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2009  World  Top 20 Compiled by Mirko Jalava, Tilastopaja Oy. Text version here.

Women
3000 m
1	8:30.15			Meseret Defar	ETH	19 Nov 83	155/42	1	WAF	Thessaloníki	13 Sep
2	8:30.61			Vivian Cheruiyot	KEN	9 Nov 83	155/38	2	WAF	Thessaloníki	13 Sep
3	8:30.93			Ayalew Wude Yimer	ETH	4 Jul 87		3	WAF	Thessaloníki	13 Sep
4	8:35.86			Natalia Rodríguez	ESP	2 Jun 79	167/49	1	Iberoam	Huelva	10 Jun
5	8:36.53			Marta Domínguez	ESP	3 Nov 75	161/54	2	Iberoam	Huelva	10 Jun
6	8:37.17			Iness Chenonge	KEN	1 Feb 82	170/48	4	WAF	Thessaloníki	13 Sep
7	8:38.61	NJR		Kalkedan Gezahegn	ETH	8 May 91		5	WAF	Thessaloníki	13 Sep
8	8:40.63			Anna Alminova	RUS	17 Jan 85	165/50	1	ECCC	Castellón	30 May
9	8:41.83			Lidia Chojecka	POL	25 Jan 77	163/47	3	Hanzekovic	Zagreb	31 Aug
10	8:41.85			Elvan Abeylegesse	TUR	11 Sep 82	159/40	2	ECCC	Castellón	30 May
11	8:43.54			Ann Mwangi	KEN	8 Dec 88		1		Fukuroi	3 May
12	8:43.92			Milcah Chemos	KEN	24 Feb 86		4	Hanzekovic	Zagreb	31 Aug
13	8:43.93			Sylvia Kibet	KEN	28 Mar 84	157/44	1	Rieti 2009	Rieti	6 Sep
14	8:44.67			Mercy Cherono	KEN	7 May 91		3	Rieti 2009	Rieti	6 Sep
15	8:45.48			Ruth Bisibori	KEN	2 Jan 88	168/50	1	Quercia	Rovereto	1 Sep
16	8:45.79			Sabrina Mockenhaupt	GER	6 Dec 80	156/45	1		Wiesbaden	29 May
17	8:45.97			Sentayehu Ejigu	ETH	21 Jun 85	160/45	6	Rieti 2009	Rieti	6 Sep
18	8:46.37			Meskerem Assefa	ETH	20 Sep 85	155/43	1	Métropole	Villeneuve d'Ascq	30 Jun
19	8:46.52			Gedo Utura	ETH	8 Feb 90		2	Métropole	Villeneuve d'Ascq	30 Jun
20	8:46.88			Gulnara Galkina	RUS	9 Jul 78	168/54	1	ETC	Leiria	20 Jun