Women's 3000 metres world record progression

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The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 3,000 metres .

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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

TimeAthleteDatePlace
14:44.4Flag of Romania.svg  Ana Cicanei  (ROM)1927—
10:56.0Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Phyllis Perkins  (GBR)22 May 1954 London, United Kingdom
10:55.2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Phyllis Perkins  (GBR)25 June 1955 London, United Kingdom
10:25.8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Leila Buckland  (GBR)27 August 1955 London, United Kingdom
10:16.2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  June Bridgland  (GBR)25 August 1956 London, United Kingdom
10:16.0Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Phyllis Perkins  (GBR)27 October 1956 London, United Kingdom
9:44.0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Roberta Picco  (CAN)23 July 1966 Don Mills, Canada
9:42.8Flag of Italy.svg  Paola Pigni  (ITA)11 May 1969 Formia, Italy
9:38.0Flag of Italy.svg  Paola Pigni  (ITA)2 September 1969 Milan, Italy
9:26.9Flag of the United States.svg  Doris Brown  (USA)10 July 1971 Bakersfield, United States
9:23.4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Joyce Smith  (GBR)16 July 1971 London, United Kingdom
9:09.2Flag of Italy.svg  Paola Pigni  (ITA)11 May 1972 Formia, Italy
8:53.0Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lyudmila Bragina  (URS)12 August 1972 Moscow, Soviet Union

IAAF era, from 1974

TimeAthleteDatePlace
8:52.8*Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lyudmila Bragina  (URS)6 July 1974 [1] Durham, United States
8:46.6Flag of Norway.svg  Grete Andersen-Waitz  (NOR)24 June 1975 [1] Oslo, Norway
8:45.4Flag of Norway.svg  Grete Waitz  (NOR)21 June 1976 [1] Oslo, Norway
8:27.2*Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lyudmila Bragina  (URS)7 August 1976 [1] College Park, United States
8:26.78Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Svetlana Ulmasova  (URS)25 July 1982 [1] Kiev, Soviet Union
8:22.62Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tatyana Kazankina  (URS)26 August 1984 [1] Leningrad, Soviet Union
8:22.06Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Linli  (CHN)12 September 1993 [1] Beijing, PR China
8:12.19Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Junxia  (CHN)12 September 1993 [1] Beijing, PR China
8:06.11Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  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]

TimeAthleteDatePlace
8:39.79Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Zola Budd  (GBR)8 February 1986 Cosford
8:33.82Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Elly van Hulst  (NED)4 March 1989 Budapest
8:32.88Flag of Romania.svg  Gabriela Szabo  (ROU)18 February 2001 Birmingham
8:29.15Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Berhane Adere  (ETH)3 February 2002 Stuttgart
8:27.86Flag of Russia.svg  Liliya Shobukhova  (RUS)17 February 2006 Moscow
8:23.72Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Meseret Defar  (ETH)3 February 2007 Stuttgart
8:16.60Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Genzebe Dibaba  (ETH)6 February 2014 Stockholm

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "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.
  2. ↑ "World Athletics |". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
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