3000 metres

Long distance track running event

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. It is debated whether the 3000m should be classified as a middle distance or long distance event. 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 world record performance for 3000 m equates to a pace of 58.76 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 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) and World Championships (1980 to 1993). The event was discontinued at World Championship and Olympic level after the 1993 World Championships in Athletics – 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, requiring some anaerobic effort.

The men's world record is 7:20.67 set by Daniel Komen of Kenya in 1996. Komen also used to hold the world indoor mark with 7:24.90 minutes set in 1998, later being taken by Lamecha Girma who recently hit a time of 7:23.81 in 2023. The women's world record is 8:06.11 set by Wang Junxia of China in 1993. The world indoor women's record is 8:16.60 minutes, set by Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba in 2014.

Correct as of February 2024. RankTimeAthleteDatePlaceRef17:23.81 15 February 2023 Liévin27:24.6815 February 2023Liévin57:25.82 6 February 2024 Toruń 67:26.15 25 January 1998 Karlsruhe77:26.20 28 January 2022 Karlsruhe 87:27.80 5 February 2011 Stuttgart97:28.00 5 February 2011 Stuttgart107:28.2427 January 2023Boston117:29.37 5 February 2011 Stuttgart127:29.94 12 February 2012 Karlsruhe137:30.1411 February 2024New York City147:30.16 21 February 2013 Stockholm157:30.51 20 February 2007 Stockholm167:30.82 6 February 2022 New York City 177:30.8811 February 2024New York City227:31.9727 January 2023Boston237:32.02 10 February 2010 Stockholm247:32.41 13 February 2010 Valencia257:32.43 17 February 2007 Birmingham

Correct as of March 2024. RankTimeAthleteDatePlaceRef18:16.60 6 February 2014 Stockholm28:16.6925 February 2023Birmingham38:20.872 March 2024Glasgow48:22.682 March 2024Glasgow58:23.2417 February 2022Liévin98:25.0511 February 2023New York City108:25.27 6 February 2010 Stuttgart118:25.7027 February 2020Boston128:26.414 February 2017Karlsruhe138:26.6627 February 2020Boston178:28.49 7 February 2009 Stuttgart188:28.7127 February 2020Boston228:29.4118 February 2017Birmingham238:30.1311 February 2023New York City

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YearTimeAthletePlace19719:23.4London19728:53.0Moscow19738:56.6Formia19748:52.74Durham19758:46.6Oslo19768:27.12College Park19778:36.8Oslo19788:32.1Oslo19798:31.75Oslo19808:33.53Moscow19818:34.30Bucharest19828:26.78Kyiv19838:32.08Saint Petersburg19848:22.62Saint Petersburg19858:25.83Rome19868:33.99Stuttgart19878:38.1Potsdam19888:26.53Seoul19898:38.48Gateshead19908:38.38Auckland19918:32.00Durban19928:33.72Cologne19938:06.11Beijing19948:21.64London19958:27.57Zurich19968:35.42Nice19978:27.78Zurich19988:24.31Paris19998:25.03Zurich20008:26.35Zurich20018:23.26Zurich20028:21.42Monte Carlo20038:33.95Zurich20048:31.32Paris20058:28.87Oslo20068:24.66Stockholm20078:24.81Brussels20088:33.66Gateshead20098:30.15Thessaloniki20108:28.41Monaco20118:46.84Rabat20128:34.47Eugene20138:30.29Stockholm20148:20.68Doha20158:22.22Rabat20168:23.11Doha20178:23.14Monaco20188:27.50Ostrava20198:18.49Palo Alto20208:22.54Doha20218:19.08Paris20228:24.27+Eugene20238:24.05Xiamen

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