Yearly Ranking Leaders- 3000 meters Indoor Track

Men (quality performances)

2016    7:38.03   Dejene Gebremeskel (ETH)      28 Feb  Boston MA USA
2015    7:33.1 ^  Mohamed Farah (ENG)           21 Feb  London ENG 
2014    7:34.13   Hagos Gebrehiwit (ETH)        08 Feb  Boston Ma USA   
2013    7:30.16   Galen Rupp (USA)              21 Feb  Stockholm SWE  
2012    7:29.94   Augustine Choge Kiprono (KEN) 12 Feb  Karlsruhe GER
        7:29.94   Edwin Cheruiyot Soi KEN)      12 Feb  Karlsruhe GER
2011    7:27.80   Yenew Alamirew (ETH)          05 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2010    7:31.75   Augustine Choge (KEN)         10 Feb  Stockholm SWE
2009    7:32.80   Paul Kipsiele (KEN)           17 Feb  Stockholm SWE
2008    7:31.09   Tariku Bekele (ETH)           02 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2007    7:30.51   Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)         20 Feb  Stockholm SWE
2006    7:33.07   Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)          29 Jan  Karlsruhe GER        
2005    7:39.89   Alistair Cragg (IRL)          29 Jan  Roxbury MA USA         
2004    7:29.34   Haile Gebreselasie-5          15 Feb  Karlsruhe GER
2003    7:28.29   Haile Gebreselasie-4          28 Feb  Karlsruhe GER
2002    7:37.13   Alberto Garcia (ESP)          09 Feb  Seville ESP
2001    7:37.74   Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)      11 Mar  Lisbon POR
2000    7:35.84   Million Wolde (ETH)           06 Feb  Stuttgart GER

1999    7:26.80   Haile Gebreselasie-3          24 Jan  Karlsruhe GER
1998    7:24.90   Daniel Komen (KEN)            06 Feb  Budapest HUN
1997    7:31.27   Haile Gebreselasie-2          14 Feb  Karlsruhe GER
1996    7:30.72   Haile Gebreselasie (ETH)      04 Feb  Stuttgart GER
1995    7:35.15   Moses Kiptanui-3              12 Feb  Ghent BEL
1994    7:40.94   Moses Kiptanui-2              13 Feb  Lievin FRA
1993    7:38.46   Moses Kiptanui (KEN)          09 Feb  Stockholm SWE
1992    7:36.66   Said Aouita-2                 11 Mar  Piraeus GRE
1991    7:41.14   Frank O'Mara (IRL)            09 Mar  Seville ESP
1990    7:43.69   Doug Padilla-3                09 Feb  Meadowlands NJ USA
1989    7:39.71   Said Aouita (MAR)             10 Feb  East Rutherford NJ USA
1988    7:41.57   Brian Abshire (USA)           13 Feb  Meadowlands NJ USA
1987    7:47.95   Paul Donovan (IRL)            14 Feb  East Rutherford NJ USA
1986    7:46.46   Stefano Mei (ITA)             01 Feb  Budapest HUN
1985    7:42.97   Christoph Herle (GER)         15 Feb  Dortmund GER
1984    7:46.87   Doug Padilla-2                11 Feb  East Rutherford NJ USA
1983    7:49.1    Doug Padilla (USA)            11 Feb  Daly City CA USA
1982    7:46.2    Doug Padilla (USA)            20 Feb  Daly City CA USA
1981    7:48.8    Lubomir Tesacek (CZE)         28 Jan  Prague CZE
1980    7:45.2    Steve Scott (USA)             05 Jan  Long Beach CA USA

1979    7:44.43   Markus Ryffel (SUI)           25 Feb  Vienna AUT
1978    7:48.6    Nick Rose (ENG)               07 Jan  Long Beach CA USA
1977    7:47.9    Suleiman Nyambui (TAN)        12 Feb  Louisville KY USA
1976    7:50.2    Emile Puttemans-3             31 Jan  Paris FRA
1975    7:50.2    Boris Kuznetzov (RUS)         18 Mar  Sverdlovsk RUS
1974    7:48.48   Emile Puttemans-2             10 Mar  Göteborg SWE
1973    7:44.6    Emile Puttemans (BEL)         10 Mar  Rotterdam NED
1972    7:50.0    Ian Stewart (SCO)             29 Jan  Cosford ENG
1971    7:53.6    Peter Stewart (GBR)           14 Mar  Sofia BUL
1970    7:46.85   Richard Wilde (ENG)           15 Mar  Vienna AUT
1969    7:47.8    Bernd Diessner (GER)          16 Feb  Berlin GER
1968    7:59.4    Ian McCafferty-2              20 Apr  Cosford ENG
1967    7:56.2    Ian McCafferty (SCO)          25 Feb  Lyon FRA
1966    7:49.0    Siegfried Herrmann-3          27 Feb  Berlin GER
1965    7:53.2    Siegfried Herrmann-2          14 Feb  Berlin GER
1964    7:57.2a   Michel Jazy (FRA)             08 Feb  Paris FRA
1963    8:01.6    Peter Kubicki (GER)           09 Mar  Berlin GER
1962    8:19.8    Hans Grodotzki-2              25 Feb  Berlin GER
1961    8:04.6    Wilhelm-Rüdiger Böhme (GER)   11 Mar  Stuttgart GER
1960    8:08.6    Hans Grodotzki (GER)                  n/a GER

1959    7:58.8    Siegfried Herrmann (GER)      22 Mar  Berlin GER
1958    8:09.4    Friedrich Janke (GER)         16 Mar  Berlin GER
1957    8:16.4    Klaus Richtzenhain (GER)      23 Feb  Dortmund GER
1956    8:18.0    Stephan Lupfert (GER)         17 Mar  Frankfurt GER
1955                                                 
1954    8:17.7    Horace Ashenfelter (USA)      06 Feb  New York NY USA

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Women (quality performances)

2016    8:22.50   Genzebe Dibaba Kenin-3        19 Feb  Sabadell ESP 
2015    8:41.72   Sally Kipyego Chepkosgei(KEN) 14 Feb  New York NY USA
2014    8:16.60   Genzebe Dibaba Kenini-2       06 Feb  Stockholm SWE   
2013    8:26.95   Genzebe Dibaba Kenini (ETH)   21 Feb  Stockholm SWE        
2012    8:31.56   Meseret Defar-6               18 Feb  Birmingham ENG
2011    8:30.26   Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH)         19 Feb  Birmingham ENG
2010    8:24.46   Meseret Defar-5               06 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2009    8:26.99   Meseret Defar-4               07 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2008    8:27.93   Meseret Defar-3               02 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2007    8:23.72   Meseret Defar-2               03 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2006    8:27.86   Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)       17 Feb  Moscow RUS
2005    8:30.05   Meseret Defar (ETH)           29 Jan  Roxbury MA USA
2004    8:33.05   Birhane Adere-3               04 Feb  Dortmund GER
2003    8:31.73   Birhane Adere-2               02 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2002    8:29.15   Birhane Adere (ETH)           03 Feb  Stuttgart GER
2001    8:32.88   Gabriela Szabo-4              18 Feb  Birmingham ENG
2000    8:35.42   Gabriela Szabo-3              20 Feb  Birmingham ENG

1999    8:34.09   Gabriela Szabo-2              21 Feb  Lievin FRA
1998    8:43.99   Fernanda Ribeiro-3            18 Feb  Genova ITA
1997    8:45.74   Gabriela Szabo (ROM)          08 Mar  Paris FRA
1996    8:39.49   Fernanda Ribeiro-2            09 Mar  Stockholm SWE
1995    8:52.49   Lynn Jennings-2               19 Feb  Boston MA USA
1994    8:50.47   Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)        12 Mar  Paris FRA
1993    8:50.55   Yvonne Murray (SCO)           13 Mar  Toronto CAN
1992    8:43.34   Liz McColgan (SCO)            14 Mar  Birmingham ENG
1991    8:49.61   Margareta Keszeg (ROM)        22 Feb  New York NY USA
1990    8:40.45   Lynn Jennings (USA)           23 Feb  New York NY USA
1989    8:33.82   Elly vanHulst (HOL)           04 Mar  Budapest HUN
1988    8:41.79   Katrin Wessel (GER)           13 Feb  Vienna AUT
1987    8:43.49   Maricica Puica (ROM)          27 Feb  New York NY USA
1986    8:39.79   Zola Pieterse (RSA)           08 Feb  Cosford ENG
1985    8:49.93   Ruth Wysocki (USA)            09 Feb  East Rutherford NJ USA
1984    8:48.1    Galina Zakharova (RUS)        10 Feb  Boston MA USA
1983    8:52.84   Gabriele Riemann (GER)        12 Feb  Budapest HUN
1982    8:47.3    Mary Slaney (USA)             05 Feb  Inglewood CA USA
1981    8:56.4    Paula Fudge (ENG)             11 Feb  Cosford ENG
1980    9:29.9    Carla Beurskens (NED)         03 Feb  Zwolle NED

1979    9:23.5    Julie Brown (USA)             20 Jan  Los Angeles CA USA
1978    8:57.6    Jan Merrill-2                 04 Mar  Montreal CAN                                   
1977    9:03.6    Galina Romanova (RUS)         19 Feb  Minsk BLR
1976    9:03.3    Jan Merrill (USA)             18 Jan  Hanover NH USA
1975                                                  
1974    9:14.0    Lyudmila Bragina (RUS)        02 Mar  Moscow RUS
1973    9:36.0    Elizabeth Connors (GBR)       02 Feb  Cosford ENG

Last Updated on 03 Sep 2016