3000 metres

The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.

Athletics 3000 metres
A women's indoor 3000 m race in Birmingham featuring Sentayehu Ejigu and Tirunesh Dibaba.
World records
Men	Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 7:17.55 (2024)
Women	Wang Junxia (CHN) 8:06.11 (1993)
Short track world records
Men	Grant Fisher (USA) 7:22.91 (2025)
Women	Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 8:16.60 (2014)
World junior (U20) records
Men	Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) 7:28.19 (2016)
Women	Zola Budd (GBR) 8:28.83 (1985)

It is debated whether the 3000 m should be classified as a middle-distance or long-distance event.^[1] In elite-level competition, 3000 m pace is more comparable to the pace found in the longer 5000 metres event, rather than mile pace. The men's world record performance for 3000 m equates to a pace of 58.34 seconds per 400 m, which is closer to the 60.43 seconds for 5000 m than the 55.46 seconds for the mile. However, the 3000 m does require some anaerobic conditioning, and an elite athlete needs to develop a high tolerance to lactic acid, as does the mile runner. Thus, the 3000 m demands a balance of aerobic endurance needed for the 5000 m and lactic acid tolerance needed for the mile.

In men's athletics, 3000 metres has been an Olympic discipline only as a team race at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. It has not been contested at any of the IAAF outdoor championships, but it is occasionally hosted at annual elite track and field meetings. It is often featured in indoor track and field programmes and is the longest-distance event present at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.

In women's athletics, 3000 metres was a standard event in the Olympic Games (1984 to 1992)^[2] and World Championships (1980 to 1993).^[3] The event was discontinued at World Championship and Olympic level after the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, with Qu Yunxia being the final gold medal winner at the event. Starting with the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 1996 Olympic Games, it was replaced by 5000 metres, with other IAAF-organized championships following suit.

Skilled runners in this event reach speeds near vVO2max, for which the oxygen requirements of the body cannot continuously be satisfied,^[4] requiring some anaerobic effort.^{[further explanation needed]}

Records

World records

• Updated 25 August 2024. Source: World Athletics^[5]

Division	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
Men	7:17.55	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	25 August 2024	Chorzów
Women	8:06.11	Wang Junxia	China	13 September 1993	Beijing

Short track world records

• Updated 8 February 2025. Source: World Athletics^[5]

Division	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
Men	7:22.91	Grant Fisher	United States	8 February 2025	New York City
Women	8:16.60	Genzene Dibaba	Ethiopia	6 February 2014	Stockholm

Continental records

• Updated 25 August 2024. Source: World Athletics^[6]
• Sh = Short Track

Area	Men			Women
	Time	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Athlete	Nationality
African	7:20.67	Daniel Komen	Kenya	8:16.60 Sh WR	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia
Asian	7:30.76	Jamal Bilal Salem	Qatar	8:06.11 WR	Wang Junxia	China
European	7:17.55 WR	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	8:18.49	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands
North, Central American and Caribbean	7:22.91	Grant Fisher	United States	8:20.87 Sh	Elle St. Pierre	United States
Oceanian	7:28.02	Stewart McSweyn	Australia	8:24.20	Georgia Griffith	Australia
South American	7:37.15	Santiago Catrofe	Uruguay	8:43.26	Joselyn Daniely Brea	Venezuela

All-time top 25

Main articles: Men's 3000 metres world record progression and Women's 3000 metres world record progression

Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 3000m times and the top 25 athletes:

- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 3000m times

- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 3000m times, by repeat athletes

- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 3000m times

Outdoor men

• Correct as of August 2024.^[7][8]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	7:17.55	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	25 August 2024	Chorzów	[9]
2	2	7:20.67	Daniel Komen	Kenya	1 September 1996	Rieti
3	3	7:21.28	Berihu Aregawi	Ethiopia	25 August 2024	Chorzów	[9]
4	4	7:23.09	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	3 September 1999	Brussels
	5	7:23.63	Ingebrigtsen #2		17 September 2023	Eugene	[10]
5	6	7:23.64	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	17 September 2023	Eugene	[10]
	7	7:24.00+[a]	Ingebrigtsen #3		9 June 2023	Paris	[11][12]
6	8	7:25.02	Ali Saïdi-Sief	Algeria	18 August 2000	Monaco
7	9	7:25.09	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	28 August 1998	Brussels
8	10	7:25.11	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	2 August 1994	Monaco
	11	7:25.16	Komen #2		10 August 1996	Monaco
9	12	7:25.47	Grant Fisher	United States	17 September 2023	Eugene	[10]
10	13	7:25.48	Telahun Haile Bekele	Ethiopia	17 September 2023	Eugene	[10]
	14	7:25.54	Gebrselassie #2		8 August 1998	Monaco
11	15	7:25.79	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	7 August 2007	Stockholm
	16	7:25.87	Komen #3		23 August 1996	Brussels
12	17	7:25.93	Thierry Ndikumwenayo	Burundi	10 August 2022	Monaco	[13]
	18	7:26.02	Gebrselassie #3		22 August 1997	Brussels
	19	7:26.03	Gebrselassie #4		10 June 1999	Helsinki
13	20	7:26.18	Lamecha Girma	Ethiopia	5 May 2023	Doha	[14]
	21	7:26.25	Kejelcha #2		1 July 2021	Oslo	[15]
14	22	7:26.28	Selemon Barega	Ethiopia	17 September 2023	Eugene	[10]
15	23	7:26.62	Mohammed Mourhit	Belgium	18 August 2000	Monaco
16	24	7:26.64	Jacob Kiplimo	Uganda	17 September 2020	Rome	[16]
	25	7:26.69	Bekele #2		15 July 2007	Sheffield
17		7:27.18	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	25 July 1995	Monaco
18		7:27.26	Yenew Alamirew	Ethiopia	6 May 2011	Doha
19		7:27.55	Edwin Soi	Kenya	6 May 2011	Doha
20		7:27.59	Luke Kipkosgei	Kenya	8 August 1998	Monaco
21		7:27.64	Mohamed Katir	Spain	13 July 2021	London	[17]
22		7:27.66	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	6 May 2011	Doha
23		7:27.68	Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu	Switzerland	20 July 2024	London	[18]
24		7:27.75	Tom Nyariki	Kenya	10 August 1996	Monaco
25		7:28.02	Stewart McSweyn	Australia	17 September 2020	Rome	[16]

Notes

1. by World Athletics source; 7:23.8 by official Race Analysis

Outdoor women

• Correct as of August 2023.^[19]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	8:06.11	Wang Junxia	China	13 September 1993	Beijing
2	2	8:12.18	Qu Yunxia	China	13 September 1993	Beijing
	3	8:12.19	Wang #2		12 September 1993	Beijing
	4	8:12.27	Qu #2		12 September 1993	Beijing
3	5	8:16.50	Zhang Linli	China	13 September 1993	Beijing
4	6	8:18.49	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	30 June 2019	Stanford	[20]
5	7	8:19.08	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	28 August 2021	Paris	[21]
6	8	8:19.52	Ejgayehu Taye	Ethiopia	28 August 2021	Paris	[22]
7	9	8:19.78	Ma Liyan	China	12 September 1993	Beijing
8	10	8:20.07	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	Germany	30 June 2019	Stanford	[20]
9	11	8:20.27	Letesenbet Gidey	Ethiopia	30 June 2019	Stanford	[20]
10	12	8:20.68	Hellen Obiri	Kenya	9 May 2014	Doha
11	13	8:21.14	Mercy Cherono	Kenya	9 May 2014	Doha
	14	8:21.26	Ma #2		13 September 1993	Beijing
12	15	8:21.29	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	30 June 2019	Stanford	[20]
13	16	8:21.42	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	19 July 2002	Monaco
14	17	8:21.50	Diribe Welteji	Ethiopia	22 August 2024	Lausanne	[23]
15	18	8:21.53	Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi	Kenya	28 August 2021	Paris	[24]
16	19	8:21.64	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	15 July 1994	London
17	20	8:21.84	Zhang Lirong	China	13 September 1993	Beijing
	21	8:22.06	Zhang Linli #2		12 September 1993	Beijing
18	22	8:22.20	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	19 July 2002	Monaco
19	23	8:22.22	Almaz Ayana	Ethiopia	14 June 2015	Rabat	[25]
	24	8:22.34	Ayana #2		3 September 2015	Zürich
	25	8:22.44	Zhang Lirong #2		12 September 1993	Beijing
20		8:22.62	Tatyana Kazankina	Soviet Union	26 August 1984	Leningrad
21		8:22.92	Agnes Tirop	Kenya	25 September 2020	Doha	[26]
		8:22.92	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	25 September 2020	Doha	[26]
23		8:23.23	Edith Masai	Kenya	19 July 2002	Monaco
24		8:23.26	Olga Yegorova	Russia	17 August 2001	Zürich
25		8:23.48	Janeth Chepngetich	Kenya	22 August 2024	Lausanne	[27]

Indoor men

• Correct as of March 2025.^[28]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	7:22.91	Grant Fisher	United States	8 February 2025	New York City	[29]
2	2	7:23.14	Cole Hocker	United States	8 February 2025	New York City	[29]
3	3	7:23.81	Lamecha Girma	Ethiopia	15 February 2023	Liévin	[30]
4	4	7:24.68	Mohamed Katir	Spain	15 February 2023	Liévin	[30]
5	5	7:24.90	Daniel Komen	Kenya	6 February 1998	Budapest	[28]
6	6	7:24.98	Getnet Wale	Ethiopia	9 February 2021	Liévin	[31]
7	7	7:25.82	Salemon Barega	Ethiopia	6 February 2024	Toruń	[32]
	8	7:26.10	Barega #2		9 February 2021	Liévin	[28]
8	9	7:26.15	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	25 January 1998	Karlsruhe	[28]
9	10	7:26.20	Berihu Aregawi	Ethiopia	28 January 2022	Karlsruhe	[33]
	11	7:26.73	Wale #2		6 February 2024	Toruń	[28]
	12	7:26.80	Gebrselassie #2		24 January 1999	Karlsruhe	[28]
10	13	7:27.80	Yenew Alamirew	Ethiopia	5 February 2011	Stuttgart	[28]
11	14	7:27.92	George Mills	United Kingdom	2 February 2025	Val-de-Reuil	[34]
	15	7:27.93	Komen #2		1 February 1998	Stuttgart	[28]
	16	7:27.98	Girma #2		9 February 2021	Liévin	[28]
12	17	7:28.00	Augustine Kiprono Choge	Kenya	5 February 2011	Stuttgart	[28]
13	18	7:28.23	Yared Nuguse	United States	27 January 2023	Boston	[35]
	19	7:28.29	Gebrselassie #3		28 February 2003	Karlsruhe	[28]
	20	7:29.09	Girma #3		4 February 2024	Boston	[28]
	21	7:29.24	Aregawi #2		9 February 2021	Liévin	[28]
	22	7:29.34	Gebrselassie #4		15 February 2004	Karlsruhe	[28]
14	23	7:29.37	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	5 February 2011	Stuttgart	[28]
15	24	7:29.49	Niels Laros	Netherlands	13 February 2025	Liévin	[36]
16	25	7:29.72	Graham Blanks	United States	2 March 2025	Boston	[37]
17		7:29.94	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi	Kenya	12 February 2012	Karlsruhe	[28]
18		7:29.99	Biniam Mehary	Ethiopia	13 February 2025	Liévin	[36]
19		7:30.14+	Josh Kerr	United Kingdom	11 February 2024	New York City	[28]
20		7:30.15	Ethan Strand	United States	7 December 2024	Boston	[28]
21		7:30.16	Galen Rupp	United States	21 February 2013	Stockholm	[28]
22		7:30.18	Jimmy Gressier	France	8 February 2025	New York City	[28]
23		7:30.23	Parker Wolfe	United States	7 December 2024	Boston	[28]
24		7:30.38	Ky Robinson	Australia	8 February 2025	New York City	[28]
25		7:30.45	Dylan Jacobs	United States	8 February 2025	New York City	[28]

Indoor women

• Correct as of February 2025.^[38]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	8:16.60	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	6 February 2014	Stockholm	[38]
2	2	8:16.69	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	25 February 2023	Birmingham	[39]
	3	8:17.11	Tsegay #2		10 February 2024	Liévin	[38]
3	4	8:19.98	Freweyni Hailu	Ethiopia	13 February 2025	Liévin	[36]
4	5	8:20.87	Elle St. Pierre	United States	2 March 2024	Glasgow	[40]
	6	8:21.23	Tsegay #3		2 March 2024	Glasgow	[38]
	7	8:22.50	Dibaba #2		19 February 2016	Sabadell	[38]
	8	8:22.65	Tsegay #4		24 February 2021	Madrid	[38]
5	9	8:22.68	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	2 March 2024	Glasgow	[41]
6	10	8:23.24	Dawit Seyaum	Ethiopia	17 February 2022	Liévin	[42]
7	11	8:23.72	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	3 February 2007	Stuttgart	[38]
8	12	8:23.74	Meselech Melkamu	Ethiopia	3 February 2007	Stuttgart	[38]
	13	8:24.17	Hailu #2		4 February 2025	Ostrava	[38]
9	14	8:24.39	Jessica Hull	Australia	2 March 2024	Glasgow	[43]
	15	8:24.46	Defar #2		6 February 2010	Stuttgart	[38]
	16	8:24.85	Dibaba #3		15 February 2014	Birmingham	[38]
	17	8:24.93	Hull #2		4 February 2024	Boston	[38]
10	18	8:25.05	Alicia Monson	United States	11 February 2023	New York City	[44]
	19	8:25.12	Tsegay #5		13 February 2025	Liévin	[38]
	20	8:25.25	St. Pierre #2		4 February 2024	Boston	[38]
11	21	8:25.27	Sentayehu Ejigu	Ethiopia	6 February 2010	Stuttgart	[38]
12	22	8:25.37	Birke Haylom	Ethiopia	13 February 2025	Liévin	[36]
13	23	8:25.70	Karissa Schweizer	United States	27 February 2020	Boston	[45]
14	24	8:26.41	Laura Muir	United Kingdom	4 February 2017	Karlsruhe	[46]
15	25	8:26.66	Shelby Houlihan	United States	27 February 2020	Boston	[45]
16		8:26.77	Ejhayehu Taye	Ethiopia	17 February 2022	Liévin	[42]
17		8:27.86	Liliya Shobukhova	Russia	17 February 2006	Moscow	[38]
18		8:28.03	Whittni Morgan	United States	8 February 2025	New York City	[29]
19		8:28.46	Hirut Meshesha	Ethiopia	3 February 2024	Metz	[47]
20		8:28.49	Anna Alminova	Russia	7 February 2009	Stuttgart	[38]
21		8:28.69	Melissa Courtney-Bryant	United Kingdom	2 February 2025	Boston	[48]
22		8:28.71	Colleen Quigley	United States	27 February 2020	Boston	[45]
23		8:29.00	Olesya Syreva	Russia	17 February 2006	Moscow	[38]
24		8:29.15	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	3 February 2002	Stuttgart	[38]
25		8:29.28	Lemlem Hailu	Ethiopia	24 February 2021	Madrid	[49]

Medalists

Women's Olympic medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 Los Angeles details	Maricica Puică  Romania	Wendy Smith-Sly  Great Britain	Lynn Williams  Canada
1988 Seoul details	Tetyana Samolenko  Soviet Union	Paula Ivan  Romania	Yvonne Murray  Great Britain
1992 Barcelona details	Yelena Romanova  Unified Team	Tetyana Dorovskikh  Unified Team	Angela Chalmers  Canada

Women's World Championships medalists

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1980 Sittard details	Birgit Friedmann (FRG)	Karoline Nemetz (SWE)	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
1983 Helsinki details	Mary Decker (USA)	Brigitte Kraus (FRG)	Tatyana Kovalenko-Kazankina (URS)
1987 Rome details	Tetyana Samolenko (URS)	Maricica Puică (ROU)	Ulrike Bruns (GDR)
1991 Tokyo details	Tetyana Dorovskikh (URS)	Yelena Romanova (URS)	Susan Sirma (KEN)
1993 Stuttgart details	Qu Yunxia (CHN)	Zhang Linli (CHN)	Zhang Lirong (CHN)

Men's World Indoor Championships medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris[A]	João Campos (POR)	Don Clary (USA)	Ivan Uvizl (TCH)
1987 Indianapolis details	Frank O'Mara (IRL)	Paul Donovan (IRL)	Terry Brahm (USA)
1989 Budapest details	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	José Luis González (ESP)	Dieter Baumann (FRG)
1991 Seville details	Frank O'Mara (IRL)	Hammou Boutayeb (MAR)	Robert Denmark (GBR)
1993 Toronto details	Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA)	Éric Dubus (FRA)	Enrique Molina (ESP)
1995 Barcelona details	Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA)	Anacleto Jiménez (ESP)	Brahim Jabbour (MAR)
1997 Paris details	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	Paul Bitok (KEN)	Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR)
1999 Maebashi details	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	Paul Bitok (KEN)	Million Wolde (ETH)
2001 Lisbon details	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	Mohammed Mourhit (BEL)	Alberto García (ESP)
2003 Birmingham details	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	Alberto García (ESP)	Luke Kipkosgei (KEN)
2004 Budapest details	Bernard Lagat (KEN)	Rui Silva (POR)	Markos Geneti (ETH)
2006 Moscow details	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT)	Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)
2008 Valencia details	Tariku Bekele (ETH)	Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN)	Abreham Cherkos (ETH)
2010 Doha details	Bernard Lagat (USA)	Sergio Sánchez (ESP)	Sammy Alex Mutahi (KEN)
2012 Istanbul details	Bernard Lagat (USA)	Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN)	Edwin Soi (KEN)
2014 Sopot details	Caleb Ndiku (KEN)	Bernard Lagat (USA)	Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH)
2016 Portland details	Yomif Kejelcha (ETH)	Ryan Hill (USA)	Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN)
2018 Birmingham details	Yomif Kejelcha (ETH)	Selemon Barega (ETH)	Bethwell Birgen (KEN)
2022 Belgrade details	Selemon Barega (ETH)	Lamecha Girma (ETH)	Marc Scott (GB)
2024 Glasgow details	Josh Kerr (GBR)	Yared Nuguse (USA)	Selemon Barega (ETH)

Women's World Indoor Championships medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris[A]	Debbie Scott (CAN)	Agnese Possamai (ITA)	PattiSue Plumer (USA)
1987 Indianapolis details	Tatyana Samolenko (URS)	Olga Bondarenko (URS)	Maricica Puică (ROU)
1989 Budapest details	Elly van Hulst (NED)	Liz McColgan (GBR)	Margareta Keszeg (ROU)
1991 Seville details	Marie-Pierre Duros (FRA)	Margareta Keszeg (ROU)	Lyubov Kremlyova (URS)
1993 Toronto details	Yvonne Murray (GBR)	Margareta Keszeg (ROU)	Lynn Jennings (USA)
1995 Barcelona details	Gabriela Szabo (ROU)	Lynn Jennings (USA)	Joan Nesbit (USA)
1997 Paris details	Gabriela Szabo (ROU)	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
1999 Maebashi details	Gabriela Szabo (ROU)	Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)	Regina Jacobs (USA)
2001 Lisbon details	Olga Yegorova (RUS)	Gabriela Szabo (ROU)	Yelena Zadorozhnaya (RUS)
2003 Birmingham details	Berhane Adere (ETH)	Marta Domínguez (ESP)	Meseret Defar (ETH)
2004 Budapest details	Meseret Defar (ETH)	Berhane Adere (ETH)	Shayne Culpepper (USA)
2006 Moscow details	Meseret Defar (ETH)	Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)	Lidia Chojecka (POL)
2008 Valencia details	Meseret Defar (ETH)	Meselech Melkamu (ETH)	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (MAR)
2010 Doha details	Meseret Defar (ETH)	Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)	Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH)
2012 Istanbul details	Hellen Obiri (KEN)	Meseret Defar (ETH)	Gelete Burka (ETH)
2014 Sopot details	Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)	Hellen Obiri (KEN)	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)
2016 Portland details	Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)	Meseret Defar (ETH)	Shannon Rowbury (USA)
2018 Birmingham details	Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)	Sifan Hassan (NED)	Laura Muir (GBR)
2022 Belgrade details	Lemlem Hailu (ETH)	Elle Purrier St. Pierre (USA)	Ejgayehu Taye (ETH)
2024 Glasgow details	Elle Purrier St. Pierre (USA)	Gudaf Tsegay (ETH)	Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN)

• ^A Known as the World Indoor Games

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Men (outdoor) Year Time Athlete Place 1970 7:49.4  Bernd Diessner (GDR) Potsdam 1971 7:39.8  Emiel Puttemans (BEL) Brussels 1972 7:37.6  Emiel Puttemans (BEL) Århus 1973 7:42.0  Brendan Foster (GBR) London 1974 7:35.1  Brendan Foster (GBR) Gateshead 1975 7:45.0  Rod Dixon (NZL) Paris 1976 7:43.46  Rod Dixon (NZL) Cologne 1977 7:41.22  Karl Fleschen (FRG) Cologne 1978 7:32.1  Henry Rono (KEN) Oslo 1979 7:37.70  Rudy Chapa (USA) Eugene 1980 7:37.60  Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) Oslo 1981 7:36.69  Steve Scott (USA) Ingelheim 1982 7:32.79  David Moorcroft (GBR) London 1983 7:35.84  Doug Padilla (USA) Oslo 1984 7:33.3  Saïd Aouita (MAR) Brussels 1985 7:32.94  Saïd Aouita (MAR) Brussels 1986 7:32.23  Saïd Aouita (MAR) Cologne 1987 7:40.25  Dieter Baumann (FRG) Berlin 1988 7:38.79  Sydney Maree (USA) Malmö 1989 7:29.45  Saïd Aouita (MAR) Cologne 1990 7:37.09  Khalid Skah (MAR) Cologne 1991 7:33.91  Dieter Baumann (GER) Cologne 1992 7:28.96  Moses Kiptanui (KEN) Cologne 1993 7:29.24  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) Monaco 1994 7:25.11  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) Monaco 1995 7:27.18  Moses Kiptanui (KEN) Monaco 1996 7:20.67  Daniel Komen (KEN) Rieti 1997 7:26.02  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) Brussels 1998 7:25.09  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) Brussels 1999 7:23.09  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Brussels 2000 7:25.02  Ali Saïdi-Sief (ALG) Monaco 2001 7:30.53  Hailu Mekonnen (ETH) Brussels 2002 7:34.72  Benjamin Limo (KEN) Monaco 2003 7:30.23  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Turin 2004 7:27.72  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) Brussels 2005 7:28.56  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) Doha 2006 7:28.72  Isaac Kiprono Songok (KEN) Rieti 2007 7:25.79  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) Stockholm 2008 7:31.83  Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (KEN) Rieti 2009 7:28.37  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) Doha 2010 7:28.70  Tariku Bekele (ETH) Rieti 2011 7:27.26  Yenew Alamirew (ETH) Doha 2012 7:30.42  Augustine Choge (KEN) Doha 2013 7:30.36  Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) Doha 2014 7:31.66  Caleb Ndiku (KEN) Ostrava 2015 7:38.08  Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) Doha 2016 7:28.19  Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) Saint-Denis 2017 7:28.73  Ronald Kwemoi (KEN) Doha 2018 7:28.00  Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) Gothenburg 2019 7:32.17  Selemon Barega (ETH) Oslo 2020 7:26.64  Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) Rome 2021 7:26.25  Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) Oslo 2022 7:25.93  Thierry Ndikumwenayo (BDI) Monaco 2023 7:23.63  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) Eugene 2024 7:17.55  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) Chorzów

Men (indoor) Year Time Athlete Place 1970 7:46.85  Richard Wilde (GBR) Vienna 1971 7:53.6  Peter Stewart (GBR) Sofia 1972 7:50.0  Ian Stewart (GBR) Cosford 1973 7:44.6  Emiel Puttemans (BEL) Rotterdam 1974 7:48.48  Emiel Puttemans (BEL) Gothenburg 1975 7:50.2  Boris Kuznetsov (URS) Sverdlovsk 1976 7:50.2  Emiel Puttemans (BEL) Paris 1977 7:47.9  Suleiman Nyambui (TAN) Louisville 1978 7:48.6  Nick Rose (GBR) Long Beach 1979 7:44.43  Markus Ryffel (SUI) Vienna 1980 7:45.2  Steve Scott (USA) Long Beach 1981 7:48.8  Lubomír Tesáček (TCH) Prague 1982 7:46.2  Doug Padilla (USA) Daly City 1983 7:49.1  Doug Padilla (USA) Daly City 1984 7:46.87  Doug Padilla (USA) East Rutherford 1985 7:42.97  Christoph Herle (FRG) Dortmund 1986 7:46.46  Stefano Mei (ITA) Budapest 1987 7:47.95  Paul Donovan (IRL) East Rutherford 1988 7:41.57  Brian Abshire (USA) East Rutherford 1989 7:39.71  Saïd Aouita (MAR) East Rutherford 1990 7:43.69  Doug Padilla (USA) East Rutherford 1991 7:41.14  Frank O'Mara (IRL) Seville 1992 7:36.66  Saïd Aouita (MAR) Piraeus 1993 7:38.46  Moses Kiptanui (KEN) Stockholm 1994 7:40.94  Moses Kiptanui (KEN) Lievin 1995 7:35.15  Moses Kiptanui (KEN) Ghent 1996 7:30.72  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) Stuttgart 1997 7:31.27  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) Karlsruhe 1998 7:24.90  Daniel Komen (KEN) Budapest 1999 7:26.80  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) Karlsruhe 2000 7:35.84  Million Wolde (ETH) Stuttgart 2001 7:37.74  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Lisbon 2002 7:37.13  Alberto García (ESP) Seville 2003 7:28.29  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) Karlsruhe 2004 7:29.34  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) Karlsruhe 2005 7:39.89  Alistair Cragg (IRL) Roxbury 2006 7:33.07  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) Karlsruhe 2007 7:30.51  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) Karlsruhe 2008 7:31.09  Tariku Bekele (ETH) Stuttgart 2009 7:32.80  Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) Stockholm 2010 7:31.75  Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN) Stockholm 2010 7:27.80  Yenew Alamirew (ETH) Stuttgart 2012 7:29.94  Augustine Choge (KEN) Karlsruhe 2013 7:30.16  Galen Rupp (USA) Stockholm 2014 7:34.13  Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) Boston 2015 7:33.1+ h  Mo Farah (GBR) Birmingham 2016 7:38.03  Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH) Boston 2017 7:40.80 +  Ryan Hill (USA) New York City 2018 7:36.64  Selemon Barega (ETH) Liévin 2019 7:37.41  Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) Boston 2020 7:32.80  Getnet Wale (ETH) Liévin 2021 7:24.98  Getnet Wale (ETH) Liévin 2022 7:26.20  Berihu Aregawi (ETH) Karlsruhe 2023 7:23.81  Lamecha Girma (ETH) Liévin 2024 7:25.82  Selemon Barega (ETH) Toruń

Women (outdoor) Year Time Athlete Place 1971 9:23.4  Joyce Smith (GBR) London 1972 8:53.0  Lyudmila Bragina (URS) Moscow 1973 8:56.6  Paola Pigni (ITA) Formia 1974 8:52.74  Lyudmila Bragina (URS) Durham 1975 8:46.6  Grete Waitz (NOR) Oslo 1976 8:27.12  Lyudmila Bragina (URS) College Park 1977 8:36.8  Grete Waitz (NOR) Oslo 1978 8:32.1  Grete Waitz (NOR) Oslo 1979 8:31.75  Grete Waitz (NOR) Oslo 1980 8:33.53  Yelena Sipatova (URS) Moscow 1981 8:34.30  Maricica Puică (ROU) Bucharest 1982 8:26.78  Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) Kyiv 1983 8:32.08  Tatyana Kazankina (URS) Saint Petersburg 1984 8:22.62  Tatyana Kazankina (URS) Saint Petersburg 1985 8:25.83  Mary Slaney (USA) Rome 1986 8:33.99  Olga Bondarenko (URS) Stuttgart 1987 8:38.1  Ulrike Bruns (GDR) Potsdam 1988 8:26.53  Tatyana Samolenko (URS) Seoul 1989 8:38.48  Paula Ivan (ROU) Gateshead 1990 8:38.38  Angela Chalmers (CAN) Auckland 1991 8:32.00  Elana Meyer (RSA) Durban 1992 8:33.72  Yelena Romanova (RUS) Cologne 1993 8:06.11  Wang Junxia (CHN) Beijing 1994 8:21.64  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) London 1995 8:27.57  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) Zurich 1996 8:35.42  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) Nice 1997 8:27.78  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) Zurich 1998 8:24.31  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) Paris 1999 8:25.03  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) Zurich 2000 8:26.35  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) Zurich 2001 8:23.26  Olga Yegorova (RUS) Zurich 2002 8:21.42  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) Monte Carlo 2003 8:33.95  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) Zurich 2004 8:31.32  Isabella Ochichi (KEN) Paris 2005 8:28.87  Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) Oslo 2006 8:24.66  Meseret Defar (ETH) Stockholm 2007 8:24.81  Meseret Defar (ETH) Brussels 2008 8:33.66  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) Gateshead 2009 8:30.15  Meseret Defar (ETH) Thessaloniki 2010 8:28.41  Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH) Monaco 2011 8:46.84  Viola Jelagat Kibiwot (KEN) Rabat 2012 8:34.47  Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (MAR) Eugene 2013 8:30.29  Meseret Defar (ETH) Stockholm 2014 8:20.68  Hellen Onsando Obiri (KEN) Doha 2015 8:22.22  Almaz Ayana (ETH) Rabat 2016 8:23.11  Almaz Ayana (ETH) Doha 2017 8:23.14  Hellen Obiri (KEN) Monaco 2018 8:27.50  Sifan Hassan (NED) Ostrava 2019 8:18.49  Sifan Hassan (NED) Palo Alto 2020 8:22.54  Hellen Obiri (KEN) Doha 2021 8:19.08  Francine Niyonsaba (BDI) Paris 2022 8:24.27+  Francine Niyonsaba (BDI) Eugene 2023 8:24.05  Beatrice Chebet (KEN) Xiamen 2024 8:21.50  Diribe Welteji (ETH) Lausanne

Women (indoor) Year Time Athlete Place 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 9:05.0h  Irina Bondarchuk (URS) Leningrad 1977 9:03.6h  Giana Romanova (URS) Minsk 1978 8:57.6h  Janice Merrill (USA) Montréal 1979 1980 8:50.8h  Grete Waitz (NOR) Daly City 1981 8:56.4h  Paula Fudge (GBR) Cosford 1982 8:47.3h  Mary Tabb (USA) Inglewood 1983 8:52.84  Gabriele Martins (GDR) Budapest 1984 8:48.1h  Galina Zakharova (URS) Boston 1985 8:49.93  Ruth Wysocki (USA) East Rutherford 1986 8:39.79  Zola Budd (GBR) Cosford 1987 8:43.49  Maricica Puică (ROU) New York City 1988 8:41.79  Kathrin Wessel (GDR) Vienna 1989 8:33.82  Elly van Hulst (NED) Budapest 1990 8:40.45  Lynn Jennings (USA) New York City 1991 8:49.61  Margareta Keszeg (ROU) New York City 1992 8:43.34  Liz McColgan (GBR) Birmingham 1993 8:50.55  Yvonne Murray (GBR) Toronto 1994 8:55.58  Yelena Samoshchenkova (RUS) St. Petersburg 1995 8:52.49  Lynn Jennings (USA) Boston 1996 8:39.49  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) Stockholm 1997 8:45.75  Gabriela Szabo (ROM) Paris 1998 8:43.99  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) Genoa 1999 8:34.09  Gabriela Szabo (ROM) Liévin 2000 8:35.42  Gabriela Szabo (ROM) Birmingham 2001 8:32.88  Gabriela Szabo (ROM) Birmingham 2002 8:29.15  Berhane Adere (ETH) Stuttgart 2003 8:31.73  Berhane Adere (ETH) Stuttgart 2004 8:33.05  Berhane Adere (ETH) Dortmund 2005 8:30.05  Meseret Defar (ETH) Boston 2006 8:27.86  Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) Moscow 2007 8:23.72  Meseret Defar (ETH) Stuttgart 2008 8:27.93  Meseret Defar (ETH) Stuttgart 2009 8:26.99  Meseret Defar (ETH) Stuttgart 2010 8:24.46  Meseret Defar (ETH) Stuttgart 2011 8:30.26  Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH) Birmingham 2012 8:31.56  Meseret Defar (ETH) Birmingham 2013 8:26.95  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) Stockholm 2014 8:16.60  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) Stockholm 2015 8:37.22+  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) Stockholm 2016 8:22.50  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) Sabadell 2017 8:26.41  Laura Muir (GBR) Karlsruhe 2018 8:31.23  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) Sabadell 2019 8:30.61  Laura Muir (GBR) Glasgow 2020 8:25.70  Karissa Schweizer (USA) Boston 2021 8:32.55  Lemlem Hailu (ETH) Liévin 2022 8:23.24  Dawit Seyaum (ETH) Liévin 2023 8:16.69  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) Birmingham 2024 8:17.11  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) Liévin

External links

• IAAF list of 3000-metres records in XML Archived 31 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine