six men have won the olympic title twice: paavo nurmi became the first in 1928 and he was followed by emil zátopek, lasse virén, haile gebrselassie, kenenisa bekele and mo farah. two women have achieved the feat: derartu tulu won her second title in 2004 and tirunesh dibaba had back-to-back wins in 2008 and 2012. derartu tulu is the only athlete to have reached the podium on three occasions. historically, athletes in this event have also had success in the 5000 metres at the olympics. the winner of the men's olympic 10,000 m has completed a long-distance track double on nine occasions, the most recent being farah at the 2016 rio olympics. tirunesh dibaba is the only woman to complete this double, having done so at the 2008 beijing olympics. at the 2016 rio olympics, almaz ayana smashed the world record in a time of 29:17.45. it was the first time four women broke 30 minutes in a single race.