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.[1]
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.[2] Another Swede, Erik Elmsäter, was the first to dip under nine minutes, in 1944.[3] 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 January 1, 2000[update], recognizing Yelena Motalova's time of 9:48.88 from 1999 as the inaugural record.[2] 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.[4] The first sub-nine minute steeplechase for women was by Gulnara Galkina of Russia in 2008 with a clocking of 8:58.81.[2]
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.[5]
Men
edit| Ratified | |
| Not ratified | |
| Ratified but later rescinded | |
| Pending ratification |
| Time | Auto | Athlete | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.49.8 |  Josef Ternström (SWE) |
Malmö | 1914-07-04[6] | |
| 9.36.0 NWJ |  Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA) |
Paris | 1923-06-09[6] | |
| 9.33.4 NWJ |  Paul Bontemps (FRA) |
Paris | 1924-06-09[6] | |
| 9.31.2 NWJ | Félix Roman (FRA) |
Marseille | 1925-06-07[6] | |
| 9.25.2 |  Toivo Loukola (FIN) |
Helsinki | 1928-07-09[6] | |
| 9.21.8 | Toivo Loukola (FIN) |
Amsterdam | 1928-08-04[6] | |
| 9.14.5 |  Joseph McCluskey (USA) |
Stanford | 1932-07-16[6] | |
| 9.09.4 | Volmari Iso-Hollo (FIN) |
Lahti | 1933-05-28[6] | |
| 9.08.2 | Harold Manning (USA) |
New York City | 1936-07-12[6] | |
| 9.03.8 | Volmari Iso-Hollo (FIN) |
Berlin | 1936-08-08[6] | |
| 9.03.4 | Erik Elmsäter (SWE) |
Ostersund | 1943-08-22[6] | |
| 8.59.6 | Erik Elmsäter (SWE) |
Stockholm | 1944-08-04[6] | |
| 8.49.8 |  Vladimir Kazantsev (URS) |
Moscow | 1951-07-10[6] | |
| 8.48.6 | Vladimir Kazantsev (URS) |
Kiev | 1952-06-12[6] | |
| 8.45.4 | Horace Ashenfelter (USA) |
Helsinki | 1952-07-25[6] | |
| 8.44.4 | Olavi Rinteenpää (FIN) |
Helsinki | 1953-07-02[6] | |
| 8:49.6 |  Sándor Rozsnyói (HUN) |
Bern | 1954-08-28 | |
| 8:47.8 | Pentti Karvonen (FIN) |
Helsinki | 1955-07-01 | |
| 8:45.4 | Pentti Karvonen (FIN) |
Oslo | 1955-07-15 | |
| 8:45.4 | Vasiliy Vlasenko (URS) |
Moscow | 1955-08-18 | |
| 8:41.2 |  Jerzy Chromik (POL) |
Brno | 1955-08-31 | |
| 8:40.2 | Jerzy Chromik (POL) |
Budapest | 1955-09-11 | |
| 8:39.8 | Semyon Rzhishchin (URS) |
Moscow | 1956-08-14 | |
| 8:35.6 | Sándor Rozsnyói (HUN) |
Budapest | 1956-09-16 | |
| 8:35.5 | Semyon Rzhishchin (URS) |
Tallinn | 1958-07-21 | |
| 8:32.0 | Jerzy Chromik (POL) |
Warsaw | 1958-08-02 | |
| 8:31.4 | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (POL) |
Tula | 1960-06-26 | |
| 8:31.2 | Grigoriy Taran (URS) |
Kyiv | 1961-05-28 | |
| 8:30.4 | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (POL) |
Wałcz | 1961-08-10 | |
| 8:29.6 |  Gaston Roelants (BEL) |
Leuven | 1963-09-07 | |
| 8:26.4 | Gaston Roelants (BEL) |
Leuven | 1965-08-07 | |
| 8:24.2 | Jouko Kuha (FIN) |
Stockholm | 1968-07-17 | |
| 8:22.2 | Vladimir Dudin (URS) |
Kyiv | 1969-08-19 | |
| 8:22.0 | 8:21.98 |  Kerry O'Brien (AUS) |
Berlin | 1970-07-04 |
| 8:20.8 | Anders Gärderud (SWE) |
Helsinki | 1972-09-14 | |
| 8:20.8 |  Ben Jipcho (KEN) |
Lagos | 1973-01-15 | |
| 8:19.8 | Ben Jipcho (KEN) |
Helsinki | 1973-06-19 | |
| 8:14.0 | 8:13.91 | Ben Jipcho (KEN) |
Helsinki | 1973-06-27 |
| 8:10.4 | Anders Gärderud (SWE) |
Oslo | 1975-06-25 | |
| 8:09.8 | 8:09.70 | Anders Gärderud (SWE) |
Stockholm | 1975-07-01 |
| 8:08.0 | 8:08.02 | Anders Gärderud (SWE) |
Montreal | 1976-07-28 |
| 8:05.4 | Henry Rono (KEN) |
Seattle | 1978-05-13 | |
| 8:05.35 | Peter Koech (KEN) |
Stockholm | 1989-07-03 | |
| 8:02.08 | Moses Kiptanui (KEN) |
Zürich | 1992-08-19 | |
| 7:59.18 | Moses Kiptanui (KEN) |
Zürich | 1995-08-16 | |
| 7:59.08 | Wilson Boit Kipketer (KEN) |
Zürich | 1997-08-13 | |
| 7:55.72 | Bernard Barmasai (KEN) |
Cologne | 1997-08-24 | |
| 7:55.28 |  Brahim Boulami (MAR) |
Brussels | 2001-08-24 | |
| 7:53.63 |  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT)[nb] |
Brussels | 2004-09-03 | |
| 7:52.11 |  Lamecha Girma (ETH) |
Paris | 2023-06-09 |
Auto times to the hundredth of a second were accepted by the IAAF for events up to and including 10,000 m from 1981.
- nb Until 2002 Saif Saaeed Shaheen was known as Stephen Cherono, and represented Kenya.
Women
editPre-IAAF recognition
edit| Time | Athlete | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:34.5 | Sara Heeb (USA) |
Walnut | 1996-04-20 |
| 10:30.2 | Grace Padilla (USA) |
Los Angeles | 1996-05-17 |
| 10:23.47 | Courtney Meldrum (USA) |
Atlanta | 1996-06-23 |
| 10:19.6 |  Karen Harvey (CAN) |
Walnut | 1998-04-18 |
| 9:55.28 |  Daniela Petrescu (ROM) |
Bucharest | 1998-06-21 |
| 9:48.88 |  Yelena Motalova (RUS) |
Tula | 1999-07-31 |
| 9:43.64 | Cristina Casandra (ROM) |
Bucharest | 2000-08-07 |
| 9:40.20 | Cristina Casandra (ROM) |
Reims | 2000-08-30 |
IAAF ratified
edit
| Time | Athlete | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:48.88 | Yelena Motalova (RUS) |
Tula | 1999-07-31 |
| 9:43.64 | Cristina Casandra (ROM) |
Bucharest | 2000-08-07 |
| 9:40.20 | Cristina Casandra (ROM) |
Reims | 2000-08-30 |
| 9:25.31 |  Justyna Bąk (POL) |
Nice | 2001-07-09 |
| 9:22.29 | Justyna Bąk (POL) |
Milan | 2002-06-05 |
| 9:21.72 |  Alesya Turova (BLR) |
Ostrava | 2002-06-12 |
| 9:16.51 | Alesya Turova (BLR) |
Gdańsk | 2002-07-27 |
| 9:08.33 | Gulnara Samitova (RUS) |
Tula | 2003-08-10 |
| 9:01.59 | Gulnara Samitova (RUS) |
Iraklio | 2004-07-04 |
| 8:58.81 | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS) |
Beijing | 2008-08-17 |
| 8:52.78 |  Ruth Jebet (BHR) |
Paris | 2016-08-27 |
| 8:44.32 | Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) |
Monaco | 2018-07-20 |
References
edit- ^ "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 554. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
- ^ a b c Hymans, Richard; Matrahazi, Imre. "IAAF World Records Progression" (pdf) (2015 ed.). International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ Main > Men, 3000 m Steeplechase > World Records Progression Archived 2014-01-21 at the Wayback Machine. Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-01-18.
- ^ 3000h World records Archived 2012-01-06 at the Wayback Machine. Apulanta. Retrieved on 2014-01-18.
- ^ Boulami banned after IAAF's appeal Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine. CNN (2013-11-19). Retrieved on 2014-01-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Main > Men, 3000 m Steeplechase > World Records Progression". Track and Field Statistics.
External links
edit- 3000m Steeplechase All Time List from the IAAF