Gold medal times in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Summer Olympics 1920-2020
in 2016, with a time of 8 minutes and 3.28 seconds, and the women's Olympic record was set by Russia's Gulnara Samitova in 2008, with a time of 8 minutes and 58.81 seconds (where she also became the first woman to complete the race in under nine minutes). The world record for men was set in 2004 by Qatar's Saif Saaeed Shaheen with a time of 7 minutes and 53.63 seconds (Shaheen, born in Kenya but representing Qatar since 2003, never competed at the 2004 Olympics due to a dispute with the Kenyan Athletics Federation, and injuries held him back in later Olympics), the women's world record was set in 2018 by Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech, with a time of 8 minutes and 44.32 seconds.
The 3,000 meter steeplechase has featured at the Olympic Games as a men's event since 1920, while the women's event was only introduced in 2008. There were other variations of the steeplechase held between 1900 and 1904, ranging from 2,500 meters and 4,000 meters, and the 1932 steeplechase was 3,460 meters in length, due to an officiating error that resulted in the athletes running an extra lap of the track. The current men's Olympic record was set by Kenya's Conseslus