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 steeplechase runners
- i = indoor performance
- A = affected by altitude
Men
- Correct as of 25 March 2018.
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | 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 | 5:14.43 | Julius Kariuki | Kenya | 21 August 1990 | Rovereto | |
| 4 | 5:14.53 | Saif Saaeed Shaheen | Qatar | 13 May 2005 | Doha | |
| 5 | 5:16.22 | Philip Barkutwo | Kenya | 21 August 1990 | Rovereto | |
| 6 | 5:16.46 | Wesley Kiprotich | Kenya | 13 May 2005 | Doha | |
| 7 | 5:16.85 | Eliud Barnegetuny | Kenya | 13 June 1995 | Parma | |
| 8 | 5:18.28 | Richard Kosgei | Kenya | 13 June 1995 | Parma | |
| 9 | 5:18.36 | Alessandro Lambruschini | Italy | 12 September 1989 | Verona | |
| 10 | 5:18.38 | Azzedine Brahmi | Algeria | 17 June 1992 | Verona | |
| 11 | 5:18.51 | John Langat | Kenya | 29 August 2001 | Rovereto | |
| 12 | 5:18.60 | Stanley Kibiwott | Kenya | 29 August 2001 | Rovereto | |
| 13 | 5:18.65 | Antonio David Jiménez | Spain | 7 June 2005 | Huelva | |
| 14 | 5:18.67 | Benjamin Kigen | Kenya | 2 June 2017 | Andujar | |
| 15 | 5:19.21 | Joseph Keter | Kenya | 23 August 1995 | Rovereto | |
| 16 | 5:19.68 | Samson Obwocha | Kenya | 19 July 1986 | Birmingham | |
| 17 | 5:19.78 | Paul Malakwen Kosgei | Kenya | 20 June 1998 | La Spezia | |
| 18 | 5:19.86 | Mark Rowland | Great Britain | 28 August 1988 | London | |
| 19 | 5:19.96 | Roba Gari | Ethiopia | 19 May 2007 | Herrera | |
| 20 | 5:19.99 | Meresa Kahsay | Ethiopia | 12 July 2013 | Donetsk | |
| 21 | 5:20.00 | Krzysztof Wesolowski | Poland | 28 June 1984 | Oslo | |
| 22 | 5:20.12 | Luciano Di Pardo | Italy | 20 june 1998 | La Spezia | |
| 23 | 5:20.13 | Ali Thamer Kamal | Qatar | 30 June 2010 | Reims | |
| 24 | 5:20.25 | Julius Korir | Kenya | 19 July 1986 | Birmingham | |
| 25 | 5:20.42 | Laid Bessou | Algeria | 27 August 2000 | Padova |
Women
- Correct as of July 2020.
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
| 1 | 5:47.79 i | Maruša Mišmaš | Slovenia | 19 February 2020 | Liévin | |
| 2 | 5:48.68 i | Winfred Mutile Yavi | Bahrain | 19 February 2020 | Liévin | |
| 3 | 5:52.80 | Gesa-Felicitas Krause | Germany | 1 September 2019 | Berlin | |
| 4 | 5:54.16 | Ruth Jebet | Bahrain | 27 August 2016 | Saint-Denis | |
| 5 | 6:00.07 | Luiza Gega | Albania | 1 September 2019 | Berlin | |
| 6 | 6:00.31 i | Mercy Chepkurui | Kenya | 19 February 2020 | Liévin | |
| 7 | 6:01.27 i | Roseline Chepngetich | Kenya | 19 February 2020 | Liévin | |
| 8 | 6:02.16 | Virginia Nyambura | KEN | 6 September 2015 | Berlin | |
| 9 | 6:02.47 | Beatrice Chepkoech | KEN | 6 September 2015 | Berlin | |
| 10 | 6:03.38 | Wioletta Frankiewicz | POL | 15 July 2006 | Gdánsk | |
| 11 | 6:04.46 | Dorcus Inzikuru | UGA | 1 June 2005 | Milano | |
| 12 | 6:07.01 | Fancy Cherono | Kenya | 1 September 2019 | Berlin | |
| 13 | 6:09.48 | Viktória Wagner-Gyürkés | Hungary | 1 September 2019 | Berlin | |
| 13 | 6:09.48 | Genevieve Gregson | Australia | 1 September 2019 | Berlin | |
| 15 | 6:09.85 | Joana Soares | Portugal | 25 July 2020 | Ribeira Brava | |
| 16 | 6:10.82 | Magdalene Masai | Kenya | 6 September 2015 | Berlin | |
| 17 | 6:11.63 | Lívia Tóth | HUN | 15 July 2006 | Gdánsk | |
| 18 | 6:11.83 | Korahubish Itaa | ETH | 10 July 2009 | Bressanone | |
| 19 | 6:11.84 | Marina Pluzhnikova | RUS | 25 July 1994 | Sankt Peterburg | |
| 20 | 6:11.90 | Lucia Muangi | KEN | 10 July 2009 | Bressanone | |
| 21 | 6:13.97 | Yekaterina Doseykina | RUS | 17 July 2014 | Moskva | |
| 22 | 6:14.34 | Tigist Mekonen | BHR | 6 September 2015 | Berlin | |
| 23 | 6:14.52 | Svetlana Rogova | RUS | 11 June 1992 | Moskva | |
| 24 | 6:15.12 | Daisy Jepkemei | KEN | 14 July 2013 | Donetsk | |
| 25 | 6:15.60 | Sigrid Vanden Bempt | BEL | 17 August 2008 | Huizingen |