AthleticsAthletics world record
3000 m steeplechase, women
8 min 44.32 s
- Holder
- Beatrice Chepkoech
- Date
- Place
- Monaco
- Standing since
- 2018 (8 years)
How the record evolved
The last record set in each decade, up to the current record (highlighted).
| Year | Record | Holder |
|---|---|---|
| 8 min 44.32 s | Beatrice Chepkoech | |
| 8 min 52.78 s | Ruth Jebet (BHR) | |
| 8 min 58.81 s | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS) | |
| 9 min 48.88 s | Yelena Motalova (RUS) |
Put them in order
Sort these records from the oldest to the most recent.
- 8 min 52.78 sRuth Jebet (BHR)
- 9 min 48.88 sYelena Motalova (RUS)
- 8 min 58.81 sGulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS)
- 8 min 44.32 sBeatrice Chepkoech
What to remember
At the Herculis meeting in Monaco, on July 20, 2018, Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech ran the 3000 m steeplechase in 8 min 44.32 s. With that time she became the first woman to go under 8:50, and under 8:45, in this obstacle race named after the steeplechase of horse racing.
The women's record is a young one. In 1999 Yelena Motalova held it with 9 min 48.88 s; in 2008 Gulnara Samitova-Galkina was down to 8 min 58.81 s, and in 2016 Ruth Jebet clocked 8 min 52.78 s. Between the 1999 mark and the 2018 one, the time dropped by 11%, in 19 years. Over the whole race, Chepkoech averaged 20.598 km/h.
Also a 1500 m runner, Chepkoech was world steeplechase champion in 2019 and African champion in 2018, and took world silver in 2023. She also won the steeplechase Diamond League title twice.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of world records in athletics” (revision used 1378411308). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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