Yearly Rankings- 3000 meters Outdoor Track
Men
Leaders
2011 7:27.26 Yenew Alamirew (ETH) 06 May Doha QAT
2010 7:28.60 Tariku Bekele (ETH) 29 Aug Rieti ITA
2009 7:28.37 Eliud Kipchoge-3 08 May Doha QAT
2008 7:31.83 Edwin Soi (KEN) 07 Sep Rieti ITA
2007 7:25.79 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 08 Aug Stockholm SWE
2006 7:28.72 Isaac Songkok (KEN) 27 Aug Rieti ITA
2005 7:28.56 Eliud Kipchoge-2 13 May Doha QAT
2004 7:27.72 Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 03 Sep Brussels BEL
2003 7:30.23 Hicham El Guerrouj-2 06 Jun Turin ITA
2002 7:34.72 Benjamin Limo (KEN) 19 Jul Monte Carlo MON
2001 7:30.53 Hailu Mekonnen (ETH) 24 Aug Brussels BEL
2000 7:25.02 Ali Saidi-Sief (ALG) 18 Aug Monte Carlo MON
1999 7:23.09 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 03 Sep Brussels BEL
1998 7:25.09 Haile Gebreselasie-2 28 Aug Brussels BEL
1997 7:26.02 Haile Gebreselasie (ETH) 22 Aug Brussels BEL
1996 7:20.67 Daniel Komen (KEN) 01 Sep Rieti ITA
1995 7:27.18 Moses Kiptanui-2 25 Jul Monte Carlo MON
1994 7:25.11 Noureddine Morceli-2 02 Aug Monte Carlo MON
1993 7:29.24 Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 07 Aug Monte Carlo MON
1992 7:28.96 Moses Kiptanui (KEN) 16 Aug Cologne GER
1991 7:33.91 Dieter Baumann-2 08 Sep Cologne GER
1990 7:37.09 Khalid Skah (MAR) 19 Aug Cologne GER
1989 7:29.45 Said Aouita-4 20 Aug Cologne GER
1988 7:38.79 Sydney Maree (USA) 08 Aug Malmo SWE
1987 7:40.25 Dieter Baumann (GER) 21 Aug Berlin GER
1986 7:32.23 Said Aouita-3 17 Aug Cologne GER
1985 7:32.94 Said Aouita-2 30 Aug Brussels BEL
1984 7:33.3 Said Aouita (MAR) 24 Aug Brussels BEL
1983 7:35.84 Doug Padilla (USA) 09 Jul Oslo NOR
1982 7:32.79 Dave Moorcroft (ENG) 17 Jul London ENG
1981 7:36.69 Steve Scott (USA) 01 Sep Ingelheim GER
1980 7:37.60 Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) 01 Jul Oslo NOR
1979 7:37.70 Rudy Chapa (USA) 10 May Eugene OR USA
1978 7:32.1 Henry Rono (KEN) 27 Jun Oslo NOR
1977 7:41.22 Karl Fleschen (GER) 22 Jun Cologne GER
1976 7:43.46 Rod Dixon-2 01 Sep Cologne GER
1975 7:45.0 Rod Dixon (NZL) 08 Jul Paris FRA
1974 7:35.2 Brendan Foster (ENG) 03 Aug Gateshead ENG
1973 7:43.4 Emile Puttemans-3 24 Jun Aarhus DEN
1972 7:37.6 Emile Puttemans-2 14 Sep Aarhus DEN
1971 7:39.8 Emile Puttemans (BEL) 31 Aug Brussels BEL
1970 7:49.4 Bernd Diessner (GER) 03 Jun Potsdam GER
1969 7:47.6 Dick Taylor (ENG) 06 Sep London ENG
1968 7:48.4 Ronald Clarke (AUS) 09 Aug Aarhus DEN
1967 7:45.1 Harald Norpoth (GER) 06 Jun Münster GER
1966 7:51.2 Lajos Mecser (HUN) 30 May London ENG
1965 7:39.6 Kipchoge Keino (KEN) 27 Aug Halsingborg SWE
1964 7:56.4 Witold Baran (POL) 23 Aug Warsaw POL
1963 7:51.2 Siegfried Herrmann (GER) 16 Jun Bydgoszcz POL
1962 7:49.2 Michel Jazy (FRA) 27 Jun St Maur FRA
1961 7:54.6 Kazimierz Zimny-2 18 Jun Warsaw POL
1960 7:54.2 Hans Grodotzki-2 30 Jul Potsdam GER
1959 7:58.4 Hans Grodotzki (GER) 14 Jun Warsaw POL
7:58.4 Kazimierz Zimny (POL) 14 Jun Warsaw POL
1958 7:58.0 Jerzy Chromik (POL) 15 Jun Warsaw POL
1957 7:58.2 Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak (POL) 09 Jun Warsaw POL
1956 7:52.8 Gordon Pirie (GBR) 04 Sep Malmo SWE
1955 7:55.5 Sandor Iharos-2 14 May Budapest HUN
1954 7:59.6 Sandor Iharos (HUN) 14 Sep Budapest HUN
1953 8:06.6 Frans Herman (BEL) 20 Jun Stuttgart GER
1952 8:12.4 Gaston Reiff-4 12 Jul Brussels BEL
1951 8:15.8 Herbert Schade (GER) 23 Jun Virolahti FIN
1950 8:09.6 Gaston Reiff-3 11 Aug Brussels BEL
1949 7:58.7 Gaston Reiff-2 12 Aug Gavle SWE
1948 8:09.6 Erik Ahlden (SWE) 15 Aug Amsterdam NED
1947 8:08.8 Emil Zatopek (CZE) 18 Aug Brno CZE
1946 8:08.8 Willem Slykhuis (NED) 27 Aug Bergen NOR
8:08.8 Gaston Reiff (BEL) 12 Oct Brussels BEL
1945 8:33.4 Emil Zatopek (CZE) 01 Jun Prague CZE
1944 8:07.6 Gunder Hagg-3 11 Aug Stockholm SWE
1943 8:13.0+ Gunder Hagg-2 07 Aug Cincinnati OH USA
1942 8:01.2 Gunder Hagg (SWE) 28 Aug Stockholm SWE
1941 8:16.6 Bror Hellstrom (SWE) 22 Jul Malmo SWE
1940 8:09.0 Henry Kalarne-4 14 Aug Stockholm SWE
1939 8:15.4 Henry Kalarne-3 02 Aug Helsinki FIN
1938 8:18.6 Henry Kalarne-2 15 Jul Stockholm SWE
1937 8:15.8 Henry Kalarne (SWE) 18 Aug Helsinki FIN
1936 8:14.8 Gunnar Höckert (GER) 16 Sep Stockholm SWE
1935 8:22.8 Ilmari Salaminen (FIN) 01 Sep Helsinki FIN
1934 8:18.3 Henry Nielsen (DEN) 24 Jul Stockholm SWE
1933 8:19.5 Lauri Lehtinen (FIN) 21 Jun Helsinki FIN
1932 8:18.8 Janusz Kusocinski (POL) 19 Jun Antwerp BEL
1931 8:24.2+ Lauri Lehtinen (FIN) 24 Jul Helsinki FIN
1930 8:24.8 Eino Purje (FIN) 28 Aug Helsinki FIN
1929 8:36.4 Leo Lermond (USA) 09 Aug Stockholm SWE
1928 8:29.6 Paavo Nurmi (FIN) 11 Sep Dusseldorf GER
1927 8:24.6 Nils Eklof (SWE) 28 Aug Finspang SWE
1926 8:20.4 Paavo Nurmi-5 13 Jul Stockholm SWE
1925 8:27.6 Edvin Wide (SWE) 07 Jun Halmstad SWE
1924 8:32.0 Paavo Nurmi-4 13 Jul Colombes FRA
1923 8:27.8 Paavo Nurmi-3 17 Sep Copenhagen DEN
1922 8:28.6 Paavo Nurmi-2 27 Aug Turku FIN
1921 8:37.5+ Paavo Nurmi (FIN) 11 Jul Stockholm SWE
1920
1919
1918 8:33.2 John Zander (SWE)
1917
1916
1915
1914
1913
1912 8:36.8 Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)
+ indicates time was enroute to longer distance
Quality Performances
Sum <8:10 <8:05 <8:00 <7:55 <7:50 <7:45 <7:40 <7:35 <7:30 <7:25
2011 1052 350 260 175 115 65 45 22 16 4
2010 1189 363 282 198 136 97 62 31 15 5
2009 1282 385 282 205 153 108 76 49 22 2
2008 1356 416 322 233 162 111 70 33 9
2007 1439 426 337 241 173 130 77 40 12 3
2006 1635 488 377 282 190 132 87 53 22 4
2005 1656 485 384 290 203 147 94 38 11 4
2004 1156 374 275 200 143 88 48 21 5 2
2003 1327 441 321 244 163 99 39 15 5
2002 1491 458 362 266 191 112 64 37 1
2001 1543 474 357 271 178 124 78 43 18
2000 1375 424 327 244 156 97 68 40 14 5
Sum <8:10 <8:05 <8:00 <7:55 <7:50 <7:45 <7:40 <7:35 <7:30 <7:25
1999 1872 496 419 332 234 169 119 71 25 6 1
1998 1774 448 387 329 242 163 104 64 28 9
1997 1191 294 264 223 173 104 63 44 25 1
1996 1453 337 307 272 224 142 81 54 27 8 1
1995 1065 253 233 196 149 107 68 46 9 4
1994 606 143 130 115 94 68 36 15 4 1
1993 822 209 183 161 119 85 46 16 2 1
1992 638 166 146 128 98 59 29 8 3 1
1991 620 166 137 124 94 65 26 6 2
1990 802 230 196 162 123 69 18 4
1989 1095 283 255 218 170 114 44 8 2 1
1988 608 177 157 124 90 49 10 1
1987 603 181 159 126 81 44 12
1986 409 95 92 84 75 45 14 4 2
1985 642 180 158 135 102 55 9 3 1
1984 523 138 130 106 89 51 7 1 1
1983 615 178 150 122 86 58 17 4
1982 457 124 110 88 67 42 19 5 2
1981 328 98 84 66 52 21 5 2
1980 313 86 73 65 56 22 8 3
Sum <8:10 <8:05 <8:00 <7:55 <7:50 <7:45 <7:40 <7:35 <7:30 <7:25
1979 481 148 121 88 73 34 15 2
1978 498 135 123 98 81 44 15 1 1
1977 520 150 137 108 74 39 12
1976 256 77 66 56 40 14 3
1975 187 66 52 39 26 4
1974 282 95 77 56 30 14 9 1
1973 169 78 50 25 8 6 2
1972 145 53 39 23 18 8 3 1
1971 158 65 52 28 10 1 1 1
1970 143 63 48 23 7 2
1969 158 71 58 23 5 1
1968 126 56 45 21 2 2
1967 136 54 52 22 6 2
1966 150 69 49 24 8
1965 148 70 48 18 7 3 1 1
1964 81 56 21 4
1963 79 44 26 8 1
1962 67 41 18 5 2 1
1961 76 46 19 9 2
1960 70 42 21 6 1
Sum <8:10 <8:05 <8:00 <7:55 <7:50 <7:45 <7:40 <7:35 <7:30 <7:25
1959 45 30 12 3
1958 36 23 11 2
1957 29 19 7 3
1956 39 20 11 6 2
1955 13 8 4 1
1954 11 9 1 1
1953 3 3
1952 0
1951 0
1950 1 1
1949 4 2 1 1
1948 1 1
1947 1 1
1946 2 2
1945 0
1944 2 2
1943 0
1942 3 2 1
1941 0
1940 1 1
Sum <8:10 <8:05 <8:00 <7:55 <7:50 <7:45 <7:40 <7:35 <7:30 <7:25
Women
Leaders 2011 8:46.84 Viola Chelegat (KEN) 05 Jun Rabat MAR 2010 8:28.41 Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH) 22 Jul Monte Carlo MON 2009 8:30.15 Meseret Defar-3 13 Sep Thessaloniki GRE 2008 8:33.66 Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 31 Aug Gateshead ENG 2007 8:27.24 Meseret Defar-2 23 Sep Stuttgart GER 2006 8:24.66 Meseret Defar (ETH) 25 Jul Stockholm SWE 2005 8:28.87 Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BRN) 29 Jul Oslo NOR 2004 8:31.32 Isabella Ochichi (KEN) 23 Jul Paris FRA 2003 8:33.95 Gabriela Szabo-6 15 Aug Zurich SUI 2002 8:21.42 Gabriela Szabo-5 19 Jul Monte Carlo MON 2001 8:23.26 Olga Yegorova (RUS) 17 Aug Zurich SUI 2000 8:26.35 Gabriela Szabo-4 11 Aug Zurich SUI 1999 8:25.03 Gabriela Szabo-3 11 Aug Zurich SUI 1998 8:24.31 Gabriela Szabo-2 29 Jul Paris FRA 1997 8:27.78 Gabriela Szabo (ROM) 13 Aug Zurich SUI 1996 8:35.42 Sonia O'Sullivan-3 10 Jul Nice FRA 1995 8:27.57 Sonia O'Sullivan-2 16 Aug Zurich SUI 1994 8:21.64 Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 15 Jul London ENG 1993 8:06.11 Jun-xia Wang (CHN) 13 Sep Beijing CHN 1992 8:33.72 Elena Romanova (RUS) 16 Aug Cologne GER 1991 8:32.00 Elana Meyer (RSA) 29 Apr Durban RSA 1990 8:38.38 Angela Chalmers (CAN) 30 Jan Auckland NZL 1989 8:38.48 Paula Ivan (ROM) 05 Aug Gateshead ENG 1988 8:26.53 Tatiana Samolenko (UKR) 25 Sep Seoul KOR 1987 8:38.1 Ulrike Bruns (GER) 14 Jun Potsdam GER 1986 8:33.99 Olga Bondarenko (RUS) 27 Aug Stuttgart GER 1985 8:25.83 Mary Slaney-2 07 Sep Rome ITA 1984 8:22.62 Tatiana Kazankina-2 26 Aug St Petersburg RUS 1983 8:32.08 Tatiana Kazankina (RUS) 27 Jul St Petersburg RUS 1982 8:26.78 Svetlana Ulmasova (UZB) 25 Jul Kiev UKR 1981 8:34.30 Maricica Puica (ROM) 12 Jul Bucharest ROM 1980 8:33.53 Elena Sipatova (RUS) 12 Jul Moscow RUS 1979 8:31.75 Grete Waitz-4 17 Jul Oslo NOR 1978 8:32.1 Grete Waitz-3 27 Jun Oslo NOR 1977 8:36.8 Grete Waitz-2 02 Aug Oslo NOR 1976 8:27.12 Lyudmila Bragina-2 07 Aug College Park MD USA 1975 8:46.6 Grete Waitz (NOR) 24 Jun Oslo NOR 1974 8:52.74 Lyudmila Bragina-2 05 Jul Durham NC USA 1973 8:56.6 Paola (Pigni) Cacchi-2 20 May Formia ITA 1972 8:53.0 Lyudmila Bragina (RUS) 12 Aug Moscow RUS 1971 9:23.4 Joyce Smith (ENG) 16 Jul London ENG 1970 1969 9:38.0+ Paola (Cacchi) Pigni (ITA) 02 Sep Milan ITA 1968 1967 1966 9:44.0+ Roberta Picco (CAN) 23 Jul Dion Mills ON CAN + indicates time was enroute to longer distance Quality Performances
Sum <9:30 <9:20 <9:10 <9:00 <8:50 <8:40 <8:30 <8:20 <8:10
2011 759 433 209 85 27 5
2010 964 430 243 134 91 50 14 2
2009 643 261 180 102 60 32 8
2008 686 266 193 128 73 23 3
2007 607 230 157 108 65 30 13 4
2006 1050 386 288 189 112 56 15 4
2005 910 329 248 162 101 48 20 2
2004 897 349 272 149 89 30 8
2003 829 313 230 142 82 44 18
2002 1030 352 274 186 123 59 30 6
2001 1023 317 258 205 121 71 37 14
2000 1176 429 290 206 135 80 31 5
Sum <9:30 <9:20 <9:10 <9:00 <8:50 <8:40 <8:30 <8:20 <8:10
1999 1174 389 277 216 141 95 42 14
1998 631 247 161 108 69 31 10 5
1997 509 187 131 95 59 24 12 1
1996 476 177 137 86 49 20 7
1995 640 199 176 136 81 42 5 1
1994 938 336 268 184 105 36 7 2
1993 1411 447 376 280 191 64 32 14 6 1
1992 1447 465 391 313 193 78 7
1991 1324 428 364 278 176 70 8
1990 983 338 288 209 112 34 2
1989 855 299 240 172 99 42 3
1988 1003 302 255 206 145 79 13 3
1987 1198 388 336 253 152 63 6
1986 804 250 214 174 100 50 16
1985 1031 376 284 206 101 48 12 4
1984 1075 357 276 201 136 79 24 2
1983 1052 352 290 211 129 52 18
1982 599 173 146 126 94 39 18 3
1981 622 222 169 132 69 27 3
1980 523 169 145 108 69 26 6
Sum <9:30 <9:20 <9:10 <9:00 <8:50 <8:40 <8:30 <8:20 <8:10
1979 508 182 156 91 50 23 6
1978 481 165 132 95 52 31 6
1977 302 130 94 51 19 7 1
1976 145 56 43 28 11 5 1 1
1975 158 70 50 26 11 1
1974 149 70 51 22 6
1973 93 53 27 10 3
1972 27 15 6 4 2
1971 1 1
Last Updated on 30 Dec 2011
Contributor: Andy Milroy (19)