1000 metres
Appearance
Athletics 1000 metres | |
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World records | |
Men | Noah Ngeny 2:11.96 (1999) |
Women | Svetlana Masterkova 2:28.98 (1996) |
The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions.
The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested.[1][2]
All-time top 25
- h = hand timed
- A = affected by altitude
Men
Rank | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
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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:
- Noah Ngeny also ran 2:12.66 (1999).
- Sebastian Coe also ran 2:13.40 (1980).
- Abubaker Kaki Khamis also ran 2:13.93 (2008).
- Ayanleh Souleiman also ran 2:14.20i (2016).
- Abdi Bile also ran 2:14.51 (1989).
Men (indoor)
Rank | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
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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 |
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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:
- Maria Mutola also ran 2:29.66 (1996), 2:30.12 (2002), 2:30.72 (1995), 2:30.94 (1999), and 2:31.55 (1998).
- Faith Kipyegon also ran 2:29.92 (2020).
- Caster Semenya also ran 2:31.01 (2018).
- Svetlana Masterkova also ran 2:31.18 (1999).
- Olga Dvirna also ran 2:31.8h (1979).
- Laura Muir also ran 2:31.93i (2017).
Women (indoor)
Rank | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
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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:
- Maria Mutola also ran 2:31.23 (1996), 2:32.08 (1996).
See also
1000 metres world record progression
References
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