The official world records in the 3000 metres steeplechase are held by Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia at 7:52.11 minutes for men and Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya at 8:44.32 for women.
Although the event had been run for decades and was first contested at the 1920 Olympics, the event was not standardized until 1954, with a requirement for athletes to jump a total of 28 barriers of height 91.1 cm to 91.7 cm, and width 3.66 m (4 hurdle barriers per lap), and jump seven water barriers 3.66 m long and wide with a 91 cm hurdle (1 water barrier per lap). The first 3000 m steeplechase world record to be ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was a run of 8:49.6 minutes by Hungarian Sándor Rozsnyói in 1954.
Before standardization, Sweden's Josef Ternström was the first to complete the event in under ten minutes with his time of 9:49.8 minutes in 1914. When he did it, one of the barriers included a stone wall, and the 500-metre course was a figure-eight. Another Swede, Erik Elmsäter, was the first to dip under nine minutes, in 1944.Main > Men, 3000 m Steeplechase > World Records Progression . Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-01-18. The first person to run the steeplechase in under eight minutes was Moses Kiptanui of Kenya, who ran it in 7:59.18 on 16 August 1995, in Zürich, Switzerland.
The women's 3000 m steeplechase was recognized as an official world record event , recognizing Yelena Motalova's time of 9:48.88 from 1999 as the inaugural record. It was first contested at a World Championships in Athletics in 2005 and made its Olympic debut in 2008. The first sub-10 minute steeplechase was achieved by Romania's Daniela Petrescu in 1998 with a time of 9:55.28 minutes, but this was before the event was recognized by the IAAF.3000h World records . Apulanta. Retrieved on 2014-01-18. The first sub-nine minute steeplechase for women was by Gulnara Galkina of Russia in 2008 with a clocking of 8:58.81.
On 16 August 2002, Brahim Boulami of Morocco ran 7:53.17 but the performance was not ratified as a record as Boulami tested positive for EPO, a banned substance.Boulami banned after IAAF's appeal . CNN (2013-11-19). Retrieved on 2014-01-18.
Men
Ratified Not ratified Ratified but later rescinded Pending ratification
TimeAutoAthleteLocationDate 9.49.8 Malmö 1914-07-04 9.36.0 Paris 1923-06-09 9.33.4 Paris 1924-06-09 9.31.2 Marseille 1925-06-07 9.25.2 Helsinki 1928-07-09 9.21.8 Amsterdam 1928-08-04 9.14.5 Stanford 1932-07-16 9.09.4 Lahti 1933-05-28 9.08.2 New York City 1936-07-12 9.03.8 Berlin 1936-08-08 9.03.4 Ostersund 1943-08-22 8.59.6 Stockholm 1944-08-04 8.49.8 Moscow 1951-07-10 8.48.6 Kiev 1952-06-12 8.45.4 Helsinki 1952-07-25 8.44.4 Helsinki 1953-07-02 8:49.6 Bern 1954-08-28 8:47.8 Helsinki 1955-07-01 8:45.4 Oslo 1955-07-15 8:45.4 Moscow 1955-08-18 8:41.2 Brno 1955-08-31 8:40.2 Budapest 1955-09-11 8:39.8 Moscow 1956-08-14 8:35.6 Budapest 1956-09-16 8:35.6 Tallinn 1958-07-21 8:32.0 Warsaw 1958-08-02 8:31.4 Tula 1960-06-26 8:31.2 Kyiv 1961-05-28 8:30.4 Wałcz 1961-08-10 8:29.6 Leuven 1963-09-07 8:26.4 Leuven 1965-08-07 8:24.2 Stockholm 1968-07-17 8:22.2 Kyiv 1969-08-19 8:22.0 8:21.98 Berlin 1970-07-04 8:20.8 Helsinki 1972-09-14 8:20.8 Lagos 1973-01-15 8:19.8 Helsinki 1973-06-19 8:14.0 8:13.91 Helsinki 1973-06-27 8:10.4 Oslo 1975-06-25 8:09.8 8:09.70 Stockholm 1975-07-01 8:08.0 8:08.02 Montreal 1976-07-28 8:05.4 Seattle 1978-05-13 8:05.35 Stockholm 1989-07-03 8:02.08 Zürich 1992-08-19 7:59.18 Zürich 1995-08-16 7:59.08 Zürich 1997-08-13 7:55.72 Cologne 1997-08-24 7:55.28 Brussels 2001-08-24 7:53.63 Brussels 2004-09-03 7:52.11 Paris 2023-06-09
Auto times to the hundredth of a second were accepted by the IAAF for events up to and including 10,000 m from 1981.
Until 2002 Saif Saaeed Shaheen was known as Stephen Cherono, and represented Kenya.
Women
Pre-IAAF recognition TimeAthleteLocationDate 10:34.5 Walnut 1996-04-20 10:30.2 Los Angeles 1996-05-17 10:23.47 Atlanta 1996-06-23 10:19.6 Walnut 1998-04-18 9:55.28 Bucharest 1998-06-21 9:48.88 Tula 1999-07-31 9:43.64 Bucharest 2000-08-07 9:40.20 Reims 2000-08-30
IAAF ratified
TimeAthleteLocationDate 9:48.88 Tula 1999-07-31 9:43.64 Bucharest 2000-08-07 9:40.20 Reims 2000-08-30 9:25.31 Nice 2001-07-09 9:22.29 Milan 2002-06-05 9:21.72 Ostrava 2002-06-12 9:16.51 Gdańsk 2002-07-27 9:08.33 Tula 2003-08-10 9:01.59 Iraklio 2004-07-04 8:58.81 Beijing 2008-08-17 8:52.78 Paris 2016-08-27 8:44.32 Monaco 2018-07-20
References
External links 3000m Steeplechase All Time List from the IAAF