The 3000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race. It was a part of the athletics programme for women at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics until 1993. In this event, 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.

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.

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.

Updated 21 May 2026.

Area Time Season Athlete World 11:40.33 1999 Area records Africa 14:13.46 2018 Asia 12:42.65 1994 Europe 11:40.33 1999 North, Central Americaand Caribbean 12:20.79 1993 Oceania none South America 13:24.0h 2023

All-time top 25 + = en route to 5000 m performance i = indoor performance h = hand timing A = affected by altitude

Men Correct as of June 2022. RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlace110:30.28 Tom Bosworth25 February 2018Glasgow210:31.42 Andreas Erm4 February 2001Halle310:47.08Lebogang Shange21 July 2018London410:47.11Giovanni De Benedictis19 May 1990San Giovanni Valdarno510:49.33 Christopher Linke9 February 2018Erfurt610:52.15 Nils Brembach9 February 2018Erfurt710:52.77 Callum Wilkinson25 February 2018Glasgow810:54.61 Carlo Mattioli6 February 1980Milan910:54.70Dane Bird-Smith11 February 2017Brisbane1010:56.22Andrew Jachno7 February 1991Melbourne1110:56.30 Marius Žiukas25 February 2018Glasgow1210:56.34Roman Mrázek14 Jun 1989Bratislava1310:56.77 Ivano Brugnetti21 Feb 2009Turin1410:56.88 Reima Salonen5 February 1984Turku1510:57.32 Matej Tóth12 February 2011Vienna1610:57.77Francesco Fortunato9 June 2022Rome1710:58.16Kévin Campion8 Jul 2014Cork1810:58.47Alex Wright8 Jul 2014Cork1910:58.89 Dawid Tomala25 February 2018Glasgow2010:59.04Luke Adams8 Jul 2014Cork2110:59.91Gianluca Picchiottino9 June 2022Rome2211:00.2 Jozef Pribilinec30 August 1985Banská Bystrica2311:00.50Paquillo Fernández8 June 2007Villeneuve-d'Ascq2411:00.56David Smith24 Jan 1987Perth2511:00.68Antón Kučmín21 August 2013Dubnica nad Váhom

Notes Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 11:00.68: Tom Bosworth also walked 10:43.84 (2018), 10:58.21i (2016). Dane Bird-Smith also walked 10:56.06 (2018). Christopher Linke also walked 10:58.94 (2022). Callum Wilkinson also walked 10:59.00 (2019).

Women Correct as of February 2018. RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlace111:35.34 no international judgesGillian O'Sullivan15 February 2003Belfast211:40.33 Claudia Stef30 January 1999Bucharest311:41.85 Norica Câmpean6 February 1999Bucharest411:44.00 Alina Ivanova511:44.10 Anisya Kirdyapkina5 February 2012Moscow611:49.73 Yelena Nikolayeva711:50.08 Eleonora Giorgi811:50.30Marina Pandakova1 March 1989Moscow911:50.48 Melanie Seeger1011:50.90 Beate Gummelt1111:51.26Kerry Saxby-Junna1211:52.38Anežka Drahotová1311:53.23 Ileana Salvador1411:54.32 Anna Rita Sidoti1511:55.30 Antonella Palmisano17 February 2018Ancona1611:56.59 Irina Yumanova1711:57.00 Elisa Rigaudo1811:57.48 Yelena Arshintseva1911:57.71 Svetlana Vasilyeva2011:57.80Erica Alfridi2111:57.89 Marina Pandakova2211:58.17Elisabetta Perrone2311:58.44 Vera Sokolova2411:58.9 Yelena Gruzinova2511:59.25Olimpiada Ivanova

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 also walked 11:49.99 (1992). Beate Gummelt also walked 11:52.01 (1993), 11:53.03i (1996). Yelena Nikolayeva also walked hand-timed 11:54.8 (1992).

References