The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.
A women's indoor 3000 m race in Birmingham featuring Sentayehu Ejigu and Tirunesh Dibaba.
Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen is a Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner who is the world record holder in the short track 1500 metres, short track mile, 2000 metres, 3000 metres, and two miles. In
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…Athletics 3000 metres A women's indoor 3000 m race in Birmingham featuring Sentayehu Ejigu and Tirunesh Dibaba. World records Men Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 7:17.55 (2024) Women Wang Junxia (CHN) 8:06.11 (1993) Short track world records Men Grant Fisher (USA) 7:22.91 (2025) Women Genzebe Dibaba (ETH…
Ingebrigtsen at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Ingebrigtsen at the Guldensporenmeeting in Kortrijk, Belgium in 2017.
Ingebrigtsen brothers (in white) lead the pack in the race (L-R): Henrik, Jakob and Filip.
Brothers celebrate after the race (L-R): Henrik (4th), Jakob (1st) and Filip (12th).