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 50 →

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
7:52.11 Lamecha Girma ETH Paris 9 Jun 2023 3 yrs
7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen1 QAT Brussels 3 Sep 2004 18 yrs
7:55.28 Brahim Boulami MAR Brussels 24 Aug 2001 3 yrs
7:55.72 Bernard Barmasai KEN Cologne 24 Aug 1997 4 yrs
7:59.08 Wilson Boit Kipketer KEN Zürich 13 Aug 1997 11 d
7:59.18 Moses Kiptanui KEN Zürich 16 Aug 1995 1 yr
8:02.08 Moses Kiptanui KEN Zürich 19 Aug 1992 2 yrs
8:05.35 Peter Koech KEN Stockholm 3 Jul 1989 3 yrs
8.44 Olavi Rinteenpää FIN Helsinki 2 Jul 1953 1 yr
8.45 Horace Ashenfelter USA Helsinki 25 Jul 1952 342 d
8.48 Vladimir Kazantsev URS Kiev 12 Jun 1952 43 d
8.49 Vladimir Kazantsev URS Moscow 10 Jul 1951 338 d
8.59 Erik Elmsäter SWE Stockholm 4 Aug 1944 6 yrs
9.03 Erik Elmsäter SWE Ostersund 22 Aug 1943 348 d
9.03 Volmari Iso-Hollo FIN Berlin 8 Aug 1936 7 yrs
9.08 Harold Manning USA New York City 12 Jul 1936 27 d
9.09 Volmari Iso-Hollo FIN Lahti 28 May 1933 3 yrs
9.14 Joseph McCluskey USA Stanford 16 Jul 1932 316 d
9.21 Toivo Loukola FIN Amsterdam 4 Aug 1928 3 yrs
9.25 Toivo Loukola FIN Helsinki 9 Jul 1928 26 d

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