Yearly Rankings- 3000 meters Indoor Track

Men

Leaders
2011    7:27.80   Yenew Alamirew (ETH)          05 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2010    7:31.75   Augustine Choge (KEN)         10 Feb  Stockholm SWE
2009    7:32.80   Paul Kipsiele (KEN)           17 Feb  Stockholm SWE
2008    7:31.09   Tariku Bekele (ETH)           02 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2007    7:30.51   Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)         20 Feb  Stockholm SWE
2006    7:33.07   Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)          29 Jan  Karlsruhe GER        
2005    7:39.89   Alistair Cragg (IRL)          29 Jan  Roxbury MA USA         
2004    7:29.34   Haile Gebreselasie-5          15 Feb  Karlsruhe GER
2003    7:28.29   Haile Gebreselasie-4          28 Feb  Karlsruhe GER
2002    7:37.13   Alberto Garcia (ESP)          09 Feb  Seville ESP
2001    7:37.74   Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)      11 Mar  Lisbon POR
2000    7:35.84   Million Wolde (ETH)           06 Feb  Stuttgart GER

1999    7:26.80   Haile Gebreselasie-3          24 Jan  Karlsruhe GER
1998    7:24.90   Daniel Komen (KEN)            06 Feb  Budapest HUN
1997    7:31.27   Haile Gebreselasie-2          14 Feb  Karlsruhe GER
1996    7:30.72   Haile Gebreselasie (ETH)      04 Feb  Stuttgart GER
1995    7:35.15   Moses Kiptanui-3              12 Feb  Ghent BEL
1994    7:40.94   Moses Kiptanui-2              13 Feb  Lievin FRA
1993    7:38.46   Moses Kiptanui (KEN)          09 Feb  Stockholm SWE
1992    7:36.66   Said Aouita-2                 11 Mar  Piraeus GRE
1991    7:41.14   Frank O'Mara (IRL)            09 Mar  Seville ESP
1990    7:43.69   Doug Padilla-3                09 Feb  Meadowlands NJ USA
1989    7:39.71   Said Aouita (MAR)             10 Feb  East Rutherford NJ USA
1988    7:41.57   Brian Abshire (USA)           13 Feb  Meadowlands NJ USA
1987    7:47.95   Paul Donovan (IRL)            14 Feb  East Rutherford NJ USA
1986    7:46.46   Stefano Mei (ITA)             01 Feb  Budapest HUN
1985    7:42.97   Christoph Herle (GER)         15 Feb  Dortmund GER
1984    7:46.87   Doug Padilla-2                11 Feb  East Rutherford NJ USA
1983    7:49.1    Doug Padilla (USA)            11 Feb  Daly City CA USA
1982    7:46.2    Doug Padilla (USA)            20 Feb  Daly City CA USA
1981    7:48.8    Lubomir Tesacek (CZE)         28 Jan  Prague CZE
1980    7:45.2    Steve Scott (USA)             05 Jan  Long Beach CA USA

1979    7:44.43   Markus Ryffel (SUI)           25 Feb  Vienna AUT
1978    7:48.6    Nick Rose (ENG)               07 Jan  Long Beach CA USA
1977    7:47.9    Suleiman Nyambui (TAN)        12 Feb  Louisville KY USA
1976    7:50.2    Emile Puttemans-3             31 Jan  Paris FRA
1975    7:50.2    Boris Kuznetzov (RUS)         18 Mar  Sverdlovsk RUS
1974    7:48.48   Emile Puttemans-2             10 Mar  Göteborg SWE
1973    7:44.6    Emile Puttemans (BEL)         10 Mar  Rotterdam NED
1972    7:50.0    Ian Stewart (SCO)             29 Jan  Cosford ENG
1971    7:53.6    Peter Stewart (GBR)           14 Mar  Sofia BUL
1970    7:46.85   Richard Wilde (ENG)           15 Mar  Vienna AUT
1969    7:47.8    Bernd Diessner (GER)          16 Feb  Berlin GER
1968    7:59.4    Ian McCafferty-2              20 Apr  Cosford ENG
1967    7:56.2    Ian McCafferty (SCO)          25 Feb  Lyon FRA
1966    7:49.0    Siegfried Herrmann-3          27 Feb  Berlin GER
1965    7:53.2    Siegfried Herrmann-2          14 Feb  Berlin GER
1964    7:57.2a   Michel Jazy (FRA)             08 Feb  Paris FRA
1963    8:01.6    Peter Kubicki (GER)           09 Mar  Berlin GER
1962    8:19.8    Hans Grodotzki-2              25 Feb  Berlin GER
1961    8:04.6    Wilhelm-Rüdiger Böhme (GER)   11 Mar  Stuttgart GER
1960    8:08.6    Hans Grodotzki (GER)                  n/a GER

1959    7:58.8    Siegfried Herrmann (GER)      22 Mar  Berlin GER
1958    8:09.4    Friedrich Janke (GER)         16 Mar  Berlin GER
1957    8:16.4    Klaus Richtzenhain (GER)      23 Feb  Dortmund GER
1956    8:18.0    Stephan Lupfert (GER)         17 Mar  Frankfurt GER
1955                                                 
1954    8:17.7    Horace Ashenfelter (USA)      06 Feb  New York NY USA

a => mark made on over-sized track

Quality Performances
       Sum  <8:10 <8:05 <8:00 <7:55 <7:50 <7:45 <7:40 <7:35 <7:30 <7:25
2011    800   358   216   120    62    19    11     8     3     3
2010    832   309   203   129    81    53    32    16     9
2009    911   365   244   152    74    39    22    11     4
2008    750   293   194   123    71    35    20    11     3
2007    903   351   249   153    75    41    18    10     5
2006    855   331   226   150    84    37    19     7     1
2005    729   309   200   129    61    19    10     1
2004   1029   360   269   181   110    67    28     9     4     1       
2003    805   304   224   137    77    38    20     2     2     1       
2002    711   280   187   117    65    40    17     6                   
2001    650   239   166   110    73    34    21     7                   
2000    592   230   165   103    48    30    10     6                   
       Sum  <8:10 <8:05 <8:00 <7:55 <7:50 <7:45 <7:40 <7:35 <7:30 <7:25
1999    586   227   165   112    52    17     8     2     2     1       
1998    624   217   170   115    66    30    13     5     4     3     1 
1997    666   219   172   130    85    32    19     7     2             
1996    456   141   120    89    53    29    17     6     1             
1995    399   128   107    79    45    24    11     5                   
1994    380   121   109    86    41    16     7                         
1993    437   136   121    95    65    15     3     2                   
1992    380   109   102    78    59    23     6     3                   
1991    391   123   105    92    49    18     4                         
1990    323   110    89    70    37    15     2                         
1989    467   159   142    88    59    14     3     2                   
1988    238    94    67    51    20     5     1                         
1987    314   117    96    62    34     5                               
1986    114    45    38    17     8     6                               
1985    279   114    95    50    16     3     1                         
1984    188    73    54    31    20    10                               
1983    122    55    33    22    10     2                               
1982     76    32    21    13     8     2                               
1981     55    20    16    11     7     1                               
1980    107    37    32    26     8     4                               
       Sum  <8:10 <8:05 <8:00 <7:55 <7:50 <7:45 <7:40 <7:35 <7:30 <7:25
1979    121    38    33    24    17     8     1                         
1978    128    41    34    30    18     5                               
1977    114    48    37    23     5     1                               
1976     67    30    25     8     4                                     
1975     44    22    16     5     1                                     
1974     91    37    26    19     7     2                               
1973    112    48    34    19     8     2     1                         
1972     25    15     7     2     1                                     
1971     91    38    34    16     3                                     
1970     81    33    30    12     4     2                               
1969     56    26    19     9     1     1                               
1968     38    23    14     1                                           
1967     28    15    10     3                                           
1966     45    23    14     6     1     1                               
1965     22    11     6     4     1                                     
1964      6     2     2     2                                           
1963     12    10     2                                                 
1962      0                                                             
1961      4     3     1                                                 
1960      1     1                                                       
       Sum  <8:10 <8:05 <8:00 <7:55 <7:50 <7:45 <7:40 <7:35 <7:30 <7:25
1959      5     2     2     1                                           
1958      2     2                                                       

Women

Leaders
2011    8:30.26   Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH)         19 Feb  Birmingham ENG
2010    8:24.46   Meseret Defar-5               06 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2009    8:26.99   Meseret Defar-4               07 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2008    8:27.93   Meseret Defar-3               02 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2007    8:23.72   Meseret Defar-2               03 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2006    8:27.86   Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)       17 Feb  Moscow RUS
2005    8:30.05   Meseret Defar (ETH)           29 Jan  Roxbury MA USA
2004    8:33.05   Birhane Adere-3               04 Feb  Dortmund GER
2003    8:31.73   Birhane Adere-2               02 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2002    8:29.15   Birhane Adere (ETH)           03 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2001    8:32.88   Gabriela Szabo-4              18 Feb  Birmingham ENG
2000    8:35.42   Gabriela Szabo-3              20 Feb  Birmingham ENG

1999    8:34.09   Gabriela Szabo-2              21 Feb  Lievin FRA
1998    8:43.99   Fernanda Ribeiro-3            18 Feb  Genova ITA
1997    8:45.74   Gabriela Szabo (ROM)          08 Mar  Paris FRA
1996    8:39.49   Fernanda Ribeiro-2            09 Mar  Stockholm SWE
1995    8:52.49   Lynn Jennings-2               19 Feb  Boston MA USA
1994    8:50.47   Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)        12 Mar  Paris FRA
1993    8:50.55   Yvonne Murray (SCO)           13 Mar  Toronto CAN
1992    8:43.34   Liz McColgan (SCO)            14 Mar  Birmingham ENG
1991    8:49.61   Margareta Keszeg (ROM)        22 Feb  New York NY USA
1990    8:40.45   Lynn Jennings (USA)           23 Feb  New York NY USA
1989    8:33.82   Elly vanHulst (HOL)           04 Mar  Budapest HUN
1988    8:41.79   Katrin Wessel (GER)           13 Feb  Vienna AUT
1987    8:43.49   Maricica Puica (ROM)          27 Feb  New York NY USA
1986    8:39.79   Zola Pieterse (RSA)           08 Feb  Cosford ENG
1985    8:49.93   Ruth Wysocki (USA)            09 Feb  East Rutherford NJ USA
1984    8:48.1    Galina Zakharova (RUS)        10 Feb  Boston MA USA
1983    8:52.84   Gabriele Riemann (GER)        12 Feb  Budapest HUN
1982    8:47.3    Mary Slaney (USA)             05 Feb  Inglewood CA USA
1981    8:56.4    Paula Fudge (ENG)             11 Feb  Cosford ENG
1980    9:29.9    Carla Beurskens (NED)         03 Feb  Zwolle NED

1979    9:23.5    Julie Brown (USA)             20 Jan  Los Angeles CA USA
1978    8:57.6    Jan Merrill-2                 04 Mar  Montreal CAN                                   
1977    9:03.6    Galina Romanova (RUS)         19 Feb  Minsk BLR
1976    9:03.3    Jan Merrill (USA)             18 Jan  Hanover NH USA
1975                                                  
1974    9:14.0    Lyudmila Bragina (RUS)        02 Mar  Moscow RUS
1973    9:36.0    Elizabeth Connors (GBR)       02 Feb  Cosford ENG

Quality Performances
       Sum  <9:30 <9:20 <9:10 <9:00 <8:50 <8:40 <8:30
2011    646   310   168    97    46    19     6
2010    486   228   129    76    36    13     2     2
2009    582   249   164    99    51    14     3     2
2008    617   248   158   111    65    25     8     2
2007    402   192   106    53    27    15     7     2
2006    509   230   142    75    35    19     6     2                   
2005    430   194   113    68    39    13     3                   
2004    525   222   147    86    53    13     4                   
2003    566   230   159   105    54    16     2                   
2002    370   175    98    58    27     8     3     1             
2001    389   155   104    66    40    21     3                   
2000    408   169   111    76    41    10     1                   
       Sum  <9:30 <9:20 <9:10 <9:00 <8:50 <8:40 <8:30
1999    273   120    72    43    24    10     4                   
1998    221   111    56    36    16     2                         
1997    203    94    61    32    13     3                         
1996    204    86    61    40    15     1     1                   
1995    103    44    30    20     9                               
1994     82    33    26    14     9
1993     95    50    32    20     3                               
1992    105    38    32    24     9     2                         
1991    106    41    28    20    16     1                         
1990    131    43    39    30    13     6                         
1989    100    43    29    16     6     4     2                   
1988     86    35    21    15    10     5                         
1987    148    46    40    31    20    11                         
1986    120    39    32    26    15     7     1                   
1985    117    48    37    23     8     1                         
1984    131    60    46    18     6     1                         
1983     74    34    24    12     4                               
1982     68    24    18    15    10     1                         
1981     13     4     3     3     3                               
1980      1     1                                      
       Sum  <9:30 <9:20 <9:10 <9:00 <8:50 <8:40 <8:30
1979      2     2                                                 
1978      6     2     2     1     1                               
1977      6     2     2     2                                     
1976     18     7     7     4                                     
1975      0                                                        
1974      4     2     2                                           

Last Updated on 30 Dec 2011