1000 metres

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

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 edit

  • h = hand timed
  • A = affected by altitude

Men edit

  • 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 edit

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

Men (indoor) edit

  • Correct as of February 2024.[9][10]
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 2:14.20 Ayanleh Souleiman   Djibouti 17 February 2016 Stockholm
2 2:14.74 Marco Arop   Canada 4 February 2024 Boston [11]
3 2:14.96 Wilson Kipketer   Denmark 20 February 2000 Birmingham
4 2:15.26 Noureddine Morceli   Algeria 22 February 1992 Birmingham
5 2:15.50 Kennedy Kimwetich   Kenya 6 February 2000 Stuttgart
6 2:15.62 Vénuste Niyongabo   Burundi 27 February 1995 Stockholm
7 2:15.77 Abubaker Kaki Khamis   Sudan 21 February 2008 Stockholm
8 2:15.96 Ilham Tanui Özbilen   Turkey 20 February 2014 Istanbul
9 2:16.16 Shane Streich   United States 12 February 2022 Louisville
10 2:16.27 Bryce Hoppel   United States 13 February 2021 New York
11 2:16.4 h Rob Druppers   Netherlands 20 February 1988 The Hague
12 2:16.71 Johan Botha   South Africa 3 February 1999 Erfurt
13 2:16.76 Haron Keitany   Kenya 1 February 2009 Moscow
David Torrence   United States 2 March 2014 Boston
15 2:16.87 Nathan Brannen   Canada 2 March 2014 Boston
16 2:16.95 Jack Anstey   Australia 10 February 2024 Boston [12]
17 2:16.96 Richard Kiplagat   Kenya 21 February 2008 Stockholm
18 2:16.99 Joaquim Cruz   Brazil 12 February 1989 Stuttgart
19 2:17.00 Matthew Centrowitz Jr.   United States 7 February 2015 Boston
20 2:17.01 Mehdi Baala   France 13 February 2005 Karlsruhe
21 2:17.02 Thijmen Kupers   Netherlands 17 February 2016 Stockholm
22 2:17.06 Belal Mansoor Ali   Bahrain 24 February 2008 Ghent
23 2:17.07 Paul Korir   Kenya 28 February 2004 Liévin
24 2:17.09 Jens-Peter Herold   Germany 5 February 1993 Berlin
Elijah Manangoi   Kenya 17 February 2016 Stockholm

Notes edit

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:17.09:

Women edit

  • Correct as of September 2021.[13]
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 [14]
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 [15]
7 2:30.82 Laura Muir   Great Britain 14 August 2020 Monaco [16]
8 2:30.85 Martina Steuk   East Germany 9 July 1980 Berlin
9 2:31.06 Ciara Mageean   Ireland 14 August 2020 Monaco [17]
10 2:31.11 Jemma Reekie   Great Britain 14 August 2020 Monaco [18]
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 [19]
24 2:32.25 Letitia Vriesde   Suriname 10 September 1991 Berlin
25 2:32.29 Christiane Wartenberg   East Germany 13 July 1980 Potsdam

Notes edit

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

Women (indoor) edit

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
5 2:32.40 Yelene Soboleva   Russia 25 January 2006 Moscow
6 2:32.91 Yelena Kanales   Russia 25 January 2006 Moscow
7 2:32.96 Kelly Holmes   Great Britain 20 February 2004 Birmingham
8 2:33.06 Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia 24 February 2017 Madrid
9 2:33.75 Lucia Stafford   Canada 28 January 2023 Boston [22]
10 2:33.93 Inna Yevseyeva   Ukraine 7 February 1992 Moscow
11 2:34.09 OT Nikki Hiltz   United States 26 January 2024 Seattle [23]
12 2:34.19 Jennifer Toomey   United States 20 February 2004 Birmingham
13 2:34.30 Anna Alminova   Russia 1 February 2009 Moscow
14 2:34.56 Mariya Savinova   Russia 1 February 2009 Moscow
15 2:34.09 Danielle Jones   United States 10 February 2023 Boston
16 2:34.67 Liliya Nurutdinova   Russia 1 February 1992 Moscow
17 2:34.68 Olga Raspopova   Russia 1 February 2004 Moscow
18 2:34.71 Ajee Wilson   United States 24 February 2019 New York
2:34.71 OT Jessica Hull   Australia 27 January 2024 Seattle [24]
20 2:34.73 Joanne Fenn   Great Britain 20 February 2004 Birmingham
21 2:34.76 Tatyana Petlyuk   Ukraine 28 January 2007 Moscow
22 2:34.8 h Brigitte Kraus   West Germany 19 February 1978 Dortmund
23 2:34.84 Lyubov Kremlyova   Russia 13 February 1993 Liévin
24 2:35.03 Heather Maclean   United States 10 February 2023 Boston
25 2:35.21 Yelena Arzhakova   Russia 6 February 2011 Moscow

Notes edit

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

See also edit

1000 metres world record progression

References edit

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