Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 26 ga Maris, Farah ya sami lambar tagulla a gasar
2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships a Cardiff, ta gama a 59:59, kasa da dakika daya a gaban Abayneh Ayele. A ranar 20 ga Fabrairu, Farah ta lashe gasar Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix 3000m. A ranar 5 ga Yuni, 2016, Farah ya karya tarihin Burtaniya mai shekaru 34 da Moorcroft ya kafa ta hanyar lashe gasar Diamond League a Birmingham, nasarar da ya keɓe wa ɗan dambe Muhammad Ali wanda ya mutu kwanan nan. A watan Yulin 2016 Farah ya kafa lokaci guda na jagorancin duniya a cikin mita 5000 ta lashe gasar Diamond League a London. Ya lashe tseren mita 10,000 a gasar Diamond League a Eugene, a lokacin 26:53.71 wanda ya kasance na biyu mafi sauri a duniya na shekara.