2000 metres steeplechase

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

Men

• Correct as of June 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	Richard Kosgei	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	John Langat	Kenya	29 August 2001	Rovereto	[12]
12	5:18.60	Stanley Kibiwott	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	Samson Obwocha	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	Meresa Kahsay	Ethiopia	12 July 2013	Donetsk	[21]
21	5:20.00	Krzysztof Wesolowski	Poland	28 June 1984	Oslo	[22]
22	5:20.12	Luciano Di Parko	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 May 2018.^[27]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	6:02.16	Virginia Nyambura
2	6:02.47	Beatrice Chepkoech
3	6:03.38	Wioletta Frankiewicz
4	6:04.20	Gesa-Felicitas Krause
5	6:04.46	Dorcus Inzikuru
6	6:10.82	Magdalene Masai
7	6:11.63	Lívia Tóth
8	6:11.83
9	6:11.84
10	6:11.90
11	6:12.0 a
12	6:13.97
13	6:14.34
14	6:14.52
15	6:15.12
16	6:15.46	Viktória Gyürkés	Hungary	19 May 2018	Győr	[28]
17	6:15.60
18	6:15.90
19	6:16.19 A
20	6:16.25
21	6:16.41
22	6:16.41
23	6:16.49
24	6:16.54
25	6:16.58

Notes

Below is a list of all other times equal or superior to 6:15.52:

• Gesa-Felicitas Krause also ran 6:09.46 (2016), 6:15.52 (2015).
• Roseline Chepngetich also ran 6:14.60 (2013).

References