3000 metres steeplechase world record progression#Women

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The official world records in the 3000 metres steeplechase are held by Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia at 7:52.11 minutes for men and Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya at 8:44.32 for women.

Although the event had been run for decades and was first contested at the 1920 Olympics, the event was not standardized until 1954, with a requirement for athletes to jump a total of 28 barriers of height 91.1 cm to 91.7 cm, and width 3.66 m (4 hurdle barriers per lap), and jump seven water barriers 3.66 m long and wide with a 91 cm hurdle (1 water barrier per lap). The first 3000 m steeplechase world record to be ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was a run of 8:49.6 minutes by Hungarian Sándor Rozsnyói in 1954.{{cite web

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Before standardization, Sweden's Josef Ternström was the first to complete the event in under ten minutes with his time of 9:49.8 minutes in 1914. When he did it, one of the barriers included a stone wall, and the 500-metre course was a figure-eight.{{cite web |url=http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf |title=IAAF World Records Progression |edition=2015 |author1=Hymans, Richard |author2=Matrahazi, Imre |publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations |format=pdf |access-date=July 22, 2018}} Another Swede, Erik Elmsäter, was the first to dip under nine minutes, in 1944.[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/RecProgression.asp?RecCode=WR&EventCode=MB3&P=F Main > Men, 3000 m Steeplechase > World Records Progression] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121033329/http://trackfield.brinkster.net/RecProgression.asp?RecCode=WR&EventCode=MB3&P=F |date=2014-01-21 }}. Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-01-18. The first person to run the steeplechase in under eight minutes was Moses Kiptanui of Kenya, who ran it in 7:59.18 on 16 August 1995, in Zürich, Switzerland.

The women's 3000 m steeplechase was recognized as an official world record event {{as of|2000|January|1|lc=y|df=US}}, recognizing Yelena Motalova's time of 9:48.88 from 1999 as the inaugural record. It was first contested at a World Championships in Athletics in 2005 and made its Olympic debut in 2008. The first sub-10 minute steeplechase was achieved by Romania's Daniela Petrescu in 1998 with a time of 9:55.28 minutes, but this was before the event was recognized by the IAAF.[http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/wrprogr_Women.html#3000h 3000h World records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106050419/http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/wrprogr_Women.html |date=2012-01-06 }}. Apulanta. Retrieved on 2014-01-18. The first sub-nine minute steeplechase for women was by Gulnara Galkina of Russia in 2008 with a clocking of 8:58.81.

On 16 August 2002, Brahim Boulami of Morocco ran 7:53.17 but the performance was not ratified as a record as Boulami tested positive for EPO, a banned substance.[http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SPORT/11/19/boulami-ban/ Boulami banned after IAAF's appeal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203014838/http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SPORT/11/19/boulami-ban/ |date=2014-02-03 }}. CNN (2013-11-19). Retrieved on 2014-01-18.