1000 metres facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Athletics 1000 metres
World records
Men	Noah Ngeny (KEN) 2:11.96 (1999)
Women	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) 2:28.98 (1996)
Short track world records
Men	Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI) 2:14.20 (2016)
Women	Maria Mutola (MOZ) 2:30.94 (1999)
World junior (U20) records
Men	Benjamin Kipkurui (KEN) 2:15.00 (1999)
Women	Audrey Werro (SUI) 2:34.89 (2023)

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

• h = hand timed
• A = affected by altitude

Men

• Correct as of April 2024.

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	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	2:13.88	Jake Wightman	Great Britain	10 August 2022	Monaco
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	2:13.97	Djamel Sedjati	Algeria	5 March 2024	Potchefstroom
15	2:14.09	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	20 August 1984	Nice
16	2:14.23	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	25 August 2016	Lausanne
17	2:14.28	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	1 August 2000	Stockholm
18	2:14.30	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	25 August 2016	Lausanne
19	2:14.35	Marco Arop	Canada	10 August 2022	Monaco
20	2:14.41	William Yiampoy	Kenya	5 September 1999	Rieti
21	2:14.43	Laban Rotich	Kenya	16 July 1997	Nice
22	2:14.50	Abdi Bile	Somalia	13 September 1989	Jerez de la Frontera
23	2:14.52	Djabir Said-Guerni	Algeria	5 September 1999	Rieti
24	2:14.53	Willi Wülbeck	West Germany	1 July 1980	Oslo
25	2:14.69	El-Mahjoub Haïda	Morocco	12 July 1995	Nice

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)

• Correct as of February 2024.

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	2:14.20	Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti	17 February 2016	Stockholm
2	2:14.74	Marco Arop	Canada	4 February 2024	Boston
3	2:14.96	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	20 February 2000	Birmingham
4	2:15.26	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	22 February 1992	Birmingham
5	2:15.50	Kennedy Kimwetich	Kenya	6 February 2000	Stuttgart
6	2:15.62	Vénuste Niyongabo	Burundi	27 February 1995	Stockholm
7	2:15.77	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	Sudan	21 February 2008	Stockholm
8	2:15.96	Ilham Tanui Özbilen	Turkey	20 February 2014	Istanbul
9	2:16.16	Shane Streich	United States	12 February 2022	Louisville
10	2:16.27	Bryce Hoppel	United States	13 February 2021	New York
11	2:16.4 h	Rob Druppers	Netherlands	20 February 1988	The Hague
12	2:16.71	Johan Botha	South Africa	3 February 1999	Erfurt
13	2:16.76	Haron Keitany	Kenya	1 February 2009	Moscow
		David Torrence	United States	2 March 2014	Boston
15	2:16.87	Nathan Brannen	Canada	2 March 2014	Boston
16	2:16.95	Jack Anstey	Australia	10 February 2024	Boston
17	2:16.96	Richard Kiplagat	Kenya	21 February 2008	Stockholm
18	2:16.99	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	12 February 1989	Stuttgart
19	2:17.00	Matthew Centrowitz Jr.	United States	7 February 2015	Boston
20	2:17.01	Mehdi Baala	France	13 February 2005	Karlsruhe
21	2:17.02	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands	17 February 2016	Stockholm
22	2:17.06	Belal Mansoor Ali	Bahrain	24 February 2008	Ghent
23	2:17.07	Paul Korir	Kenya	28 February 2004	Liévin
24	2:17.09	Jens-Peter Herold	Germany	5 February 1993	Berlin
		Elijah Manangoi	Kenya	17 February 2016	Stockholm

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:17.09:

• Bryce Hoppel also ran 2:16.91 (2024).

Women

• Correct as of September 2021.

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	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 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
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 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
24	2:32.25	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	10 September 1991	Berlin
25	2:32.29	Christiane Wartenberg	East Germany	13 July 1980	Potsdam

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)

• Correct as of January 2024.

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
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
5	2:32.40	Yelene Soboleva	Russia	25 January 2006	Moscow
6	2:32.91	Yelena Kanales	Russia	25 January 2006	Moscow
7	2:32.96	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	20 February 2004	Birmingham
8	2:33.06	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	24 February 2017	Madrid
9	2:33.75	Lucia Stafford	Canada	28 January 2023	Boston
10	2:33.93	Inna Yevseyeva	Ukraine	7 February 1992	Moscow
11	2:34.09 OT	Nikki Hiltz	United States	26 January 2024	Seattle
12	2:34.19	Jennifer Toomey	United States	20 February 2004	Birmingham
13	2:34.30	Anna Alminova	Russia	1 February 2009	Moscow
14	2:34.56	Mariya Savinova	Russia	1 February 2009	Moscow
15	2:34.09	Danielle Jones	United States	10 February 2023	Boston
16	2:34.67	Liliya Nurutdinova	Russia	1 February 1992	Moscow
17	2:34.68	Olga Raspopova	Russia	1 February 2004	Moscow
18	2:34.71	Ajee Wilson	United States	24 February 2019	New York
	2:34.71 OT	Jessica Hull	Australia	27 January 2024	Seattle
20	2:34.73	Joanne Fenn	Great Britain	20 February 2004	Birmingham
21	2:34.76	Tatyana Petlyuk	Ukraine	28 January 2007	Moscow
22	2:34.8 h	Brigitte Kraus	West Germany	19 February 1978	Dortmund
23	2:34.84	Lyubov Kremlyova	Russia	13 February 1993	Liévin
24	2:35.03	Heather Maclean	United States	10 February 2023	Boston
25	2:35.21	Yelena Arzhakova	Russia	6 February 2011	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