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Paavo Nurmi setting a 3,000 m world record in Berlin in 1926. The following tables shows the world record progression in the men's 3000 metres. World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF) ratified its first world record in the event in 1912.
The men's world record performance for 3000 m equates to a pace of 58.34 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.
Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed 7 times indoors by two different men since 2000, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2025 with a 6.27 m mark.
FILE - Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo celebrates his world record of 7 minutes and 26.64 seconds after winning the men's 3000m competition at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea IAAF Diamond League athletics ...
A world record holder in the event and a silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, Girma was in the middle of a crowded pack as runners started the last of 7.5 laps. Girma started to pull away from ...
Daniel Kipngetich Komen (born 17 May 1976) [2] is a Kenyan middle-and long-distance runner.Remembered for his rivalry with Haile Gebrselassie, his most notable achievements came in a two-year period between 1996 and 1998, during which he broke a string of world records.
On that occasion, both men ended up running faster than the previous indoor mile record, which had stood for six years. Ingebrigtsen also owns the 3,000m world record, as well as world best times ...
3000m: 7:56.18 (2025) Sam Ruthe (born 12 April 2009) is a New Zealand middle- and long-distance runner . In February 2025, he became New Zealand national champion over 3000 metres .