Yearly Ranking Leaders- 3000 meters Outdoor Track
Men (quality performances)
2016 7:28:19 Yomif Kejelcha Atomsa (ETH) 27 Aug Saint Denis FRA
2015 7:34.66 Mohamed Farah (ENG) 24 Jul London ENG
2014 7:31.66 Caleb Ndiku Mwangangi (KEN) 17 Jun Ostrava CZE
2013 7:30:36 Hagos Gebrehiwit (ETH) 10 May Doha QAT
2012 7:30.42 Augustine Choge (KEN) 11 May Doha QAT
2011 7:27.26 Yenew Alamirew (ETH) 06 May Doha QAT
2010 7:28.60 Tariku Bekele (ETH) 29 Aug Rieti ITA
2009 7:28.37 Eliud Kipchoge-3 08 May Doha QAT
2008 7:31.83 Edwin Soi (KEN) 07 Sep Rieti ITA
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-3 11 Aug Stockholm SWE
1943 8:13.0^ Gunder Hagg-2 07 Aug Cincinnati OH USA
1942 8:01.2 Gunder Hagg (SWE) 28 Aug Stockholm SWE
1941 8:16.6 Bror Hellstrom (SWE) 22 Jul Malmo SWE
1940 8:09.0 Henry Kalarne-4 14 Aug Stockholm SWE
1939 8:15.4 Henry Kalarne-3 02 Aug Helsinki FIN
1938 8:18.6 Henry Kalarne-2 15 Jul Stockholm SWE
1937 8:15.8 Henry Kalarne (SWE) 18 Aug Helsinki FIN
1936 8:14.8 Gunnar Höckert (GER) 16 Sep Stockholm SWE
1935 8:22.8 Ilmari Salaminen (FIN) 01 Sep Helsinki FIN
1934 8:18.3 Henry Nielsen (DEN) 24 Jul Stockholm SWE
1933 8:19.5 Lauri Lehtinen (FIN) 21 Jun Helsinki FIN
1932 8:18.8 Janusz Kusocinski (POL) 19 Jun Antwerp BEL
1931 8:24.2^ Lauri Lehtinen (FIN) 24 Jul Helsinki FIN
1930 8:24.8 Eino Purje (FIN) 28 Aug Helsinki FIN
1929 8:36.4 Leo Lermond (USA) 09 Aug Stockholm SWE
1928 8:29.6 Paavo Nurmi (FIN) 11 Sep Dusseldorf GER
1927 8:24.6 Nils Eklof (SWE) 28 Aug Finspang SWE
1926 8:20.4 Paavo Nurmi-5 13 Jul Stockholm SWE
1925 8:27.6 Edvin Wide (SWE) 07 Jun Halmstad SWE
1924 8:32.0 Paavo Nurmi-4 13 Jul Colombes FRA
1923 8:27.8 Paavo Nurmi-3 17 Sep Copenhagen DEN
1922 8:28.6 Paavo Nurmi-2 27 Aug Turku FIN
1921 8:37.5^ Paavo Nurmi (FIN) 11 Jul Stockholm SWE
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1918 8:33.2 John Zander (SWE)
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1912 8:36.8 Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)
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Women (quality performances)
2016 8:23.11 Almaz Ayana Eba-2 06 May Doha QAT
2015 8:22.22 Almaz Ayana Eba (ETH) 14 Jun Rabat MAR
2014 8:20.68 Hellen Obiri Onsando (KEN) 09 May Doha QAT
2013 8:30.29 Meseret Defar-4 22 Aug Stockholm SWE
2012 8:34.47 Mariem Selsouli (MAR) 02 Jun Eugene OR USA
2011 8:46.84 Viola Chelegat (KEN) 05 Jun Rabat MAR
2010 8:28.41 Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH) 22 Jul Monte Carlo MON
2009 8:30.15 Meseret Defar-3 13 Sep Thessaloniki GRE
2008 8:33.66 Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 31 Aug Gateshead ENG
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 (Pigni) Cacchi-2 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
1970
1969 9:38.0^ Paola (Cacchi) Pigni (ITA) 02 Sep Milan ITA
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1967
1966 9:44.0^ Roberta Picco (CAN) 23 Jul Dion Mills ON CAN
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Last Updated on 03 Sep 2016
Contributor: Andy Milroy (19)