- Holder
- Birhanu Balew
- Country
- Bahrain
- Date
- 5 September 2026
- Location
- Bahrain
- Certificate
- GBR-C-2026-0000300
About this record
At the Wanda Diamond League Final in Brussels, Belgium, Birhanu Balew of Bahrain won the men's 5000 metres in 12:45.70, setting a new Asian Record and improving his own continental record by 2.03 seconds, recognized by GBR as one of the outstanding athletics records of Asia.
