1000 metres

The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions.

For lengths on the order of magnitude of 1000 metres, see 1 kilometre.
Athletics
1000 metres
World records
MenKenya Noah Ngeny 2:11.96 (1999)
WomenRussia Svetlana Masterkova 2:28.98 (1996)

The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested.[1][2]

All-time top 25
  • h = hand timed
  • A = affected by altitude

Men
  • Correct as of August 2022.[3][4]
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 2:11.96 Noah Ngeny  Kenya 5 September 1999 Rieti
2 2:12.18 Sebastian Coe  Great Britain 11 July 1981 Oslo
3 2:12.88 Steve Cram  Great Britain 9 August 1985 Gateshead
4 2:13.08 Taoufik Makhloufi  Algeria 1 July 2015 Nancy
5 2:13.49 Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti 25 August 2016 Lausanne [5]
6 2:13.56 Kennedy Kimwetich  Kenya 17 July 1999 Nice
7 2:13.62 Abubaker Kaki Khamis  Sudan 3 July 2010 Eugene
8 2:13.73 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 2 July 1993 Villeneuve-d'Ascq
9 2:13.88 Jake Wightman  Great Britain 10 August 2022 Monaco [6]
10 2:13.89 Robert Biwott  Kenya 25 August 2016 Lausanne
11 2:13.9 h Rick Wohlhuter  United States 30 July 1974 Oslo
12 2:13.95 Jonathan Kitilit  Kenya 25 August 2016 Lausanne
13 2:13.96 Mehdi Baala  France 26 June 2003 Strasbourg
14 2:14.09 Joaquim Cruz  Brazil 20 August 1984 Nice
15 2:14.23 Asbel Kiprop  Kenya 25 August 2016 Lausanne
16 2:14.28 Japheth Kimutai  Kenya 1 August 2000 Stockholm
17 2:14.30 Marcin Lewandowski  Poland 25 August 2016 Lausanne [7]
18 2:14.35 Marco Arop  Canada 10 August 2022 Monaco [8]
19 2:14.41 William Yiampoy  Kenya 5 September 1999 Rieti
20 2:14.43 Laban Rotich  Kenya 16 July 1997 Nice
21 2:14.50 Abdi Bile  Somalia 13 September 1989 Jerez de la Frontera
22 2:14.52 Djabir Said-Guerni  Algeria 5 September 1999 Rieti
23 2:14.53 Willi Wülbeck  West Germany 1 July 1980 Oslo
24 2:14.69 El-Mahjoub Haïda  Morocco 12 July 1995 Nice
25 2:14.72 Yusuf Saad Kamel  Bahrain 22 July 2008 Stockholm

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:14.51:

Men (indoor)
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 2:14.20 Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti 17 February 2016 Stockholm
2 2:14.96 Wilson Kipketer  Denmark 20 February 2000 Birmingham

Women
  • Correct as of September 2021.[11]
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 2:28.98 Svetlana Masterkova  Russia 23 August 1996 Brussels
2 2:29.15 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya 14 August 2020 Monaco [12]
3 2:29.34 Maria Mutola  Mozambique 25 August 1995 Brussels
4 2:30.6 h Tatyana Providokhina  Soviet Union 20 August 1978 Podolsk
5 2:30.67 Christine Wachtel  East Germany 17 August 1990 Berlin
6 2:30.70 Caster Semenya  South Africa 2 September 2018 Berlin [13]
7 2:30.82 Laura Muir  Great Britain 14 August 2020 Monaco [14]
8 2:30.85 Martina Steuk  East Germany 9 July 1980 Berlin
9 2:31.06 Ciara Mageean  Ireland 14 August 2020 Monaco [15]
10 2:31.11 Jemma Reekie  Great Britain 14 August 2020 Monaco [16]
11 2:31.5 h A Maricica Puica  Romania 1 June 1986 Poiana Brasov
12 2:31.50 Natalya Artyomova  Soviet Union 10 September 1991 Berlin
13 2:31.51 Sandra Gasser   Switzerland 13 September 1989 Jerez de la Frontera
14 2:31.6 h Beate Liebich  East Germany 9 July 1980 Berlin
15 2:31.65 Olga Dvirna  Soviet Union 1 September 1982 Athens
16 2:31.66 Jolanda Batagelj  Slovenia 28 August 2002 Rovereto
17 2:31.74 Anita Weiß  East Germany 13 July 1980 Potsdam
18 2:31.77 Sigrun Wodars-Grau  East Germany 17 August 1990 Berlin
19 2:31.80 Regina Jacobs  United States 3 July 1999 Brunswick
20 2:31.85 Doina Melinte  Romania 17 August 1990 Berlin
21 2:31.93 Patricia Djaté-Taillard  France 25 August 1995 Brussels
22 2:31.95 Ulrike Bruns  East Germany 18 August 1978 Berlin
23 2:32.12 Halimah Nakaayi  Uganda 14 August 2020 Monaco [17]
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Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:31.93:

Women (indoor)
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 2:30.94 Maria Mutola  Mozambique 15 February 1999 Stockholm
2 2:31.93 Laura Muir  Great Britain 18 February 2017 Birmingham
3 2:32.16 Yuliya Chizhenko-Fomenko  Russia 25 January 2006 Moscow
4 2:32.21 Oksana Zbrozhek  Russia 28 January 2007 Moscow

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:32.21:

See also

1000 metres world record progression

References
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