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{{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&nbsp;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&nbsp;m track, or 15 laps around a 200&nbsp;m indoor track.

It is debated whether the 3000 m should be classified as a middle-distance or long-distance event.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/40966/athletics/29763/Middle-distance-running Middle-distance running]. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved on 2014-06-02.</ref> In elite-level competition, 3000&nbsp;m pace is more comparable to the pace found in the longer [[5000&nbsp;metres]] event, rather than [[Mile run|mile]] pace. The men's [[List of world records in athletics|world record]] performance for 3000&nbsp;m equates to a pace of 58.34&nbsp;seconds per 400&nbsp;m, which is closer to the 60.43&nbsp;seconds for 5000&nbsp;m than the 55.46&nbsp;seconds for the [[Mile run|mile]]. However, the 3000&nbsp;m does require some [[Anaerobic exercise|anaerobic conditioning]], and an elite athlete needs to develop a high tolerance to [[lactic acid]], as does the mile runner. Thus, the 3000&nbsp;m demands a balance of [[aerobic endurance]] needed for the 5000&nbsp;m and lactic acid tolerance needed for the mile.

In men's athletics, 3000 metres has been an [[Athletics at the Olympics|Olympic discipline]] only as a team race at the [[Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres team race|1912]], [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres team race|1920]] and [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres team race|1924]] Summer Olympics. It has not been contested at any of the [[International Association of Athletics Federations|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&nbsp;metres was a standard event in the Olympic Games ([[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Women's 3000 metres|1984]] to [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 3000 metres|1992]])<ref>[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.</ref> and World Championships (1980 to 1993).<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wc.htm World Championships in Athletics]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-01-18.</ref> 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&nbsp;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,<ref>{{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 }}</ref> requiring some anaerobic effort.{{explain|date=August 2022}}

== Records ==

=== World records ===

* Updated 25 August 2024. Source: World Athletics<ref name=":6">{{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}}</ref>

{| 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<ref name=":6" />

{| 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" |[[Genzebe Dibaba|Genzene Dibaba]]
| align="left" |{{ETH}}
|6 February 2014
|[[Stockholm]]
|}

=== Continental records ===

* Updated 25 May 2025. Source: World Athletics<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* ''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
|-
|[[List of African records in athletics|African]]
|7:20.67
|[[Daniel Komen]]
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|8:11.56
|[[Beatrice Chebet]]
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|-
|[[List of Asian records in athletics|Asian]]
|7:30.76
|[[Gamal Belal Salem|Jamal Bilal Salem]]
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|8:06.11 '''[[List of world records in athletics|WR]]'''
|[[Wang Junxia]]
|{{Flag|China}}
|-
|[[List of European records in athletics|European]]
|7:17.55 '''[[List of world records in athletics|WR]]'''
|[[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]]
|{{NOR}}
|8:18.49
|[[Sifan Hassan]]
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|-
|[[List of North, Central American and Caribbean records in athletics|North, Central American and Caribbean]]
|7:22.91
|[[Grant Fisher]]
|{{Flag|United States}}
|8:20.87 {{AthAbbr|Sh}}
|[[Elle Purrier St. Pierre|Elle St. Pierre]]
|{{Flag|United States}}
|-
|[[List of Oceanian records in athletics|Oceanian]]
|7:28.02
|[[Stewart McSweyn]]
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|8:24.20
|[[Georgia Griffith]]
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|-
|[[List of South American records in athletics|South American]]
|7:37.15
|[[Santiago Catrofe]]
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|8:43.26
|[[Joselyn Brea|Joselyn Daniely Brea]]
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|}

==All-time top 25==
{{main|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
{| 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||7:17.55 || [[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]]|| {{NOR}}||25 August 2024
|[[Chorzów]]
|<ref name=":4">{{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}}</ref>
|-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||7:21.28 || [[Berihu Aregawi]]|| {{ETH}}||25 August 2024
|[[Chorzów]]
|<ref name=":4" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center| 4
| align=center| 4||7:23.09 || [[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|| {{MAR}}||3 September 1999
|[[Brussels]]
|
|-
|align=center|
|align=center|5
|7:23.63
|''Ingebrigtsen #2''
|
|17 September 2023
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|<ref name=":3">{{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}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align=center|5
|align=center|6
|7:23.64
|[[Yomif Kejelcha]]
|{{ETH}}
|17 September 2023
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|
|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]]
|<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 8||7:25.02 || [[Ali Saïdi-Sief]]|| {{ALG}}||18 August 2000
|[[Monaco]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" | 9||7:25.09 || [[Haile Gebrselassie]]|| {{ETH|1996}}||28 August 1998
|[[Brussels]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center| 8
| align=center| 10||7:25.11 || [[Noureddine 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, Oregon|Eugene]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align=center|10
|align=center|13
|7:25.48
|[[Telahun Haile Bekele]]
|{{ETH|1996}}
|17 September 2023
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|
| 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]]
|<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| 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]]
|<ref name=":2">{{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}}</ref>
|- 
| align="center" |
| align="center" |21
|7:26.25
|''Kejelcha #2''
|
|1 July 2021
|[[Oslo]]
|<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align="center" |14
|align="center" |22
|7:26.28
|[[Selemon Barega]]
|{{ETH}}
|17 September 2023
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 15
| align="center" | 23||7:26.62 || [[Mohammed Mourhit]]|| {{BEL}}||18 August 2000
|[[Monaco]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 16
| align="center" |24
|7:26.64
|[[Jacob Kiplimo]]
|{{UGA}}
|17 September 2020
|[[Rome]]
|<ref name="Nicole Jeffery">{{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}}</ref>
|-
|
| align="center" |25
|7:26.69
|''Bekele #2''
|
|15 July 2007
|[[Sheffield]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" | 17
| rowspan="9" | ||7:27.18 || [[Moses Kiptanui]]|| {{KEN}}||25 July 1995
|[[Monaco]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" | 18||7:27.26 || [[Yenew Alamirew]]|| {{ETH}}||6 May 2011
|[[Doha]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" | 19||7:27.55 || [[Edwin 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]]
|<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
|- 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 Stadium|London]]|| <ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- 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]]
|<ref name="Nicole Jeffery" />
|}

====Notes====
{{notelist}}

===Outdoor women===
*Correct as of May 2025.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
{|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
|8:11.56
|[[Beatrice Chebet]]
|{{KEN}}
|25 May 2025
|[[Rabat]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 May 2025 |title=Chebet storms to second on world 3000m all-time list with 8:11.56 in Rabat |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/rabat-2025-chebet-el-bakkali-bol |access-date=25 May 2025 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 3 || 8:12.18
|[[Qu Yunxia]]
|{{CHN}}
|13 September 1993
|[[Beijing]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |
| align="center" |4
|8:12.19
|''Wang #2''
| rowspan="2" |
|12 September 1993
|[[Beijing]]
|
|-
| align="center" |5
|8:12.27
|''Qu #2''
|12 September 1993
|[[Beijing]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 6 || 8:16.50
|[[Zhang Linli]]
|{{CHN}}
|13 September 1993
|[[Beijing]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" |7
|8:18.49
|[[Sifan Hassan]]
|{{NED}}
|30 June 2019
|[[Stanford, California|Stanford]]
|<ref name="Brian Russell">{{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}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" |8
|8:19.08
|[[Francine Niyonsaba]]
|{{BDI}}
|28 August 2021
|[[Paris]]
|<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" |9
|8:19.52
|[[Ejgayehu Taye]]
|{{ETH}}
|28 August 2021
|[[Paris]]
|<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" |10
|8:19.78
|[[Ma Liyan]]
|{{CHN}}
|12 September 1993
|[[Beijing]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" |11
|8:20.07
|[[Konstanze Klosterhalfen]]
|{{GER}}
|30 June 2019
|[[Stanford, California|Stanford]]
|<ref name="Brian Russell" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" |12
|8:20.27
|[[Letesenbet Gidey]]
|{{ETH}}
|30 June 2019
|[[Stanford, California|Stanford]]
|<ref name="Brian Russell" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 11
| align="center" |13
|8:20.68
|[[Hellen Obiri]]
|{{KEN}}
|9 May 2014
|[[Doha]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 12
| align="center" |14
|8:21.14
|[[Mercy Cherono]]
|{{KEN}}
|9 May 2014
|[[Doha]]
|
|-
|
| align="center" |15
|8:21.26
|''Ma #2''
|
|13 September 1993
|[[Beijing]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 13
| align="center" |16
|8:21.29
|[[Genzebe Dibaba]]
|{{ETH}}
|30 June 2019
|[[Stanford, California|Stanford]]
|<ref name="Brian Russell" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 14
| align="center" | 17 || 8:21.42
|[[Gabriela Szabo]]
|{{ROM}}
|19 July 2002
|[[Monaco]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |15
| align="center" |18
|8:21.50
|[[Diribe Welteji]]
|{{ETH}}
|22 August 2024
|[[Lausanne]]
|<ref>{{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]]}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 16
| align="center" |19
|8:21.53
|[[Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi]]
|{{KEN}}
|28 August 2021
|[[Paris]]
|<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 17
| align="center" | 20 || 8:21.64
|[[Sonia O'Sullivan]]
|{{IRL}}
|15 July 1994
|[[London]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 18
| align="center" | 21 || 8:21.84
|[[Zhang Lirong]]
|{{CHN}}
|13 September 1993
|[[Beijing]]
|
|-
|
| align="center" |22
|8:22.06
|''Zhang Linli #2''
|
|12 September 1993
|[[Beijing]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 19
| align="center" | 23 || 8:22.20
|[[Paula Radcliffe]]
|{{GBR2}}
|19 July 2002
|[[Monaco]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" |24
|8:22.22
|[[Almaz Ayana]]
|{{ETH}}
|14 June 2015
|[[Rabat]]
|<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
|
| align="center" |25
|8:22.34
|''Ayana #2''
|
|3 September 2015
|[[Zürich]]
|
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center| 21
| rowspan="5" align="center" |
|8:22.62
|[[Tatyana Kazankina]]
|{{URS}}
|26 August 1984
|[[Leningrad]]
|
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align="center" rowspan="2" |22
|8:22.92
|[[Agnes Tirop]]
|{{KEN}}
|25 September 2020
|[[Doha]]
|<ref name="Jon Mulkeen">{{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}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|8:22.92
|[[Beatrice Chepkoech]]
|{{KEN}}
|25 September 2020
|[[Doha]]
|<ref name="Jon Mulkeen"/>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center| 24
|8:23.23
|[[Edith Masai]]
|{{KEN}}
|19 July 2002
|[[Monaco]]
|
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center| 25
|8:23.26
|[[Olga Yegorova]]
|{{RUS}}
|17 August 2001
|[[Zürich]]
|
|}

===Indoor men===
*Correct as of March 2025.<ref name=":5">{{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}}</ref>
{| 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 || 7:22.91
|[[Grant Fisher]]
|{{USA}}
|8 February 2025
|[[New York City]]
|<ref name=":8">{{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]]}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 2 || 7:23.14
|[[Cole Hocker]]
|{{USA}}
|8 February 2025
|[[New York City]]
|<ref name=":8" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 3 || 7:23.81
|[[Lamecha Girma]]
|{{ETH}}
|15 February 2023
|[[Liévin]]
|<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" |4
|7:24.68
|[[Mohamed Katir]]
|{{ESP}}
|15 February 2023
|[[Liévin]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" |5
|7:24.90
|[[Daniel Komen]]
|{{KEN}}
|6 February 1998
|[[Budapest]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" |6
|7:24.98
|[[Getnet Wale]]
|{{ETH}}
|9 February 2021
|[[Liévin]]
|<ref name="worldathletics.org">{{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}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" |7
|7:25.82
|[[Selemon Barega|Salemon Barega]]
|{{ETH}}
|6 February 2024
|[[Toruń]]
|<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |
| align="center" |8
|7:26.10
|''Barega #2''
|
|9 February 2021
|[[Liévin]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" |9
|7:26.15
|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]
|{{ETH}}
|25 January 1998
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" |10
|7:26.20
|[[Berihu Aregawi]]
|{{ETH}}
|28 January 2022
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |
| align="center" |11
|7:26.73
|''Wale #2''
| rowspan="2" |
|6 February 2024
|[[Toruń]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-
|align="center"|12
|7:26.80
|''Gebrselassie #2''
|24 January 1999
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|13
|7:27.80
|[[Yenew Alamirew]]
|{{ETH}}
|5 February 2011
|[[Stuttgart]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align="center"|11
|align="center"|14
|7:27.92
|[[George Mills (runner)|George Mills]]
|{{GBR}}
|2 February 2025
|[[Val-de-Reuil]]
|<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |
|align="center"|15
|7:27.93
|''Komen #2''
| rowspan="2" |
|1 February 1998
|[[Stuttgart]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-
|align="center"|16
|7:27.98
|''Girma #2''
|9 February 2021
|[[Liévin]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|17
|7:28.00
|[[Augustine Kiprono Choge]]
|{{KEN}}
|5 February 2011
|[[Stuttgart]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align="center"|13
|align="center"|18
|7:28.23
|[[Yared Nuguse]]
|{{USA}}
|27 January 2023
|[[Boston]]
|<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |
|align="center"|19
|7:28.29
|''Gebrselassie #3''
| rowspan="4" |
|28 February 2003
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-
|align="center"|20
|7:29.09
|''Girma #3''
|4 February 2024
|[[Boston]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-
|align="center"|21
|7:29.24
|''Aregawi #2''
|9 February 2021
|[[Liévin]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-
|align="center"|22
|7:29.34
|''Gebrselassie #4''
|15 February 2004
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|23
|7:29.37
|[[Eliud Kipchoge]]
|{{KEN}}
|5 February 2011
|[[Stuttgart]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align="center"|15
|align="center"|24
|7:29.49
|[[Niels Laros]]
|{{NED}}
|13 February 2025
|[[Liévin]]
|<ref name=":12">{{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]]}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align="center"|16
|align="center"|25
|7:29.72
|[[Graham Blanks]]
|{{USA}}
|2 March 2025
|[[Boston]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Track Scoreboard |url=http://live.lancertiming.com/meets/329/events/22/Final |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=live.lancertiming.com}}</ref>
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align="center"|17
| rowspan="9" align="center" |
|7:29.94
|[[Edwin Soi|Edwin Cheruiyot Soi]]
|{{KEN}}
|12 February 2012
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align="center"|18
|7:29.99
|[[Biniam Mehary]]
|{{ETH}}
|13 February 2025
|[[Liévin]]
|<ref name=":12" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align="center"|19
|7:30.14{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Josh Kerr (runner)|Josh Kerr]]
|{{GBR}}
|11 February 2024
|[[New York City]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align="center"|20
|7:30.15
|[[Ethan Strand]]
|{{USA}}
|7 December 2024
|[[Boston]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align="center"|21
|7:30.16
|[[Galen Rupp]]
|{{USA}}
|21 February 2013
|[[Stockholm]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align="center"|22
|7:30.18
|[[Jimmy Gressier]]
|{{FRA}}
|8 February 2025
|[[New York City]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align="center"|23
|7:30.23
|[[Parker Wolfe]]
|{{USA}}
|7 December 2024
|[[Boston]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align="center"|24
|7:30.38
|[[Ky Robinson]]
|{{AUS}}
|8 February 2025
|[[New York City]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align="center"|25
|7:30.45
|[[Dylan Jacobs]]
|{{USA}}
|8 February 2025
|[[New York City]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|}

===Indoor women===
*Correct as of February 2025.<ref name=":7">{{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}}</ref>
{| 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]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 2 || 8:16.69
|[[Gudaf Tsegay]]
|{{ETH}}
|25 February 2023
|[[Birmingham]]
|<ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |
| align="center" | 3 || 8:17.11
|''Tsegay #2''
|
|10 February 2024
|[[Liévin]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" |4
|8:19.98
|[[Freweyni Hailu]]
|{{ETH}}
|13 February 2025
|[[Liévin]]
|<ref name=":12" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" |5
|8:20.87
|[[Elle Purrier St. Pierre|Elle St. Pierre]]
|{{USA}}
|2 March 2024
|[[Glasgow]]
|<ref name=":9">{{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}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |
| align="center" |6
|8:21.23
|''Tsegay #3''
| rowspan="3" |
|2 March 2024
|[[Glasgow]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|-
| align="center" |7
|8:22.50
|''Dibaba #2''
|19 February 2016
|[[Sabadell]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|-
| align="center" |8
|8:22.65
|''Tsegay #4''
|24 February 2021
|[[Madrid]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" |9
|8:22.68
|[[Beatrice Chepkoech]]
|{{KEN}}
|2 March 2024
|[[Glasgow]]
|<ref name=":10">{{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}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" |10
|8:23.24
|[[Dawit Seyaum]]
|{{ETH}}
|17 February 2022
|[[Liévin]]
|<ref name="Ingebrigtsen breaks world indoor 15">{{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}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" | 11
|8:23.72
|[[Meseret Defar]]
|{{ETH}}
|3 February 2007
|[[Stuttgart]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 12
|8:23.74
|[[Meselech Melkamu]]
|{{ETH}}
|3 February 2007
|[[Stuttgart]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|-
|
| align="center" | 13
|8:24.17
|''Hailu #2''
|
|4 February 2025
|[[Ostrava]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" | 14
|8:24.39
|[[Jessica Hull]]
|{{AUS}}
|2 March 2024
|[[Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome|Glasgow]]
|<ref name=":11">{{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}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |
| align="center" | 15
|8:24.46
|''Defar #2''
| rowspan="3" |
|6 February 2010
|[[Stuttgart]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|-
| align="center" | 16
|8:24.85
|''Dibaba #3''
|15 February 2014
|[[Birmingham]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|-
| align="center" | 17
|8:24.93
|''Hull #2''
|4 February 2024
|[[Boston]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 18
|8:25.05
|[[Alicia Monson]]
|{{USA}}
|11 February 2023
|[[New York City]]
|<ref name="Karen Rosen">{{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}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |
| align="center" | 19
|8:25.12
|''Tsegay #5''
| rowspan="2" |
|13 February 2025
|[[Liévin]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|-
| align="center" | 20
|8:25.25
|''St. Pierre #2''
|4 February 2024
|[[Boston]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 11
| align="center" | 21
|8:25.27
|[[Sentayehu Ejigu]]
|{{ETH}}
|6 February 2010
|[[Stuttgart]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 12
| align="center" | 22
|8:25.37
|[[Birke Haylom]]
|{{ETH}}
|13 February 2025
|[[Liévin]]
|<ref name=":12" />
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 13
| align="center" | 23
|8:25.70
|[[Karissa Schweizer]]
|{{USA}}
|27 February 2020
|[[Boston]]
|<ref name="Taylor Dutch">{{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}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 14
| align="center" | 24
|8:26.41
|[[Laura Muir]]
|{{GBR}}
|4 February 2017
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|<ref name=":13">{{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}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" | 15
| align="center" | 25
|8:26.66
|[[Shelby Houlihan]]
|{{USA}}
|27 February 2020
|[[Boston]]
|<ref name="Taylor Dutch" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align="center" | 16
| rowspan="10" |
|8:26.77
|[[Ejgayehu Taye|Ejhayehu Taye]]
|{{ETH}}
|17 February 2022
|[[Liévin]]
|<ref name="Ingebrigtsen breaks world indoor 15" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align="center" | 17
|8:27.86
|[[Liliya Shobukhova]]
|{{RUS}}
|17 February 2006
|[[Moscow]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align="center" | 18
|8:28.03
|[[Whittni Morgan]]
|{{USA}}
|8 February 2025
|[[New York City]]
|<ref name=":8" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align="center" | 19
|8:28.46
|[[Hirut Meshesha]]
|{{ETH}}
|3 February 2024
|[[Metz]]
|<ref name=":14">{{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}}</ref>
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align="center" | 20
|8:28.49
|[[Anna Alminova]]
|{{RUS}}
|7 February 2009
|[[Stuttgart]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align="center" | 21
|8:28.69
|[[Melissa Courtney-Bryant]]
|{{GBR}}
|2 February 2025
|[[Boston]]
|<ref name=":02">{{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]]}}</ref>
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align="center" | 22
|8:28.71
|[[Colleen Quigley]]
|{{USA}}
|27 February 2020
|[[Boston]]
|<ref name="Taylor Dutch" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align="center" | 23
|8:29.00
|[[Olesya Syreva]]
|{{RUS}}
|17 February 2006
|[[Moscow]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align="center" | 24
|8:29.15
|[[Berhane Adere]]
|{{ETH}}
|3 February 2002
|[[Stuttgart]]
|<ref name=":7" />
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align="center" | 25
|8:29.28
|[[Lemlem Hailu]]
|{{ETH}}
|24 February 2021
|[[Madrid]]
|<ref name=":15">{{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]]}}</ref>
|}
*

==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 IAAF World Indoor Games|1985 Paris]]{{ref label|WIG|A}}
|{{flagathlete|[[João Campos]]|POR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Don Clary]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ivan Uvizl]]|TCH}}
|-
|[[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1987 Indianapolis]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank O'Mara]]|IRL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Donovan (athlete)|Paul Donovan]]|IRL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Terry Brahm]]|USA}}
|-
|[[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1989 Budapest]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[José Luis González (runner)|José Luis González]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Dieter Baumann]]|FRG}}
|-
|[[1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1991 Seville]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank O'Mara]]|IRL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hammou Boutayeb]]|MAR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Robert Denmark]]|GBR}}
|-
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1993 Toronto]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gennaro Di Napoli]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Éric Dubus]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Enrique Molina (athlete)|Enrique Molina]]|ESP}}
|-
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1995 Barcelona]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gennaro Di Napoli]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anacleto Jiménez]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Brahim Jabbour]]|MAR}}
|-
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1997 Paris]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Bitok]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ismaïl Sghyr]]|MAR}}
|-
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1999 Maebashi]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Bitok]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Million Wolde]]|ETH}}
|-
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2001 Lisbon]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mohammed Mourhit]]|BEL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alberto García (athlete)|Alberto García]]|ESP}}
|-
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2003 Birmingham]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alberto García (athlete)|Alberto García]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Luke Kipkosgei]]|KEN}}
|-
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2004 Budapest]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Lagat]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Rui Silva (athlete)|Rui Silva]]|POR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Markos Geneti]]|ETH}}
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2006 Moscow]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kenenisa Bekele]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Saif Saaeed Shaheen]]|QAT}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Eliud Kipchoge]]|KEN}}
|-
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2008 Valencia]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tariku Bekele]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Kipsiele Koech]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Abreham Cherkos]]|ETH}}
|-
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2010 Doha]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Lagat]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergio Sánchez (runner)|Sergio Sánchez]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sammy Alex Mutahi]]|KEN}}
|-
|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2012 Istanbul]]<br>{{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 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2014 Sopot]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Caleb Ndiku]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Lagat]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Dejen Gebremeskel]]|ETH}}
|-
|[[2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2016 Portland]]<br>{{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 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2018 Birmingham]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yomif Kejelcha]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Selemon Barega]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Bethwell Birgen]]|KEN}}
|-
|[[2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2022 Belgrade]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Selemon Barega]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lamecha Girma]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Marc Scott]]|GB}}
|-
|[[2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2024 Glasgow]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Josh Kerr (runner)|Josh Kerr]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yared Nuguse]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Selemon Barega]]|ETH}}
|-
|[[2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2025 Nanjing]]<br>{{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 IAAF World Indoor Games|1985 Paris]]{{ref label|WIG|A}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Debbie Scott-Bowker|Debbie Scott]]|CAN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Agnese Possamai]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[PattiSue Plumer]]|USA}}
|-
|[[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1987 Indianapolis]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tetyana Dorovskikh|Tatyana Samolenko]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Bondarenko]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maricica Puică]]|ROU|1965}}
|-
|[[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1989 Budapest]]<br>{{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 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1991 Seville]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Marie-Pierre Duros]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Margareta Keszeg]]|ROU}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lyubov Kremlyova]]|URS}}
|-
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1993 Toronto]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yvonne Murray]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Margareta Keszeg]]|ROU}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lynn Jennings]]|USA}}
|-
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1995 Barcelona]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROU}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lynn Jennings]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Joan Nesbit]]|USA}}
|-
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1997 Paris]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROU}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sonia O'Sullivan]]|IRL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Fernanda Ribeiro]]|POR}}
|-
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1999 Maebashi]]<br>{{DetailsLink|1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROU}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Zahra Ouaziz]]|MAR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Regina Jacobs]]|USA}}
|-
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2001 Lisbon]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Yegorova]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROU}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Zadorozhnaya]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2003 Birmingham]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Berhane Adere]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Marta Domínguez]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH}}
|-
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2004 Budapest]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Berhane Adere]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Shayne Culpepper]]|USA}}
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2006 Moscow]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Liliya Shobukhova]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lidia Chojecka]]|POL}}
|-
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2008 Valencia]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Meselech Melkamu]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mariem Alaoui Selsouli]]|MAR}}
|-
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2010 Doha]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vivian Cheruiyot]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sentayehu Ejigu]]|ETH}}
|-
|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2012 Istanbul]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hellen Obiri]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gelete Burka]]|ETH}}
|-
|[[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2014 Sopot]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Genzebe Dibaba]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hellen Obiri]]|KEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maryam Yusuf Jamal]]|BHR}}
|-
|[[2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2016 Portland]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Genzebe Dibaba]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Shannon Rowbury]]|USA}}
|-
|[[2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2018 Birmingham]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Genzebe Dibaba]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sifan Hassan]]|NED}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Muir]]|GBR}}
|-
|[[2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2022 Belgrade]]<br>{{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 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2024 Glasgow]]<br>{{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 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2025 Nanjing]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Freweyni Hailu]]|ETH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Shelby Houlihan]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jessica Hull]]|AUS}}
|}
*<sup>{{note label|WIG|A}}</sup> 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 in athletics (track and field)|1979]]
|7:37.70
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Rudy Chapa]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[1980 in athletics (track and field)|1980]]
|7:37.60
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Eamonn Coghlan]]|IRL}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[1981 in athletics (track and field)|1981]]
|7:36.69
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Scott (athlete)|Steve Scott]]|USA}}
|[[Ingelheim]]
|-
|[[1982 in athletics (track and field)|1982]]
|7:32.79
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[David Moorcroft]]|GBR}}
|[[London]]
|-
|[[1983 in athletics (track and field)|1983]]
|7:35.84
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Doug Padilla]]|USA}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[1984 in athletics (track and field)|1984]]
|7:33.3
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[1985 in athletics (track and field)|1985]]
|7:32.94
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[1986 in athletics (track and field)|1986]]
|7:32.23
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|[[Cologne]]
|-
|[[1987 in athletics (track and field)|1987]]
|7:40.25
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Dieter Baumann]]|FRG}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|[[1988 in athletics (track and field)|1988]]
|7:38.79
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sydney Maree]]|USA}}
|[[Malmö]]
|-
|[[1989 in athletics (track and field)|1989]]
|7:29.45
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|[[Cologne]]
|-
|[[1990 in athletics (track and field)|1990]]
|7:37.09
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Khalid Skah]]|MAR}}
|[[Cologne]]
|-
|[[1991 in athletics (track and field)|1991]]
|7:33.91
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Dieter Baumann]]|GER}}
|[[Cologne]]
|-
|[[1992 in athletics (track and field)|1992]]
|7:28.96
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Moses Kiptanui]]|KEN}}
|[[Cologne]]
|-
|[[1993 in athletics (track and field)|1993]]
|7:29.24
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Noureddine Morceli]]|ALG}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[1994 in athletics (track and field)|1994]]
|7:25.11
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Noureddine Morceli]]|ALG}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[1995 in athletics (track and field)|1995]]
|7:27.18
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Moses Kiptanui]]|KEN}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[1996 in athletics (track and field)|1996]]
|7:20.67
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Daniel Komen]]|KEN}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[1997 in athletics (track and field)|1997]]
|7:26.02
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[1998 in athletics (track and field)|1998]]
|7:25.09
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[1999 in athletics (track and field)|1999]]
|7:23.09
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2000 in athletics (track and field)|2000]]
|7:25.02
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ali Saïdi-Sief]]|ALG}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2001 in athletics (track and field)|2001]]
|7:30.53
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hailu Mekonnen]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2002 in athletics (track and field)|2002]]
|7:34.72
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Benjamin Limo]]|KEN}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2003 in athletics (track and field)|2003]]
|7:30.23
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|[[Turin]]
|-
|[[2004 in athletics (track and field)|2004]]
|7:27.72
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Eliud Kipchoge]]|KEN}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2005 in athletics (track and field)|2005]]
|7:28.56
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Eliud Kipchoge]]|KEN}}
|[[Doha]]
|-
|[[2006 in athletics (track and field)|2006]]
|7:28.72
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Isaac Kiprono Songok]]|KEN}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[2007 in athletics (track and field)|2007]]
|7:25.79
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kenenisa Bekele]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|[[2008 in athletics (track and field)|2008]]
|7:31.83
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Edwin Cheruiyot Soi]]|KEN}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[2009 in athletics (track and field)|2009]]
|7:28.37
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Eliud Kipchoge]]|KEN}}
|[[Doha]]
|-
|[[2010 in athletics (track and field)|2010]]
|7:28.70
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tariku Bekele]]|ETH}}
|[[Rieti]]
|-
|[[2011 in athletics (track and field)|2011]]
|7:27.26
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yenew Alamirew]]|ETH}}
|[[Doha]]
|-
|[[2012 in athletics (track and field)|2012]]
|7:30.42
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Augustine Choge]]|KEN}}
|[[Doha]]
|-
|[[2013 in athletics (track and field)|2013]]
|7:30.36
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hagos Gebrhiwet]]|ETH}}
|[[Doha]]
|-8
|[[2014 in athletics (track and field)|2014]]
|7:31.66
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Caleb Ndiku]]|KEN}}
|[[Ostrava]]
|-
|[[2015 in athletics (track and field)|2015]]
|7:38.08
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hagos Gebrhiwet]]|ETH}}
|[[Qatar SC Stadium|Doha]]
|-
|[[2016 in athletics (track and field)|2016]]
|7:28.19
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yomif Kejelcha]]|ETH}}
|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|-
|[[2017 in athletics (track and field)|2017]]
|7:28.73
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ronald Kwemoi]]|KEN}}
|[[Doha]]
|-
|[[2018 in athletics (track and field)|2018]]
|7:28.00
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yomif Kejelcha]]|ETH}}
|[[Gothenburg]]
|-
|[[2019 in athletics (track and field)|2019]]
|7:32.17
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Selemon Barega]]|ETH}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[2020 in athletics (track and field)|2020]]
|7:26.64
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jacob Kiplimo]]|UGA}}
|[[Rome]]
|-
|[[2021 in sports#Athletics|2021]]
|7:26.25
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yomif Kejelcha]]|ETH}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[2022 in sports#Athletics|2022]]
|7:25.93
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Thierry Ndikumwenayo]]|BDI}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2023 in sports#Athletics|2023]]
|7:23.63
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]]|NOR}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[2024 in sports#Athletics|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 (athlete)|Richard Wilde]]|GBR}}
|[[Vienna]]
|-
|1971
|7:53.6
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Peter Stewart (athlete)|Peter Stewart]]|GBR}}
|[[Sofia]]
|-
|1972
|7:50.0
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ian Stewart (athlete)|Ian Stewart]]|GBR}}
|[[RAF Cosford|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 (athlete)|Boris Kuznetsov]]|URS}}
|[[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]]
|-
|1976
|7:50.2
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Emiel Puttemans]]|BEL}}
|[[Paris]]
|-
|1977
|7:47.9
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Suleiman Nyambui]]|TAN}}
|[[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]]
|-
|1978
|7:48.6
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Nick Rose (runner)|Nick Rose]]|GBR}}
|[[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]
|-
|[[1979 in athletics (track and field)|1979]]
|7:44.43
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Markus Ryffel]]|SUI}}
|[[Vienna]]
|-
|[[1980 in athletics (track and field)|1980]]
|7:45.2
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Scott (athlete)|Steve Scott]]|USA}}
|[[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]
|-
|[[1981 in athletics (track and field)|1981]]
|7:48.8
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lubomír Tesáček]]|TCH}}
|[[Prague]]
|-
|[[1982 in athletics (track and field)|1982]]
|7:46.2
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Doug Padilla]]|USA}}
|[[Daly City]]
|-
|[[1983 in athletics (track and field)|1983]]
|7:49.1
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Doug Padilla]]|USA}}
|[[Daly City]]
|-
|[[1984 in athletics (track and field)|1984]]
|7:46.87
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Doug Padilla]]|USA}}
|[[East Rutherford]]
|-
|[[1985 in athletics (track and field)|1985]]
|7:42.97
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Christoph Herle]]|FRG}}
|[[Dortmund]]
|-
|[[1986 in athletics (track and field)|1986]]
|7:46.46
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Stefano Mei]]|ITA}}
|[[Budapest]]
|-
|[[1987 in athletics (track and field)|1987]]
|7:47.95
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Donovan (athlete)|Paul Donovan]]|IRL}}
|[[East Rutherford]]
|-
|[[1988 in athletics (track and field)|1988]]
|7:41.57
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Brian Abshire]]|USA}}
|[[East Rutherford]]
|-
|[[1989 in athletics (track and field)|1989]]
|7:39.71
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|[[East Rutherford]]
|-
|[[1990 in athletics (track and field)|1990]]
|7:43.69
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Doug Padilla]]|USA}}
|[[East Rutherford]]
|-
|[[1991 in athletics (track and field)|1991]]
|7:41.14
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Frank O'Mara]]|IRL}}
|[[Seville]]
|-
|[[1992 in athletics (track and field)|1992]]
|7:36.66
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|[[Piraeus]]
|-
|[[1993 in athletics (track and field)|1993]]
|7:38.46
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Moses Kiptanui]]|KEN}}
|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|[[1994 in athletics (track and field)|1994]]
|7:40.94
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Moses Kiptanui]]|KEN}}
|[[Lievin]]
|-
|[[1995 in athletics (track and field)|1995]]
|7:35.15
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Moses Kiptanui]]|KEN}}
|[[Ghent]]
|-
|[[1996 in athletics (track and field)|1996]]
|7:30.72
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|[[1997 in athletics (track and field)|1997]]
|7:31.27
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|-
|[[1998 in athletics (track and field)|1998]]
|7:24.90
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Daniel Komen]]|KEN}}
|[[Budapest]]
|-
|[[1999 in athletics (track and field)|1999]]
|7:26.80
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|-
|[[2000 in athletics (track and field)|2000]]
|7:35.84
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Million Wolde]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|[[2001 in athletics (track and field)|2001]]
|7:37.74
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|[[Lisbon]]
|-
|[[2002 in athletics (track and field)|2002]]
|7:37.13
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Alberto García (athlete)|Alberto García]]|ESP}}
|[[Seville]]
|-
|[[2003 in athletics (track and field)|2003]]
|7:28.29
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|-
|[[2004 in athletics (track and field)|2004]]
|7:29.34
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|-
|[[2005 in athletics (track and field)|2005]]
|7:39.89
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Alistair Cragg]]|IRL}}
|[[Roxbury, Boston|Roxbury]]
|-
|[[2006 in athletics (track and field)|2006]]
|7:33.07
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Eliud Kipchoge]]|KEN}}
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|-
|[[2007 in athletics (track and field)|2007]]
|7:30.51
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kenenisa Bekele]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|-
|[[2008 in athletics (track and field)|2008]]
|7:31.09
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tariku Bekele]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|[[2009 in athletics (track and field)|2009]]
|7:32.80
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Kipsiele Koech]]|KEN}}
|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|[[2010 in athletics (track and field)|2010]]
|7:31.75
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Augustine Kiprono Choge]]|KEN}}
|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|[[2011 in athletics (track and field)|2010]]
|7:27.80
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yenew Alamirew]]|ETH}}
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|[[2012 in athletics (track and field)|2012]]
|7:29.94
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Augustine Choge]]|KEN}}
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|-
|[[2013 in athletics (track and field)|2013]]
|7:30.16
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Galen Rupp]]|USA}}
|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|[[2014 in athletics (track and field)|2014]]
|7:34.13
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hagos Gebrhiwet]]|ETH}}
|[[Boston]]
|-
|[[2015 in athletics (track and field)|2015]]
|7:33.1{{AthAbbr|+}} {{AthAbbr|h}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mo Farah]]|GBR}}
|[[Barclaycard Arena|Birmingham]]
|-
|[[2016 in athletics (track and field)|2016]]
|7:38.03
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Dejen Gebremeskel]]|ETH}}
|[[Boston]]
|-
|[[2017 in athletics (track and field)|2017]]
|7:40.80 {{AthAbbr|+}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ryan Hill]]|USA}}
|[[New York City, New York|New York City]]
|-
|[[2018 in athletics (track and field)|2018]]
|7:36.64
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Selemon Barega]]|ETH}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|[[2019 in athletics (track and field)|2019]]
|7:37.41
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hagos Gebrhiwet]]|ETH}}
|[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
|-
|[[2020 in athletics (track and field)|2020]]
|7:32.80
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Getnet Wale]]|ETH}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|[[2021 in athletics (track and field)|2021]]
|7:24.98
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Getnet Wale]]|ETH}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|[[2022 in athletics (track and field)|2022]]
|7:26.20
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Berihu Aregawi]]|ETH}}
|[[Karlsruhe]]
|-
|[[2023 in athletics (track and field)|2023]]
|7:23.81
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lamecha Girma]]|ETH}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|[[2024 in athletics (track and field)|2024]]
|7:25.82
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Selemon Barega]]|ETH}}
|[[Toruń]]
|-
|[[2025 in the sport of athletics|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, England|Durham]]
|-
|1975
|8:46.6
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Grete Waitz]]|NOR}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|1976
|8:27.12
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lyudmila Bragina]]|URS}}
|[[College Park, Maryland|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 in athletics (track and field)|1979]]
|8:31.75
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Grete Waitz]]|NOR}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[1980 in athletics (track and field)|1980]]
|8:33.53
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Sipatova]]|URS}}
|[[Moscow]]
|-
|[[1981 in athletics (track and field)|1981]]
|8:34.30
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Maricica Puică]]|ROU|1965}}
|[[Bucharest]]
|-
|[[1982 in athletics (track and field)|1982]]
|8:26.78
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Ulmasova]]|URS}}
|[[Kyiv]]
|-
|[[1983 in athletics (track and field)|1983]]
|8:32.08
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Kazankina]]|URS}}
|[[Saint Petersburg]]
|-
|[[1984 in athletics (track and field)|1984]]
|8:22.62
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Kazankina]]|URS}}
|[[Saint Petersburg]]
|-
|[[1985 in athletics (track and field)|1985]]
|8:25.83
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mary Slaney]]|USA}}
|[[Rome]]
|-
|[[1986 in athletics (track and field)|1986]]
|8:33.99
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Bondarenko]]|URS}}
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|[[1987 in athletics (track and field)|1987]]
|8:38.1
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ulrike Bruns]]|GDR}}
|[[Potsdam]]
|-
|[[1988 in athletics (track and field)|1988]]
|8:26.53
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Samolenko]]|URS}}
|[[Seoul]]
|-
|[[1989 in athletics (track and field)|1989]]
|8:38.48
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Paula Ivan]]|ROU|1965}}
|[[Gateshead]]
|-
|[[1990 in athletics (track and field)|1990]]
|8:38.38
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Angela Chalmers]]|CAN}}
|[[Auckland]]
|-
|[[1991 in athletics (track and field)|1991]]
|8:32.00
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Elana Meyer]]|RSA|1928}}
|[[Durban]]
|-
|[[1992 in athletics (track and field)|1992]]
|8:33.72
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Romanova]]|RUS}}
|[[Cologne]]
|-
|[[1993 in athletics (track and field)|1993]]
|8:06.11
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Wang Junxia]]|CHN}}
|[[Beijing]]
|-
|[[1994 in athletics (track and field)|1994]]
|8:21.64
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sonia O'Sullivan]]|IRL}}
|[[London]]
|-
|[[1995 in athletics (track and field)|1995]]
|8:27.57
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sonia O'Sullivan]]|IRL}}
|[[Zurich]]
|-
|[[1996 in athletics (track and field)|1996]]
|8:35.42
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sonia O'Sullivan]]|IRL}}
|[[Nice]]
|-
|[[1997 in athletics (track and field)|1997]]
|8:27.78
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROU}}
|[[Zurich]]
|-
|[[1998 in athletics (track and field)|1998]]
|8:24.31
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROU}}
|[[Paris]]
|-
|[[1999 in athletics (track and field)|1999]]
|8:25.03
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROU}}
|[[Zurich]]
|-
|[[2000 in athletics (track and field)|2000]]
|8:26.35
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROU}}
|[[Zurich]]
|-
|[[2001 in athletics (track and field)|2001]]
|8:23.26
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Yegorova]]|RUS}}
|[[Zurich]]
|-
|[[2002 in athletics (track and field)|2002]]
|8:21.42
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROU}}
|[[Monte Carlo]]
|-
|[[2003 in athletics (track and field)|2003]]
|8:33.95
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROU}}
|[[Zurich]]
|-
|[[2004 in athletics (track and field)|2004]]
|8:31.32
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Isabella Ochichi]]|KEN}}
|[[Paris]]
|-
|[[2005 in athletics (track and field)|2005]]
|8:28.87
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Maryam Yusuf Jamal]]|BHR}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[2006 in athletics (track and field)|2006]]
|8:24.66
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|[[2007 in athletics (track and field)|2007]]
|8:24.81
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH|1996}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|[[2008 in athletics (track and field)|2008]]
|8:33.66
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Vivian Cheruiyot]]|KEN}}
|[[Gateshead]]
|-
|[[2009 in athletics (track and field)|2009]]
|8:30.15
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH}}
|[[Thessaloniki]]
|-
|[[2010 in athletics (track and field)|2010]]
|8:28.41
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sentayehu Ejigu]]|ETH}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2011 in athletics (track and field)|2011]]
|8:46.84
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Viola Jelagat Kibiwot]]|KEN}}
|[[Rabat]]
|-
|[[2012 in athletics (track and field)|2012]]
|8:34.47
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mariem Alaoui Selsouli]]|MAR}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[2013 in athletics (track and field)|2013]]
|8:30.29
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH}}
|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|[[2014 in athletics (track and field)|2014]]
|8:20.68
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hellen Onsando Obiri]]|KEN}}
|[[Doha]]
|-
|[[2015 in athletics (track and field)|2015]]
|8:22.22
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Almaz Ayana]]|ETH}}
|[[Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium|Rabat]]
|-
|[[2016 in athletics (track and field)|2016]]
|8:23.11
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Almaz Ayana]]|ETH}}
|[[Doha]]
|-
|[[2017 in athletics (track and field)|2017]]
|8:23.14
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hellen Obiri]]|KEN}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[2018 in athletics (track and field)|2018]]
|8:27.50
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sifan Hassan]]|NED}}
|[[Ostrava]]
|-
|[[2019 in athletics (track and field)|2019]]
|8:18.49
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sifan Hassan]]|NED}}
|[[Palo Alto]]
|-
|[[2020 in athletics (track and field)|2020]]
|8:22.54
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hellen Obiri]]|KEN}}
|[[Doha]]
|-
|[[2021 in sports#Athletics|2021]]
|8:19.08
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Francine Niyonsaba]]|BDI}}
|[[Paris]]
|-
|[[2022 in sports#Athletics|2022]]
|8:24.27+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Francine Niyonsaba]]|BDI}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[2023 in sports#Athletics|2023]]
|8:24.05
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Beatrice Chebet]]|KEN}}
|[[Xiamen]]
|-
|[[2024 in sports#Athletics|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
|
|
|
|-
|1972
|
|
|
|-
|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, Shropshire|Cosford]]
|-
|1982
|8:47.3{{AthAbbr|h}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mary Slaney|Mary Tabb]]|USA}}
|[[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]]
|-
|1983
|8:52.84
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriele Martins]]|GDR}}
|[[Budapest]]
|-
|1984
|8:48.1{{AthAbbr|h}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Galina Zakharova (runner)|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, Shropshire|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]]
|}
{{col-end}}

==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 }}

== See also ==

* [[3200 meters]]
* [[Two miles|2 miles]]

==Notes and references==
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* [http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/ytbyeve_Women.html#3000m Statistics]

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