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3000 metres#Men's Seasons Best

{{Short description|Long-distance track running event}}

{{Infobox athletics event

|event = 3000 metres

|image = Ejigu, Dibaba Birmingham meeting 2010.jpg

|image_upright = 1.15

|caption = A women's indoor 3000 m race in Birmingham featuring Sentayehu Ejigu and Tirunesh Dibaba.

|WRmen = {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Jakob Ingebrigtsen|NOR}} 7:17.55 (2024)}}

|WRwomen = {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Wang Junxia|CHN}} 8:06.11 (1993)}}

|ShWRmen={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Grant Fisher|USA}} 7:22.91 (2025)}}|ShWRwomen={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Genzebe Dibaba|ETH}} 8:16.60 (2014)}}|WU20Rmen={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Yomif Kejelcha|ETH}} 7:28.19 (2016)}}|WU20Rwomen={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Zola Budd|GBR}} 8:28.83 (1985)}}}}

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.

It is debated whether the 3000 m should be classified as a middle-distance or long-distance event.[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/40966/athletics/29763/Middle-distance-running Middle-distance running]. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved on 2014-06-02. 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)[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040742/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/womens-3000-metres.html Women's 3000 metres at the Olympic Games]. Sport Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-18. and World Championships (1980 to 1993).[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wc.htm World Championships in Athletics]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-01-18. 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,{{cite journal|last=Billat |first=Véronique L. |author2=J. Pierre Koralsztein |title=Significance of the Velocity at VO2max and Time to Exhaustion at this Velocity |journal=Sports Med. |date=August 1996 |volume=2 |pages=90–108 |doi=10.2165/00007256-199622020-00004 |url=http://www.insermu902.com/attachments/018_11.1996-Billat-significance%20of%20velocity%20at%20vo2max-SportMed.pdf |access-date=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321201539/http://www.insermu902.com/attachments/018_11.1996-Billat-significance%20of%20velocity%20at%20vo2max-SportMed.pdf |archive-date=21 March 2012 }} requiring some anaerobic effort.{{explain|date=August 2022}}

Records

= World records =

  • Updated 25 August 2024. Source: World Athletics{{Cite web |title=Stats {{!}} World Athletics {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/by-category/world-records |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=worldathletics.org}}

class="wikitable"

! scope="col" |Division

! scope="col" |Time

! scope="col" |Athlete

! scope="col" |Nation

! scope="col" |Date

! scope="col" |Place

Men

|7:17.55

| align="left" |Jakob Ingebrigtsen

| align="left" |{{NOR}}

|25 August 2024

|Chorzów

Women

|8:06.11

| align="left" |Wang Junxia

| align="left" |{{Flag|China}}

|13 September 1993

|Beijing

= Short track world records =

  • Updated 8 February 2025. Source: World Athletics

class="wikitable"

! scope="col" |Division

! scope="col" |Time

! scope="col" |Athlete

! scope="col" |Nation

! scope="col" |Date

! scope="col" |Place

Men

|7:22.91

| align="left" |Grant Fisher

| align="left" |{{USA}}

|8 February 2025

|New York City

Women

|8:16.60

| align="left" |Genzene Dibaba

| align="left" |{{ETH}}

|6 February 2014

|Stockholm

= Continental records =

  • Updated 25 August 2024. Source: World Athletics{{Cite web |title=Stats {{!}} World Athletics {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/by-category/african-records |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=worldathletics.org}}
  • Sh = Short Track

class="wikitable"

|+

! rowspan="2" |Area

! colspan="3" |Men

! colspan="3" |Women

scope="col" |Time

! scope="col" |Athlete

! scope="col" |Nationality

! scope="col" |Time

! scope="col" |Athlete

! scope="col" |Nationality

African

|7:20.67

|Daniel Komen

|{{Flag|Kenya}}

|8:16.60 {{AthAbbr|Sh}} WR

|Genzebe Dibaba

|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}

Asian

|7:30.76

|Jamal Bilal Salem

|{{Flag|Qatar}}

|8:06.11 WR

|Wang Junxia

|{{Flag|China}}

European

|7:17.55 WR

|Jakob Ingebrigtsen

|{{NOR}}

|8:18.49

|Sifan Hassan

|{{Flag|Netherlands}}

North, Central American and Caribbean

|7:22.91

|Grant Fisher

|{{Flag|United States}}

|8:20.87 {{AthAbbr|Sh}}

|Elle St. Pierre

|{{Flag|United States}}

Oceanian

|7:28.02

|Stewart McSweyn

|{{Flag|Australia}}

|8:24.20

|Georgia Griffith

|{{Flag|Australia}}

South American

|7:37.15

|Santiago Catrofe

|{{Flag|Uruguay}}

|8:43.26

|Joselyn Daniely Brea

|{{Flag|Venezuela}}

All-time top 25

{{main|Men's 3000 metres world record progression|Women's 3000 metres world record progression}}

style="wikitable"

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

style="background: #f6F5CE" |- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 3000m times
- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 3000m times, by repeat athletes
style="background: #CCFFCC" |- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 3000m times

=Outdoor men=

  • Correct as of August 2024.{{cite web|title=All-time men's best 3000m|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/middle-long/3000-metres/outdoor/men/senior?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1899-12-31&lastDay=2022-08-09r|publisher=World Athletics|date=10 August 2022|access-date=10 August 2022}}{{cite web|title=All-time men's best 3000m|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m_3000ok.htm|publisher=alltime-athletics.com|date=17 September 2020|access-date=29 September 2020}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}} !! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}}!! Time !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 1

7:17.55Jakob Ingebrigtsen{{NOR}}25 August 2024

|Chorzów

|{{Cite web |title=Ingebrigtsen and Duplantis break world records in Silesia {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/silesia-diamond-league-ingebrigtsen-world-3000m-record |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=worldathletics.org}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

|align=center|2

|align=center|2

|7:20.67

|Daniel Komen

|{{KEN}}

|1 September 1996

|Rieti

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 3

| align=center| 3

7:21.28Berihu Aregawi{{ETH}}25 August 2024

|Chorzów

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 4

| align=center| 4

7:23.09Hicham El Guerrouj{{MAR}}3 September 1999

|Brussels

|

align=center|

|align=center|5

|7:23.63

|Ingebrigtsen #2

|

|17 September 2023

|Eugene

|{{Cite web |title=Tsegay smashes world 5000m record and Duplantis breaks world pole vault record in Eugene {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/diamond-league-final-eugene-2023-day-two-report |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=worldathletics.org}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

|align=center|5

|align=center|6

|7:23.64

|Yomif Kejelcha

|{{ETH}}

|17 September 2023

|Eugene

|

|align=center|7

|7:24.00{{AthAbbr|+}}{{efn|by World Athletics source; 7:23.8 by official Race Analysis}}

|Ingebrigtsen #3

|

|9 June 2023

|Paris

|{{cite web |author=Jon Mulkeen |date=9 June 2023 |title=Kipyegon, Girma and Ingebrigtsen make history in Paris |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/paris-kipyegon-girma-ingebrigtsen-5000m-steeplechase-two-miles-world-record-best |access-date=10 June 2023 |publisher=World Athletics}}{{cite web |date=9 June 2023 |title=Two Miles Run – Race Analysis |url=https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/PARIS2023/PDF_ATHM2MILES--ADDITIONALFNL-000100--_C77A.PDF?h=oHUo2MxufC5kog48BgTjigZZKW8= |access-date=10 June 2023 |work=sportresult.com |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610080200/https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/PARIS2023/PDF_ATHM2MILES--ADDITIONALFNL-000100--_C77A.PDF?h=oHUo2MxufC5kog48BgTjigZZKW8= |url-status=dead }}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 8

7:25.02Ali Saïdi-Sief{{ALG}}18 August 2000

|Monaco

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 9

7:25.09Haile Gebrselassie{{ETH|1996}}28 August 1998

|Brussels

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 8

| align=center| 10

7:25.11Noureddine Morceli{{ALG}}2 August 1994

|Monaco

|

|align="center" |11

|7:25.16

|Komen #2

|

|10 August 1996

|Monaco

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

|align=center|9

|align=center|12

|7:25.47

|Grant Fisher

|{{USA}}

|17 September 2023

|Eugene

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

|align=center|10

|align=center|13

|7:25.48

|Telahun Haile Bekele

|{{ETH|1996}}

|17 September 2023

|Eugene

|

| align="center" |14

|7:25.54

|Gebrselassie #2

|

|8 August 1998

|Monaco

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" |15

|7:25.79

|Kenenisa Bekele

|{{ETH|1996}}

|7 August 2007

|Stockholm

|

| align="center" |16

|7:25.87

|Komen #3

|

|23 August 1996

|Brussels

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" | 17

|7:25.93

|Thierry Ndikumwenayo

|{{BDI}}

|10 August 2022

|Monaco

|{{Cite web|title=3000m Results|url=http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2022/monaco/re0160040.pdf|work=sportresult.com|date=10 August 2022|access-date=23 August 2022|archive-date=23 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823202755/http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2022/monaco/re0160040.pdf|url-status=dead}}

rowspan="2" |

| align="center" |18

|7:26.02

|Gebrselassie #3

| rowspan="2" |

|22 August 1997

|Brussels

|

align="center" |19

|7:26.03

|Gebrselassie #4

|10 June 1999

|Helsinki

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" |13

| align="center" |20

|7:26.18

|Lamecha Girma

|{{ETH}}

|5 May 2023

|Doha

|{{Cite web |title=Ceh, Girma and Richardson break meeting records in Doha {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/doha-diamond-league-2023-ceh-girma-richardson |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=worldathletics.org}}

align="center" |

| align="center" |21

|7:26.25

|Kejelcha #2

|

|1 July 2021

|Oslo

|{{cite news |author=Jess Whittington |date=1 July 2021 |title=Warholm breaks world 400m hurdles record with 46.70 in Oslo |publisher=World Athletics |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/warholm-world-400m-hurdles-record-oslo-4670 |access-date=15 July 2021}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

|align="center" |14

|align="center" |22

|7:26.28

|Selemon Barega

|{{ETH}}

|17 September 2023

|Eugene

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 15

| align="center" | 23

7:26.62Mohammed Mourhit{{BEL}}18 August 2000

|Monaco

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 16

| align="center" |24

|7:26.64

|Jacob Kiplimo

|{{UGA}}

|17 September 2020

|Rome

|{{cite web |author=Nicole Jeffery |date=17 September 2020 |title=Duplantis scales 6.15m in Rome, world's highest ever outdoor vault |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/duplantis-kiplimo-warholm-rome-2020 |access-date=29 September 2020 |publisher=World Athletics}}

| align="center" |25

|7:26.69

|Bekele #2

|

|15 July 2007

|Sheffield

|

bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| align="center" | 17

| rowspan="9" |

7:27.18Moses Kiptanui{{KEN}}25 July 1995

|Monaco

|

bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| align="center" | 18

7:27.26Yenew Alamirew{{ETH}}6 May 2011

|Doha

|

bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| align="center" | 19

7:27.55Edwin Soi{{KEN}}6 May 2011

|Doha

|

bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| align="center" | 20

|7:27.59

|Luke Kipkosgei

|{{KEN}}

|8 August 1998

|Monaco

|

bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| align="center" | 21

|7:27.64

|Mohamed Katir

|{{ESP}}

|13 July 2021

|London

|{{cite web |date=13 July 2021 |title=3000m Result |url=http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2021/london/re0160040.pdf |access-date=22 July 2021 |work=sportresult.com |archive-date=30 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730001139/http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2021/london/re0160040.pdf |url-status=dead }}

bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| align="center" | 22

|7:27.66

|Eliud Kipchoge

|{{KEN}}

|6 May 2011

|Doha

|

bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| align="center" | 23

|7:27.68

|Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu

|{{SUI}}

|20 July 2024

|London

{{cite web|title=3000m Result|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/LONDON_2024/PDF_ATHM3000M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=KAUSkfmOEBJYpVH+QkajECPuxK4=|website=swisstiming.com|date=20 July 2024|access-date=20 July 2024}}
bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| align="center" | 24

|7:27.75

|Tom Nyariki

|{{KEN}}

|10 August 1996

|Monaco

|

bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| align="center" | 25

|7:28.02

|Stewart McSweyn

|{{AUS}}

|17 September 2020

|Rome

|

==Notes==

{{notelist}}

=Outdoor women=

  • Correct as of August 2023.{{cite web|title=All-time women's best 3000m|url=https://www.iaaf.org/records/all-time-toplists/middle-long/3000-metres/outdoor/women/senior?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1900-01-01&lastDay=2019-06-30|publisher=iaaf.org|date=1 July 2019|access-date=1 July 2019}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}} !! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}}!! Time !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 1

|align=center| 1

8:06.11

|Wang Junxia

|{{CHN}}

|13 September 1993

|Beijing

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 2

|align=center| 2

8:12.18

|Qu Yunxia

|{{CHN}}

|13 September 1993

|Beijing

|

rowspan="2" |

|align=center|3

|8:12.19

|Wang #2

| rowspan="2" |

|12 September 1993

|Beijing

|

align=center|4

|8:12.27

|Qu #2

|12 September 1993

|Beijing

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 3

| align="center" | 5

8:16.50

|Zhang Linli

|{{CHN}}

|13 September 1993

|Beijing

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 4

| align="center" |6

|8:18.49

|Sifan Hassan

|{{NED}}

|30 June 2019

|Stanford

|{{cite news |author=Brian Russell |date=1 July 2019 |title=Hassan takes historic 3000m victory in Stanford – IAAF Diamond League |publisher=IAAF |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/prefontaine-classic-stanford-2019-diamond-lea4 |access-date=20 July 2019}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 5

| align="center" |7

|8:19.08

|Francine Niyonsaba

|{{BDI}}

|28 August 2021

|Paris

|{{Cite web |date=28 August 2021 |title=2021 Meeting de Paris – 3000 m Results |url=http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2021/paris/re1160040.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910183053/http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2021/paris/re1160040.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 September 2021 |access-date=10 September 2021 |work=sportresult.com}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 6

| align="center" |8

|8:19.52

|Ejgayehu Taye

|{{ETH}}

|28 August 2021

|Paris

|{{Cite web |date=28 August 2021 |title=2021 Meeting de Paris – 3000 m Results |url=http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2021/paris/re1160040.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910183053/http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2021/paris/re1160040.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 September 2021 |access-date=10 September 2021 |work=sportresult.com}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 7

| align="center" |9

|8:19.78

|Ma Liyan

|{{CHN}}

|12 September 1993

|Beijing

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 8

| align="center" |10

|8:20.07

|Konstanze Klosterhalfen

|{{GER}}

|30 June 2019

|Stanford

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 9

| align="center" |11

|8:20.27

|Letesenbet Gidey

|{{ETH}}

|30 June 2019

|Stanford

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 10

| align="center" |12

|8:20.68

|Hellen Obiri

|{{KEN}}

|9 May 2014

|Doha

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 11

| align="center" |13

|8:21.14

|Mercy Cherono

|{{KEN}}

|9 May 2014

|Doha

|

|align=center|14

|8:21.26

|Ma #2

|

|13 September 1993

|Beijing

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 12

| align="center" |15

|8:21.29

|Genzebe Dibaba

|{{ETH}}

|30 June 2019

|Stanford

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center| 13

| align="center" | 16

8:21.42

|Gabriela Szabo

|{{ROM}}

|19 July 2002

|Monaco

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" |14

| align="center" |17

|8:21.50

|Diribe Welteji

|{{ETH}}

|22 August 2024

|Lausanne

|{{Cite web |date=22 August 2024 |title=Results 3000m Women |url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/LAUSANNE_2024/PDF_ATHW3000M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=1cD9GqfDP5MkqKkV8G2uU0QP54A= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825131741/https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/LAUSANNE_2024/PDF_ATHW3000M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=1cD9GqfDP5MkqKkV8G2uU0QP54A= |archive-date=25 August 2024 |access-date=25 August 2024 |website=Diamond League}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 15

| align="center" |18

|8:21.53

|Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi

|{{KEN}}

|28 August 2021

|Paris

|{{Cite web |date=28 August 2021 |title=2021 Meeting de Paris – 3000 m Results |url=http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2021/paris/re1160040.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910183053/http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2021/paris/re1160040.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 September 2021 |access-date=10 September 2021 |work=sportresult.com}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 16

| align="center" | 19

8:21.64

|Sonia O'Sullivan

|{{IRL}}

|15 July 1994

|London

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 17

| align="center" | 20

8:21.84

|Zhang Lirong

|{{CHN}}

|13 September 1993

|Beijing

|

| align="center" |21

|8:22.06

|Zhang Linli #2

|

|12 September 1993

|Beijing

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 18

| align="center" | 22

8:22.20

|Paula Radcliffe

|{{GBR2}}

|19 July 2002

|Monaco

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 19

| align="center" |23

|8:22.22

|Almaz Ayana

|{{ETH}}

|14 June 2015

|Rabat

|{{cite web |date=14 June 2015 |title=3000m Results |url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/mohammed-vi-dathletisme-de-rabat-5628/results/women/3000-metres/final/result |access-date=14 June 2015 |publisher=IAAF}}

rowspan="2" |

| align="center" |24

|8:22.34

|Ayana #2

| rowspan="2" |

|3 September 2015

|Zürich

|

align="center" |25

|8:22.44

|Zhang Lirong #2

|12 September 1993

|Beijing

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center| 20

| rowspan="6" align="center" |

|8:22.62

|Tatyana Kazankina

|{{URS}}

|26 August 1984

|Leningrad

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|align="center" rowspan="2" |21

|8:22.92

|Agnes Tirop

|{{KEN}}

|25 September 2020

|Doha

|{{cite news |author=Jon Mulkeen |date=25 September 2020 |title=Obiri and McSweyn victorious in Doha as Wanda Diamond League draws to a close |publisher=World Athletics |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/doha-diamond-league-obiri-mcsweyn-kipyegon |access-date=1 October 2020}}

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|8:22.92

|Beatrice Chepkoech

|{{KEN}}

|25 September 2020

|Doha

|

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| align=center| 23

|8:23.23

|Edith Masai

|{{KEN}}

|19 July 2002

|Monaco

|

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| align=center| 24

|8:23.26

|Olga Yegorova

|{{RUS}}

|17 August 2001

|Zürich

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center| 25

|8:23.48

|Janeth Chepngetich

|{{KEN}}

|22 August 2024

|Lausanne

|{{Cite web |date=22 August 2024 |title=Results 3000m Women |url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/LAUSANNE_2024/PDF_ATHW3000M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=1cD9GqfDP5MkqKkV8G2uU0QP54A= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825131741/https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/LAUSANNE_2024/PDF_ATHW3000M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=1cD9GqfDP5MkqKkV8G2uU0QP54A= |archive-date=25 August 2024 |access-date=25 August 2024 |website=Diamond League}}

=Indoor men=

  • Correct as of March 2025.{{cite web|title=All-time men's best 3000m indoor|url=https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/middlelong/3000-metres/indoor/men/senior|publisher=IAAF|date=12 May 2020|access-date=12 May 2020}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}}!! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}}!! Time !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}

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| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 1

7:22.91

|Grant Fisher

|{{USA}}

|8 February 2025

|New York City

|{{Cite web |date=8 February 2025 |title=Nuguse and Fisher break world indoor records in New York |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/millrose-games-2025-new-york-world-record-fisher |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=World Athletics}}

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| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 2

7:23.14

|Cole Hocker

|{{USA}}

|8 February 2025

|New York City

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 3

7:23.81

|Lamecha Girma

|{{ETH}}

|15 February 2023

|Liévin

|{{Cite web |title=Girma breaks world indoor 3000m record with 7:23.81 in Lievin {{!}} REPORTS {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/meeting-hauts-de-france-pas-de-calais-lievin-girma-world-3000m-record?6=&__nextLocale=en |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=worldathletics.org}}

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| align="center" | 4

| align="center" |4

|7:24.68

|Mohamed Katir

|{{ESP}}

|15 February 2023

|Liévin

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" |5

|7:24.90

|Daniel Komen

|{{KEN}}

|6 February 1998

|Budapest

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" |6

|7:24.98

|Getnet Wale

|{{ETH}}

|9 February 2021

|Liévin

|{{Cite news |author=Jon Mulkeen |date=9 February 2021 |title=Tsegay breaks world indoor 1500m record in Lievin with 3:53.09 |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/indoor-tour-tsegay-record-1500-lievin |access-date=13 February 2021 |website=World Athletics}}

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| align="center" | 7

| align="center" |7

|7:25.82

|Salemon Barega

|{{ETH}}

|6 February 2024

|Toruń

|{{cite web |date=6 February 2024 |title=3000m Result |url=https://copernicus.domtel-sport.pl/pdf/M3000_1_r.pdf |access-date=6 February 2024 |website=copernicus.domtel-sport.pl}}

align="center" |

| align="center" |8

|7:26.10

|Barega #2

|

|9 February 2021

|Liévin

|

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| align="center" | 8

| align="center" |9

|7:26.15

|Haile Gebrselassie

|{{ETH}}

|25 January 1998

|Karlsruhe

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" |10

|7:26.20

|Berihu Aregawi

|{{ETH}}

|28 January 2022

|Karlsruhe

|{{cite news |author=Jess Whittington |date=28 January 2021 |title=Aregawi and Duplantis put on a show in Karlsruhe |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/karlsruhe-2022-aregawi-duplantis-embaye-williams-martinot |access-date=29 January 2022 |publisher=World Athletics}}

rowspan="2" align="center" |

| align="center" |11

|7:26.73

|Wale #2

| rowspan="2" |

|6 February 2024

|Toruń

|

align="center"|12

|7:26.80

|Gebrselassie #2

|24 January 1999

|Karlsruhe

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

|align="center"|10

|align="center"|13

|7:27.80

|Yenew Alamirew

|{{ETH}}

|5 February 2011

|Stuttgart

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

|align="center"|11

|align="center"|14

|7:27.92

|George Mills

|{{GBR}}

|2 February 2025

|Val-de-Reuil

|{{Cite web |last=Henderson |first=Jason |date=2025-02-02 |title=George Mills breaks Josh Kerr's UK 3000m record with 7:27.92 |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/george-mills-breaks-josh-kerrs-uk-3000m-record-with-727-92-1039996953/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=AW |language=en-GB}}

rowspan="2" |

|align="center"|15

|7:27.93

|Komen #2

| rowspan="2" |

|1 February 1998

|Stuttgart

|

align="center"|16

|7:27.98

|Girma #2

|9 February 2021

|Liévin

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

|align="center"|12

|align="center"|17

|7:28.00

|Augustine Kiprono Choge

|{{KEN}}

|5 February 2011

|Stuttgart

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

|align="center"|13

|align="center"|18

|7:28.23

|Yared Nuguse

|{{USA}}

|27 January 2023

|Boston

|{{cite news |author=Marley Dickinson |date=27 January 2023 |title=Yared Nuguse smashes American indoor 3,000m record |url=https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/yared-nuguse-smashes-american-indoor-3000m-record/ |access-date=28 January 2023}}

rowspan="4" |

|align="center"|19

|7:28.29

|Gebrselassie #3

| rowspan="4" |

|28 February 2003

|Karlsruhe

|

align="center"|20

|7:29.09

|Girma #3

|4 February 2024

|Boston

|

align="center"|21

|7:29.24

|Aregawi #2

|9 February 2021

|Liévin

|

align="center"|22

|7:29.34

|Gebrselassie #4

|15 February 2004

|Karlsruhe

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

|align="center"|14

|align="center"|23

|7:29.37

|Eliud Kipchoge

|{{KEN}}

|5 February 2011

|Stuttgart

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

|align="center"|15

|align="center"|24

|7:29.49

|Niels Laros

|{{NED}}

|13 February 2025

|Liévin

|{{Cite web |date=13 February 2025 |title=Ingebrigtsen smashes world indoor 1500m and mile records in Lievin |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/ingebrigtsen-world-indoor-1500m-mile-records-lievin |access-date=15 February 2025 |website=World Athletics}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

|align="center"|16

|align="center"|25

|7:29.72

|Graham Blanks

|{{USA}}

|2 March 2025

|Boston

|{{Cite web |title=Track Scoreboard |url=http://live.lancertiming.com/meets/329/events/22/Final |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=live.lancertiming.com}}

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|align="center"|17

| rowspan="9" align="center" |

|7:29.94

|Edwin Cheruiyot Soi

|{{KEN}}

|12 February 2012

|Karlsruhe

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|align="center"|18

|7:29.99

|Biniam Mehary

|{{ETH}}

|13 February 2025

|Liévin

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|align="center"|19

|7:30.14{{AthAbbr|+}}

|Josh Kerr

|{{GBR}}

|11 February 2024

|New York City

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|align="center"|20

|7:30.15

|Ethan Strand

|{{USA}}

|7 December 2024

|Boston

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|align="center"|21

|7:30.16

|Galen Rupp

|{{USA}}

|21 February 2013

|Stockholm

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|align="center"|22

|7:30.18

|Jimmy Gressier

|{{FRA}}

|8 February 2025

|New York City

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|align="center"|23

|7:30.23

|Parker Wolfe

|{{USA}}

|7 December 2024

|Boston

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|align="center"|24

|7:30.38

|Ky Robinson

|{{AUS}}

|8 February 2025

|New York City

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|align="center"|25

|7:30.45

|Dylan Jacobs

|{{USA}}

|8 February 2025

|New York City

|

=Indoor women=

  • Correct as of February 2025.{{cite web|title=All-time women's best 3000m indoor|url=https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/middlelong/3000-metres-short-track/all/women/senior?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1900-01-01&lastDay=2024-02-06&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=10229584&ageCategory=senior|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=6 February 2024}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}}!! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}}!! Time !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 1

8:16.60

|Genzebe Dibaba

|{{ETH}}

|6 February 2014

|Stockholm

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 2

8:16.69

|Gudaf Tsegay

|{{ETH}}

|25 February 2023

|Birmingham

|{{Cite web |title=Tsegay threatens world indoor 3000m record, as tour titles are won in Birmingham {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/birmingham-final-tsegay-gourley-asher-smith-hodgkinson |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=www.worldathletics.org}}

align="center" |

| align="center" | 3

8:17.11

|Tsegay #2

|

|10 February 2024

|Liévin

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" |4

|8:19.98

|Freweyni Hailu

|{{ETH}}

|13 February 2025

|Liévin

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" |5

|8:20.87

|Elle St. Pierre

|{{USA}}

|2 March 2024

|Glasgow

|{{cite web |date=2 March 2024 |title=3000m Final Results |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7180312/AT-3000sh-W-f----.RS6.pdf |access-date=2 March 2024 |work=World Athletics}}

rowspan="3" align="center" |

| align="center" |6

|8:21.23

|Tsegay #3

| rowspan="3" |

|2 March 2024

|Glasgow

|

align="center" |7

|8:22.50

|Dibaba #2

|19 February 2016

|Sabadell

|

align="center" |8

|8:22.65

|Tsegay #4

|24 February 2021

|Madrid

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" |9

|8:22.68

|Beatrice Chepkoech

|{{KEN}}

|2 March 2024

|Glasgow

|{{cite web |date=2 March 2024 |title=3000m Final Results |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7180312/AT-3000sh-W-f----.RS6.pdf |access-date=2 March 2024 |work=World Athletics}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" |10

|8:23.24

|Dawit Seyaum

|{{ETH}}

|17 February 2022

|Liévin

|{{cite news |author=Jon Mulkeen |date=17 February 2022 |title=Ingebrigtsen breaks world indoor 1500m record in Lievin |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/hauts-france-lievin-ingebrigtsen-world-indoor-1500m-record |access-date=18 February 2022 |publisher=World Athletics}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 11

|8:23.72

|Meseret Defar

|{{ETH}}

|3 February 2007

|Stuttgart

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 12

|8:23.74

|Meselech Melkamu

|{{ETH}}

|3 February 2007

|Stuttgart

|

| align="center" | 13

|8:24.17

|Hailu #2

|

|4 February 2025

|Ostrava

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 14

|8:24.39

|Jessica Hull

|{{AUS}}

|2 March 2024

|Glasgow

|{{cite web |date=2 March 2024 |title=3000m Final Results |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7180312/AT-3000sh-W-f----.RS6.pdf |access-date=2 March 2024 |work=World Athletics}}

rowspan="3" |

| align="center" | 15

|8:24.46

|Defar #2

| rowspan="3" |

|6 February 2010

|Stuttgart

|

align="center" | 16

|8:24.85

|Dibaba #3

|15 February 2014

|Birmingham

|

align="center" | 17

|8:24.93

|Hull #2

|4 February 2024

|Boston

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" | 18

|8:25.05

|Alicia Monson

|{{USA}}

|11 February 2023

|New York City

|{{cite news |author=Karen Rosen |date=12 February 2023 |title=Nuguse breaks North American indoor mile record at Millrose Games |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/millrose-games-2023-nuguse-monson-crouser-steiner |access-date=17 February 2023 |publisher=World Athletics}}

rowspan="2" |

| align="center" | 19

|8:25.12

|Tsegay #5

| rowspan="2" |

|13 February 2025

|Liévin

|

align="center" | 20

|8:25.25

|St. Pierre #2

|4 February 2024

|Boston

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" | 21

|8:25.27

|Sentayehu Ejigu

|{{ETH}}

|6 February 2010

|Stuttgart

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" | 22

|8:25.37

|Birke Haylom

|{{ETH}}

|13 February 2025

|Liévin

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 13

| align="center" | 23

|8:25.70

|Karissa Schweizer

|{{USA}}

|27 February 2020

|Boston

|{{cite news |author=Taylor Dutch |date=28 February 2020 |title=Karissa Schweizer Shatters the 3,000-Meter American Record in Boston |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a31143972/karissa-schweizer-3000-meter-american-record/ |access-date=1 March 2020 |publisher=Runner's World}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 14

| align="center" | 24

|8:26.41

|Laura Muir

|{{GBR}}

|4 February 2017

|Karlsruhe

|{{cite news |date=4 February 2017 |title=Laura Muir smashes European 3000m record in Karlsruhe |url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/event-news/laura-muir-smashes-european-3000m-record-karlsruhe-56892 |access-date=4 February 2017 |website=athleticsweekly.com}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 15

| align="center" | 25

|8:26.66

|Shelby Houlihan

|{{USA}}

|27 February 2020

|Boston

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align="center" | 16

| rowspan="10" |

|8:26.77

|Ejhayehu Taye

|{{ETH}}

|17 February 2022

|Liévin

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align="center" | 17

|8:27.86

|Liliya Shobukhova

|{{RUS}}

|17 February 2006

|Moscow

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align="center" | 18

|8:28.03

|Whittni Morgan

|{{USA}}

|8 February 2025

|New York City

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align="center" | 19

|8:28.46

|Hirut Meshesha

|{{ETH}}

|3 February 2024

|Metz

|{{cite web |date=4 February 2024 |title=Bol beats 50 seconds for 400m and breaks national 200m record in Metz |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/femke-bol-metz-400m-200m-2024 |access-date=6 February 2024 |website=World Athletics}}

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align="center" | 20

|8:28.49

|Anna Alminova

|{{RUS}}

|7 February 2009

|Stuttgart

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align="center" | 21

|8:28.69

|Melissa Courtney-Bryant

|{{GBR}}

|2 February 2025

|Boston

|{{Cite web |date=2 February 2025 |title=Hoey, Courtney-Bryant and Coscoran win distance duels in Boston |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/indoor-grand-prix-boston-2025-hoey-courtney-bryant-coscoran-alfred-benjamin |access-date=3 February 2025 |website=World Athletics}}

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align="center" | 22

|8:28.71

|Colleen Quigley

|{{USA}}

|27 February 2020

|Boston

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align="center" | 23

|8:29.00

|Olesya Syreva

|{{RUS}}

|17 February 2006

|Moscow

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align="center" | 24

|8:29.15

|Berhane Adere

|{{ETH}}

|3 February 2002

|Stuttgart

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align="center" | 25

|8:29.28

|Lemlem Hailu

|{{ETH}}

|24 February 2021

|Madrid

|{{cite news |author=Phil Minshull |date=24 February 2021 |title=Holloway enters the record books in Madrid |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/indoor-tour-madrid-holloway-world-record |access-date=28 February 2021 |publisher=World Athletics}}

Medalists

=Women's Olympic medalists=

{{Olympic medalists in women's 3000 metres}}

=Women's World Championships medalists=

{{World Championships in Athletics medalists in women's 3000 metres}}

=Men's World Indoor Championships medalists=

{{MedalistTable}}
1985 Paris{{ref label|WIG|A}}

|{{flagathlete|João Campos|POR}}

|{{flagathlete|Don Clary|USA}}

|{{flagathlete|Ivan Uvizl|TCH}}

1987 Indianapolis
{{DetailsLink|1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Frank O'Mara|IRL}}

|{{flagathlete|Paul Donovan|IRL}}

|{{flagathlete|Terry Brahm|USA}}

1989 Budapest
{{DetailsLink|1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Saïd Aouita|MAR}}

|{{flagathlete|José Luis González|ESP}}

|{{flagathlete|Dieter Baumann|FRG}}

1991 Seville
{{DetailsLink|1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Frank O'Mara|IRL}}

|{{flagathlete|Hammou Boutayeb|MAR}}

|{{flagathlete|Robert Denmark|GBR}}

1993 Toronto
{{DetailsLink|1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Gennaro Di Napoli|ITA}}

|{{flagathlete|Éric Dubus|FRA}}

|{{flagathlete|Enrique Molina|ESP}}

1995 Barcelona
{{DetailsLink|1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Gennaro Di Napoli|ITA}}

|{{flagathlete|Anacleto Jiménez|ESP}}

|{{flagathlete|Brahim Jabbour|MAR}}

1997 Paris
{{DetailsLink|1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Paul Bitok|KEN}}

|{{flagathlete|Ismaïl Sghyr|MAR}}

1999 Maebashi
{{DetailsLink|1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Paul Bitok|KEN}}

|{{flagathlete|Million Wolde|ETH}}

2001 Lisbon
{{DetailsLink|2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Hicham El Guerrouj|MAR}}

|{{flagathlete|Mohammed Mourhit|BEL}}

|{{flagathlete|Alberto García|ESP}}

2003 Birmingham
{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Alberto García|ESP}}

|{{flagathlete|Luke Kipkosgei|KEN}}

2004 Budapest
{{DetailsLink|2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Bernard Lagat|KEN}}

|{{flagathlete|Rui Silva|POR}}

|{{flagathlete|Markos Geneti|ETH}}

2006 Moscow
{{DetailsLink|2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Kenenisa Bekele|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Saif Saaeed Shaheen|QAT}}

|{{flagathlete|Eliud Kipchoge|KEN}}

2008 Valencia
{{DetailsLink|2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Tariku Bekele|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Paul Kipsiele Koech|KEN}}

|{{flagathlete|Abreham Cherkos|ETH}}

2010 Doha
{{DetailsLink|2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Bernard Lagat|USA}}

|{{flagathlete|Sergio Sánchez|ESP}}

|{{flagathlete|Sammy Alex Mutahi|KEN}}

2012 Istanbul
{{DetailsLink|2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Bernard Lagat|USA}}

|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Augustine Kiprono Choge|KEN}}}}

|{{flagathlete|Edwin Soi|KEN}}

2014 Sopot
{{DetailsLink|2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Caleb Ndiku|KEN}}

|{{flagathlete|Bernard Lagat|USA}}

|{{flagathlete|Dejen Gebremeskel|ETH}}

2016 Portland
{{DetailsLink|2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Yomif Kejelcha|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Ryan Hill|USA}}

|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Augustine Kiprono Choge|KEN}}}}

2018 Birmingham
{{DetailsLink|2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Yomif Kejelcha|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Selemon Barega|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Bethwell Birgen|KEN}}

2022 Belgrade
{{DetailsLink|2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Selemon Barega|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Lamecha Girma|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Marc Scott|GB}}

2024 Glasgow
{{DetailsLink|2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Josh Kerr|GBR}}

|{{flagathlete|Yared Nuguse|USA}}

|{{flagathlete|Selemon Barega|ETH}}

2025 Nanjing
{{DetailsLink|2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Jakob Ingebrigtsen|NOR}}

|{{flagathlete|Berihu Aregawi|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Ky Robinson|AUS}}

=Women's World Indoor Championships medalists=

{{MedalistTable}}
1985 Paris{{ref label|WIG|A}}

|{{flagathlete|Debbie Scott|CAN}}

|{{flagathlete|Agnese Possamai|ITA}}

|{{flagathlete|PattiSue Plumer|USA}}

1987 Indianapolis
{{DetailsLink|1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Tatyana Samolenko|URS}}

|{{flagathlete|Olga Bondarenko|URS}}

|{{flagathlete|Maricica Puică|ROU|1965}}

1989 Budapest
{{DetailsLink|1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Elly van Hulst|NED}}

|{{flagathlete|Liz McColgan|GBR}}

|{{flagathlete|Margareta Keszeg|ROU|1965}}

1991 Seville
{{DetailsLink|1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Marie-Pierre Duros|FRA}}

|{{flagathlete|Margareta Keszeg|ROU}}

|{{flagathlete|Lyubov Kremlyova|URS}}

1993 Toronto
{{DetailsLink|1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Yvonne Murray|GBR}}

|{{flagathlete|Margareta Keszeg|ROU}}

|{{flagathlete|Lynn Jennings|USA}}

1995 Barcelona
{{DetailsLink|1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROU}}

|{{flagathlete|Lynn Jennings|USA}}

|{{flagathlete|Joan Nesbit|USA}}

1997 Paris
{{DetailsLink|1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROU}}

|{{flagathlete|Sonia O'Sullivan|IRL}}

|{{flagathlete|Fernanda Ribeiro|POR}}

1999 Maebashi
{{DetailsLink|1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROU}}

|{{flagathlete|Zahra Ouaziz|MAR}}

|{{flagathlete|Regina Jacobs|USA}}

2001 Lisbon
{{DetailsLink|2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Olga Yegorova|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROU}}

|{{flagathlete|Yelena Zadorozhnaya|RUS}}

2003 Birmingham
{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Berhane Adere|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Marta Domínguez|ESP}}

|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

2004 Budapest
{{DetailsLink|2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Berhane Adere|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Shayne Culpepper|USA}}

2006 Moscow
{{DetailsLink|2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Liliya Shobukhova|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Lidia Chojecka|POL}}

2008 Valencia
{{DetailsLink|2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Meselech Melkamu|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Mariem Alaoui Selsouli|MAR}}

2010 Doha
{{DetailsLink|2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Vivian Cheruiyot|KEN}}

|{{flagathlete|Sentayehu Ejigu|ETH}}

2012 Istanbul
{{DetailsLink|2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Hellen Obiri|KEN}}

|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Gelete Burka|ETH}}

2014 Sopot
{{DetailsLink|2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Genzebe Dibaba|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Hellen Obiri|KEN}}

|{{flagathlete|Maryam Yusuf Jamal|BHR}}

2016 Portland
{{DetailsLink|2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Genzebe Dibaba|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Shannon Rowbury|USA}}

2018 Birmingham
{{DetailsLink|2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Genzebe Dibaba|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Sifan Hassan|NED}}

|{{flagathlete|Laura Muir|GBR}}

2022 Belgrade
{{DetailsLink|2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Lemlem Hailu|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Elle Purrier St. Pierre|USA}}

|{{flagathlete|Ejgayehu Taye|ETH}}

2024 Glasgow
{{DetailsLink|2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Elle Purrier St. Pierre|USA}}

|{{flagathlete|Gudaf Tsegay|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Beatrice Chepkoech|KEN}}

2025 Nanjing
{{DetailsLink|2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}

|{{flagathlete|Freweyni Hailu|ETH}}

|{{flagathlete|Shelby Houlihan|USA}}

|{{flagathlete|Jessica Hull|AUS}}

  • {{note label|WIG|A}} Known as the World Indoor Games

Season's bests

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

=Men (outdoor)=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
Year

!Time

!Athlete

!Place

1970

|7:49.4

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Bernd Diessner|GDR}}

|Potsdam

1971

|7:39.8

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Emiel Puttemans|BEL}}

|Brussels

1972

|7:37.6

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Emiel Puttemans|BEL}}

|Århus

1973

|7:42.0

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Brendan Foster|GBR}}

|London

1974

|7:35.1

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Brendan Foster|GBR}}

|Gateshead

1975

|7:45.0

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Rod Dixon|NZL}}

|Paris

1976

|7:43.46

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Rod Dixon|NZL}}

|Cologne

1977

|7:41.22

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Karl Fleschen|FRG}}

|Cologne

1978

|7:32.1

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Henry Rono|KEN}}

|Oslo

1979

|7:37.70

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Rudy Chapa|USA}}

|Eugene

1980

|7:37.60

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Eamonn Coghlan|IRL}}

|Oslo

1981

|7:36.69

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Steve Scott|USA}}

|Ingelheim

1982

|7:32.79

|align=left|{{flagathlete|David Moorcroft|GBR}}

|London

1983

|7:35.84

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Doug Padilla|USA}}

|Oslo

1984

|7:33.3

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Saïd Aouita|MAR}}

|Brussels

1985

|7:32.94

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Saïd Aouita|MAR}}

|Brussels

1986

|7:32.23

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Saïd Aouita|MAR}}

|Cologne

1987

|7:40.25

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Dieter Baumann|FRG}}

|Berlin

1988

|7:38.79

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sydney Maree|USA}}

|Malmö

1989

|7:29.45

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Saïd Aouita|MAR}}

|Cologne

1990

|7:37.09

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Khalid Skah|MAR}}

|Cologne

1991

|7:33.91

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Dieter Baumann|GER}}

|Cologne

1992

|7:28.96

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Moses Kiptanui|KEN}}

|Cologne

1993

|7:29.24

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Noureddine Morceli|ALG}}

|Monaco

1994

|7:25.11

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Noureddine Morceli|ALG}}

|Monaco

1995

|7:27.18

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Moses Kiptanui|KEN}}

|Monaco

1996

|7:20.67

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Daniel Komen|KEN}}

|Rieti

1997

|7:26.02

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1996}}

|Brussels

1998

|7:25.09

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1996}}

|Brussels

1999

|7:23.09

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Hicham El Guerrouj|MAR}}

|Brussels

2000

|7:25.02

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ali Saïdi-Sief|ALG}}

|Monaco

2001

|7:30.53

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Hailu Mekonnen|ETH|1996}}

|Brussels

2002

|7:34.72

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Benjamin Limo|KEN}}

|Monaco

2003

|7:30.23

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Hicham El Guerrouj|MAR}}

|Turin

2004

|7:27.72

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Eliud Kipchoge|KEN}}

|Brussels

2005

|7:28.56

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Eliud Kipchoge|KEN}}

|Doha

2006

|7:28.72

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Isaac Kiprono Songok|KEN}}

|Rieti

2007

|7:25.79

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Kenenisa Bekele|ETH|1996}}

|Stockholm

2008

|7:31.83

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Edwin Cheruiyot Soi|KEN}}

|Rieti

2009

|7:28.37

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Eliud Kipchoge|KEN}}

|Doha

2010

|7:28.70

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Tariku Bekele|ETH}}

|Rieti

2011

|7:27.26

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yenew Alamirew|ETH}}

|Doha

2012

|7:30.42

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Augustine Choge|KEN}}

|Doha

2013

|7:30.36

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Hagos Gebrhiwet|ETH}}

|Doha

8

|2014

|7:31.66

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Caleb Ndiku|KEN}}

|Ostrava

2015

|7:38.08

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Hagos Gebrhiwet|ETH}}

|Doha

2016

|7:28.19

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yomif Kejelcha|ETH}}

|Saint-Denis

2017

|7:28.73

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ronald Kwemoi|KEN}}

|Doha

2018

|7:28.00

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yomif Kejelcha|ETH}}

|Gothenburg

2019

|7:32.17

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Selemon Barega|ETH}}

|Oslo

2020

|7:26.64

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Jacob Kiplimo|UGA}}

|Rome

2021

|7:26.25

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yomif Kejelcha|ETH}}

|Oslo

2022

|7:25.93

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Thierry Ndikumwenayo|BDI}}

|Monaco

2023

|7:23.63

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Jakob Ingebrigtsen|NOR}}

|Eugene

2024

|7:17.55

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Jakob Ingebrigtsen|NOR}}

|Chorzów

{{col-2}}

=Men (indoor)=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
Year

!Time

!Athlete

!Place

1970

|7:46.85

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Richard Wilde|GBR}}

|Vienna

1971

|7:53.6

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Peter Stewart|GBR}}

|Sofia

1972

|7:50.0

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ian Stewart|GBR}}

|Cosford

1973

|7:44.6

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Emiel Puttemans|BEL}}

|Rotterdam

1974

|7:48.48

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Emiel Puttemans|BEL}}

|Gothenburg

1975

|7:50.2

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Boris Kuznetsov|URS}}

|Sverdlovsk

1976

|7:50.2

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Emiel Puttemans|BEL}}

|Paris

1977

|7:47.9

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Suleiman Nyambui|TAN}}

|Louisville

1978

|7:48.6

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Nick Rose|GBR}}

|Long Beach

1979

|7:44.43

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Markus Ryffel|SUI}}

|Vienna

1980

|7:45.2

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Steve Scott|USA}}

|Long Beach

1981

|7:48.8

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Lubomír Tesáček|TCH}}

|Prague

1982

|7:46.2

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Doug Padilla|USA}}

|Daly City

1983

|7:49.1

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Doug Padilla|USA}}

|Daly City

1984

|7:46.87

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Doug Padilla|USA}}

|East Rutherford

1985

|7:42.97

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Christoph Herle|FRG}}

|Dortmund

1986

|7:46.46

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Stefano Mei|ITA}}

|Budapest

1987

|7:47.95

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Paul Donovan|IRL}}

|East Rutherford

1988

|7:41.57

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Brian Abshire|USA}}

|East Rutherford

1989

|7:39.71

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Saïd Aouita|MAR}}

|East Rutherford

1990

|7:43.69

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Doug Padilla|USA}}

|East Rutherford

1991

|7:41.14

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Frank O'Mara|IRL}}

|Seville

1992

|7:36.66

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Saïd Aouita|MAR}}

|Piraeus

1993

|7:38.46

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Moses Kiptanui|KEN}}

|Stockholm

1994

|7:40.94

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Moses Kiptanui|KEN}}

|Lievin

1995

|7:35.15

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Moses Kiptanui|KEN}}

|Ghent

1996

|7:30.72

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1996}}

|Stuttgart

1997

|7:31.27

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1996}}

|Karlsruhe

1998

|7:24.90

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Daniel Komen|KEN}}

|Budapest

1999

|7:26.80

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1996}}

|Karlsruhe

2000

|7:35.84

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Million Wolde|ETH|1996}}

|Stuttgart

2001

|7:37.74

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Hicham El Guerrouj|MAR}}

|Lisbon

2002

|7:37.13

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Alberto García|ESP}}

|Seville

2003

|7:28.29

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1996}}

|Karlsruhe

2004

|7:29.34

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1996}}

|Karlsruhe

2005

|7:39.89

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Alistair Cragg|IRL}}

|Roxbury

2006

|7:33.07

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Eliud Kipchoge|KEN}}

|Karlsruhe

2007

|7:30.51

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Kenenisa Bekele|ETH|1996}}

|Karlsruhe

2008

|7:31.09

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Tariku Bekele|ETH|1996}}

|Stuttgart

2009

|7:32.80

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Paul Kipsiele Koech|KEN}}

|Stockholm

2010

|7:31.75

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Augustine Kiprono Choge|KEN}}

|Stockholm

2010

|7:27.80

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yenew Alamirew|ETH}}

|Stuttgart

2012

|7:29.94

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Augustine Choge|KEN}}

|Karlsruhe

2013

|7:30.16

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Galen Rupp|USA}}

|Stockholm

2014

|7:34.13

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Hagos Gebrhiwet|ETH}}

|Boston

2015

|7:33.1{{AthAbbr|+}} {{AthAbbr|h}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Mo Farah|GBR}}

|Birmingham

2016

|7:38.03

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Dejen Gebremeskel|ETH}}

|Boston

2017

|7:40.80 {{AthAbbr|+}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ryan Hill|USA}}

|New York City

2018

|7:36.64

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Selemon Barega|ETH}}

|Liévin

2019

|7:37.41

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Hagos Gebrhiwet|ETH}}

|Boston

2020

|7:32.80

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Getnet Wale|ETH}}

|Liévin

2021

|7:24.98

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Getnet Wale|ETH}}

|Liévin

2022

|7:26.20

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Berihu Aregawi|ETH}}

|Karlsruhe

2023

|7:23.81

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Lamecha Girma|ETH}}

|Liévin

2024

|7:25.82

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Selemon Barega|ETH}}

|Toruń

2025

|7:22.91

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Grant Fisher|USA}}

|New York City

{{col-end}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

=Women (outdoor)=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
Year

!Time

!Athlete

!Place

1971

|9:23.4

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Joyce Smith|GBR}}

|London

1972

|8:53.0

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Lyudmila Bragina|URS}}

|Moscow

1973

|8:56.6

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Paola Pigni|ITA}}

|Formia

1974

|8:52.74

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Lyudmila Bragina|URS}}

|Durham

1975

|8:46.6

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Grete Waitz|NOR}}

|Oslo

1976

|8:27.12

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Lyudmila Bragina|URS}}

|College Park

1977

|8:36.8

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Grete Waitz|NOR}}

|Oslo

1978

|8:32.1

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Grete Waitz|NOR}}

|Oslo

1979

|8:31.75

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Grete Waitz|NOR}}

|Oslo

1980

|8:33.53

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yelena Sipatova|URS}}

|Moscow

1981

|8:34.30

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Maricica Puică|ROU|1965}}

|Bucharest

1982

|8:26.78

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Svetlana Ulmasova|URS}}

|Kyiv

1983

|8:32.08

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Tatyana Kazankina|URS}}

|Saint Petersburg

1984

|8:22.62

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Tatyana Kazankina|URS}}

|Saint Petersburg

1985

|8:25.83

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Mary Slaney|USA}}

|Rome

1986

|8:33.99

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Olga Bondarenko|URS}}

|Stuttgart

1987

|8:38.1

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ulrike Bruns|GDR}}

|Potsdam

1988

|8:26.53

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Tatyana Samolenko|URS}}

|Seoul

1989

|8:38.48

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Paula Ivan|ROU|1965}}

|Gateshead

1990

|8:38.38

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Angela Chalmers|CAN}}

|Auckland

1991

|8:32.00

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Elana Meyer|RSA|1928}}

|Durban

1992

|8:33.72

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yelena Romanova|RUS}}

|Cologne

1993

|8:06.11

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Wang Junxia|CHN}}

|Beijing

1994

|8:21.64

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sonia O'Sullivan|IRL}}

|London

1995

|8:27.57

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sonia O'Sullivan|IRL}}

|Zurich

1996

|8:35.42

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sonia O'Sullivan|IRL}}

|Nice

1997

|8:27.78

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROU}}

|Zurich

1998

|8:24.31

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROU}}

|Paris

1999

|8:25.03

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROU}}

|Zurich

2000

|8:26.35

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROU}}

|Zurich

2001

|8:23.26

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Olga Yegorova|RUS}}

|Zurich

2002

|8:21.42

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROU}}

|Monte Carlo

2003

|8:33.95

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROU}}

|Zurich

2004

|8:31.32

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Isabella Ochichi|KEN}}

|Paris

2005

|8:28.87

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Maryam Yusuf Jamal|BHR}}

|Oslo

2006

|8:24.66

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH|1996}}

|Stockholm

2007

|8:24.81

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH|1996}}

|Brussels

2008

|8:33.66

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Vivian Cheruiyot|KEN}}

|Gateshead

2009

|8:30.15

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

|Thessaloniki

2010

|8:28.41

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sentayehu Ejigu|ETH}}

|Monaco

2011

|8:46.84

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Viola Jelagat Kibiwot|KEN}}

|Rabat

2012

|8:34.47

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Mariem Alaoui Selsouli|MAR}}

|Eugene

2013

|8:30.29

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

|Stockholm

2014

|8:20.68

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Hellen Onsando Obiri|KEN}}

|Doha

2015

|8:22.22

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Almaz Ayana|ETH}}

|Rabat

2016

|8:23.11

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Almaz Ayana|ETH}}

|Doha

2017

|8:23.14

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Hellen Obiri|KEN}}

|Monaco

2018

|8:27.50

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sifan Hassan|NED}}

|Ostrava

2019

|8:18.49

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sifan Hassan|NED}}

|Palo Alto

2020

|8:22.54

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Hellen Obiri|KEN}}

|Doha

2021

|8:19.08

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Francine Niyonsaba|BDI}}

|Paris

2022

|8:24.27+

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Francine Niyonsaba|BDI}}

|Eugene

2023

|8:24.05

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Beatrice Chebet|KEN}}

|Xiamen

2024

|8:21.50

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Diribe Welteji|ETH}}

|Lausanne

{{col-2}}

=Women (indoor)=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
Year

!Time

!Athlete

!Place

1971

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1972

|

|

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1973

|

|

|

1974

|

|

|

1975

|

|

|

1976

|9:05.0{{AthAbbr|h}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Irina Bondarchuk|URS}}

|Leningrad

1977

|9:03.6{{AthAbbr|h}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Giana Romanova|URS}}

|Minsk

1978

|8:57.6{{AthAbbr|h}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Janice Merrill|USA}}

|Montréal

1979

|

|

|

1980

|8:50.8{{AthAbbr|h}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Grete Waitz|NOR}}

|Daly City

1981

|8:56.4{{AthAbbr|h}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Paula Fudge|GBR}}

|Cosford

1982

|8:47.3{{AthAbbr|h}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Mary Tabb|USA}}

|Inglewood

1983

|8:52.84

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gabriele Martins|GDR}}

|Budapest

1984

|8:48.1{{AthAbbr|h}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Galina Zakharova|URS}}

|Boston

1985

|8:49.93

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ruth Wysocki|USA}}

|East Rutherford

1986

|8:39.79

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Zola Budd|GBR}}

|Cosford

1987

|8:43.49

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Maricica Puică|ROU|variant=1965}}

|New York City

1988

|8:41.79

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Kathrin Wessel|GDR}}

|Vienna

1989

|8:33.82

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Elly van Hulst|NED}}

|Budapest

1990

|8:40.45

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Lynn Jennings|USA}}

|New York City

1991

|8:49.61

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Margareta Keszeg|ROU}}

|New York City

1992

|8:43.34

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Liz McColgan|GBR}}

|Birmingham

1993

|8:50.55

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yvonne Murray|GBR}}

|Toronto

1994

|8:55.58

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yelena Samoshchenkova|RUS}}

|St. Petersburg

1995

|8:52.49

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Lynn Jennings|USA}}

|Boston

1996

|8:39.49

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Fernanda Ribeiro|POR}}

|Stockholm

1997

|8:45.75

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROM}}

|Paris

1998

|8:43.99

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Fernanda Ribeiro|POR}}

|Genoa

1999

|8:34.09

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROM}}

|Liévin

2000

|8:35.42

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROM}}

|Birmingham

2001

|8:32.88

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROM}}

|Birmingham

2002

|8:29.15

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Berhane Adere|ETH}}

|Stuttgart

2003

|8:31.73

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Berhane Adere|ETH}}

|Stuttgart

2004

|8:33.05

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Berhane Adere|ETH}}

|Dortmund

2005

|8:30.05

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

|Boston

2006

|8:27.86

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Liliya Shobukhova|RUS}}

|Moscow

2007

|8:23.72

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

|Stuttgart

2008

|8:27.93

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

|Stuttgart

2009

|8:26.99

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

|Stuttgart

2010

|8:24.46

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

|Stuttgart

2011

|8:30.26

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sentayehu Ejigu|ETH}}

|Birmingham

2012

|8:31.56

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

|Birmingham

2013

|8:26.95

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Genzebe Dibaba|ETH}}

|Stockholm

2014

|8:16.60

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Genzebe Dibaba|ETH}}

|Stockholm

2015

|8:37.22{{AthAbbr|+}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Genzebe Dibaba|ETH}}

|Stockholm

2016

|8:22.50

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Genzebe Dibaba|ETH}}

|Sabadell

2017

|8:26.41

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Laura Muir|GBR}}

|Karlsruhe

2018

|8:31.23

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Genzebe Dibaba|ETH}}

|Sabadell

2019

|8:30.61

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Laura Muir|GBR}}

|Glasgow

2020

|8:25.70

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Karissa Schweizer|USA}}

|Boston

2021

|8:32.55

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Lemlem Hailu|ETH}}

|Liévin

2022

|8:23.24

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Dawit Seyaum|ETH}}

|Liévin

2023

|8:16.69

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gudaf Tsegay|ETH}}

|Birmingham

2024

|8:17.11

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gudaf Tsegay|ETH}}

|Liévin

2025

|8:19.98

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Freweyni Hailu|ETH}}

|Liévin

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External links

  • [https://iaaf.gekko.de/?a=middle-long&d=3000-metres IAAF list of 3000-metres records in XML] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331021044/https://iaaf.gekko.de/?a=middle-long&d=3000-metres |date=31 March 2022 }}

Notes and references

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  • [http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/ytbyeve_Women.html#3000m Statistics]

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