2023|access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref> |-bgcolor=#CEF6F5 |align=center|'''5:59:20''' |{{flagathlete|Sibusiso Kubheka|RSA}} |2025-08-26 |Nardò Ring, Italy |<ref>{{cite web|title=SPEED WITHOUT LIMITS: SIBUSISO KUBHEKA BREAKS THE 6-HOUR BARRIER IN 100KM CHASE, POWERED BY LATEST IN ADIDAS SPEED INNOVATION|url=https://news.adidas.com/running/speed-without-limits--sibusiso-kubheka-breaks-the-6-hour-barrier-in-100km-chase--powered-by-latest-i/s/bf8d3d51-3fa1-4ee4-8afc-1eb5333a970d|website=adidas.com|access-date=16 September 2025}}</ref> |}

===Women===

====Women only race==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95% !Time !Athlete !Date !Place !Ref |- |}

====Mixed gender race==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95% !Time !Athlete !Date !Place !Ref |- |align=center| '''6:33:11''' |{{flagathlete|Tomoe Abe|JPN}} |2000-06-25 |Yūbetsu, Japan |<ref name="iaafnewsletter60" /><ref name="iaaf2012" /> |}

==See also== *Ultramarathon *IAU 100 km World Championships

==References== {{reflist|2}}

{{Athletics record progressions}}

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