2000 metres
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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. In distance covered, the outdoor event roughly equates to the mile run plus one additional lap.
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 his held by Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj, who ran a time of 4:44.79 minutes in 1999, while the women's world record is held by Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba who finished the distance in 5:23.75 minutes in 2017.[1] The distance regularly 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.
Despite its world record status, it has never featured as a world championship level event indoors or outdoors. The event was briefly held at national level in the mid-1960s at the Spanish Indoor and Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships.[3][4]
Records
World records
Division | Time | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Location |
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Men | 4:44.79 | Hicham El Guerrouj | ![]() |
7 September 1999 | Berlin |
Women | 5:23.75 | Genzebe Dibaba | ![]() |
7 February 2017 | Edinburgh |
Continental records
Type | Men's time | Men's athlete | Men's nationality | Women's time | Women's athlete | Women's nationality |
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African | 4:44.79 | Hicham El Guerrouj | ![]() |
5:23.75 | Genzebe Dibaba | ![]() |
Asian | 4:55.57 | Mohamed Suleiman | ![]() |
5:29.41 | Wang Junxia | ![]() |
European | 4:50.01 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | ![]() |
5:25.36 | Sonia O'Sullivan | ![]() |
North, Central American and Caribbean | 4:52.44 | Jim Spivey | ![]() |
5:32.7 | Mary Slaney | ![]() |
Oceanian | 4:50.76 | Craig Mottram | ![]() |
5:37.71 | Benita Willis | ![]() |
South AMerican | 5:03.34 | Hudson de Souza | ![]() |
5:59.96 | Niusha Mancilla | ![]() |
All-time top ten performances
Men
Rank | Time | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Location |
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1 | 4:44.79 | Hicham El Guerrouj | ![]() |
7 September 1999 | Berlin |
2 | 4:46.88 | Ali Saïdi-Sief | ![]() |
19 June 2001 | Strasbourg |
3 | 4:47.88 | Noureddine Morceli | ![]() |
3 July 1995 | Paris |
4. | 4:48.69 | Vénuste Niyongabo | ![]() |
12 July 1995 | Nice |
5 | 4:48.74 | John Kibowen | ![]() |
1 August 1998 | Hechtel |
6 | 4:50.01 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | ![]() |
11 June 2020 | Oslo |
7 | 4:50.08 | Noah Ngeny | ![]() |
30 July 1999 | Stockholm |
8 | 4:50.76 | Craig Mottram | ![]() |
9 March 2006 | Melbourne |
9 | 4:50.81 | Saïd Aouita | ![]() |
16 July 1987 | Paris |
10 | 4:51.30 | Daniel Komen | ![]() |
5 June 1998 | Milan |
Women
Rank | Time | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Location |
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1 | 5:23.75 | Genzebe Dibaba | ![]() |
7 February 2017 | Sabadell |
2 | 5:25.36 | Sonia O'Sullivan | ![]() |
8 July 1994 | Edinburgh |
3 | 5:26.93 | Yvonne Murray | ![]() |
8 July 1994 | Edinburgh |
4 | 5:27.50 | Genzebe Dibaba | ![]() |
17 July 2014 | Ostrava |
5 | 5:28.69 | Maricica Puică | ![]() |
11 July 1986 | London |
6 | 5:28.72 | Tatyana Kazankina | ![]() |
4 August 1984 | Moscow |
7 | 5:29.64 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | ![]() |
4 August 1984 | Moscow |
8 | 5:30.19 | Zola Budd | ![]() |
11 July 1986 | London |
9 | 5:30.19 | Gelete Burka | ![]() |
4 September 2009 | Brussels |
References
- ^ World Records. World Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ Senior outdoor 2000 Metres men. World Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ Spanish Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ Soviet Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- General
- Records by Event 2000 metres. World Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.