1000 metres

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

Athletics
1000 metres
World records
Men Noah Ngeny 2:11.96 (1999)
Women Svetlana Masterkova 2:28.98 (1996)

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

All-time top 25 fastest
  • ht = hand timing
  • i = indoor performance
  • A = affected by altitude

Men
  • Correct as of January 2017.[3]
Rank Result Athlete Nationality 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 [4]
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 2:13.89 Robert Biwott  Kenya 25 August 2016 Lausanne
10 2:13.9 (ht) Rick Wohlhuter  United States 30 July 1974 Oslo
11 2:13.95 Jonathan Kitilit  Kenya 25 August 2016 Lausanne
12 2:13.96 Mehdi Baala  France 26 June 2003 Strasbourg
13 2:14.09 Joaquim Cruz  Brazil 20 August 1984 Nice
14 2:14.23 Asbel Kiprop  Kenya 25 August 2016 Lausanne
15 2:14.28 Japheth Kimutai  Kenya 1 August 2000 Stockholm
16 2:14.30 Marcin Lewandowski  Poland 25 August 2016 Lausanne [5]
17 2:14.41 William Yiampoy  Kenya 5 September 1999 Rieti
18 2:14.43 Laban Rotich  Kenya 16 July 1997 Nice
19 2:14.50 Abdi Bile  Somalia 13 September 1989 Jerez de la Frontera
20 2:14.52 Djabir Said-Guerni  Algeria 5 September 1999 Rieti
21 2:14.53 Willi Wülbeck  West Germany 1 July 1980 Oslo
22 2:14.69 El-Mahjoub Haïda  Morocco 12 July 1995 Nice
23 2:14.72 Yusuf Saad Kamel  Bahrain 22 July 2008 Stockholm
24 2:14.73 Joseph Tengelei  Kenya 12 July 1995 Nice
Patrick Konchellah  Kenya 1 August 2000 Stockholm

Notes

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

Women
  • Correct as of August 2020.[6]
Rank Result Athlete Nationality 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
3 2:29.34 Maria Mutola  Mozambique 25 August 1995 Brussels
4 2:30.6 (ht) 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 [7]
7 2:30.82 Laura Muir  Great Britain 14 August 2020 Monaco
8 2:30.85 Martina Steuk  East Germany 9 July 1980 Berlin
9 2:31.06 Ciara Mageean  Ireland 14 August 2020 Monaco
10 2:31.11 Jemma Reekie  Great Britain 14 August 2020 Monaco
11 2:31.5 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 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
24 2:32.16 i Yuliya Chizhenko-Fomenko  Russia 25 January 2006 Moscow
25 2:32.21 i Oksana Zbrozhek  Russia 28 January 2007 Moscow

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:31.18:

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See also

1000 metres world record progression

References
  1. Joe D. Willis and Richard G. Wettan (November 2, 1975). "L. E. Myers, "World's Greatest Runner"" (PDF). Journal of Sport History. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
  2. "Don Paige Track & Field Facility Design Athlete Credentials".
  3. "All-time men's best 1000m". alltime-athletics.com. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  4. "1000m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  5. "1000m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  6. "All-time women's best 1000m". alltime-athletics.com. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  7. "1000m Results". IAAF. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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