| men's national records 10000m as at 31.12.1980 | ||||||||
| Kenya | Henry Rono | 27:22,47 | (1.) | Wien | 11.06.78 | International | Africa | |
| Great Britain | Brendan Foster | 27:30,8h | (1.) | London, CP | 23.06.78 | AAA Championships | Europe | |
| Finland | Martti Vainio | 27:30,99 | (1.) | Praha | 29.08.78 | European Championships | Europe | |
| Italy | Venanzio Ortis | 27:31,48 | (2.) | Praha | 29.08.78 | European Championships | Europe | |
| Lithuania | Alexandras Antipovas | 27:31,50 | (3.) | Praha | 29.08.78 | European Championships – for USSR | Europe | |
| FR Germany | Karl Fleschen | 27:36,8h | (1.) | Troisdorf (GER) | 28.04.79 | Langstreckentag (A) | Europe | |
| Portugal | Fernando Pacheco Mamede | 27:37,88 | (2.) | Paris | 17.07.80 | Paris | Europe | |
| Belgium | Emiel Adrien Puttemans | 27:39,58 | (2.) | München | 03.09.72 | Olympic Games | Europe | |
| Australia | Ronald "Ron" Clarke | 27:39,89 | (1.) | Oslo | 14.07.65 | Bislett Games | Ozeania | |
| Romania | Ilie Floroiu | 27:40,06 | (7.) | Praha | 29.08.78 | European Championships | Europe | |
| Estonia | Enn Sellik | 27:40,61 | (8.) | Praha | 29.08.78 | European Championships – for USSR | Europe | |
| Ethiopia | Miruts Yifter | 27:40,96 | (3.) | München | 03.09.72 | Olympic Games | Africa | |
| Norway | Knut Kwalheim | 27:41,26 | (9.) | Praha | 29.08.78 | European Championships | Europe | |
| Belarus | Aleksandr Fedotkin | 27:41,89 | (4.) | Bruxelles | 04.09.79 | Memorial van Damme – for USSR | Europe | |
| New Zealand | Dick Quax | 27:41,95 | (4.) | London | 09.09.77 | Coca Cola Meeting | Ozeania | |
| Botswana | Matthews Mothswarateu (3) | 27:48,2h | (1.) | Stellenbosch | 07.05.79 | Africa | ||
| Colombia | Domingo Tibaduiza | 27:53,02 | (2.) | Wien | 11.06.78 | International Invitation race | America | |
| German DR | Jürgen Haase | 27:53,36 | (2.) | Helsinki | 10.08.71 | European Championships | Europe | |
| Poland | Jerzy Kowol | 27:53,61 | (10.) | Praha | 29.08.78 | European Championships | Europe | |
| Tunisia | Mohamed Gamoudi | 27:54,69 | (q.) | München | 31.08.72 | Olympic Games/h2 | (1.) | Africa |
| France | Pierre Lévisse | 27:58,05 | (5.) | Stockholm | 03.07.78 | Dagens Nyheter Galan | Europe | |
| Serbia | Danijel Korica | 27:58,38 | (4.) | Helsinki | 10.08.71 | European Championships | for Yugoslavia | Europe |
| Kazakhstan | Anatoliy Badrankov | 27:58,9h | (1.) | Tashkent | 03.11.78 | for USSR – not in alltime-athl | Asia | |
| Ukraine | Pavel Andreyev | 27:59,8h | (2.) | Moskva | 10.07.73 | for USSR | Europe | |
| South Africa | Matthews Batswadi | 28:00,72 | (1.) | Port Elizabeth | 11.04.80 | Africa | ||
| Kyrgyzstan | Vadim Mochalov | 28:00,90 | (3.) | Sochi | 10.07.73 | for USSR | Asia | |
| Tanzania | Suleiman Nyambui | 28:01,30 | (1.) | Champaign (USA) | 01.06.79 | Africa | ||
| Sweden | Nils Bertil Karlsson | 28:08,11 | (7.) | Stockholm | 30.06.75 | Dagens Nyheter Galan | Europe | |
| Moldova | Vasiliy Nikolayev | 28:16,4h | (7.) | Vilnius | 18.07.78 | for USSR | Asia | |
| Algeria | Rachid Habchaoui | 28:24,0h | (11.) | Moskva | 21.07.79 | Spartakiade | Africa | |
| Latvia | Genādijs Hlistovs | 28:25,8h | (3.) | Moskva | 03.06.73 | for USSR | Europe | |
| Hungary | István Kerékgyártó | 28:26,4h | (4.) | Moskva | 11.06.77 | Znamenski Memorial | Europe | |
| Madagascar | Jules Randrianarivelo | 28:42,0h | (20.) | Moskva | 21.07.79 | Spartakiade | Africa | |
| Costa Rica | Rafael Angel Perez | 28:48,4h | Knoxville | 08.05.76 | America | |||
| India | Hari Chand | 28:48,71 | (n.) | Montreal | 23.07.76 | Olympic Games/h2 | (8.) | Asia |
| Uzbekistan | Abdirahman Ibragimov | 28:48,4h | Kharkov (URS) | 09.08.80 | for USSR | Asia | ||
| Ireland | John Treacy | 27:48,7a | (1.) | Bruxelles | 22.08.80 | Europe | ||
| Turkmenistan | Rashid Kakadshanov | 28:50,0h | Vilnius | 18.07.78 | for USSR | Asia | ||
| Uganda | Musa Mustapha | 29:10,6h | (?.) | Kampala | 08.08.69 | Africa | ||
| Sri Lanka | Lucien Sellapuliage B. Rosa | 29:18,0h | Arkansas City | 13.05.75 | Asia | |||
| Morocco | Rhadi ben Abdesselem | 29:20,8h | (1.) | Fontainebleau (FRA) | 10.08.60 | Africa | ||
| Tajikistan | Anatoliy Belugurov | 29:29,0h | Dushanbe (TJK) | 08.05.77 | for USSR | Asia | ||
| Armenia | Artashes Mikoyan | 29:52,8h | Chișinău (URS) | 20.07.76 | for USSR | Asia | ||
| Niger | Inni Aboubacar | 30:18,5h | Grasse (FRA) | 11.07.80 | International | Africa | ||
| Pakistan | Mazhar Hussain | 30:27,2h | Troisdorf (GER) | 02.08.77 | Asia | |||
| Gabon | Jérôme Abi | 30:30,5h | (12.) | Algiers | 20.07.78 | African Games | Africa | |
| Honduras | Clovis Morales | 30:44,8h | Lüdenscheid (FRG) | 03.08.77 | Internationales Abendsportfest | America | ||
| Sierra Leono | Alifu Massaquoi | 31:06,29 | (21.) | Edinburgh | 18.07.70 | Commonwealth Games | Africa | |
| Papua & New Guinea | Tau John Tokwepota | 31:21,4h | Lae (PNG) | ??.??.76 | Ozeania | |||
| Bahamas | Philip Watkins | 31:23,0h | Jackson (USA) | ??.??.87 | America | |||
| Fiji | Usaia Sotutu | 31:32,0h | Provo | 01.04.71 | Ozeania | |||
| Afghanistan | Nouruddin | 33:25,6h | Kabul | ??.??.61 | Asia | |||
| Cayman Islands | Nicholas Akers | 33:29,01 | (18.) | Edmonton | 06.08.78 | Commonwealth Games | America | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Tyrone Thibou | 33:32,6h | Bridgetown | ??.??.86 | America | |||
| Cambodia | Suos Chhin | 33:40,2h | Phnom Penh | 01.09.66 | Asia | |||
| American Samoa | Sailala Solilai | 34:28,0h | Pirae | 09.09.71 | America | |||
| Samoa | James Hoeflich | 34:42,5a | Apia | 30.08.79 | Ozeania | |||
| Cook Islands | Muriaroa Ngaro | 35:23,0h | Suva (FIJ) | 30.08.79 | South Pacific Games | Ozeania | ||
| Wallis and Futuna | Sosefo Aikilikopi | 35:57,6h | Suva (FIJ) | 30.08.79 | South Pacific Games | Ozeania | ||
| Kiribati | Tara Mango | 36:46,2h | (2.) | Suva (FIJ) | 31.08.63 | South Pacific Games | Ozeania | |
| Tonga | Peau‘afi Houkinima | 37:33,6h | Suva (FIJ) | 30.08.79 | South Pacific Games | Ozeania | ||
| Ghana | George Osei | 31:07,20 | Lagos | 28.08.77 | Africa | |||
| Liechtenstein | Engelbert Beck | 32:32,63 | Winterthur | 17.07.79 | Europe | |||
| Cuba | José Bordon | 29:07,5h | La Habana | 05.05.73 | America | |||
| New Caledonia | Alain Lazare | 29:13,0h | Nouméa | 07.07.79 | America | |||
| Malawi | George Waluza | 29:33,8a | Edinburgh | 18.07.70 | Africa | |||
| Egypt | Abdel Hamid Khamis | 29:34,0h | Kiyev | 12.09.71 | Africa | |||
| Venezuela | Victor Maldonado | 29:37,3h | Bucaramanga | 31.10.79 | America | |||
| Nigeria | Gao Umore | 30:03,8a | Alger | 20.07.78 | Africa | |||
| Chinese Taipei | Chang Jin-chuan | 30:04,2a | Seoul | 10.06.75 | Asia | |||
| Iceland | Sigfus Jonsson | 30:10,0h | Sochi | 12.05.76 | Europe | |||
| Burma | Maung Robert | 30:16.9h | Bangkok | 14.12.78 | Asia | |||
| Lesotho | Gabashane Rakabaele | 30:17,8h | Stellenbosch | 07.05.79 | Africa | |||
| Honduras | Clovis Morales | 30:44,8h | Lüdenscheid (FRG) | 03.08.77 | America | |||
| Guyana | George de Peana | 31:16,0h | Chicago | 28.08.59 | America | |||
| Singapore | Pehind C. Suppiah | 31:19,0h | Marikina | 20.11.73 | Asia | |||
| Gibraltar | Aureilio Falero | 31:23,0h | Gibraltar | ??.??.77 | Europe | |||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Joseph Roberts | 31:34,2h | Kingston | 09.08.57 | America | |||
| Ivory Coast | Jean Toffey | 31:36,0h | Abidjan | 15.12.63 | Africa | |||
| Solomon Islands | Matthew Hovaisuta | 33:03,3a | Suva (FIJ) | 30.08.79 | Ozeania | |||
| Mauretania | Bouya A. Ould Bouguitaya | 33:05,0h | ??.??.69 | Africa | ||||
| Monaco | Hubert Pastorelly | 36:34,2h | Nice | 08.06.74 | Europe | |||
| Laos | Watsana B. Bounirisavone | 37:15,3h | KualaLumpur | 12.12.71 | Asia | |||
| Gambia | Ousman Jallow | 37:37,8h | Dakar | 28.07.73 | Africa | |||
| Mozambique | Africa | |||||||
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Africa | |||||||
| Djibouti | Africa | |||||||
| Sudan | Africa | |||||||
| Liberia | Africa | |||||||
| Chad | Africa | |||||||
| Guinea-Bissau | Africa | |||||||
| Republic of the Congo | Africa | |||||||
| Zambia | Africa | |||||||
| Burundi | Africa | |||||||
| Cameroon | Africa | |||||||
| Togo | Africa | |||||||
| Burkina Faso | Africa | |||||||
| Seychelles | Africa | |||||||
| Benin | Africa | |||||||
| Somalia | Africa | |||||||
| Angola | Africa | |||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | Africa | |||||||
| Swaziland | Africa | |||||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Africa | |||||||
| Central African Republic | Africa | |||||||
| Eritrea | Africa | |||||||
| Senegal | Africa | |||||||
| Zimbabwe | Africa | |||||||
| Rwanda | Africa | |||||||
| Namibia | Africa | |||||||
| South Sudan | Africa | |||||||
| Comoros | Africa | |||||||
| Suriname | America | |||||||
| Puerto Rico | America | |||||||
| Brazil | America | |||||||
| Aruba | America | |||||||
| United States of America | America | |||||||
| Nicaragua | America | |||||||
| Dominica | America | |||||||
| Mexico | America | |||||||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | America | |||||||
| Barbados | America | |||||||
| Argentina | America | |||||||
| Mali | America | |||||||
| China | America | |||||||
| Panama | America | |||||||
| Canada | America | |||||||
| Uruguay | America | |||||||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | America | |||||||
| Chile | America | |||||||
| Saint Lucia | America | |||||||
| El Salvador | America | |||||||
| Mauritius | America | |||||||
| Guam | America | |||||||
| Haiti | America | |||||||
| Curaçao | America | |||||||
| Belize | America | |||||||
| Ecuador | America | |||||||
| Paraguay | America | |||||||
| Bermuda | America | |||||||
| Jamaica | America | |||||||
| Peru | America | |||||||
| Bolivia | America | |||||||
| US Virgin Islands | America | |||||||
| Guatemala | America | |||||||
| Iraq | Asia | |||||||
| Kuwait | Asia | |||||||
| Russia | Asia | |||||||
| Bhutan | Asia | |||||||
| Syria | Asia | |||||||
| Japan | Asia | |||||||
| Macau | Asia | |||||||
| PR Korea (North Korea) | Asia | |||||||
| Georgia | Asia | |||||||
| Yemen | Asia | |||||||
| Northern Mariana Islands | Asia | |||||||
| Malaysia | Asia | |||||||
| Jordan | Asia | |||||||
| Lebanon | Asia | |||||||
| Iran | Asia | |||||||
| Palestine | Asia | |||||||
| East Timor | Asia | |||||||
| Oman | Asia | |||||||
| Bangladesh | Asia | |||||||
| Libya | Asia | |||||||
| Philippines | Asia | |||||||
| Qatar | Asia | |||||||
| Brunei | Asia | |||||||
| Thailand | Asia | |||||||
| Nepal | Asia | |||||||
| South Korea | Asia | |||||||
| Indonesia | Asia | |||||||
| Hong Kong | Asia | |||||||
| Vietnam | Asia | |||||||
| Israel | Asia | |||||||
| Azerbaijan | Asia | |||||||
| Maldives | Asia | |||||||
| Cyprus | Europe | |||||||
| Austria | Europe | |||||||
| Slovenia | Europe | |||||||
| Luxembourg | Europe | |||||||
| Swizerland | Europe | |||||||
| Montenegro | Europe | |||||||
| Greece | Europe | |||||||
| Bulgaria | Europe | |||||||
| Albania | Europe | |||||||
| San Marino | Europe | |||||||
| North Macedonia (bef. 2019: Mace.) | Europe | |||||||
| Slovakia | Europe | |||||||
| Ukraine | Europe | |||||||
| Denmark | Europe | |||||||
| Czech Republic | Europe | |||||||
| Netherlands | Europe | |||||||
| Kosovo | Europe | |||||||
| Croatia | Europe | |||||||
| Andorra | Europe | |||||||
| Niue | Ozeania | |||||||
| Palau | Ozeania | |||||||
| Norfolk Island | Ozeania | |||||||
| Marshall Islands | Ozeania | |||||||
| French Polynesia | Ozeania | |||||||
| Vanuatu | Ozeania | |||||||
| Ukraine | ||||||||
| Mongolia | ||||||||
| (3) Matthews Mothswarateu was from South Africa, but competet in the 1980s for Botsuana | ||||||||