Women's 3000 metres world record progression
The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 3,000 metres.
Outdoor
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.