1000 metres
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 | Rick Wohlhuter | United States | 30 July 1974 | Oslo | |
11 | 2:13.95 | :fr:Jonathan Kitilit|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 | |
24 | 2:14.73 | Patrick Konchellah | Kenya | 1 August 2000 | Stockholm |
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 | 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 | |
17 | 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 | |
24 | 2:32.40 i | Yelena Soboleva | Russia | 25 January 2006 | Moscow |