2000 metres steeplechase

Athletics 2000 metres steeplechase
World records
Men	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 5:10.68 (2010)
Women	Gesa-Felicitas Krause 5:52.80 (2019)

The 2000 metres steeplechase or 2000-meter steeplechase is a standard youth athletics event for the steeplechase in track and field. The event is part of the athletics programme for boys and girls at the IAAF World U18 Championships. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 2000 metres, which derives its name from the horse racing steeplechase.

All-time top 25[]

• i = indoor performance
• A = affected by altitude

Men[]

• Correct as of 25 March 2018.^[1]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	5:10.68	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	France	30 June 2010	Reims	[2]
2	5:13.47	Bouabdellah Tahri	France	25 June 2010	Tomblaine	[3]
3	5:14.43	Julius Kariuki	Kenya	21 August 1990	Rovereto	[4]
4	5:14.53	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	Qatar	13 May 2005	Doha	[5]
5	5:16.22	Philip Barkutwo	Kenya	21 August 1990	Rovereto	[6]
6	5:16.46	Wesley Kiprotich	Kenya	13 May 2005	Doha	[7]
7	5:16.85	Eliud Barnegetuny	Kenya	13 June 1995	Parma	[8]
8	5:18.28		Kenya	13 June 1995	Parma	[9]
9	5:18.36	Alessandro Lambruschini	Italy	12 September 1989	Verona	[10]
10	5:18.38	Azzedine Brahmi	Algeria	17 June 1992	Verona	[11]
11	5:18.51		Kenya	29 August 2001	Rovereto	[12]
12	5:18.60		Kenya	29 August 2001	Rovereto	[13]
13	5:18.65	Antonio David Jiménez	Spain	7 June 2005	Huelva	[14]
14	5:18.67	Benjamin Kigen	Kenya	2 June 2017	Andujar	[15]
15	5:19.21	Joseph Keter	Kenya	23 August 1995	Rovereto	[16]
16	5:19.68		Kenya	19 July 1986	Birmingham	[17]
17	5:19.78	Paul Malakwen Kosgei	Kenya	20 June 1998	La Spezia	[18]
18	5:19.86	Mark Rowland	Great Britain	28 August 1988	London	[19]
19	5:19.96	Roba Gari	Ethiopia	19 May 2007	Herrera	[20]
20	5:19.99		Ethiopia	12 July 2013	Donetsk	[21]
21	5:20.00	Krzysztof Wesolowski	Poland	28 June 1984	Oslo	[22]
22	5:20.12	Luciano Di Pardo	Italy	20 june 1998	La Spezia	[23]
23	5:20.13	Ali Thamer Kamal	Qatar	30 June 2010	Reims	[24]
24	5:20.25	Julius Korir	Kenya	19 July 1986	Birmingham	[25]
25	5:20.42	Laid Bessou	Algeria	27 August 2000	Padova	[26]

Women[]

• Correct as of February 2021.^[27]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	5:45.09 i	Winfred Yavi	Bahrain	9 February 2021	Liévin	[28]
2	5:47.79 i	Maruša Mišmaš	Slovenia	19 February 2020	Liévin	[29]
3	5:52.80	Gesa-Felicitas Krause	Germany	1 September 2019	Berlin	[30]
4	5:54.16+	Ruth Jebet	Bahrain	27 August 2016	Saint-Denis
5	6:00.07	Luiza Gega	Albania	1 September 2019	Berlin	[31]
6	6:00.31 i		Kenya	19 February 2020	Liévin	[32]
7	6:01.27 i	Roseline Chepngetich	Kenya	19 February 2020	Liévin	[33]
8	6:02.16	Virginia Nyambura	Kenya	6 September 2015	Berlin
9	6:02.47	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	6 September 2015	Berlin
10	6:03.38	Wioletta Frankiewicz	Poland	15 July 2006	Gdánsk
11	6:04.46	Dorcus Inzikuru	Uganda	1 June 2005	Milano
12	6:07.01	Fancy Cherono	Kenya	1 September 2019	Berlin	[34]
13	6:09.48	Viktória Wagner-Gyürkés	Hungary	1 September 2019	Berlin	[35]
		Genevieve Gregson	Australia	1 September 2019	Berlin	[36]
15	6:09.85		Portugal	25 July 2020	Ribeira Brava	[citation needed]
16	6:10.11 i		Kenya	9 February 2021	Liévin	[37]
17	6:10.82		Kenya	6 September 2015	Berlin
18	6:11.63	Lívia Tóth	Hungary	15 July 2006	Gdánsk
19	6:11.83		Ethiopia	10 July 2009	Bressanone
20	6:11.84		Russia	25 July 1994	Sankt Peterburg
21	6:11.90		Kenya	10 July 2009	Bressanone
22	6:13.97		Russia	17 July 2014	Moskva
23	6:14.34	Tigist Mekonen	Bahrain	6 September 2015	Berlin
24	6:14.52		Russia	11 June 1992	Moskva
25	6:14.66	Stephanie Garcia	United States	31 May 2014	Greenville	[38]

Notes[]

Below is a list of all other times equal or superior to 6:14.66:

• Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimsek also run 5:48.71i (2021), 5:56.28 (2020).
• Winfred Yavi also ran 5:48.68i (2020), 5:56.83 (2019).
• Gesa-Felicitas Krause also ran 6:04.20 (2015), 6:09.46 (2016).
• also ran 6:10.99i (2021).
• Roseline Chepngetich also ran 6:12.0 A h (2013).
• Fancy Cherono also ran 6:13.77i (2020).
• Roseline Chepngetich also ran 6:14.60 (2013).

References[]