| men's national records 10000m as at 31.12.1990 | |||||||||
| Mexico | Arturo Barrios | 100 | 27:08,23 | (1.) | Berlin, West | 18.08.89 | ISTAF / GP | America | |
| Portugal | Fernando Pacheco Mamede | 101 | 27:13,81 | (1.) | Stockholm | 02.07.84 | Dagens Nyheter Galan | Europe | |
| Italy | Salvatore Antibo | 102 | 27:16,50 | (1.) | Helsinki | 29.06.89 | World Games | Europe | |
| Ethiopia | Addis Abebe | 103 | 27:17,82 | (2.) | Helsinki | 29.06.89 | World Games | Africa | |
| Kenya | John Ngugi | 104 | 27:19,15 | (1.) | Koblenz | 04.09.90 | Internationales von Rot-Weiß Koblenz | Africa | |
| United States of America | Mark Nenow | 105 | 27:20,56 | (1.) | Bruxelles | 05.09.86 | Memorial van Damme / GP | America | |
| Morocco | Brahim Boutaib | 106 | 27:21,46 | (1.) | Seoul | 26.09.88 | Olympic Games | Africa | |
| Great Britain | Eamonn Martin | 107 | 27:23,06 | (1.) | Oslo | 02.07.88 | Bislett Games / GP | Europe | |
| German DR | Werner Schildhauer | 108 | 27:24,95 | (1.) | Jena (GDR) | 28.05.83 | National Championships | Europe | |
| Belgium | Alex Hagelsteens | 109 | 27:26,95 | (3.) | Oslo | 26.06.82 | Bislett Games | Europe | |
| Finland | Martti Vainio | 110 | 27:30,99 | (1.) | Praha | 29.08.78 | European Championships | Europe | |
| France | Thierry Pantel | 111 | 27:31,16 | (3.) | Oslo | 14.07.90 | Bislett Games / GP | Europe | |
| Lithuania | Alexandras Antipovas | 112 | 27:31,50 | (3.) | Praha | 29.08.78 | European Championships – for USSR | Europe | |
| Norway | Are Nakkim | 113 | 27:32,52 | (4.) | Oslo | 14.07.90 | Bislett Games / GP | Europe | |
| Japan | Takeyuki Nakayama | 114 | 27:35,33 | (3.) | Helsinki | 02.07.87 | World Games | Asia | |
| FR Germany | Karl Fleschen | 115 | 27:36,8h | (1.) | Troisdorf (GER) | 28.04.79 | Langstreckentag (A) | Europe | |
| Tanzania | Gidamis Shahanga | 116 | 27:38,1h | (3.) | Walnut (USA) | 24.04.82 | Mt. SAC Relays | Africa | |
| Australia | Ronald "Ron" Clarke | 117 | 27:39,89 | (1.) | Oslo | 14.07.65 | Bislett Games | Ozeania | |
| Romania | Ilie Floroiu | 117 | 27:40,06 | (7.) | Praha | 29.08.78 | European Championships | Europe | |
| Estonia | Enn Sellik | 118 | 27:40,61 | (8.) | Praha | 29.08.78 | European Championships – for USSR | Europe | |
| Belarus | Aleksandr Fedotkin | 119 | 27:41,89 | (4.) | Bruxelles | 04.09.79 | Memorial van Damme – for USSR | Europe | |
| New Zealand | Dick Quax | 120 | 27:41,95 | (4.) | London | 09.09.77 | Coca Cola Meeting | Ozeania | |
| Austria | Dietmar Millonig | 121 | 27:42,98 | (6.) | Oslo | 26.06.82 | Bislett Games | Europe | |
| Botswana | Matthews Mothswarateu (3) | 122 | 27:48,2h | (1.) | Stellenbosch | 07.05.79 | Africa | ||
| Colombia | Domingo Tibaduiza | 123 | 27:53,02 | (2.) | Wien | 11.06.78 | International Invitation race | America | |
| Poland | Jerzy Kowol | 124 | 27:53,61 | (10.) | Praha | 29.08.78 | European Championships | Europe | |
| Swizerland | Markus Ryffel | 125 | 27:54,29 | (2.) | Lausanne | 10.07.85 | Athlétissima | Europe | |
| Tunisia | Mohamed Gamoudi | 126 | 27:54,69 | (q.) | München | 31.08.72 | Olympic Games/h2 | (1.) | Africa |
| Russia | Valeriy Abramov | 127 | 27:55,17 | (1.) | Moskva | 17.08.84 | Friendship Games | Asia | |
| Sweden | Jonny Danielson | 128 | 27:55,74 | (1.) | Södertälje | 07.06.89 | Europe | ||
| Bulgaria | Evgeni Ignatov | 129 | 27:56,26 | (10.) | Olso | 02.07.88 | Bislett Games / GP | Europe | |
| Serbia | Danijel Korica | 130 | 27:58,38 | (4.) | Helsinki | 10.08.71 | European Championships | for Yugoslavia | Europe |
| Kazakhstan | Anatoliy Badrankov | 131 | 27:58,9h | (1.) | Tashkent | 03.11.78 | for USSR – not in alltime-athl | Asia | |
| Ukraine | Pavel Andreyev | 132 | 27:59,8h | (2.) | Moskva | 10.07.73 | for USSR | Europe | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Vadim Mochalov | 133 | 28:00,90 | (3.) | Sochi | 10.07.73 | for USSR | Asia | |
| Algeria | Abderrazak Bounour | 133 | 28:00,73 | (15.) | Stockholm | 02.07.85 | Dagens Nyheter Galan / GP | Africa | |
| Greece | Spyros Andriopoulos | 134 | 28:07,17 | (7.) | Roma | 30.08.87 | World Championships | Europe | |
| Brazil | Jose João da Silva | 135 | 28:09,59 | (5.) | Firenze | 13.06.84 | Meeting International di Atletica Leggera | America | |
| Georgia | Oleg Strizhakov | 136 | 28:16,15 | (10.) | Seattle | 25.07.90 | Goodwill Games – for USSR | Asia | |
| Moldova | Vasiliy Nikolayev | 137 | 28:16,4h | (7.) | Vilnius | 18.07.78 | for USSR | Asia | |
| Djibouti | Hussein Ahmed Salah | 138 | 28:17,4h | (2.) | Rabat | 12.07.84 | African Championships | Africa | |
| Sudan | Ahmed Musa Gouda | 139 | 28:20,26 | (q.) | Los Angeles | 03.08.84 | Olympic Games/h3 | (8.) | Africa |
| Latvia | Genādijs Hlistovs | 140 | 28:25,8h | (3.) | Moskva | 03.06.73 | for USSR | Europe | |
| Hungary | István Kerékgyártó | 141 | 28:26,4h | (4.) | Moskva | 11.06.77 | Znamenski Memorial | Europe | |
| PR Korea (North Korea) | Ryu Ok-Hyon | 142 | 28:26,86 | (2.) | Moskva | 09.07.90 | Znamenskiy Memorial | Asia | |
| Cyprus | Marios Kassianidis | 143 | 28:26,87 | (16.) | Praha | 19.06.81 | Europe | ||
| Puerto Rico | Carmelo Rìos | 144 | 28:27,1h | (15.) | Walnut | 28.04.84 | America | ||
| Slovenia | Stane Rozman | 145 | 28:32,86 | Lausanne | 30.06.83 | Meeting de Lausanne – for Yugoslavia | Europe | ||
| Madagascar | Jules Randrianarivelo | 146 | 28:42,0h | (20.) | Moskva | 21.07.79 | Spartakiade | Africa | |
| Luxembourg | Justin Gloden | 147 | 28:46,4h | Louvain (BEL) | 15.06.84 | Europe | |||
| Costa Rica | Rafael Angel Perez | 148 | 28:48,4h | Knoxville | 08.05.76 | America | |||
| Uzbekistan | Abdirahman Ibragimov | 149 | 28:48,4h | Kharkov (URS) | 09.08.80 | for USSR | Asia | ||
| Cuba | Ignacio Alberto Cuba | 150 | 28:48,96 | (1.) | Havana | 10.02.89 | America | ||
| Turkmenistan | Rashid Kakadshanov | 151 | 28:50,0h | Vilnius | 18.07.78 | for USSR | Asia | ||
| Uganda | Musa Mustapha | 151 | 29:10,6h | (?.) | Kampala | 08.08.69 | Africa | ||
| Aruba | Kimball Reynierse | 152 | 29:12,53 | Leiden (NED) | 14.05.86 | America | |||
| Sri Lanka | Lucien Sellapuliage B. Rosa | 153 | 29:18,0h | Arkansas City | 13.05.75 | Asia | |||
| Tajikistan | Anatoliy Belugurov | 154 | 29:29,0h | Dushanbe (TJK) | 08.05.77 | for USSR | Asia | ||
| Albania | Isuf Curri | 155 | 29:41,5h | (1.) | Tirana | 21.10.89 | Europe | ||
| Armenia | Artashes Mikoyan | 156 | 29:52,8h | Chișinău (URS) | 20.07.76 | for USSR | Asia | ||
| Mozambique | Pedro Mulomo | 157 | 30:09,3h | Maputo | 16.05.82 | Africa | |||
| Ghana | Alhaji Alhassan | 158 | 30:10,2h | Accra | 30.09.89 | Africa | |||
| Iraq | Abdul Karim Al-Sadi | 159 | 30:11,1h | Baghdad | 01.01.82 | Asia | |||
| Syria | Farouk Khadour | 160 | 30:14,5h | Yalta | 10.10.86 | Asia | |||
| Niger | Inni Aboubacar | 161 | 30:18,5h | Grasse (FRA) | 11.07.80 | International | Africa | ||
| Nicaragua | William Aguirre | 162 | 30:25,25 | Havana | 10.03.89 | America | |||
| Pakistan | Mazhar Hussain | 163 | 30:27,2h | Troisdorf (GER) | 02.08.77 | Asia | |||
| Kuwait | Ali Saleh | 164 | 30:29,73 | Kuwait City | 09.11.83 | not official | Asia | ||
| Gabon | Jérôme Abi | 165 | 30:30,5h | (12.) | Algiers | 20.07.78 | African Games | Africa | |
| Honduras | Clovis Morales | 166 | 30:44,8h | Lüdenscheid (FRG) | 03.08.77 | Internationales Abendsportfest | America | ||
| Montenegro | Osman Erović | 167 | 30:45,0h | Kumbor (YUG) | 31.05.87 | for Yugoslavia | Europe | ||
| Chad | Ismael Yaya | 168 | 30:47,29 | (n.) | Seoul | 23.09.88 | Olympic Games/h1 | (19.) | Africa |
| Sierra Leono | Alifu Massaquoi | 169 | 31:06,29 | (21.) | Edinburgh | 18.07.70 | Commonwealth Games | Africa | |
| Papua & New Guinea | Tau John Tokwepota | 170 | 31:21,4h | Lae (PNG) | ??.??.76 | Ozeania | |||
| Bahamas | Philip Watkins | 171 | 31:23,0h | Jackson (USA) | ??.??.87 | America | |||
| Fiji | Usaia Sotutu | 172 | 31:32,0h | Provo | 01.04.71 | Ozeania | |||
| Dominica | Steve Agar | 173 | 31:53,3h | St George's | 16.04.89 | America | |||
| Macau | Fong Kim Fong | 174 | 32:40,0h | Guangzhou | 01.03.89 | Asia | |||
| Liberia | Nimley Twegbe | 175 | 33:04,0h | Monrovia | 01.09.84 | Africa | |||
| Guinea-Bissau | Aruna Dabo | 176 | 33:04,04 | Casablanca | 18.07.89 | Francophone Games | Africa | ||
| Suriname | Marcus Aminta | 177 | 33:24,9h | Paramaribo | 01.07.83 | America | |||
| Afghanistan | Nouruddin | 178 | 33:25,6h | Kabul | ??.??.61 | Asia | |||
| Cayman Islands | Nicholas Akers | 179 | 33:29,01 | (18.) | Edmonton | 06.08.78 | Commonwealth Games | America | |
| São_Tomé and Príncipe | Mário Pitra | 180 | 33:30,0h | São Tomé | 05.06.82 | Africa | |||
| Antigua and Barbuda | Tyrone Thibou | 181 | 33:32,6h | Bridgetown | ??.??.86 | America | |||
| Cambodia | Suos Chhin | 182 | 33:40,2h | Phnom Penh | 01.09.66 | Asia | |||
| Niue | Palana Ahotala | 183 | 34:17,1h | Paliati | 16.10.82 | Ozeania | |||
| American Samoa | Sailala Solilai | 184 | 34:28,0h | Pirae | 09.09.71 | America | |||
| Samoa | James Hoeflich | 185 | 34:42,5a | Apia | 30.08.79 | Ozeania | |||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Jesse Mulcaire | 186 | 35:18,4h | Basseterre | 13.05.90 | America | |||
| Cook Islands | Muriaroa Ngaro | 187 | 35:23,0h | Suva (FIJ) | 30.08.79 | South Pacific Games | Ozeania | ||
| Wallis and Futuna | Sosefo Aikilikopi | 188 | 35:57,6h | Suva (FIJ) | 30.08.79 | South Pacific Games | Ozeania | ||
| Kiribati | Tara Mango | 189 | 36:46,2h | (2.) | Suva (FIJ) | 31.08.63 | South Pacific Games | Ozeania | |
| Tonga | Peau‘afi Houkinima | 190 | 37:33,6h | Suva (FIJ) | 30.08.79 | South Pacific Games | Ozeania | ||
| Palau | Richard Madrekewet | 191 | 38:24,2h | San Antonio (USA) | 08.07.90 | Ozeania | |||
| Bhutan | Dhoman Tenzin | 192 | 38:39,7h | Kathmandu | 22.09.84 | Asia | |||
| Republic of the Congo | Africa | ||||||||
| San Marino | Europe | ||||||||
| Yemen | Asia | ||||||||
| Norfolk Island | Ozeania | ||||||||
| Myanmar | Asia | ||||||||
| Barbados | America | ||||||||
| Argentina | America | ||||||||
| Ivory Coast | Africa | ||||||||
| Northern Mariana Islands | Asia | ||||||||
| Liechtenstein | Europe | ||||||||
| Mali | America | ||||||||
| Malaysia | Asia | ||||||||
| Jordan | Asia | ||||||||
| Zambia | Africa | ||||||||
| Lebanon | Asia | ||||||||
| Burundi | Africa | ||||||||
| Mauretania | Africa | ||||||||
| Cameroon | Africa | ||||||||
| Togo | Africa | ||||||||
| China | America | ||||||||
| Burkina Faso | Africa | ||||||||
| Iran | Asia | ||||||||
| Laos | Asia | ||||||||
| Palestine | Asia | ||||||||
| East Timor | Asia | ||||||||
| Panama | America | ||||||||
| Seychelles | Africa | ||||||||
| North Macedonia (bef. 2019: Mace.) | Europe | ||||||||
| Slovakia | Europe | ||||||||
| Ukraine | Europe | ||||||||
| Benin | Africa | ||||||||
| Oman | Asia | ||||||||
| Denmark | Europe | ||||||||
| Canada | America | ||||||||
| Uruguay | America | ||||||||
| Nigeria | Africa | ||||||||
| Czech Republic | Europe | ||||||||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | America | ||||||||
| Marshall Islands | Ozeania | ||||||||
| South Africa | Africa | ||||||||
| Bangladesh | Asia | ||||||||
| Somalia | Africa | ||||||||
| Netherlands | Europe | ||||||||
| Libya | Asia | ||||||||
| Ireland | Europe | ||||||||
| Chile | America | ||||||||
| Ukraine | |||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | America | ||||||||
| Angola | Africa | ||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | Africa | ||||||||
| Malawi | Africa | ||||||||
| Swaziland | Africa | ||||||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Africa | ||||||||
| Central African Republic | Africa | ||||||||
| Eritrea | Africa | ||||||||
| Senegal | Africa | ||||||||
| Zimbabwe | Africa | ||||||||
| Rwanda | Africa | ||||||||
| Namibia | Africa | ||||||||
| Gambia | Africa | ||||||||
| Lesotho | Africa | ||||||||
| South Sudan | Africa | ||||||||
| Comoros | Africa | ||||||||
| Saint Lucia | America | ||||||||
| El Salvador | America | ||||||||
| Mauritius | America | ||||||||
| Guam | America | ||||||||
| Haiti | America | ||||||||
| Curaçao | America | ||||||||
| Belize | America | ||||||||
| Ecuador | America | ||||||||
| Guyana | America | ||||||||
| Paraguay | America | ||||||||
| America | |||||||||
| Bermuda | America | ||||||||
| Venezuela | America | ||||||||
| Jamaica | America | ||||||||
| Peru | America | ||||||||
| Bolivia | America | ||||||||
| US Virgin Islands | America | ||||||||
| Guatemala | America | ||||||||
| Philippines | Asia | ||||||||
| Qatar | Asia | ||||||||
| Brunei | Asia | ||||||||
| Thailand | Asia | ||||||||
| Nepal | Asia | ||||||||
| India | Asia | ||||||||
| South Korea | Asia | ||||||||
| Indonesia | Asia | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | Asia | ||||||||
| Vietnam | Asia | ||||||||
| Singapore | Asia | ||||||||
| Israel | Asia | ||||||||
| Azerbaijan | Asia | ||||||||
| Maldives | Asia | ||||||||
| Kosovo | Europe | ||||||||
| Croatia | Europe | ||||||||
| Gibraltar | Europe | ||||||||
| Monaco | Europe | ||||||||
| Andorra | Europe | ||||||||
| Solomon Islands | Ozeania | ||||||||
| French Polynesia | Ozeania | ||||||||
| Vanuatu | Ozeania | ||||||||
| (3) Matthews Mothswarateu was from South Africa, but competet in the 1980s for Botsuana | |||||||||