3000 metres race walk explained

Event:3000 metres race walk
Wrmen: Tom Bosworth 10:30.28 i (2018)
Wrwomen: Gillian O'Sullivan 11:35.34 i (2003)

The 3000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race and was part of the athletics programme for women at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics until 1993. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 3000 meters is 1.86 miles.[1]

The imperial equivalent of the 3000 m walk is the 2 miles race walk, which was contested at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships until 1987. The distance has also been contested at racewalking events in Moscow.[2]

World records

IAAF just ratified world records for women's indoor marks. On January 30, 1999, Claudia Stef of Romania set the 3000 m race walk world indoor record in Bucharest in a time of 11:40.33. The all-time men's best 3000 m race-walk mark was also set indoors and is held by Tom Bosworth of the United Kingdom, at 10:30.28.

All-time top 25

Men

RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
110:30.28 Tom Bosworth25 February 2018Glasgow[5]
210:31.42 Andreas Erm4 February 2001Halle
310:47.08Lebogang Shange21 July 2018London[6]
410:47.11Giovanni De Benedictis19 May 1990San Giovanni Valdarno
510:49.33 Christopher Linke9 February 2018Erfurt[7]
610:52.15 Nils Brembach9 February 2018Erfurt[8]
710:52.77 Callum Wilkinson25 February 2018Glasgow[9]
810:54.61 Carlo Mattioli6 February 1980Milan
910:54.70Dane Bird-Smith11 February 2017Brisbane[10]
1010:56.22Andrew Jachno7 February 1991Melbourne
1110:56.30 Marius Žiukas25 February 2018Glasgow[11]
1210:56.34Roman Mrázek
14 Jun 1989Bratislava
1310:56.77 Ivano Brugnetti21 Feb 2009Turin
1410:56.88 Reima Salonen5 February 1984Turku
1510:57.32 Matej Tóth12 February 2011Vienna
1610:57.77Francesco Fortunato9 June 2022Rome[12]
1710:58.16Kévin Campion8 Jul 2014Cork
1810:58.47Alex Wright8 Jul 2014Cork
1910:58.89 Dawid Tomala25 February 2018Glasgow[13]
2010:59.04Luke Adams8 Jul 2014Cork
2110:59.91Gianluca Picchiottino9 June 2022Rome[14]
2211:00.2 Jozef Pribilinec30 August 1985Banská Bystrica
2311:00.50Paquillo Fernández8 June 2007Villeneuve-d'Ascq
2411:00.56David Smith24 Jan 1987Perth
2511:00.68Antón Kučmín21 August 2013Dubnica nad Váhom

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 11:00.68:

Women

RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
111:35.34 [17] Gillian O'Sullivan15 February 2003Belfast
211:40.33 Claudia Stef30 January 1999Bucharest
311:41.85 Norica Câmpean6 February 1999Bucharest
411:44.00 Alina Ivanova
511:44.10 Anisya Kirdyapkina5 February 2012Moscow
611:49.73 Yelena Nikolayeva
711:50.08 Eleonora Giorgi
811:50.30Marina Pandakova1 March 1989Moscow
911:50.48 Melanie Seeger
1011:50.90 Beate Gummelt
1111:51.26Kerry Saxby-Junna
1211:52.38Anežka Drahotová
1311:53.23 Ileana Salvador
1411:54.32 Anna Rita Sidoti
1511:55.30 Antonella Palmisano17 February 2018Ancona[18]
1611:56.59 Irina Yumanova
1711:57.00 Elisa Rigaudo
1811:57.48 Yelena Arshintseva
1911:57.71 Svetlana Vasilyeva
2011:57.80Erica Alfridi
2111:57.89 Marina Pandakova
2211:58.17Elisabetta Perrone
2311:58.44 Vera Sokolova
2411:58.9 Yelena Gruzinova
2511:59.25Olimpiada Ivanova

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 11:54.80:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kilometers to Miles Conversion Calculator and Table – Convert Kilometers (km) to Miles . 21 February 2017.
  2. Web site: Shizouoka Meet: Shota Lizuka runs 20.21 for 200m, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder . RunBlogRun . 14 August 2024.
  3. Web site: All-time men's best 3000m track race-walk indoor. tilastopaja.com. 15 June 2017. 15 June 2017.
  4. Web site: All-time men's best 3000m track race-walk outdoor. tilastopaja.com. 15 June 2017. 15 June 2017.
  5. News: Manning gets upper hand in Glasgow while Bosworth breaks world best. IAAF. Jon Mulkeen. 25 February 2018. 25 February 2018.
  6. Web site: 3000m Race Walk Results. sportresult.com. 21 July 2018. 3 August 2018.
  7. Web site: 3000m Race Walk Results. laportal.net. 9 February 2018. 17 February 2018.
  8. Web site: 3000m Race Walk Results. laportal.net. 9 February 2018. 17 February 2018.
  9. News: 3000m Race Walk Results. IAAF. 25 February 2018. 25 February 2018.
  10. News: QA Norma Croker Shields: Dane Bird-Smith broke the Australian record in 3.000. track walk. marciadalmondo.com. 13 February 2017. 21 February 2017.
  11. News: 3000m Race Walk Results. IAAF. 25 February 2018. 25 February 2018.
  12. News: Jackson wins sprint showdown, Kimeli reigns in Rome. World Athletics. Jess Whittington. 9 June 2022. 22 June 2022.
  13. News: 3000m Race Walk Results. IAAF. 25 February 2018. 25 February 2018.
  14. News: Jackson wins sprint showdown, Kimeli reigns in Rome. World Athletics. Jess Whittington. 9 June 2022. 22 June 2022.
  15. Web site: All-time women's best 3000m track race-walk indoor. IAAF. 21 February 2017. 21 February 2017.
  16. Web site: All-time women's best 3000m track race-walk outdoor. tilastopaja.com. 15 June 2017. 15 June 2017.
  17. no international judges
  18. Web site: 3000m Race Walk Results. FIDAL. 17 February 2018. 17 February 2018.