The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.

Athletics
3000 metres
A women's indoor 3000 m race in Birmingham featuring Sentayehu Ejigu and Tirunesh Dibaba.
World records
Men Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 7:17.55 (2024)
Women Wang Junxia (CHN) 8:06.11 (1993)
Short track world records
Men Lamecha Girma (ETH) 7:23.81 (2023)
Women Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 8:16.60 (2014)
World junior (U20) records
Men Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) 7:28.19 (2016)
Women Zola Budd (GBR) 8:28.83 (1985)

It is debated whether the 3000m should be classified as a middle-distance or long-distance event.[1] In elite-level competition, 3000 m pace is more comparable to the pace found in the longer 5000 metres event, rather than mile pace. The men's world record performance for 3000 m equates to a pace of 58.34 seconds per 400 m, which is closer to the 60.43 seconds for 5000 m than the 55.46 seconds for the mile. However, the 3000 m does require some anaerobic conditioning, and an elite athlete needs to develop a high tolerance to lactic acid, as does the mile runner. Thus, the 3000 m demands a balance of aerobic endurance needed for the 5000 m and lactic acid tolerance needed for the Mile.

In men's athletics, 3000 metres has been an Olympic discipline only as a team race at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. It has not been contested at any of the IAAF outdoor championships, but it is occasionally hosted at annual elite track and field meetings. It is often featured in indoor track and field programmes and is the longest-distance event present at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.

In women's athletics, 3000 metres was a standard event in the Olympic Games (1984 to 1992)[2] and World Championships (1980 to 1993).[3] The event was discontinued at World Championship and Olympic level after the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, with Qu Yunxia being the final gold medal winner at the event. Starting with the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 1996 Olympic Games, it was replaced by 5000 metres, with other IAAF-organized championships following suit.

Skilled runners in this event reach speeds near vVO2max, for which the oxygen requirements of the body cannot continuously be satisfied,[4] requiring some anaerobic effort.[further explanation needed]

Records

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World records

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  • Updated 25 August 2024. Source: World Athletics[5]
Division Time Athlete Nation Date Place
Men 7:17.55 Jakob Ingebrigtsen   Norway 25 August 2024 Chorzów
Women 8:06.11 Wang Junxia   China 13 September 1993 Beijing

Short track world records

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  • Updated 15 February 2023. Source: World Athletics[5]
Division Time Athlete Nation Date Place
Men 7:23.81 Lamecha Girma   Ethiopia 15 February 2023 Liévin
Women 8:16.60 Genzene Dibaba   Ethiopia 6 February 2014 Stockholm

Continental records

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  • Updated 25 August 2024. Source: World Athletics[6]
  • Sh = Short Track
Area Men Women
Time Athlete Nationality Time Athlete Nationality
African 7:20.67 Daniel Komen   Kenya 8:16.60 (WR Sh) Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia
Asian 7:30.76 Jamal Bilal Salem   Qatar 8:06.11 WR Wang Junxia   China
European 7:17.55 WR Jakob Ingebrigtsen   Norway 8:18.49 Sifan Hassan   Netherlands
North, Central American and Caribbean 7:25.47 Grant Fisher   United States 8:20.87 (Sh) Elle St. Pierre   United States
Oceanian 7:28.02 Stewart McSweyn   Australia 8:24.20 Georgia Griffith   Australia
South American 7:37.15 Santiago Catrofe   Uruguay 8:43.26 Joselyn Daniely Brea   Venezuela

All-time top 25

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Outdoor tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 3000m times and the top 25 athletes:
- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 3000m times
- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 3000m times, by repeat athletes
- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 3000m times

Outdoor men

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  • Correct as of August 2024.[7][8]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 7:17.55 Jakob Ingebrigtsen   Norway 25 August 2024 Chorzów [9]
2 2 7:20.67 Daniel Komen   Kenya 1 September 1996 Rieti
3 3 7:21.28 Berihu Aregawi   Ethiopia 25 August 2024 Chorzów [9]
4 4 7:23.09 Hicham El Guerrouj   Morocco 3 September 1999 Brussels
5 7:23.63 Ingebrigtsen #2 17 September 2023 Eugene [10]
5 6 7:23.64 Yomif Kejelcha   Ethiopia 17 September 2023 Eugene [10]
7 7:24.00+[a] Ingebrigtsen #3 9 June 2023 Paris [11][12]
6 8 7:25.02 Ali Saïdi-Sief   Algeria 18 August 2000 Monaco
7 9 7:25.09 Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia 28 August 1998 Brussels
8 10 7:25.11 Noureddine Morceli   Algeria 2 August 1994 Monaco
11 7:25.16 Komen #2 10 August 1996 Monaco
9 12 7:25.47 Grant Fisher   United States 17 September 2023 Eugene [10]
10 13 7:25.48 Telahun Haile Bekele   Ethiopia 17 September 2023 Eugene [10]
14 7:25.54 Gebrselassie #2 8 August 1998 Monaco
11 15 7:25.79 Kenenisa Bekele   Ethiopia 7 August 2007 Stockholm
16 7:25.87 Komen #3 23 August 1996 Brussels
12 17 7:25.93 Thierry Ndikumwenayo   Burundi 10 August 2022 Monaco [13]
18 7:26.02 Gebrselassie #3 22 August 1997 Brussels
19 7:26.03 Gebrselassie #4 10 June 1999 Helsinki
13 20 7:26.18 Lamecha Girma   Ethiopia 5 May 2023 Doha [14]
21 7:26.25 Kejelcha #2 1 July 2021 Oslo [15]
14 22 7:26.28 Selemon Barega   Ethiopia 17 September 2023 Eugene [10]
15 23 7:26.62 Mohammed Mourhit   Belgium 18 August 2000 Monaco
16 24 7:26.64 Jacob Kiplimo   Uganda 17 September 2020 Rome [16]
25 7:26.69 Bekele #2 15 July 2007 Sheffield
17 7:27.18 Moses Kiptanui   Kenya 25 July 1995 Monaco
18 7:27.26 Yenew Alamirew   Ethiopia 6 May 2011 Doha
19 7:27.55 Edwin Soi   Kenya 6 May 2011 Doha
20 7:27.59 Luke Kipkosgei   Kenya 8 August 1998 Monaco
21 7:27.64 Mohamed Katir   Spain 13 July 2021 London [17]
22 7:27.66 Eliud Kipchoge   Kenya 6 May 2011 Doha
23 7:27.68 Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu   Switzerland 20 July 2024 London [18]
24 7:27.75 Tom Nyariki   Kenya 10 August 1996 Monaco
25 7:28.02 Stewart McSweyn   Australia 17 September 2020 Rome [16]

Notes

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  1. ^ by World Athletics source; 7:23.8 by official Race Analysis

Outdoor women

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  • Correct as of August 2023.[19]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 8:06.11 Wang Junxia   China 13 September 1993 Beijing
2 2 8:12.18 Qu Yunxia   China 13 September 1993 Beijing
3 8:12.19 Wang #2 12 September 1993 Beijing
4 8:12.27 Qu #2 12 September 1993 Beijing
3 5 8:16.50 Zhang Linli   China 13 September 1993 Beijing
4 6 8:18.49 Sifan Hassan   Netherlands 30 June 2019 Stanford [20]
5 7 8:19.08 Francine Niyonsaba   Burundi 28 August 2021 Paris [21]
6 8 8:19.52 Ejgayehu Taye   Ethiopia 28 August 2021 Paris [22]
7 9 8:19.78 Ma Liyan   China 12 September 1993 Beijing
8 10 8:20.07 Konstanze Klosterhalfen   Germany 30 June 2019 Stanford [20]
9 11 8:20.27 Letesenbet Gidey   Ethiopia 30 June 2019 Stanford [20]
10 12 8:20.68 Hellen Obiri   Kenya 9 May 2014 Doha
11 13 8:21.14 Mercy Cherono   Kenya 9 May 2014 Doha
14 8:21.26 Ma #2 13 September 1993 Beijing
12 15 8:21.29 Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia 30 June 2019 Stanford [20]
13 16 8:21.42 Gabriela Szabo   Romania 19 July 2002 Monaco
14 17 8:21.50 Diribe Welteji   Ethiopia 22 August 2024 Lausanne [23]
15 18 8:21.53 Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi   Kenya 28 August 2021 Paris [24]
16 19 8:21.64 Sonia O'Sullivan   Ireland 15 July 1994 London
17 20 8:21.84 Zhang Lirong   China 13 September 1993 Beijing
21 8:22.06 Zhang Linli #2 12 September 1993 Beijing
18 22 8:22.20 Paula Radcliffe   Great Britain 19 July 2002 Monaco
19 23 8:22.22 Almaz Ayana   Ethiopia 14 June 2015 Rabat [25]
24 8:22.34 Ayana #2 3 September 2015 Zürich
25 8:22.44 Zhang Lirong #2 12 September 1993 Beijing
20 8:22.62 Tatyana Kazankina   Soviet Union 26 August 1984 Leningrad
21 8:22.92 Agnes Tirop   Kenya 25 September 2020 Doha [26]
8:22.92 Beatrice Chepkoech   Kenya 25 September 2020 Doha [26]
23 8:23.23 Edith Masai   Kenya 19 July 2002 Monaco
24 8:23.26 Olga Yegorova   Russia 17 August 2001 Zürich
25 8:23.48 Janeth Chepngetich   Kenya 22 August 2024 Lausanne [27]

Indoor men

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  • Correct as of December 2024.[28]
Rank Time Athlete Date Place Ref
1 7:23.81   Lamecha Girma (ETH) 15 February 2023 Liévin [29]
2 7:24.68   Mohamed Katir (ESP) 15 February 2023 Liévin [29]
3 7:24.90   Daniel Komen (KEN) 6 February 1998 Liévin
4 7:24.98   Getnet Wale (ETH) 9 February 2021 Liévin [30]
5 7:25.82   Selemon Barega (ETH) 6 February 2024 Toruń [31]
6 7:26.15   Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 25 January 1998 Karlsruhe
7 7:26.20   Berihu Aregawi (ETH) 28 January 2022 Karlsruhe [32]
8 7:27.80   Yenew Alamirew (ETH) 5 February 2011 Stuttgart
9 7:28.00   Augustine Choge (KEN) 5 February 2011 Stuttgart
10 7:28.24   Yared Nuguse (USA) 27 January 2023 Boston [33]
11 7:29.37   Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 5 February 2011 Stuttgart
12 7:29.94   Edwin Soi (KEN) 12 February 2012 Karlsruhe
13 7:30.14+   Josh Kerr (GBR) 11 February 2024 New York City [34]
14 7:30.15   Ethan Strand (USA) 7 December 2024 Boston [35]
15 7:30.16   Galen Rupp (USA) 21 February 2013 Stockholm
16 7:30.23   Parker Wolfe (USA) 7 December 2024 Boston [36]
17 7:30.51   Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 20 February 2007 Stockholm
18 7:30.82   Adel Mechaal (ESP) 6 February 2022 New York City [37]
19 7:30.88+   Grant Fisher (USA) 11 February 2024 New York City [34]
20 7:31.09   Tariku Bekele (ETH) 2 February 2008 Stuttgart
21 7:31.35   Jacob Krop (KEN) 15 February 2023 Liévin [29]
22 7:31.66   Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku (KEN) 21 February 2013 Stockholm
23 7:31.77   Birhanu Balew (BHR) 17 February 2022 Liévin [38]
24 7:31.97   Sam Atkin (GBR) 27 January 2023 Boston [39]
25 7:32.02   Sammy Alex Mutahi (KEN) 10 February 2010 Stockholm

Notes

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Indoor women

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  • Correct as of March 2024.[40]
Rank Time Athlete Date Place Ref
1 8:16.60   Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 6 February 2014 Stockholm
2 8:16.69   Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 25 February 2023 Birmingham [41]
3 8:20.87   Elle St. Pierre (USA) 2 March 2024 Glasgow [42]
4 8:22.68   Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) 2 March 2024 Glasgow [43]
5 8:23.24   Dawit Seyaum (ETH) 17 February 2022 Liévin [38]
6 8:23.72   Meseret Defar (ETH) 3 February 2007 Stuttgart
7 8:23.74   Meselech Melkamu (ETH) 3 February 2007 Stuttgart
8 8:24.39   Jessica Hull (AUS) 2 March 2024 Glasgow [44]
9 8:25.05   Alicia Monson (USA) 11 February 2023 New York City [45]
10 8:25.27   Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH) 6 February 2010 Stuttgart
11 8:25.70   Karissa Schweizer (USA) 27 February 2020 Boston [46]
12 8:26.41   Laura Muir (GBR) 4 February 2017 Karlsruhe [47]
13 8:26.66   Shelby Houlihan (USA) 27 February 2020 Boston [46]
14 8:26.77   Ejgayehu Taye (ETH) 17 February 2022 Liévin [38]
15 8:27.86   Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 17 February 2006 Moscow
16 8:28.46   Hirut Meshesha (ETH) 3 February 2024 Metz [48]
17 8:28.49   Anna Alminova (RUS) 7 February 2009 Stuttgart
18 8:28.71   Colleen Quigley (USA) 27 February 2020 Boston [46]
19 8:29.00   Olesya Syreva (RUS) 17 February 2006 Moscow
20 8:29.15   Berhane Adere (ETH) 3 February 2002 Stuttgart
21 8:29.28   Lemlem Hailu (ETH) 24 February 2021 Madrid [49]
22 8:29.41   Hellen Obiri (KEN) 18 February 2017 Birmingham [50]
23 8:30.13   Whittni Morgan (USA) 11 February 2023 New York City [45]
24 8:30.53   Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 21 February 2009 Birmingham
25 8:30.76   Sifan Hassan (NED) 18 February 2017 Birmingham [51]

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Medalists

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Women's Olympic medalists

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1984 Los Angeles
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Maricica Puică
  Romania
Wendy Smith-Sly
  Great Britain
Lynn Williams
  Canada
1988 Seoul
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Tetyana Samolenko
  Soviet Union
Paula Ivan
  Romania
Yvonne Murray
  Great Britain
1992 Barcelona
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Yelena Romanova
  Unified Team
Tetyana Dorovskikh
  Unified Team
Angela Chalmers
  Canada

Women's World Championships medalists

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Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1980 Sittard
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  Birgit Friedmann (FRG)   Karoline Nemetz (SWE)   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
1983 Helsinki
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  Mary Decker (USA)   Brigitte Kraus (FRG)   Tatyana Kovalenko-Kazankina (URS)
1987 Rome
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  Tetyana Samolenko (URS)   Maricica Puică (ROU)   Ulrike Bruns (GDR)
1991 Tokyo
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  Tetyana Dorovskikh (URS)   Yelena Romanova (URS)   Susan Sirma (KEN)
1993 Stuttgart
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  Qu Yunxia (CHN)   Zhang Linli (CHN)   Zhang Lirong (CHN)

Men's World Indoor Championships medalists

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]   João Campos (POR)   Don Clary (USA)   Ivan Uvizl (TCH)
1987 Indianapolis
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  Frank O'Mara (IRL)   Paul Donovan (IRL)   Terry Brahm (USA)
1989 Budapest
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  Saïd Aouita (MAR)   José Luis González (ESP)   Dieter Baumann (FRG)
1991 Seville
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  Frank O'Mara (IRL)   Hammou Boutayeb (MAR)   Robert Denmark (GBR)
1993 Toronto
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  Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA)   Éric Dubus (FRA)   Enrique Molina (ESP)
1995 Barcelona
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  Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA)   Anacleto Jiménez (ESP)   Brahim Jabbour (MAR)
1997 Paris
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  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)   Paul Bitok (KEN)   Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR)
1999 Maebashi
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  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)   Paul Bitok (KEN)   Million Wolde (ETH)
2001 Lisbon
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  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)   Mohammed Mourhit (BEL)   Alberto García (ESP)
2003 Birmingham
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  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)   Alberto García (ESP)   Luke Kipkosgei (KEN)
2004 Budapest
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  Bernard Lagat (KEN)   Rui Silva (POR)   Markos Geneti (ETH)
2006 Moscow
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  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)   Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT)   Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)
2008 Valencia
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  Tariku Bekele (ETH)   Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN)   Abreham Cherkos (ETH)
2010 Doha
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  Bernard Lagat (USA)   Sergio Sánchez (ESP)   Sammy Alex Mutahi (KEN)
2012 Istanbul
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  Bernard Lagat (USA)   Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN)   Edwin Soi (KEN)
2014 Sopot
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  Caleb Ndiku (KEN)   Bernard Lagat (USA)   Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH)
2016 Portland
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  Yomif Kejelcha (ETH)   Ryan Hill (USA)   Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN)
2018 Birmingham
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  Yomif Kejelcha (ETH)   Selemon Barega (ETH)   Bethwell Birgen (KEN)
2022 Belgrade
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  Selemon Barega (ETH)   Lamecha Girma (ETH)   Marc Scott (GB)
2024 Glasgow
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  Josh Kerr (GBR)   Yared Nuguse (USA)   Selemon Barega (ETH)

Women's World Indoor Championships medalists

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]   Debbie Scott (CAN)   Agnese Possamai (ITA)   PattiSue Plumer (USA)
1987 Indianapolis
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  Tatyana Samolenko (URS)   Olga Bondarenko (URS)   Maricica Puică (ROU)
1989 Budapest
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  Elly van Hulst (NED)   Liz McColgan (GBR)   Margareta Keszeg (ROU)
1991 Seville
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  Marie-Pierre Duros (FRA)   Margareta Keszeg (ROU)   Lyubov Kremlyova (URS)
1993 Toronto
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  Yvonne Murray (GBR)   Margareta Keszeg (ROU)   Lynn Jennings (USA)
1995 Barcelona
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  Gabriela Szabo (ROU)   Lynn Jennings (USA)   Joan Nesbit (USA)
1997 Paris
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  Gabriela Szabo (ROU)   Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)   Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
1999 Maebashi
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  Gabriela Szabo (ROU)   Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)   Regina Jacobs (USA)
2001 Lisbon
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  Olga Yegorova (RUS)   Gabriela Szabo (ROU)   Yelena Zadorozhnaya (RUS)
2003 Birmingham
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  Berhane Adere (ETH)   Marta Domínguez (ESP)   Meseret Defar (ETH)
2004 Budapest
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  Meseret Defar (ETH)   Berhane Adere (ETH)   Shayne Culpepper (USA)
2006 Moscow
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  Meseret Defar (ETH)   Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)   Lidia Chojecka (POL)
2008 Valencia
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  Meseret Defar (ETH)   Meselech Melkamu (ETH)   Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (MAR)
2010 Doha
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  Meseret Defar (ETH)   Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)   Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH)
2012 Istanbul
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  Hellen Obiri (KEN)   Meseret Defar (ETH)   Gelete Burka (ETH)
2014 Sopot
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  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)   Hellen Obiri (KEN)   Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)
2016 Portland
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  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)   Meseret Defar (ETH)   Shannon Rowbury (USA)
2018 Birmingham
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  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)   Sifan Hassan (NED)   Laura Muir (GBR)
2022 Belgrade
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  Lemlem Hailu (ETH)   Elle Purrier St. Pierre (USA)   Ejgayehu Taye (ETH)
2024 Glasgow
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  Elle Purrier St. Pierre (USA)   Gudaf Tsegay (ETH)   Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN)
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Season's bests

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Notes and references

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