| World women's all-time best 2000m steeplechase |
| 1 | 6.11.84 | Marina Pluzhnikova | RUS | 630225 | 1 | Sankt Peterburg | 940725 |
| 2 | 6.14.52 | Svetlana Rogova | RUS | 670804 | 1 | Moskva | 920611 |
| 3 | 6.16.49 | Yelena Motalova | RUS | 710128 | 1 | Moskva | 980802 |
| 4 | 6.17.80 | Irina Mozharova | URS | 580719 | 1 | Gorkiy | 890723 |
| 5 | 6.18.2h | Svetlana Vinogradova | RUS | 71 | 1 | Rostov Na Donu | 960616 |
| 6 | 6.21.16 | Lyudmila Pushkina | MOL | 651002 | 2 | Moskva | 920624 |
| 7 | 6.21.42 | Antonina [Andronakiy] Grishayeva | MOL | 59 | 2 | Moskva | 910611 |
| 8 | 6.22.03 | Stefanija Statkuviene | URS | 620905 | 3 | Gorkiy | 890723 |
| 9 | 6.22.0h | Natalya Cherepanova | RUS | 67 | 2 | Rostov Na Donu | 960616 |
| 10 | 6.22.36 | Svetlana Lyegkodukh | UKR | 69 | 1 | Kiev | 920530 |
| 11 | 6.23.12 | Anzhelika Averkova | UKR | 690313 | 4 | Moskva | 910611 |
| 12 | 6.23.91 | Rimma Ulyanova | RUS | 740110 | 3 | Moskva | 980802 |
| 13 | 6.24.18 | Yelena Krasnova | URS |   | 2 | Kiev | 880802 |
| 14 | 6.24.26 | Irina Matrosova | URS | 620405 | 4 | Gorkiy | 890723 |
| 15 | 6.24.32 | Olga Stefanishina | UKR | 611121 | 1 | Lugansk | 910510 |
| 16 | 6.24.56 | Olimpia Pop | ROM | 760225 | 1 | Bucuresti | 970719 |
| 17 | 6.24.71 | Lyudmila Kuropatkina | RUS | 66 | 3 | Moskva | 920624 |
| 18 | 6.25.12 | Olga Kozel | UKR | 700325 | 1 | Kiev | 940527 |
| 19 | 6.25.19 | Svetlana Pospelova ¶ | RUS | 791224 | 2 | Sankt Peterburg | 940725 |
| 20 | 6.25.77 | Melissa Rollison | AUS | 830413 | 1:17 | Sydney, AUS | 000501 |
| 21 | 6.25.89 | Vera Ragulina ¶ | UKR | 680419 | 2 | Kiev | 940527 |
| 22 | 6.27.45 | Tatyana Babik | UKR | 750417 | 2 | Kiev | 950614 |
| 23 | 6.27.76 | Varvara Shestok | UKR | 741217 | 1 | Kiev | 000618 |
| 24 | 6.27.83 | Liudmila Dubois | CUB | 770519 | 1 | La Habana | 970614 |
| 25 | 6.28.10 | Laurence [Duquenoy] Ricordeau | FRA | 690929 | 1 | Moulins | 960616 |
| 26 | 6.28.2h | Olga Yegorova | RUS | 720328 | 3 | Rostov Na Donu | 960616 |
| 27 | 6.28.31 | Yekaterina Volkova | RUS | 78 | 1:22 | Cheboksary | 990703 |
| 28 | 6.29.34 | Olga Tsurdanova | URS | 65 | 1 | Rostov Na Donu | 900825 |
| 29 | 6.29.54 | Lyudmila Pushkina | MOL | 59 | 2 | Moskva | 920611 |
| 30 | 6.29.57 | Lelia Deselnicu | ROM | 730226 | 1 | Bucuresti | 950702 |