Men · World record

3000 Metres Steeplechase

The current record and its documented progression: 50 ratified records from 1914 to 2023.

Current record

7:52.11

Lamecha GirmaETHParis · 9 Jun 2023

3 years standing1.52 s improvementAll-time top 25 →

Record progression

Each step is a documented record; red marks the fully automatic timing era

1914 · 9.49 Josef Ternström1923 · 9.36 Ernesto Ambrosini1924 · 9.33 Paul Bontemps1925 · 9.31 Félix Roman1928 · 9.25 Toivo Loukola1928 · 9.21 Toivo Loukola1932 · 9.14 Joseph McCluskey1933 · 9.09 Volmari Iso-Hollo1936 · 9.08 Harold Manning1936 · 9.03 Volmari Iso-Hollo1943 · 9.03 Erik Elmsäter1944 · 8.59 Erik Elmsäter1951 · 8.49 Vladimir Kazantsev1952 · 8.48 Vladimir Kazantsev1952 · 8.45 Horace Ashenfelter1953 · 8.44 Olavi Rinteenpää1954 · 8:49.6 Sándor Rozsnyói1955 · 8:47.8 Pentti Karvonen1955 · 8:45.4 Pentti Karvonen1955 · 8:45.4 Vasiliy Vlasenko1955 · 8:41.2 Jerzy Chromik1955 · 8:40.2 Jerzy Chromik1956 · 8:39.8 Semyon Rzhishchin1956 · 8:35.6 Sándor Rozsnyói1958 · 8:35.6 Semyon Rzhishchin1958 · 8:32.0 Jerzy Chromik1960 · 8:31.4 Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak1961 · 8:31.2 Grigoriy Taran1961 · 8:30.4 Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak1963 · 8:29.6 Gaston Roelants1965 · 8:26.4 Gaston Roelants1968 · 8:24.2 Jouko Kuha1969 · 8:22.2 Vladimir Dudin1970 · 8:22.0 Kerry O'Brien1972 · 8:20.8 Anders Gärderud1973 · 8:20.8 Ben Jipcho1973 · 8:19.8 Ben Jipcho1973 · 8:14.0 Ben Jipcho1975 · 8:10.4 Anders Gärderud1975 · 8:09.8 Anders Gärderud1976 · 8:08.0 Anders Gärderud1978 · 8:05.4 Henry Rono1989 · 8:05.35 Peter Koech1992 · 8:02.08 Moses Kiptanui1995 · 7:59.18 Moses Kiptanui1997 · 7:59.08 Wilson Boit Kipketer1997 · 7:55.72 Bernard Barmasai2001 · 7:55.28 Brahim Boulami2004 · 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen2023 · 7:52.11 Lamecha Girma 8.448:49.60

19141951 · Kazantsev 8.491958 · Chromik 8:32.01973 · Jipcho 8:14.02023 · Girma 7:52.11

Documented records

50 ratified · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1358563914, imported 2 Sep 2026

MarkAthleteNationVenueDateStood
8:05.4 Henry Rono KEN Seattle 13 May 1978 11 yrs
8:08.0 Anders Gärderud SWE Montreal 28 Jul 1976 1 yr
8:09.8 Anders Gärderud SWE Stockholm 1 Jul 1975 1 yr
8:10.4 Anders Gärderud SWE Oslo 25 Jun 1975 6 d
8:14.0 Ben Jipcho KEN Helsinki 27 Jun 1973 1 yr
8:19.8 Ben Jipcho KEN Helsinki 19 Jun 1973 8 d
8:20.8 Ben Jipcho KEN Lagos 15 Jan 1973 155 d
8:20.8 Anders Gärderud SWE Helsinki 14 Sep 1972 123 d
8:22.0 Kerry O'Brien AUS Berlin 4 Jul 1970 2 yrs
8:22.2 Vladimir Dudin URS Kyiv 19 Aug 1969 319 d
8:24.2 Jouko Kuha FIN Stockholm 17 Jul 1968 1 yr
8:26.4 Gaston Roelants BEL Leuven 7 Aug 1965 2 yrs
8:29.6 Gaston Roelants BEL Leuven 7 Sep 1963 1 yr
8:30.4 Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak POL Wałcz 10 Aug 1961 2 yrs
8:31.2 Grigoriy Taran URS Kyiv 28 May 1961 74 d
8:31.4 Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak POL Tula 26 Jun 1960 336 d
8:32.0 Jerzy Chromik POL Warsaw 2 Aug 1958 1 yr
8:35.6 Semyon Rzhishchin URS Tallinn 21 Jul 1958 12 d
8:35.6 Sándor Rozsnyói HUN Budapest 16 Sep 1956 1 yr
8:39.8 Semyon Rzhishchin URS Moscow 14 Aug 1956 33 d

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