Yearly Rankings- 3000 meters Outdoor Track
Men
Leaders
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-2 11 Aug Stockholm SWE
1943
1942 8:01.2 Gunder Hagg (SWE) 28 Aug Stockholm SWE
1941
1940 8:09.0 Henry Kalarne (SWE) 14 Aug Stockholm SWE
1939
1938
1937
1936 8:14.8 Gunnar Höckert (GER)
1935
1934 8:18.4 Henry Nielsen (DEN)
1933
1932 8:18.8 Janusz Kusocinski (POL)
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927
1926 8:20.4 Paavo Nurmi-2 13 Jul Stockholm SWE
1925 8:27.6 Edvin Wide (SWE)
1924
1923
1922 8:28.6 Paavo Nurmi (FIN) 27 Aug Turku FIN
1921
1920
1919
1918 8:33.2 John Zander (SWE)
1917
1916
1915
1914
1913
1912 8:36.8 Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)
Quality Performances
Sum <8:10 <8:05 <8:00 <7:55 <7:50 <7:45 <7:40 <7:35 <7:30 <7:25
2007 1426 415 335 241 173 130 77 40 12 3
2006 1622 479 373 282 190 132 87 53 22 4
2005 1655 484 384 290 203 147 94 38 11 4
2004 1120 356 261 197 142 88 48 21 5 2
2003 1279 421 306 237 157 99 39 15 5
2002 1479 451 359 265 190 112 64 37 1
2001 1525 462 352 270 178 124 78 43 18
2000 1371 422 325 244 156 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 1868 494 418 331 234 169 119 71 25 6 1
1998 1767 445 384 328 242 163 104 64 28 9
1997 1190 293 264 223 173 104 63 44 25 1
1996 1448 335 305 271 224 142 81 54 27 8 1
1995 1059 251 231 194 149 107 68 46 9 4
1994 563 129 118 105 87 68 36 15 4 1
1993 797 196 176 158 117 85 46 16 2 1
1992 626 160 141 127 98 59 29 8 3 1
1991 596 154 129 121 93 65 26 6 2
1990 776 217 188 159 121 69 18 4
1989 1061 270 246 211 166 113 44 8 2 1
1988 593 167 152 124 90 49 10 1
1987 574 170 151 119 78 44 12
1986 402 90 88 84 75 45 14 4 2
1985 622 170 152 132 100 55 9 3 1
1984 499 130 122 101 86 51 7 1 1
1983 569 156 138 114 83 57 17 4
1982 454 123 109 87 67 42 19 5 2
1981 315 91 80 64 52 21 5 2
1980 311 83 73 65 57 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 475 143 120 88 73 34 15 2
1978 498 135 123 98 81 44 15 1 1
1977 520 150 137 108 74 39 12
1976 245 71 63 55 39 14 3
1975 184 63 52 39 26 4
1974 278 92 76 56 30 14 9 1
1973 151 67 44 24 8 6 2
1972 131 47 33 21 18 8 3 1
1971 160 66 53 28 10 1 1 1
1970 143 63 48 23 7 2
1969 157 70 58 23 5 1
1968 126 56 45 21 2 2
1967 134 53 51 22 6 2
1966 149 68 49 24 8
1965 142 68 46 16 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 37 19 10 6 2
1955 12 7 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 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 Cacchi (ITA) 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 Quality Performances
Sum <9:30 <9:20 <9:10 <9:00 <8:50 <8:40 <8:30 <8:20 <8:10
2007 591 222 152 105 65 30 13 4
2006 1037 378 284 188 112 56 15 4
2005 902 323 246 162 101 48 20 2
2004 880 340 267 146 89 30 8
2003 813 305 223 141 82 44 18
2002 1003 343 267 181 118 58 30 6
2001 1017 314 256 204 121 71 37 14
2000 1164 421 287 205 135 80 31 5
Sum <9:30 <9:20 <9:10 <9:00 <8:50 <8:40 <8:30 <8:20 <8:10
1999 1163 380 275 216 141 95 42 14
1998 623 243 159 107 68 31 10 5
1997 489 176 126 92 58 24 12 1
1996 470 172 136 86 49 20 7
1995 639 198 176 136 81 42 5 1
1994 855 296 240 172 102 36 7 2
1993 1310 405 345 261 185 63 31 13 6 1
1992 1367 426 368 297 191 78 7
1991 1242 395 338 263 170 68 8
1990 880 293 254 191 108 31 2
1989 682 225 186 142 86 40 3
1988 877 250 219 181 133 78 13 3
1987 1083 331 303 233 147 63 6
1986 719 207 190 160 96 50 16
1985 960 341 261 193 101 48 12 4
1984 934 308 239 174 115 72 24 2
1983 1002 330 275 203 124 51 19
1982 542 152 129 115 88 37 18 3
1981 568 196 154 121 67 27 3
1980 464 143 130 98 61 26 6
Sum <9:30 <9:20 <9:10 <9:00 <8:50 <8:40 <8:30 <8:20 <8:10
1979 467 159 140 89 50 23 6
1978 417 138 115 85 45 28 6
1977 270 112 81 50 19 7 1
1976 130 46 39 27 11 5 1 1
1975 143 60 47 25 10 1
1974 139 64 49 20 6
1973 84 46 25 10 3
1972 22 10 6 4 2
1971 1 1
Last Updated on 31 Dec 2007