National 5000m Champions for India

Men (81 runnings)
25 Sep 2017   Chennai              14:04.21   Govindan Lakshmanan-4
27 Sep 2016   Lucknow              14:16.07   Govindan Lakshmanan-3
01 May 2015   Bangalore            13:58.40   Govindan Lakshmanan-2
16 Aug 2014   Patiala              13:49.17   Kheta Ram
07 Sep 2013   Ranchi               13:58.53   Govindan Lakshmanan
13 Sep 2012   Chennai              14:14.64   Ruhul Kumar Pal
13 Sep 2011   Kolkata              14:23.18   Pritam Kumar Bind
15 May 2010   Kochi                14:23.87   Sunil Kumar Singh-3
06 Oct 2009   Bhopal               13:59.94   Surendera Singh       
11 Sep 2008   Kochi                14:23.87   Sandeep Kumar
26 Oct 2007   Jamshedpur           14:00.80   Sunil Kumar Singh-2
04 Oct 2006   New Delhi            14:00.61   Sunil Kumar Singh
07 Nov 2005   Hyderabad            14:16.58   Jagannath Lakade-2
12 Sep 2004   Mumbai               14:44.39   Jagannath Lakade
30 Sep 2003   Bangalore            15:15.5    Gulab Chand-5
09 Sep 2002   New Delhi            14:26.28   Alagawadi Shivananda
20 Oct 2001   Chennai              14:22.4    K Shankar
11 Oct 2000   Kolkata              15:00.29   Gulab Chand-4
   Oct 1999   Bhopal               14:30.32   N Gojen Singh
04 Nov 1998   Kolkata              14:20.33   Gulab Chand-3
12 Dec 1997   Gandhinagar          14:11.93   Bahadur Prasad-5
13 Dec 1996   Kolkata              14:26.02   Gulab Chand-2
24 Jan 1996   New Delhi            14:16.61   Bahadur Prasad-4
   Jan 1995   Jamshedpur           14:24.5    Gulab Chand
04 Feb 1994   Chennai              13:54.72   Bahadur Prasad-3
21 Jan 1993   Bangalore            14:25.1    Bahadur Prasad-2
13 Mar 1992   Mumbai               14:24.4    Leela Ram
12 May 1991   Kolkata              14:20.5    Madan Singh
22 Jul 1990   New Delhi            14:25.92   Vijay Kumar Mishra
01 Sep 1989   Chennai              14:13.3    Bahadur Prasad
19 Aug 1988   Kanpur               14:25.8    K M Suresh-2
10 May 1987   Mangalore            14:38.2    K M Suresh
14 Aug 1986   New Delhi            14:22.5    Raj Kumar-4
04 May 1985   Thiruvananthapuram   14:15.7    Raj Kumar-3
27 May 1984   Mumbai               14:28.6    Raj Kumar-2
02 Oct 1983   Jamshedpur           14:28.5    Raj Kumar
20 Sep 1982   New Delhi            14:04.7    Edward Vincent Janiclass-2
23 Oct 1981   Lucknow              14:09.7    Gopal Saini-2
13 Mar 1981   New Delhi            14:14.3    Hari Chand
08 Jun 1980   Ajmer                14:30.8    Gopal Saini
   Mar 1979   Jamshedpur           14:34.6    J P Minz
   May 1978   Jalandhar            
   May 1977   Chandigarh           14:10.0    Shivnath Singh-4
   Dec 1975   Ajmer                14:10.4    Shivnath Singh-3
   Dec 1974   Madurai              14:21.6    Shivnath Singh-2
15 Dec 1973   Ludhiana             14:08.8    Shivnath Singh
17 Dec 1972   Lucknow              14:59.2    Mohan Singh-2
   Mar 1972   Chennai              14:56.6    Mohan Singh
       1970   Patiala              14:33.6    Kirpal Singh-4
21 Dec 1969   Ajmer                14:39.2    Kirpal Singh-3
   Jan 1969   Bangalore            15:12.0    Mukhtiar Singh
15 Dec 1967   Hyderabad            14:34.4    Kirpal Singh-2
28 Feb 1967   Sangrur              14:33.6    Kirpal Singh
   Feb 1966   Ajmer                14:50.6    Sardara Singh
   Mar 1965   Pune                 15:24.2    Pam Singh-4
   Mar 1964   Delhi                14:41.6    Tarlok Singh-2
   Mar 1963   Delhi                14:41.6    Narayan Singh
   Feb 1962   Jabalpur             14:49.2    Tarlok Singh
   Feb 1961   Jalandhar            14:47.6    Pan Singh-3
   Feb 1960   New Delhi            14:43.2    Pan Singh-2
   Feb 1959   Thiruvananthapuram   14:54.0    Pan Singh*
   Feb 1958   Cuttack              14:57.2    Arjun Singh-2
   Feb 1957   Bangalore            15:17.5    Maria Ram
   Feb 1956   Patiala              15:11.8    Arjun Singh
   Feb 1955   Kolkata              15:36.6    nfn Daluram-4
   Mar 1954   Delhi                15:22.7    nfn Daluram-3
   Feb 1953   Jabalpur             15:31.5    nfn Daluram-2
   Feb 1952   Chennai              15:46.8    nfn Daluram
   Feb 1951   Ludhiana             16:15.4    Pritam Singh
   Feb 1950   Mumbai               15:30.0    Joginder Singh
   Feb 1949   Delhi                16:01.8    Gurbachan Singh-3
   Feb 1948   Lucknow              15:56.0    nfn Eraiah
       ....   not held
   Feb 1946   Bangalore            16:27.0    Gurbachan Singh-2
       ....   not held
   Feb 1944   Patiala              16:09.5    Gurbachan Singh
       ....   not held
   Feb 1942   Lahore PAK           16:17.4    Jagvir Singh
       ....   not held
   Feb 1940   Mumbai               15:49.4    Raunaq Singh Gill-3
       ....   not held
   Feb 1938   Kolkata              15:27.8    Raunaq Singh Gill-2
       ....   not held
   Feb 1936   Lahore PAK           15:23.0    Raunaq Singh Gill
3 miles
   Feb 1934   Delhi                15:23.6    Kishan Singh-2
       ....   not held
   Feb 1932   Chennai              15:37.4    Kishan Singh
       ....   not held
11 Feb 1924   Delhi                16:10.0    Pala Singh
Non-champion winners
1994  13:54.41  Ibrahim Kinuthia (KEN)

Note: The 1959 race was protested and rerun. The original race had Maria Ram in 1st with 14:41.6 and Pan Singh in 2nd with 14:42.0.


Women (23 runnings)
25 Sep 2017   Chennai              16:02.85   Suriya Loganathan-5
27 Sep 2016   Lucknow              16:05.90   Suriya Loganathan-4 
01 May 2015   Bangalore            16:55.90   Suriya Loganathan-3
16 Aug 2014   Patiala              15:54.21   Orchatteri P Jaisha-3
07 Sep 2013   Ranchi               16:24.59   Suriya Loganathan-2
13 Sep 2012   Chennai              17:29.94   Suriya Loganathan
13 Sep 2011   Kolkata              16:46.40   Kavita Raut-2
15 May 2010   Kochi                17:25.61   Lalita Babar
06 Oct 2009   Bhopal               16:13.17   Kavita Raut       
11 Sep 2008   Kochi                16:28.98   Preeja Sreedharan-3
26 Oct 2007   Jamshedpur           15:45.96   Preeja Sreedharan-2
04 Oct 2006   New Delhi            16:05.26   Orchatteri P Jaisha-2
07 Nov 2005   Hyderabad            17:08.76   Orchatteri P Jaisha
11 Sep 2004   Mumbai               17:43.72   Preeja Sreedharan
29 Sep 2003   Bangalore            17:13.91   Madhuri Gurnule-2
09 Sep 2002   New Delhi            17:05.63   Pampa Chanda
20 Oct 2001   Chennai              17:03.75   Madhuri Gurnule
09 Oct 2000   Kolkata              17:15.40   Molly Biju
   Oct 1999   Bhopal               16:00.98   Sunita Rani-3
04 Nov 1998   Kolkata              16:09.68   Sunita Rani-2
12 Dec 1997   Gandhinagar          17:01.27   Sunita Rani
15 Dec 1996   Kolkata              16:48.77   Madhuri Saxena-2
24 Jan 1996   New Delhi            16:57.42   Madhuri Saxena

Most Titles

Men (1924-date)

5

Bahadur Prasad 1989,1993-94,1996a,1997
. Gulab Chand 1995,1996b,1998,2000,2003

Women (1996-date)
5 Suriya Loganathan 2012-13,2015-17


Inter-State 5000m Champions

Men (52 runnings)
05 Jun 2014   Lucknow               14:02.84  Indrajeet Patel
04 Jun 2013   Chennai               
   Jun 2012   Hyderabad
13 Jun 2011   Bangalore             14:11.47  Suresh Kumar Patel
05 Aug 2010   Patiala               14:03.71  Sunil Kumar Singh-2
21 Oct 2009   Chennai               13:51.31  Surendra Singh-3
18 Jun 2008   Madurai               13:54.24  Kashinath Aswale
17 Sep 2007   Bhopal                13:55.71  Surender Singh-2
05 Nov 2006   Chennai               13:59.46  Surender Singh
06 Jul 2005   Bangalore             14:40.6   Sunil Kumar Singh
   Jul 2004   Chennai               14:48.82  Mukesh Kumar
   Sep 2003   Jamshedpur            14:52.74  Gulab Chand-3
03 Jun 2002   Bangalore             14:24.31  N Gojen Singh
   Sep 2001   Lucknow               14:29.22  K Shankar-2
31 Jul 2000   Chennai               14:07.9   Gulab Chand-2
13 Sep 1999   Lucknow               14:27.61  Gulab Chand
   Nov 1998   Kolkata               14:45.37  Satish Kumar
24 Dec 1997   Bangalore             14:41.24  K Shankar
04 Dec 1995   Chennai               14:00.0   Bahadur Prasad-5
17 Feb 1995   Bangalore             14:38.2   Bahadur Prasad-4
   Jan 1994   Pune                  14:24.36  Bahadur Prasad-3
05 Mar 1993   New Delhi             14:20.6   Bahadur Prasad-2
   Mar 1992   Thiruvananthapuram    14:50.2   Narender Singh
10 Mar 1991   Gandhinagar           14:38.8   Madan Singh
01 Aug 1990   New Delhi             14:30.12  Leela Ram
26 Mar 1989   Guntur                14:39.1   Bahadur Prasad
   Feb 1988   Jabalpur              14:32.2   Raj Kumar-4
19 May 1987   Ranchi                14:51.6   Sri Ram Singh
   Mar 1986   Agartala              15:01.1   P Solamuthu
   Feb 1985   Chennai               14:30.5   Raj Kumar-3
29 Apr 1984   New Delhi             14:02.9   Raj Kumar-2
02 Feb 1983   Kolkata               14:56.0   Gurnam Singh
29 Jan 1982   Kozhikode             14:23.8   Raj Kumar
13 Feb 1981   Bangalore             14:20.6   Gopal Saini-3
11 Feb 1980   Hissar                14:20.4   Gopal Saini-2
20 Feb 1979   Hyderabad             14:35.8   Gopal Saini
01 Mar 1978   Kollam                14:36.9   Harjeet Singh
   Jan 1977   Chennai               14:44.6   Anokh Singh
   Jan 1976   Palai                 14:36.6   Harbel Singh
17 Jan 1975   Hyderabad             14:46.0   Shivnath Singh-2
08 Feb 1974   Jaipur                14:31.6   Shivnath Singh
13 Jan 1973   Durgapur              14:58.6   Kirpal Singh-2
   Feb 1972   Kottayam              14:58.2   Edward Sequeira-5
22 Jan 1971   Ahmedabad             14:42.2   Edward Sequeira-4
15 Jan 1970   Cuttack               14:44.4   Edward Sequeira-3
23 Jan 1969   Jalandhar             14:31.4   Edward Sequeira-2
14 Jan 1968   Chennai               14:44.4   Kirpal Singh
26 Jan 1967   Kottayam              14:46.0   Edward Sequeira
   Jan 1966   Bangalore             14:58.6   Sardara Singh
   Jan 1965   Chandigarh            14:50.2   Nawab Singh
   Feb 1964   Kolkata               14:38.0   Mukhtiar Singh
   Feb 1963   Allahabad             14:50.8   Narayan Singh

Women (19 runnings)
05 Jun 2014   Lucknow               15:57.05  Orchatteri P Jaisha-5
04 Jun 2013   Chennai               17:27.24  Orchatteri P Jaisha-4
   Jun 2012   Hyderabad
13 Jun 2011   Bangalore             17:00.89  Kavita Raut-2
05 Aug 2010   Patiala               17:27.0   Jijimol Jacob
21 Oct 2009   Chennai               16:09.61  Kavita Raut
18 Jun 2008   Madurai               17:13.13  Preethi Lakshmi Rao
17 Sep 2007   Bhopal                16:21.06  Orchatteri P Jaisha-3
05 Nov 2006   Chennai               16:02.10  Orchatteri P Jaisha-2
06 Jul 2005   Bangalore             17:53.97  Orchatteri P Jaisha
19 Jul 2004   Chennai               17:01.22  Madhuri Gurnule
07 Sep 2003   Jamshedpur            16:31.75  Sunita Rani-3
03 Jun 2002   Bangalore             16:00.28  Sunita Rani-2
   Sep 2001   Lucknow               17:31.04  H Sangini Devi
30 Jul 2000   Chennai               16:18.5   Pushpa Devi
13 Sep 1999   Lucknow               16:54.76  Molly Biju
15 Nov 1998   Kolkata               15:59.06  Sunita Rani
24 Dec 1997   Bangalore             18:36.93  Renuka Hede
25 Dec 1995   Chennai               16:34.7   Madhuri Saxena

Most Titles

Men (1963-date)

5

Edward Sequeira 1967,1969-72
. Bahadur Prasad 1989,1993-95b

Women (1995-date)

3

Sunita Rani 1998,2002-03
Orchatteri P Jaisha 2005-07


Last Updated on 29 Sep 2017

Contributors: Ram. Murali Krishnan (50), Andy Milroy (3)