2000 metres steeplechase

The 2000 meter steeplechase is a rarely run

All-time top 25

• i = indoor performance
• A = affected by altitude

Men

• Correct as of 12 September 2022.^[1][2]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	5:10.68	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	France	30 June 2010	Reims
2	5:13.47	Bouabdellah Tahri	France	25 June 2010	Tomblaine
3	5:13.77 i	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	13 February 2011	Ghent
4	5:14.06	Soufiane El Bakkali	Morocco	11 September 2022	Zagreb	[3]
5	5:14.43	Julius Kariuki	Kenya	21 August 1990	Rovereto
6	5:14.53	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	Qatar	13 May 2005	Doha
7	5:16.22	Philip Barkutwo	Kenya	21 August 1990	Rovereto
8	5:16.46	Wesley Kiprotich	Kenya	13 May 2005	Doha
9	5:16.85	Eliud Barnegetuny	Kenya	13 June 1995	Parma
10	5:18.28	Richard Kosgei	Kenya	13 June 1995	Parma
11	5:18.36	Alessandro Lambruschini	Italy	12 September 1989	Verona
12	5:18.38	Azzedine Brahmi	Algeria	17 June 1992	Verona
13	5:18.51	John Langat	Kenya	29 August 2001	Rovereto
14	5:18.60	Stanley Kibiwott	Kenya	29 August 2001	Rovereto
15	5:18.65	Antonio David Jiménez	Spain	7 June 2005	Huelva
16	5:18.67	Benjamin Kigen	Kenya	2 June 2017	Andujar	[4]
17	5:19.21	Joseph Keter	Kenya	23 August 1995	Rovereto
18	5:19.68	Samson Obwocha	Kenya	19 July 1986	Birmingham
19	5:19.78	Paul Malakwen Kosgei	Kenya	20 June 1998	La Spezia
20	5:19.86	Mark Rowland	Great Britain	28 August 1988	London
21	5:19.96	Roba Gari	Ethiopia	19 May 2007	Herrera
22	5:19.99	Meresa Kahsay	Ethiopia	12 July 2013	Donetsk
23	5:20.00	Krzysztof Wesolowski	Poland	28 June 1984	Oslo
	5:20.00 +	Lawrence Kemboi	Kenya	6 May 2016	Doha
25	5:20.12	Luciano Di Pardo	Italy	20 June 1998	La Spezia

Notes

Below is a list of all other times equal or superior to 5:20.12:

• Bouabdellah Tahri also ran 5:15.36 (2009), 5:15.96 (2002), 5:17.19 (2007), 5:19.33 (2001).
• Paul Kipsiele Koech also ran 5:17.04 i (2010).
• John Langat also ran 5:18.61 (2001).
• Eliud Barngetuny also ran 5:18.67 (1995).
• Alessandro Lambruschini also ran 5:18.68 (1990), 5:18.88 (1992), 5:19.44 (1992).
• Richard Kosgei also ran 5:19.05 (1995).
• Antonio David Jiménez also ran 5:20.07 (2001).

Women

• Correct as of September 2023.^[5]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	5:45.09 i	Winfred Yavi	Bahrain	9 February 2021	Liévin	[6]
2	5:47.42	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	10 September 2023	Zagreb	[7]
3	5:47.79 i	Maruša Mišmaš	Slovenia	19 February 2020	Liévin	[8]
4	5:52.80	Gesa-Felicitas Krause	Germany	1 September 2019	Berlin	[9]
5	5:52.92	Winnie Jemutai	Kenya	10 September 2023	Zagreb	[10]
6	5:54.16+	Ruth Jebet	Bahrain	27 August 2016	Saint-Denis
7	5:56.79	Luiza Gega	Albania	10 September 2023	Zagreb	[11]
8	6:00.31 i	Mercy Chepkurui	Kenya	19 February 2020	Liévin	[12]
9	6:01.27 i	Roseline Chepngetich	Kenya	19 February 2020	Liévin	[13]
10	6:01.47	Tatiane Raquel da Silva	Brazil	18 June 2023	Poznań	[14]
11	6:02.04	Celestine Biwot	Kenya	18 June 2023	Poznań	[15]
12	6:02.16	Virginia Nyambura	Kenya	6 September 2015	Berlin
13	6:03.38	Wioletta Frankiewicz	Poland	15 July 2006	Gdańsk
14	6:04.05	Maroua Bouziani	Tunisia	12 May 2023	Toulon	[16]
15	6:04.46	Dorcus Inzikuru	Uganda	1 June 2005	Milano
16	6:06.85	Aneta Konieczek	Poland	18 June 2023	Poznań	[17]
17	6:07.01	Fancy Cherono	Kenya	1 September 2019	Berlin	[18]
18	6:07.72	Jolanda Kallabis	Germany	10 September 2022	Trier	[19]
19	6:09.48	Viktória Wagner-Gyürkés	Hungary	1 September 2019	Berlin	[20]
		Genevieve Gregson	Australia	1 September 2019	Berlin	[21]
21	6:09.85	Joana Soares	Portugal	25 July 2020	Ribeira Brava	[22]
22	6:10.11 i	Fancy Kipkoech	Kenya	9 February 2021	Liévin	[23]
23	6:10.82	Magdalene Masai	Kenya	6 September 2015	Berlin
24	6:11.63	Lívia Tóth	Hungary	15 July 2006	Gdańsk
25	6:11.83	Korahubish Itaa	Ethiopia	10 July 2009	Bressanone

Notes

Below is a list of all other times equal or superior to 6:11.83:

• Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimsek also run 5:48.71i
  (2021), 5:53.38 (2023), 5:56.28 (2020).
• Winfred Yavi also ran 5:48.68i (2020), 5:56.83 (2019).
• Luiza Gega also ran 6:00.07 (2019).
• Beatrice Chepkoech also ran 6:02.47 (2015).
• Winnie Jemutai also ran 6:02.61 (2023).
• Gesa-Felicitas Krause
  also ran 6:04.20 (2015), 6:09.46 (2016), 6:10.91 (2021).
• Mercy Chepkurui also ran 6:10.99i (2021).

References