The IAAF no longer keeps official world records for this distance; they are called world best instead. The world best for men is 7:58.61 set by Kenyan
Daniel Komen in
Hechtel, Belgium on 19 July 1997. The women's record is 8:58.58, set by Ethiopian
Meseret Defar in Brussels, Belgium on 14 September 2007.
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