1000 metres

Athletics 1000 metres
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.

All-time top 25 fastest

• ht = hand timing
• i = indoor performance
• A = affected by altitude

Men

• Correct as of January 2017.

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
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
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:

• 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 2:14.20 (2016).
• Abdi Bile also ran 2:14.51 (1989).

Women

• Correct as of September 2018.

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	2:28.98	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	23 August 1996	Brussels
2	2:29.34	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	25 August 1995	Brussels
3	2:30.6 (ht)	Tatyana Providokhina	Soviet Union	20 August 1978	Podolsk
4	2:30.67	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	17 August 1990	Berlin
5	2:30.70	Caster Semenya	South Africa	2 September 2018	Berlin
6	2:30.85	Martina Steuk	East Germany	9 July 1980	Berlin
7	2:31.5 A	Maricica Puica	Romania	1 June 1986	Poiana Brasov
8	2:31.50	Natalya Artyomova	Soviet Union	10 September 1991	Berlin
9	2:31.51	Sandra Gasser	Switzerland	13 September 1989	Jerez de la Frontera
10	2:31.6	Beate Liebich	East Germany	9 July 1980	Berlin
11	2:31.65	Olga Dvirna	Soviet Union	1 September 1982	Athens
12	2:31.66	Jolanda Batagelj	Slovenia	28 August 2002	Rovereto
13	2:31.74	Anita Weiß	East Germany	13 July 1980	Potsdam
14	2:31.77	Sigrun Wodars-grau	East Germany	17 August 1990	Berlin
15	2:31.80	Regina Jacobs	United States	3 July 1999	Brunswick
16	2:31.85	Doina Melinte	Romania	17 August 1990	Berlin
17	2:31.93	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	France	25 August 1995	Brussels
	2:31.93 i	Laura Muir	Great Britain	18 February 2017	Birmingham
19	2:31.95	Ulrike Bruns	East Germany	18 August 1978	Berlin
20	2:32.16 i	Yuliya Chizhenko-Fomenko	Russia	25 January 2006	Moscow
21	2:32.21 i	Oksana Zbrozhek	Russia	28 January 2007	Moscow
22	2:32.25	Letitia Vriesde	Surinam	10 September 1991	Berlin
23	2:32.29	Christiane Wartenberg	East Germany	13 July 1980	Potsdam
24	2:32.40	Ella Kovács	Romania	2 July 1993	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
	2:32.40 i	Yelena Soboleva	Russia	25 January 2006	Moscow

Notes

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

• Maria Mutola also ran 2:29.66 (1996), 2:30.12 (2002), 2:30.72 (1995), 2:30.94 (1999).
• Caster Semenya also ran 2:31.01 (2018).
• Svetlana Masterkova also ran 2:31.18 (1999).

See also

1000 metres world record progression