The 3000 metres race walk is a

racewalking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asse ...

event. The event is competed as a track race and was part of the athletics programme for women at the

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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.

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

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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 Thomas Stewart Bosworth (born 17 January 1990) is a British two-time Olympic race walker who holds three World bests, including the World Best for the 1Mile race walk, 5:31.08. He also holds six British records, won 13 British Championships ...

of the United Kingdom, at 10:30.28.

All-time top 25

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to 5000m performance *i = indoor performance *h = hand timing *A = affected by altitude

Men

*Correct as of June 2022.

Notes

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

also walked 10:43.84 (2018), 10:58.21i (2016). *

Dane Bird-Smith Dane Alex Bird-Smith (born 15 July 1992) is an Australian racewalking athlete. He competes in the 20 kilometres race walk, and has a best of 1:19:28 hours for the distance, set in 2017. He competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he was the b ...

also walked 10:56.06 (2018). *

Christopher Linke Christopher Linke (born 24 October 1988 in Potsdam) is a German race walker. He competed in the 50 km event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing in 24th place. In the 20 km event at the 2016 Olympics, he finished in 5th p ...

also walked 10:58.94 (2022). * Callum Wilkinson also walked 10:59.00 (2019).

Women

*Correct as of February 2018.

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 11:54.80: * Claudia Stef also walked 11:40.99 (1999), 11:43.72 (1999). *

Alina Ivanova Alina Petrovna Ivanova (russian: Алина Петровна Иванова; born 16 March 1969 in Kildishevo, Yadrinsky District, Chuvash ASSR) is a retired Russian long-distance athlete who competing in race walking and road running. She is ...

also walked 11:49.99 (1992). *

Beate Gummelt Helga-Beate Gummelt ( Anders; born 4 February 1968, is a German track and field athlete. She competed in the 1980s until 2000 in the walk. Before 1991, she competed for East Germany. Gummelt's biggest success was in 1991, when she became the ...

also walked 11:52.01 (1993), 11:53.03i (1996). * Yelena Nikolayeva also walked hand-timed 11:54.8 (1992).

References

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