Main > Women, 3000 m > World Championships Records Progression
All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
•   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated
 
• 8.46.65 Svetlana Ulmasova URS Helsinki Aug 08, 1983
• 8.44.72 Tatyana Kazankina URS Helsinki Aug 08, 1983
• 8.34.62 Mary Decker USA Helsinki Aug 10, 1983
• 8.28.71 Qu Yunxia CHN Stuttgart Aug 16, 1993