Yearly Ranking Leaders- 3000 meters Outdoor Track

Men (quality performances)

2016    7:28:19   Yomif Kejelcha Atomsa (ETH)   27 Aug  Saint Denis FRA 
2015    7:34.66   Mohamed Farah (ENG)           24 Jul  London ENG
2014    7:31.66   Caleb Ndiku Mwangangi (KEN)   17 Jun  Ostrava CZE   
2013    7:30:36   Hagos Gebrehiwit (ETH)        10 May  Doha QAT   
2012    7:30.42   Augustine Choge (KEN)         11 May  Doha QAT
2011    7:27.26   Yenew Alamirew (ETH)          06 May  Doha QAT
2010    7:28.60   Tariku Bekele (ETH)           29 Aug  Rieti ITA
2009    7:28.37   Eliud Kipchoge-3              08 May  Doha QAT
2008    7:31.83   Edwin Soi (KEN)               07 Sep  Rieti ITA
2007    7:25.79   Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)         08 Aug  Stockholm SWE
2006    7:28.72   Isaac Songkok (KEN)           27 Aug  Rieti ITA
2005    7:28.56   Eliud Kipchoge-2              13 May  Doha QAT
2004    7:27.72   Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)          03 Sep  Brussels BEL
2003    7:30.23   Hicham El Guerrouj-2          06 Jun  Turin ITA
2002    7:34.72   Benjamin Limo (KEN)           19 Jul  Monte Carlo MON
2001    7:30.53   Hailu Mekonnen (ETH)          24 Aug  Brussels BEL
2000    7:25.02   Ali Saidi-Sief (ALG)          18 Aug  Monte Carlo MON

1999    7:23.09   Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)      03 Sep  Brussels BEL
1998    7:25.09   Haile Gebreselasie-2          28 Aug  Brussels BEL
1997    7:26.02   Haile Gebreselasie (ETH)      22 Aug  Brussels BEL  
1996    7:20.67   Daniel Komen (KEN)            01 Sep  Rieti ITA
1995    7:27.18   Moses Kiptanui-2              25 Jul  Monte Carlo MON
1994    7:25.11   Noureddine Morceli-2          02 Aug  Monte Carlo MON
1993    7:29.24   Noureddine Morceli (ALG)      07 Aug  Monte Carlo MON
1992    7:28.96   Moses Kiptanui (KEN)          16 Aug  Cologne GER
1991    7:33.91   Dieter Baumann-2              08 Sep  Cologne GER
1990    7:37.09   Khalid Skah (MAR)             19 Aug  Cologne GER
1989    7:29.45   Said Aouita-4                 20 Aug  Cologne GER
1988    7:38.79   Sydney Maree (USA)            08 Aug  Malmo SWE
1987    7:40.25   Dieter Baumann (GER)          21 Aug  Berlin GER
1986    7:32.23   Said Aouita-3                 17 Aug  Cologne GER
1985    7:32.94   Said Aouita-2                 30 Aug  Brussels BEL
1984    7:33.3    Said Aouita (MAR)             24 Aug  Brussels BEL
1983    7:35.84   Doug Padilla (USA)            09 Jul  Oslo NOR
1982    7:32.79   Dave Moorcroft (ENG)          17 Jul  London ENG
1981    7:36.69   Steve Scott (USA)             01 Sep  Ingelheim GER
1980    7:37.60   Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)          01 Jul  Oslo NOR

1979    7:37.70   Rudy Chapa (USA)              10 May  Eugene OR USA
1978    7:32.1    Henry Rono (KEN)              27 Jun  Oslo NOR
1977    7:41.22   Karl Fleschen (GER)           22 Jun  Cologne GER
1976    7:43.46   Rod Dixon-2                   01 Sep  Cologne GER
1975    7:45.0    Rod Dixon (NZL)               08 Jul  Paris FRA
1974    7:35.2    Brendan Foster (ENG)          03 Aug  Gateshead ENG
1973    7:43.4    Emile Puttemans-3             24 Jun  Aarhus DEN
1972    7:37.6    Emile Puttemans-2             14 Sep  Aarhus DEN
1971    7:39.8    Emile Puttemans (BEL)         31 Aug  Brussels BEL
1970    7:49.4    Bernd Diessner (GER)          03 Jun  Potsdam GER
1969    7:47.6    Dick Taylor (ENG)             06 Sep  London ENG
1968    7:48.4    Ronald Clarke (AUS)           09 Aug  Aarhus DEN
1967    7:45.1    Harald Norpoth (GER)          06 Jun  Münster GER
1966    7:51.2    Lajos Mecser (HUN)            30 May  London ENG
1965    7:39.6    Kipchoge Keino (KEN)          27 Aug  Halsingborg SWE
1964    7:56.4    Witold Baran (POL)            23 Aug  Warsaw POL
1963    7:51.2    Siegfried Herrmann (GER)      16 Jun  Bydgoszcz POL
1962    7:49.2    Michel Jazy (FRA)             27 Jun  St Maur FRA
1961    7:54.6    Kazimierz Zimny-2             18 Jun  Warsaw POL
1960    7:54.2    Hans Grodotzki-2              30 Jul  Potsdam GER

1959    7:58.4    Hans Grodotzki (GER)          14 Jun  Warsaw POL
        7:58.4    Kazimierz Zimny (POL)         14 Jun  Warsaw POL
1958    7:58.0    Jerzy Chromik (POL)           15 Jun  Warsaw POL
1957    7:58.2    Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak (POL)   09 Jun  Warsaw POL
1956    7:52.8    Gordon Pirie (GBR)            04 Sep  Malmo SWE
1955    7:55.5    Sandor Iharos-2               14 May  Budapest HUN
1954    7:59.6    Sandor Iharos (HUN)           14 Sep  Budapest HUN
1953    8:06.6    Frans Herman (BEL)            20 Jun  Stuttgart GER
1952    8:12.4    Gaston Reiff-4                12 Jul  Brussels BEL
1951    8:15.8    Herbert Schade (GER)          23 Jun  Virolahti FIN
1950    8:09.6    Gaston Reiff-3                11 Aug  Brussels BEL
1949    7:58.7    Gaston Reiff-2                12 Aug  Gavle SWE
1948    8:09.6    Erik Ahlden (SWE)             15 Aug  Amsterdam NED
1947    8:08.8    Emil Zatopek (CZE)            18 Aug  Brno CZE
1946    8:08.8    Willem Slykhuis (NED)         27 Aug  Bergen NOR
        8:08.8    Gaston Reiff (BEL)            12 Oct  Brussels BEL
1945    8:33.4    Emil Zatopek (CZE)            01 Jun  Prague CZE
1944    8:07.6    Gunder Hagg-3                 11 Aug  Stockholm SWE
1943    8:13.0^   Gunder Hagg-2                 07 Aug  Cincinnati OH USA                                          
1942    8:01.2    Gunder Hagg (SWE)             28 Aug  Stockholm SWE
1941    8:16.6    Bror Hellstrom (SWE)          22 Jul  Malmo SWE
1940    8:09.0    Henry Kalarne-4               14 Aug  Stockholm SWE

1939    8:15.4    Henry Kalarne-3               02 Aug  Helsinki FIN
1938    8:18.6    Henry Kalarne-2               15 Jul  Stockholm SWE
1937    8:15.8    Henry Kalarne (SWE)           18 Aug  Helsinki FIN
1936    8:14.8    Gunnar Höckert (GER)          16 Sep  Stockholm SWE
1935    8:22.8    Ilmari Salaminen (FIN)        01 Sep  Helsinki FIN
1934    8:18.3    Henry Nielsen (DEN)           24 Jul  Stockholm SWE
1933    8:19.5    Lauri Lehtinen (FIN)          21 Jun  Helsinki FIN
1932    8:18.8    Janusz Kusocinski (POL)       19 Jun  Antwerp BEL
1931    8:24.2^   Lauri Lehtinen (FIN)          24 Jul  Helsinki FIN 
1930    8:24.8    Eino Purje (FIN)              28 Aug  Helsinki FIN
1929    8:36.4    Leo Lermond (USA)             09 Aug  Stockholm SWE
1928    8:29.6    Paavo Nurmi (FIN)             11 Sep  Dusseldorf GER
1927    8:24.6    Nils Eklof (SWE)              28 Aug  Finspang SWE
1926    8:20.4    Paavo Nurmi-5                 13 Jul  Stockholm SWE
1925    8:27.6    Edvin Wide (SWE)              07 Jun  Halmstad SWE
1924    8:32.0    Paavo Nurmi-4                 13 Jul  Colombes FRA
1923    8:27.8    Paavo Nurmi-3                 17 Sep  Copenhagen DEN
1922    8:28.6    Paavo Nurmi-2                 27 Aug  Turku FIN
1921    8:37.5^   Paavo Nurmi (FIN)             11 Jul  Stockholm SWE
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1918    8:33.2    John Zander (SWE)
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1912    8:36.8    Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)

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Women (quality performances)

2016    8:23.11   Almaz Ayana Eba-2             06 May  Doha QAT 
2015    8:22.22   Almaz Ayana Eba (ETH)         14 Jun  Rabat MAR
2014    8:20.68   Hellen Obiri Onsando (KEN)    09 May  Doha QAT   
2013    8:30.29   Meseret Defar-4               22 Aug  Stockholm SWE    
2012    8:34.47   Mariem Selsouli (MAR)         02 Jun  Eugene OR USA
2011    8:46.84   Viola Chelegat (KEN)          05 Jun  Rabat MAR
2010    8:28.41   Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH)         22 Jul  Monte Carlo MON
2009    8:30.15   Meseret Defar-3               13 Sep  Thessaloniki GRE
2008    8:33.66   Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)        31 Aug  Gateshead ENG
2007    8:27.24   Meseret Defar-2               23 Sep  Stuttgart GER
2006    8:24.66   Meseret Defar (ETH)           25 Jul  Stockholm SWE
2005    8:28.87   Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BRN)      29 Jul  Oslo NOR
2004    8:31.32   Isabella Ochichi (KEN)        23 Jul  Paris FRA
2003    8:33.95   Gabriela Szabo-6              15 Aug  Zurich SUI
2002    8:21.42   Gabriela Szabo-5              19 Jul  Monte Carlo MON
2001    8:23.26   Olga Yegorova (RUS)           17 Aug  Zurich SUI
2000    8:26.35   Gabriela Szabo-4              11 Aug  Zurich SUI

1999    8:25.03   Gabriela Szabo-3              11 Aug  Zurich SUI
1998    8:24.31   Gabriela Szabo-2              29 Jul  Paris FRA  
1997    8:27.78   Gabriela Szabo (ROM)          13 Aug  Zurich SUI
1996    8:35.42   Sonia O'Sullivan-3            10 Jul  Nice FRA
1995    8:27.57   Sonia O'Sullivan-2            16 Aug  Zurich SUI
1994    8:21.64   Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)        15 Jul  London ENG
1993    8:06.11   Jun-xia Wang (CHN)            13 Sep  Beijing CHN
1992    8:33.72   Elena Romanova (RUS)          16 Aug  Cologne GER
1991    8:32.00   Elana Meyer (RSA)             29 Apr  Durban RSA
1990    8:38.38   Angela Chalmers (CAN)         30 Jan  Auckland NZL
1989    8:38.48   Paula Ivan (ROM)              05 Aug  Gateshead ENG
1988    8:26.53   Tatiana Samolenko (UKR)       25 Sep  Seoul KOR
1987    8:38.1    Ulrike Bruns (GER)            14 Jun  Potsdam GER
1986    8:33.99   Olga Bondarenko (RUS)         27 Aug  Stuttgart GER
1985    8:25.83   Mary Slaney-2                 07 Sep  Rome ITA
1984    8:22.62   Tatiana Kazankina-2           26 Aug  St Petersburg RUS
1983    8:32.08   Tatiana Kazankina (RUS)       27 Jul  St Petersburg RUS
1982    8:26.78   Svetlana Ulmasova (UZB)       25 Jul  Kiev UKR
1981    8:34.30   Maricica Puica (ROM)          12 Jul  Bucharest ROM
1980    8:33.53   Elena Sipatova (RUS)          12 Jul  Moscow RUS

1979    8:31.75   Grete Waitz-4                 17 Jul  Oslo NOR
1978    8:32.1    Grete Waitz-3                 27 Jun  Oslo NOR
1977    8:36.8    Grete Waitz-2                 02 Aug  Oslo NOR
1976    8:27.12   Lyudmila Bragina-2            07 Aug  College Park MD USA
1975    8:46.6    Grete Waitz (NOR)             24 Jun  Oslo NOR
1974    8:52.74   Lyudmila Bragina-2            05 Jul  Durham NC USA
1973    8:56.6    Paola (Pigni) Cacchi-2        20 May  Formia ITA
1972    8:53.0    Lyudmila Bragina (RUS)        12 Aug  Moscow RUS
1971    9:23.4    Joyce Smith (ENG)             16 Jul  London ENG
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1969    9:38.0^   Paola (Cacchi) Pigni (ITA)    02 Sep  Milan ITA
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1966    9:44.0^   Roberta Picco (CAN)           23 Jul  Dion Mills ON CAN

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Last Updated on 03 Sep 2016

Contributor: Andy Milroy (19)