2000 metres

The 2000 metres or 2000-metre run is a track running event where five laps are completed around an outdoor 400 m track, or ten laps around a 200 m indoor track - the distance is 11.68 meters short of 1¼ miles.

Athletics
2000 metres
World records
MenNorway Jakob Ingebrigtsen 4:43:13 (2023)
WomenBurundi Francine Niyonsaba 5:21.56 (2021)

The global governing body World Athletics recognises official world records for the distance, and it is also recorded in continental and national record settings. The men's world record is held by Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who ran a time of 4:43.13 in 2023, while the women's world record is held by Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba who ran a time of 5:21.56 in 2021.[1]

The distance sparsely features on event programmes of professional one-day track and field meetings, serving as a comparatively novel event with greater scope for record-breaking performances.[2] It is also used at lower-level competitions, such as school and youth tournaments. Since 2017, a 2000-metre run is one of the events held to test the fitness of potential draftees at the AFL Draft Combine.[3]

Despite its world record status, it has not yet featured as a world championship level event indoors or outdoors; however, the event was briefly held at national level in the mid-1960s at the Spanish Indoor and Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships.[4][5]

Records

World records
Division Time Athlete Nation Date Place
Men4:43.13Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway8 September 2023Brussels
Women5:21.56Francine Niyonsaba Burundi14 September 2021Zagreb

Continental records
Area Men's time Men's athlete Men's nationality Women's time Women's athlete Women's nationality
African4:44.79Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco5:21.56Francine Niyonsaba Burundi
Asian4:55.57Mohamed Suleiman Qatar5:29.41Wang Junxia China
European4:43.13Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway5:25.36Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland
North, Central American and Caribbean4:51.54Charles Philibert-Thiboutot Canada5:32.7Mary Slaney United States
Oceanian4:50.76Craig Mottram Australia5:37.71Benita Willis Australia
South American5:03.34Hudson de Souza Brazil5:59.96Niusha Mancilla Bolivia

All-time top 25

Men
  • Correct as of September 2023.[6]
RankTimeAthleteNationDatePlaceRef
1 4:43.13Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway8 September 2023Brussels[7]
2 4:44.79Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco7 September 1999Berlin
3 4:46.88Ali Saïdi-Sief Algeria19 June 2001Strasbourg
4 4:47.88Noureddine Morceli Algeria3 July 1995Paris
5 4:48.14Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot Kenya8 September 2023Brussels[7]
6 4:48.69Vénuste Niyongabo Burundi12 July 1995Nice
7 4:48.74John Kibowen Kenya1 August 1998Hechtel
8 4:48.77 Stewart McSweyn  Australia 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
9 4:49.68 Niels Laros  Netherlands 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
10 4:49.85 Mario García  Spain 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
11 4:50.08Noah Ngeny Kenya30 July 1999Stockholm
12 4:50.64 Narve Gilje Nordås  Norway 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
13 4:50.68 Abel Kipsang  Kenya 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
14 4:50.76Craig Mottram Australia9 March 2006Melbourne
15 4:50.81Saïd Aouita Morocco16 July 1987Paris
16 4:51.30Daniel Komen Kenya5 June 1998Milan
17 4:51.39Steve Cram Great Britain4 August 1985Budapest
18 4:51.52John Walker New Zealand30 June 1976Oslo
19 4:51.54 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot  Canada 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
20 4:52.20Thomas Wessinghage West Germany31 August 1982Ingelheim
21 4:52.37 Ruben Verheyden  Belgium 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
22 4:52.40José Manuel Abascal Spain7 September 1986Santander
23 4:52.44Jim Spivey United States15 September 1987Lausanne
24 4:52.53 Moses Kiptanui  Kenya 21 August 1992 Berlin
25 4:52.82 Peter Elliott  Great Britain 15 September 1987 Lausanne

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 4:51.30:

Women
  • Correct as of September 2021.[8]
RankTimeAthleteNationDatePlaceRef
1 5:21.56 Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi 14 September 2021 Zagreb [9]
2 5:23.75 iGenzebe Dibaba Ethiopia7 February 2017Sabadell
3 5:25.36Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland8 July 1994Edinburgh
4 5:25.86 Freweyni Hailu  Ethiopia 14 September 2021 Zagreb [10]
5 5:26.93Yvonne Murray Great Britain8 July 1994Edinburgh
6 5:28.69Maricica Puică Romania11 July 1986London
7 5:28.72Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union4 August 1984Moscow
8 5:29.64Tatyana Pozdnyakova Soviet Union4 August 1984Moscow
9 5:30.19Zola Budd Great Britain11 July 1986London
5:30.19Gelete Burka Ethiopia4 September 2009Brussels
11 5:30.92 Galina Zakharova  Soviet Union 4 August 1984 Moscow
12 5:31.03 Gulnara Galkina  Russia 24 May 2007 Sochi
13 5:31.52 Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya 7 June 2009 Eugene
14 5:31.88 Maryam Yusuf Jamal  Bahrain 7 June 2009 Eugene
15 5:32.40 Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia 14 September 2021 Zagreb [11]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 5:30.19:

References
  1. World Records. World Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  2. . World Athletics. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  3. "Running machine takes out Combine 2km trial". afl.com.au. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  4. Spanish Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  5. Soviet Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  6. "All-time men's best 2000 metres". alltime-athletics.com. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  7. "2000m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  8. "All-time women's best 2000 metres". alltime-athletics.com. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  9. Chris Broadbent (14 September 2021). "Niyonsaba breaks world 2000m record in Zagreb". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  10. Chris Broadbent (14 September 2021). "Niyonsaba breaks world 2000m record in Zagreb". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  11. "2000m Result" (PDF). online.atletika.cz. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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