Progression of Official World Record
Men, 3000m
Result | Name | Country | DOB | Comp | Date | Age | Record life | |
7:20.67 | Daniel Komen | KEN | 17 May 1976 | GP II | Rieti | 1 Sep 1996 | 20 years 107 days | 27 years 210 days |
7:28.96 | Moses Kiptanui | KEN | 1 Oct 1970 | ASV | Köln | 16 Aug 1992 | 21 years 320 days | 4 years 16 days |
7:29.45 | Saïd Aouita | MAR | 2 Nov 1959 | ASV | Köln | 20 Aug 1989 | 29 years 291 days | 2 years 362 days |
7:32.1h | Henry Rono | KEN | 12 Feb 1952 | Bislett | Oslo | 27 Jun 1978 | 26 years 135 days | 11 years 54 days |
7:35.2h | Brendan Foster | GBR | 12 Jan 1948 | Gateshead | 3 Aug 1974 | 26 years 203 days | 3 years 328 days | |
7:37.6h | Emiel Puttemans | BEL | 8 Oct 1947 | Aarhus | 14 Sep 1972 | 24 years 342 days | 1 year 323 days | |
7:39.6h | Kipchoge Keino | KEN | 17 Jan 1940 | Helsingborg | 27 Aug 1965 | 25 years 222 days | 7 years 18 days | |
7:46.0h | Siegfried Herrmann | GER | 7 Nov 1932 | Erfurt | 5 Aug 1965 | 32 years 271 days | 22 days | |
7:49.0h | Michel Jazy | FRA | 13 Jun 1936 | Melun | 23 Jun 1965 | 29 years 10 days | 43 days | |
7:49.2h | Michel Jazy | FRA | 13 Jun 1936 | St. Maur | 27 Jun 1962 | 26 years 14 days | 2 years 361 days | |
7:52.8h | Gordon Pirie | GBR | 10 Feb 1931 | Malmö | 4 Sep 1956 | 25 years 207 days | 5 years 296 days | |
7:55.6h | Gordon Pirie | GBR | 10 Feb 1931 | Trondheim | 22 Jun 1956 | 25 years 133 days | 74 days | |
7:55.6h | Sándor Iharos | HUN | 20 Mar 1930 | Budapest | 14 May 1955 | 25 years 55 days | 1 year 113 days | |
7:58.8h | Gaston Reiff | BEL | 24 Feb 1921 | Gävle | 12 Aug 1949 | 28 years 169 days | 5 years 275 days | |
8:01.2h | Gunder Hägg | SWE | 31 Dec 1918 | Stockholm | 28 Aug 1942 | 23 years 240 days | 6 years 349 days | |
8:14.8h | Gunnar Höckert | FIN | 12 Feb 1910 | Stockholm | 16 Sep 1936 | 26 years 217 days | 5 years 346 days | |
8:18.4h | Henry Nielsen | DEN | 2 Oct 1910 | Stockholm | 24 Jul 1934 | 23 years 295 days | 2 years 54 days | |
8:18.8h | Janusz Kusocinski | POL | 15 Jan 1907 | Antwerpen | 19 Jun 1932 | 25 years 156 days | 2 years 35 days | |
8:20.4h | Paavo Nurmi | FIN | 13 Jun 1897 | Stockholm | 13 Jul 1926 | 29 years 30 days | 5 years 342 days | |
8:25.4h | Paavo Nurmi | FIN | 13 Jun 1897 | Berlin | 24 May 1926 | 28 years 345 days | 50 days | |
8:27.6h | Edvin Wide | SWE | 22 Feb 1896 | Halmstad | 7 Jun 1925 | 29 years 105 days | 351 days | |
8:28.6h | Paavo Nurmi | FIN | 13 Jun 1897 | Turku | 27 Aug 1922 | 25 years 75 days | 2 years 284 days | |
8:33.2h | John Zander | SWE | 31 Jan 1890 | Stockholm | 7 Aug 1918 | 28 years 188 days | 4 years 20 days | |
8:36.8h | Hannes Kolehmainen | FIN | 9 Dec 1889 | OG | Stockholm | 12 Jul 1912 | 22 years 216 days | 6 years 26 days |