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Top mark
8:58.58
🇪🇹 Meseret Defar
Bruxelles · 2007-09-14
10th-place mark
9:13.48
gap: +14.90
100th-place mark
9:52.30
gap: +53.72
Median age, top 100
25.6 yrs
Distinct athletes
156
176 canonical perfs
Years contested
1971–2025
6 historical WRs
World-record progression 6 world records since 1971

Canonical list: main list. Lower mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 24 years

The single best canonical mark for each year. Hover a dot for the holder.

Entries per year depth growth on the all-time list
1971: 1 performance1972: 1 performance1974: 1 performance1978: 1 performance1985: 1 performance1987: 2 performances1996: 2 performances1997: 5 performances1998: 13 performances1999: 7 performances2002: 7 performances2004: 1 performance2006: 1 performance2007: 17 performances2014: 29 performances2015: 4 performances2016: 3 performances2017: 5 performances2018: 12 performances2021: 13 performances2022: 21 performances2023: 16 performances2024: 9 performances2025: 4 performances1980199020002010202002919712025
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1970s 9:44.2 🇺🇸 Francie Larrieu-Smith 1972-08-01
  2. 1980s 9:29.6+ 🇬🇧 Zola Pieterse 1985-08-26
  3. 1990s 9:19.56 🇮🇪 Sonia O'Sullivan 1998-06-27
  4. 2000s 8:58.58 🇪🇹 Meseret Defar 2007-09-14
  5. 2010s 9:11.49 🇰🇪 Mercy Cherono 2014-08-24
  6. 2020s 8:59.08 🇧🇮 Francine Niyonsaba 2022-05-27
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. 🇺🇸 USA 37
  2. 🇰🇪 KEN 16
  3. 🇬🇧 GBR 9
  4. 🇪🇹 ETH 7
  5. 🇮🇹 ITA 5
  6. 🇧🇳 BRN 3
  7. 🇮🇪 IRL 2
  8. 🇦🇺 AUS 2
Most prolific (top 100) athletes with the most appearances
  1. 🇰🇪 Viola Kibiwott 3
  2. 🇩🇪 Konstanze Klosterhalfen 2
  3. 🇺🇸 Amy Rudolph 2
  4. 🇵🇱 Renata Plis 2
  5. 🇰🇪 Betsy Saina 2
  6. 🇺🇸 Jane Hedengren 2
  7. 🇧🇮 Francine Niyonsaba 2
  8. 🇧🇳 Maryam Yusuf Jamal 2
Mark vs age 167 points