3000 metres women legal analytics

3000 metres table View source
Top mark
8:06.11
🇨🇳 Wang Junxia
Beijing · 1993-09-13
10th-place mark
8:19.52
gap: +13.41
100th-place mark
8:27.02
gap: +20.91
Median age, top 100
25.2 yrs
Distinct athletes
378
1491 canonical perfs
Years contested
1976–2025
5 historical WRs
World-record progression 5 world records since 1976

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

Best mark per year 50 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
1976: 2 performances1977: 2 performances1978: 14 performances1979: 12 performances1980: 14 performances1981: 9 performances1982: 28 performances1983: 25 performances1984: 56 performances1985: 22 performances1986: 27 performances1987: 25 performances1988: 44 performances1989: 19 performances1990: 9 performances1991: 32 performances1992: 40 performances1993: 57 performances1994: 16 performances1995: 22 performances1996: 12 performances1997: 18 performances1998: 19 performances1999: 67 performances2000: 52 performances2001: 59 performances2002: 44 performances2003: 29 performances2004: 23 performances2005: 33 performances2006: 45 performances2007: 32 performances2008: 20 performances2009: 16 performances2010: 34 performances2011: 1 performance2012: 20 performances2013: 21 performances2014: 43 performances2015: 21 performances2016: 26 performances2017: 28 performances2018: 41 performances2019: 29 performances2020: 18 performances2021: 35 performances2022: 49 performances2023: 64 performances2024: 48 performances2025: 69 performances1980199020002010202006919762025
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1970s 8:27.12 🇷🇺 Lyudmila Bragina 1976-08-07
  2. 1980s 8:22.62 🇷🇺 Tatyana Kazankina 1984-08-26
  3. 1990s 8:06.11 🇨🇳 Wang Junxia 1993-09-13
  4. 2000s 8:21.42 🇷🇴 Gabriela Szabo 2002-07-19
  5. 2010s 8:18.49 🇳🇱 Sifan Hassan 2019-06-30
  6. 2020s 8:07.04 🇰🇪 Faith Kipyegon 2025-08-16
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. 🇪🇹 ETH 25
  2. 🇰🇪 KEN 24
  3. 🇨🇳 CHN 10
  4. 🇷🇴 ROU 9
  5. 🇷🇺 RUS 8
  6. 🇬🇧 GBR 4
  7. 🇧🇮 BDI 4
  8. 🇺🇸 USA 3
Most prolific (top 100) athletes with the most appearances
  1. 🇷🇴 Gabriela Szabo 9
  2. 🇰🇪 Helen Obiri 5
  3. 🇰🇪 Beatrice Chebet 4
  4. 🇧🇮 Francine Niyonsaba 4
  5. 🇪🇹 Almaz Ayana 4
  6. 🇪🇹 Genzebe Dibaba 4
  7. 🇷🇺 Olga Yegorova 3
  8. 🇲🇦 Zahra Ouaziz 3
Mark vs age 800 points