3000 metres steeplechase world record progression
The official world records in the 3000 metres steeplechase are held by Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia at 7:52.11 minutes for men and Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya at 8:44.32 for women.
Former women's record holder Gulnara Samitova-Galkina improved the mark three times.
Belgium's Gaston Roelants broke the world record the year before and the year after his steeplechase gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Until 2023, Saif Saaeed Shaheen was the record holder.
Romania's Cristina Casandra set two world records in the event.
Beatrice Chepkoech Sitonik is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She won gold medals at the 2019 World Championships and 2018 African Championships and silver medal at the 2023 World Championships. In the 1500 metres, Chepkoech took silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and bronze at the 2015 African Games. She is the world record holder for the 3000 m steeplechase with a time of 8:44.32 set in 2018 in Monaco. With that mark she became the first woman to break the 8:50 and 8:45 barriers in the event.
Chepkoech at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha
Chepkoech races at the 2018 African Championship in Asaba, Nigeria.
Chepkoech competes in her specialist event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, finishing fourth.
