Women's 3000 metres world record progression
The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 3,000 metres.
Outdoor
The first record officially recognised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF) was set on 6 July 1974 by Lyudmila Bragina from the Soviet Union.
As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified nine world records in the outdoor event.[1]
Pre-IAAF, to 1974
| Time | Athlete | Date | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:44.4 |  Ana Cicanei (ROM)
|
1927 | — |
| 10:56.0 |  Phyllis Perkins (GBR)
|
22 May 1954 | London, United Kingdom |
| 10:55.2 | Phyllis Perkins (GBR)
|
25 June 1955 | London, United Kingdom |
| 10:25.8 | Leila Buckland (GBR)
|
27 August 1955 | London, United Kingdom |
| 10:16.2 | June Bridgland (GBR)
|
25 August 1956 | London, United Kingdom |
| 10:16.0 | Phyllis Perkins (GBR)
|
27 October 1956 | London, United Kingdom |
| 9:44.0 |  Roberta Picco (CAN)
|
23 July 1966 | Don Mills, Canada |
| 9:42.8 |  Paola Pigni (ITA)
|
11 May 1969 | Formia, Italy |
| 9:38.0 | Paola Pigni (ITA)
|
2 September 1969 | Milan, Italy |
| 9:26.9 |  Doris Brown (USA)
|
10 July 1971 | Bakersfield, United States |
| 9:23.4 | Joyce Smith (GBR)
|
16 July 1971 | London, United Kingdom |
| 9:09.2 | Paola Pigni (ITA)
|
11 May 1972 | Formia, Italy |
| 8:53.0 |  Lyudmila Bragina (URS)
|
12 August 1972 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
IAAF era, from 1974
| Time | Athlete | Date | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:52.8* | Lyudmila Bragina (URS)
|
6 July 1974[1] | Durham, United States |
| 8:46.6 |  Grete Andersen-Waitz (NOR)
|
24 June 1975[1] | Oslo, Norway |
| 8:45.4 | Grete Waitz (NOR)
|
21 June 1976[1] | Oslo, Norway |
| 8:27.2* | Lyudmila Bragina (URS)
|
7 August 1976[1] | College Park, United States |
| 8:26.78 | Svetlana Ulmasova (URS)
|
25 July 1982[1] | Kiev, Soviet Union |
| 8:22.62 | Tatyana Kazankina (URS)
|
26 August 1984[1] | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| 8:22.06 |  Zhang Linli (CHN)
|
12 September 1993[1] | Beijing, PR China |
| 8:12.19 | Wang Junxia (CHN)
|
12 September 1993[1] | Beijing, PR China |
| 8:06.11 | Wang Junxia (CHN)
|
13 September 1993[1] | Beijing, PR China |
* - indicates ratified time. Auto times for Bragina's 8:52.8 and 8:27.2 were 8:52.74 and 8:27.12 respectively.
Indoor
World Athletics has ratified seven short track world records for the women's 3000 metres.[2]
| Time | Athlete | Date | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:39.79 | Zola Budd (GBR)
|
8 February 1986 | Cosford |
| 8:33.82 |  Elly van Hulst (NED)
|
4 March 1989 | Budapest |
| 8:32.88 | Gabriela Szabo (ROU)
|
18 February 2001 | Birmingham |
| 8:29.15 |  Berhane Adere (ETH)
|
3 February 2002 | Stuttgart |
| 8:27.86 |  Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)
|
17 February 2006 | Moscow |
| 8:23.72 | Meseret Defar (ETH)
|
3 February 2007 | Stuttgart |
| 8:16.60 | Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)
|
6 February 2014 | Stockholm |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 642. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
- ^ "World Athletics |". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2025-02-25.