2000 metres steeplechase

The 2000 Metres Steeplechase is a rarely run senior athletics and a standard youth athletics event for the steeplechase in track and field. The event was part of the athletics programme for boys and girls at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. It is an obstacle race over the distance of 2000 metres, and derives its name from the horse racing steeplechase.

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

All-time top 25

• i = indoor performance
• A = affected by altitude

Men

• Correct as of 4 September 2024.^[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
		Duncan Hamilton	United States	3 September 2024	Copenhagen	[5]
20	5:19.78	Paul Malakwen Kosgei	Kenya	20 June 1998	La Spezia
21	5:19.86	Mark Rowland	Great Britain	28 August 1988	London
22	5:19.96	Roba Gari	Ethiopia	19 May 2007	Herrera
23	5:19.99	Meresa Kahsay	Ethiopia	12 July 2013	Donetsk
24	5:20.00	Krzysztof Wesolowski	Poland	28 June 1984	Oslo
	5:20.00 +	Lawrence Kemboi	Kenya	6 May 2016	Doha

Notes

Below is a list of all other times equal or superior to 5:20.00:

• 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).

Women

• Correct as of July 2025.^[6]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	5:45.09 i	Winfred Yavi	Bahrain	9 February 2021	Liévin	[7]
2	5:47.42	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	10 September 2023	Zagreb	[8]
3	5:47.79 i	Maruša Mišmaš	Slovenia	19 February 2020	Liévin	[9]
4	5:52.80	Gesa-Felicitas Krause	Germany	1 September 2019	Berlin	[10]
5	5:52.92	Winnie Jemutai	Kenya	10 September 2023	Zagreb	[11]
6	5:54.16+	Ruth Jebet	Bahrain	27 August 2016	Saint-Denis
7	5:56.79	Luiza Gega	Albania	10 September 2023	Zagreb	[12]
8	5:57.76	Ley Meyer	Germany	27 July 2025	Berlin	[13]
9	6:00.31 i	Mercy Chepkurui	Kenya	19 February 2020	Liévin	[14]
10	6:00.50	Olivia Gürth	Germany	1 September 2024	Berlin	[15]
11	6:01.27 i	Roseline Chepngetich	Kenya	19 February 2020	Liévin	[16]
12	6:01.47	Tatiane Raquel da Silva	Brazil	18 June 2023	Poznań	[17]
13	6:02.04	Celestine Biwot	Kenya	18 June 2023	Poznań	[18]
14	6:02.16	Virginia Nyambura	Kenya	6 September 2015	Berlin
15	6:03.38	Wioletta Frankiewicz	Poland	15 July 2006	Gdańsk
16	6:04.05	Maroua Bouziani	Tunisia	12 May 2023	Toulon	[19]
17	6:04.46	Dorcus Inzikuru	Uganda	1 June 2005	Milano
18	6:04.79	Jolanda Kallabis	Germany	27 July 2025	Berlin	[20]
19	6:05.53	Eline Dalemans	Belgium	27 July 2025	Berlin	[21]
20	6:06.85	Aneta Konieczek	Poland	18 June 2023	Poznań	[22]
21	6:07.01	Fancy Cherono	Kenya	1 September 2019	Berlin	[23]
22	6:09.48	Viktória Wagner-Gyürkés	Hungary	1 September 2019	Berlin	[24]
		Genevieve Gregson	Australia	1 September 2019	Berlin	[25]
24	6:09.62	Kinga Krôlik	Poland	1 September 2024	Berlin	[26]
25	6:09.85	Joana Soares	Portugal	25 July 2020	Ribeira Brava	[27]

Notes

Below is a list of all other times equal or superior to 6:09.85:

• 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).
• Gesa-Felicitas Krause also ran 5:56.71 (2024), 6:04.20 (2015), 6:09.46 (2016).
• Luiza Gega also ran 6:00.07 (2019).
• Beatrice Chepkoech also ran 6:02.47 (2015).
• Winnie Jemutai also ran 6:02.61 (2023).
• Jolanda Kallabis also ran 6:07.72 (2022).