National records in the 3000 metres steeplechase

The following table is an overview of national records in the 3000 metres steeplechase.^[1]^[2] Updated October 2025.

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Country	Time	Athlete	Date	Place
Ethiopia	7:52.11	Lamecha Girma	9 June 2023	Paris
Qatar	7:53.63	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	3 September 2004	Brussels
Kenya	7:53.64	Brimin Kipruto	22 July 2011	Monaco
Morocco	7:55.28	Brahim Boulami	24 August 2001	Brussels
France	8:00.09	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	6 July 2013	Saint-Denis
United States	8:00.45	Evan Jager	4 July 2015	Saint-Denis
Germany	8:01.49	Frederik Ruppert	25 May 2025	Rabat
Japan	8:03.43	Ryuji Miura	11 July 2025	Fontvieille
Uganda	8:03.81	Benjamin Kiplagat	8 July 2010	Lausanne
Netherlands	8:04.95	Simon Vroemen	26 August 2005	Brussels
Spain	8:05.69	Fernando Carro	12 July 2019	Monaco
Sweden	8:05.75	Mustafa Mohamed	28 July 2007	Heusden
Bahrain	8:06.13	Tareq Mubarak Taher	13 July 2009	Athens
Tunisia	8:07.73	Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui	7 August 2024	Saint-Denis
Great Britain	8:07.96	Mark Rowland	30 September 1988	Seoul
Saudi Arabia	8:08.14	Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari	16 July 2002	Stockholm
Italy	8:08.57	Francesco Panetta	5 September 1989	Rome
Poland	8:09.11	Bronisław Malinowski	28 July 1976	Montreal
Luxembourg	8:09.47	Ruben Querinjean	22 August 2025	Brussels
Belgium	8:09.47	Ruben Querinjean^[a]	22 August 2025	Brussels
New Zealand	8:09.64	Geordie Beamish	7 July 2024	Paris
India	8:09.91	Avinash Sable	7 July 2024	Paris
Algeria	8:10.23	Laid Bessou	18 August 2000	Monaco
China	8:10.46	Sun Ripeng	19 October 1997	Shanghai
Finland	8:10.67	Jukka Keskisalo	28 August 2009	Zürich
Austria	8:10.83	Günther Weidlinger	21 August 1999	Seville
Eritrea	8:11.22	Yemane Haileselassie	8 June 2017	Rome
South Africa	8:11.50	Ruben Ramolefi	29 August 2011	Deagu
Canada	8:11.64	Matthew Hughes	15 August 2013	Moscow
Norway	8:12.05	Jim Svenøy	22 August 1997	Brussels
Tanzania	8:12.48	Filbert Bayi	31 July 1980	Moscow
Romania	8:13.26	Florin Ionescu	21 August 1999	Seville
Brazil	8:14.41	Wander Moura	22 March 1995	Mar del Plata
Russia	8:15.54	Pavel Potapovich	4 July 2003	Saint-Denis
Australia	8:16.22	Shaun Creighton	2 July 1993	Villeneuve d'Ascq
Slovenia	8:16.96	Boštjan Buč	12 June 2003	Ostrava
Turkey	8:17.85	Tarık Langat Akdağ	3 August 2012	London
Hungary	8:17.97	Gábor Markó	21 July 1984	Potsdam
Moldova	8:18.97	Ion Luchianov	16 August 2008	Beijing
Portugal	8:19.82	Manuel Silva	27 July 2004	Stockholm
Denmark	8:20.42	Ole Hesselbjerg	8 June 2021	Turku
Venezuela	8:20.87	José Peña	1 September 2013	Berlin
Bulgaria	8:20.87	Mitko Tsenov	12 June 2014	Huelva
Egypt	8:21.55	Salem Mohamed Attiaallah	28 June 2024	Luxembourg
Ukraine	8:21.75	Andriy Popelyayev [ru]	19 July 1984	Moscow
Andorra	8:21.76	Nahuel Carabaña	10 September 2023	Zagreb
Czech Republic	8:21.83	Tomáš Habarta [de]	10 June 2024	Rome
Djibouti	8:22.17	Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim	12 June 2021	Nice
Lithuania	8:22.2h	Vladimiras Dudinas [de; fr]	19 August 1969	Kyiv
Switzerland	8:22.24	Christian Belz	4 June 2001	Hengelo
Iran	8:22.79	Hosein Keyhani	27 August 2018	Jakarta
Uruguay	8:23.02	Ricardo Vera	28 June 1992	Hengelo
Cyprus	8:24.01	Filippos Filippou	15 September 1983	Casablanca
Greece	8:24.01	Filippos Filippou	15 September 1983	Casablanca
Ireland	8:24.09	Brendan Quinn	30 August 1985	Brussels
Kazakhstan	8:24.13	Artyom Kosinov	11 June 2012	Moscow
Israel	8:24.14	Itai Maggidi	4 July 2008	Longeville-lès-Metz
Belarus	8:25.2h	Aleksandr Vorobey	6 July 1980	Moscow
Zambia	8:25.49	Godfrey Siamusiye	16 July 1995	Birmingham
Argentina	8:25.63	Marcelo Cascabelo	4 June 1989	Belgrade
Colombia	8:25.66	Carlos San Martín	29 June 2021	Castellón
Mexico	8:25.69	Salvador Miranda	8 July 2000	Barakaldo
Cuba	8:26.16	José Sanchez	19 June 2009	Havana
Uzbekistan	8:27.51 8:19.75^[b]	Anatoliy Dimov	19 June 1983 31 July 1980	Moscow Moscow
Armenia	8:27.88	Artashes Mikoyan	29 May 1976	Munich
Puerto Rico	8:27.91	Alexander Greaux	10 July 2004	Barakaldo
Georgia	8:28.0h	Sergey Skripka	11 June 1977	Moscow
Estonia	8:28.55	Kaur Kivistik	3 September 2019	Zagreb
Peru	8:28.67	Mario Bazán	16 August 2009	Berlin
Serbia	8:28.80	Vule Maksimović	4 September 1989	Budapest
Chile	8:28.99	Emilio Ulloa	8 August 1984	Los Angeles

Country	Time	Athlete	Date	Place
Kenya	8:44.32	Beatrice Chepkoech	20 July 2018	Monaco
Bahrain	8:44.39	Winfred Yavi	30 August 2024	Rome
Kazakhstan	8:53.02	Norah Jeruto	20 July 2022	Eugene
Ethiopia	8:54.61	Werkwuha Getachew	20 July 2022	Eugene
Uganda	8:55.09	Peruth Chemutai	25 May 2024	Eugene
United States	8:57.77	Courtney Frerichs	21 August 2021	Eugene
France	8:58.67	Alice Finot	6 August 2024	Saint-Denis
Russia	8:58.81	Gulnara Galkina	17 August 2008	Beijing
Germany	9:03.30	Gesa-Felicitas Krause	28 September 2019	Doha
Tunisia	9:05.36	Habiba Ghribi	11 September 2015	Brussels
Slovenia	9:06.37	Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimsek	27 August 2023	Budapest
Great Britain	9:07.87	Elizabeth Bird	10 August 2022	Monaco
Spain	9:09.39	Marta Domínguez	25 July 2009	Barcelona
Albania	9:09.64	Luiza Gega	31 August 2023	Zürich
India	9:12.46	Parul Chaudhary	30 May 2025	Gumi
Norway	9:13.35	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	26 August 2017	Sandnes
Denmark	9:13.46	Anna Emilie Møller	30 September 2019	Doha
Turkey	9:13.53	Gülcan Mıngır	9 June 2012	Sofia
Jamaica	9:14.09	Aisha Praught-Leer	31 August 2018	Brussels
Australia	9:14.28	Genevieve LaCaze	27 August 2016	Saint-Denis
Belarus	9:16.51	Alesya Turova	27 July 2002	Gdańsk
Poland	9:16.51	Alicja Konieczek	4 August 2024	Saint-Denis
Romania	9:16.85	Cristina Casandra	17 August 2008	Beijing
Portugal	9:18.54	Jessica Augusto	9 June 2010	Huelva
Israel	9:19.90	Adva Cohen	15 September 2025	Tokyo
Switzerland	9:20.28	Chiara Scherrer	18 June 2022	Paris
China	9:20.32	Zhang Xinyan	8 April 2021	Shaoxing
Canada	9:20.58	Ceili McCabe	17 May 2024	Los Angeles
Morocco	9:20.64	Salima El Ouali Alami	17 July 2015	Monaco
Finland	9:21.02	Ilona Mononen	15 September 2025	Tokyo
Sweden	9:23.96	Charlotta Fougberg	12 July 2014	Glasgow
Brazil	9:24.38	Tatiane Raquel da Silva	11 June 2022	Watford
Ukraine	9:24.54	Nataliya Strebkova	30 June 2022	Stockholm
Japan	9:24.72	Miu Saito	15 September 2025	Tokyo
Netherlands	9:25.53	Veerle Bakker	9 August 2025	Oordegem
Algeria	9:25.90	Amina Betiche	17 May 2017	Baku
Argentina	9:25.99	Belén Casetta	11 August 2017	London
Hungary	9:26.59	Zita Kácser	31 August 2019	Budapest
Lithuania	9:26.88	Greta Karinauskaitė	27 May 2023	Sacramento
Latvia	9:27.21	Poļina Jeļizarova	4 August 2012	London
Italy	9:27.48	Elena Romagnolo	15 August 2008	Beijing
Ireland	9:28.29	Roisin McGettigan	28 July 2007	Heusden-Zolder
Belgium	9:28.47	Veerle Dejaeghere	2 June 2007	Neerpelt

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