3000 metres steeplechase world record progression
Men
Auto times to the hundredth of a second were accepted by the IAAF for events up to and including 10,000 m from 1981.

3000 metres steeplechase world record progression

Section Title: Men
Table Section Text: Auto times to the hundredth of a second were accepted by the IAAF for events up to and including 10,000 m from 1981.

Time	Auto	Athlete	Location	Date

8:49.6	Sándor Rozsnyói (HUN)	Bern	1954-08-28

8:47.8	Pentti Karvonen (FIN)	Helsinki	1955-07-01

8:45.4	Pentti Karvonen (FIN)	Oslo	1955-07-15

8:45.4	Vasiliy Vlasenko (URS)	Moscow	1955-08-18

8:41.2	Jerzy Chromik (POL)	Brno	1955-08-31

8:40.2	Jerzy Chromik (POL)	Budapest	1955-09-11

8:39.8	Semyon Rzhishchin (URS)	Moscow	1956-08-14

8:35.6	Sándor Rozsnyói (HUN)	Budapest	1956-09-16

8:35.5	Semyon Rzhishchin (URS)	Tallinn	1958-07-21

8:32.0	Jerzy Chromik (POL)	Warsaw	1958-08-02

8:31.4	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (POL)	Tula	1960-06-26

8:31.2	Grigoriy Taran (URS)	Kiev	1961-05-28

8:30.4	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (POL)	Wałcz	1961-06-26

8:29.6	Gaston Roelants (BEL)	Leuven	1963-09-07

8:26.4	Gaston Roelants (BEL)	Leuven	1965-08-07

8:24.2	Jouko Kuha (FIN)	Stockholm	1968-07-17

8:22.2	Vladimir Dudin (URS)	Kiev	1969-08-19

8:22.0	8:21.98	Kerry O'Brien (AUS)	Berlin	1970-07-04

8:20.8	Anders Gärderud (SWE)	Helsinki	1972-09-14

8:20.8	Ben Jipcho (KEN)	Lagos	1973-01-15

8:19.8	Ben Jipcho (KEN)	Helsinki	1973-06-19

8:14.0	8:13.91	Ben Jipcho (KEN)	Helsinki	1973-06-27

8:10.4	Anders Gärderud (SWE)	Oslo	1975-06-25

8:09.8	8:09.70	Anders Gärderud (SWE)	Stockholm	1975-07-01

8:08.0	8:08.02	Anders Gärderud (SWE)	Montreal	1976-07-28

8:05.4	Henry Rono (KEN)	Seattle	1978-05-13

8:05.35	Peter Koech (KEN)	Stockholm	1989-07-03

8:02.08	Moses Kiptanui (KEN)	Zürich	1992-08-19

7:59.18	Moses Kiptanui (KEN)	Zürich	1995-08-16

7:59.08	Wilson Boit Kipketer (KEN)	Zürich	1997-08-13

7:55.72	Bernard Barmasai (KEN)	Cologne	1997-08-24

7:55.28	Brahim Boulami (MAR)	Brussels	2001-08-24

7:53.63	Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT)	Brussels	2004-09-03

Sentence(s)

Moses Kiptanui of Kenya ran the steeplechase in 7:59.18 on 16 August 1995, in Zürich.

final_sentence: Moses Kiptanui of Kenya ran the steeplechase in 7:59.18 on 16 August 1995, in Zürich.