World Records
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
7:24.90 Daniel Komen 17/05/1976 KEN Budapest 06/02/1998
World Leading 2012
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
7:29.94 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi 03/03/1986 KEN Karlsruhe 12/02/2012
World Junior Records
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
7:32.89 * Isiah Kiplangat Koech 19/12/1993 KEN Liévin 14/02/2012
Area Records
Area Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
AFRICA 7:24.90 Daniel Komen 17/05/1976 KEN Budapest 06/02/1998
ASIA 7:39.77 Saif Saaeed Shaheen 15/10/1982 QAT Pattaya 11/02/2006
EUROPE 7:32.41 Sergio Sánchez 01/10/1982 ESP Valencia, ESP 13/02/2010
NORTH,CENTRAL AMERICA&C. 7:32.43 Bernard Lagat 12/12/1974 USA Birmingham, GBR 17/02/2007
OCEANIA 7:34.50 Craig Mottram 18/06/1980 AUS Boston (Roxbury), MA 26/01/2008
SOUTH AMERICA 7:49.46 Jacinto Navarrete 01/08/1962 COL Sevilla 10/03/1991
* Awaiting Ratification
World Records
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
8:23.72 Meseret Defar 19/11/1983 ETH Stuttgart 03/02/2007
World Leading 2012
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
8:31.56 Meseret Defar 19/11/1983 ETH Birmingham, GBR 18/02/2012
World Junior Records
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
8:33.56 Tirunesh Dibaba 01/06/1985 ETH Birmingham 20/02/2004
Area Records
Area Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
AFRICA 8:23.72 Meseret Defar 19/11/1983 ETH Stuttgart 03/02/2007
ASIA 8:41.34 Yanmei Dong 16/02/1977 CHN Lisboa 10/03/2001
EUROPE 8:27.86 Liliya Shobukhova 13/11/1977 RUS Moskva 17/02/2006
NORTH,CENTRAL AMERICA&C. 8:33.25 Shalane Flanagan 08/07/1981 USA Boston (Roxbury), MA 27/01/2007
OCEANIA 8:38.14 Kimberley Smith 19/11/1981 NZL Boston (Roxbury), MA 27/01/2007
SOUTH AMERICA 9:07.08 Letitia Vriesde 05/10/1964 SUR Den Haag 31/01/1993