World Athletics

Type	Mark	Competitor	DOB	Country	Venue	Date
World Records	8:06.11	Junxia WANG	09 JAN 1973	CHN	Beijing (CHN)	13 SEP 1993
World Championships in Athletics Records	8:28.71	Yunxia QU	25 DEC 1972	CHN	Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart (GER)	16 AUG 1993
World Leading 2024	8:17.11	Gudaf TSEGAY	23 JAN 1997	ETH	Arena Stade Couvert, Liévin (FRA) (i)	10 FEB 2024
Olympic Games Records	8:26.53	Tatyana SAMOLENKO	12 AUG 1961	URS	Olympic Stadium, Jamsil, Seoul (KOR)	25 SEP 1988
Area Records - Africa	8:16.60	Genzebe DIBABA	08 FEB 1991	ETH	Globe Arena, Stockholm (SWE) (i)	06 FEB 2014
Area Records - Asia	8:06.11	Junxia WANG	09 JAN 1973	CHN	Beijing (CHN)	13 SEP 1993
Area Records - Europe	8:18.49	Sifan HASSAN	01 JAN 1993	NED	Cobb Track and Angell Field, Palo Alto, CA (USA)	30 JUN 2019
Area Records - NACAC	8:25.70 *	Karissa SCHWEIZER	04 MAY 1996	USA	Boston Univ. Track & Tennis Center, Boston, MA (USA) (i)	27 FEB 2020
Area Records - NACAC	8:20.87	Elle ST. PIERRE	20 FEB 1995	USA	Glasgow Arena, Glasgow (GBR) (i)	02 MAR 2024
Area Records - Oceania	8:24.39	Jessica HULL	22 OCT 1996	AUS	Glasgow Arena, Glasgow (GBR) (i)	02 MAR 2024
Area Records - South America	8:43.26	Joselyn Daniely BREA	12 AUG 1994	VEN	Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (POL)	16 JUL 2023

Type	Mark	Competitor	DOB	Country	Venue	Date
World U20 Records	8:28.83	Zola BUDD	26 MAY 1966	GBR	Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA)	07 SEP 1985
World U20 Championships Records	8:41.76	Beyenu DEGEFA	12 JUL 1999	ETH	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium, Bydgoszcz (POL)	20 JUL 2016
World U20 Leading 2024	8:32.02	Melknat WUDU	03 JAN 2005	ETH	Armory Track&Field Center, New York, NY (USA) (i)	11 FEB 2024

Type	Mark	Competitor	DOB	Country	Venue	Date
World U18 Best Performances	8:36.45	Ningning MA	20 SEP 1976	CHN	Jinan (CHN)	06 JUN 1993
World U18 Championships Records	8:53.94	Mercy CHERONO	07 MAY 1991	KEN	Ostrava (CZE)	11 JUL 2007
Youth Olympic Games Records	9:01.58	Nozomi Musembi TAKAMATSU	31 AUG 1997	JPN	Olympic Stadium, Nanjing (CHN)	24 AUG 2014

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