1000 metres

For lengths on the order of magnitude of 1000 metres, see 1 kilometre. For the Chicago apartment complex, see 1000M.
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 Niels Laros (NED) 2:14.37 (2024)
Women Audrey Werro (SUI) 2:34.89 (2023)

The 1000 metres, 1 kilometer run, or 1K run is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. It consists of two and a half laps around an outdoor 400 m track, or five laps around an indoor 200 m track.

The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested.[1][2]

Records

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See also: 1000 metres world record progression

World records

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Division Time Athlete Nation Date Place
Men 2:11.96 Noah Ngeny  Kenya 5 September 1999 Rieti
Women 2:28.98 Svetlana Masterkova  Russia 23 August 1996 Brussels

Short track world records

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  • Correct as of 7 September 2024. Source: World Athletics[3]
Division Time Athlete Nation Date Place
Men 2:14.20 Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti 17 February 2016 Stockholm
Women 2:30.94 Maria Mutola  Mozambique 15 February 1999 Stockholm

Continental records

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  • Correct as of 8 September 2024. Source: World Athletics[3]
Area Men Women
Time Athlete Nationality Time Athlete Nationality
African 2:11.96 WR Noah Ngeny  Kenya 2:29.15 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya
Asian 2:14.72 Yusuf Saad Kamel  Bahrain 2:35.30 Nelly Jepkosgei  Bahrain
European 2:12.18 Sebastian Coe  Great Britain 2:28.98 WR Svetlana Masterkova  Russia
North, Central American and Caribbean 2:13.13 Marco Arop  Canada 2:31.49 Addison Wiley  United States
Oceanian 2:16.09 Jeffrey Riseley  Australia 2:34.63 Abbey Caldwell  Australia
South American 2:14.09 Joaquim Cruz  Brazil 2:32.25 Letitia Vriesde  Suriname

All-time top 25

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  • h = hand timed
  • A = affected by altitude

Men (outdoor)

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  • Correct as of September 2024.[4][5]
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 2:13.13 Marco Arop  Canada 8 September 2024 Zagreb [6]
6 2:13.49 Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti 25 August 2016 Lausanne [7]
7 2:13.56 Kennedy Kimwetich  Kenya 17 July 1999 Nice
8 2:13.62 Abubaker Kaki Khamis  Sudan 3 July 2010 Eugene
9 2:13.73 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 2 July 1993 Villeneuve-d'Ascq
10 2:13.88 Jake Wightman  Great Britain 10 August 2022 Monaco [8]
11 2:13.89 Robert Biwott  Kenya 25 August 2016 Lausanne
12 2:13.9 h Rick Wohlhuter  United States 30 July 1974 Oslo
13 2:13.95 Jonathan Kitilit  Kenya 25 August 2016 Lausanne
14 2:13.96 Mehdi Baala  France 26 June 2003 Strasbourg
15 2:13.97 Djamel Sedjati  Algeria 5 March 2024 Potchefstroom [9]
16 2:14.09 Joaquim Cruz  Brazil 20 August 1984 Nice
17 2:14.23 Asbel Kiprop  Kenya 25 August 2016 Lausanne
18 2:14.28 Japheth Kimutai  Kenya 1 August 2000 Stockholm
19 2:14.30 Marcin Lewandowski  Poland 25 August 2016 Lausanne [10]
20 2:14.37 Niels Laros  Netherlands 7 July 2024 Hengelo [11]
21 2:14.41 William Yiampoy  Kenya 5 September 1999 Rieti
22 2:14.43 Laban Rotich  Kenya 16 July 1997 Nice
23 2:14.50 Abdi Bile  Somalia 13 September 1989 Jerez de la Frontera
24 2:14.52 Djabir Said-Guerni  Algeria 5 September 1999 Rieti
25 2:14.53 Willi Wülbeck  West Germany 1 July 1980 Oslo

Notes

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Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:14.51:

Men (indoor)

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Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 2:14.20 Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti 17 February 2016 Stockholm
2 2:14.48 Josh Hoey  United States 18 January 2025 Philadelphia [14]
3 2:14.74 Marco Arop  Canada 4 February 2024 Boston [15]
4 2:14.96 Wilson Kipketer  Denmark 20 February 2000 Birmingham
5 2:15.26 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 22 February 1992 Birmingham
6 2:15.50 Kennedy Kimwetich  Kenya 6 February 2000 Stuttgart
7 2:15.62 Vénuste Niyongabo  Burundi 27 February 1995 Stockholm
8 2:15.77 Abubaker Kaki Khamis  Sudan 21 February 2008 Stockholm
9 2:15.96 Ilham Tanui Özbilen  Turkey 20 February 2014 Istanbul
10 2:16.16 Shane Streich  United States 12 February 2022 Louisville
11 2:16.27 Bryce Hoppel  United States 13 February 2021 New York
12 2:16.4 h Rob Druppers  Netherlands 20 February 1988 The Hague
13 2:16.71 Johan Botha  South Africa 3 February 1999 Erfurt
14 2:16.76 Haron Keitany  Kenya 1 February 2009 Moscow
David Torrence  United States 2 March 2014 Boston
16 2:16.87 Nathan Brannen  Canada 2 March 2014 Boston
17 2:16.95 Jack Anstey  Australia 10 February 2024 Boston [16]
18 2:16.96 Richard Kiplagat  Kenya 21 February 2008 Stockholm
19 2:16.99 Joaquim Cruz  Brazil 12 February 1989 Stuttgart
20 2:17.00 Matthew Centrowitz Jr.  United States 7 February 2015 Boston
21 2:17.01 Mehdi Baala  France 13 February 2005 Karlsruhe
22 2:17.02 Thijmen Kupers  Netherlands 17 February 2016 Stockholm
23 2:17.06 Belal Mansoor Ali  Bahrain 24 February 2008 Ghent
24 2:17.07 Paul Korir  Kenya 28 February 2004 Liévin
25 2:17.09 Jens-Peter Herold  Germany 5 February 1993 Berlin
Elijah Manangoi  Kenya 17 February 2016 Stockholm

Notes

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

Women (outdoor)

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  • Correct as of August 2024.[17]
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 [18]
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 [19]
7 2:30.82 Laura Muir  Great Britain 14 August 2020 Monaco [18]
8 2:30.85 Martina Steuk  East Germany 9 July 1980 Berlin
9 2:31.06 Ciara Mageean  Ireland 14 August 2020 Monaco [18]
10 2:31.11 Jemma Reekie  Great Britain 14 August 2020 Monaco [18]
11 2:31.24 Nelly Chepchirchir  Kenya 25 August 2024 Chorzów [20]
12 2:31.49 Addison Wiley  United States 31 August 2024 Białystok [21]
13 2:31.5 h A Maricica Puica  Romania 1 June 1986 Poiana Brasov
13 2:31.50 Natalya Artyomova  Soviet Union 10 September 1991 Berlin
15 2:31.51 Sandra Gasser   Switzerland 13 September 1989 Jerez de la Frontera
16 2:31.6 h Beate Liebich  East Germany 9 July 1980 Berlin
17 2:31.65 Olga Dvirna  Soviet Union 1 September 1982 Athens
18 2:31.66 Jolanda Batagelj  Slovenia 28 August 2002 Rovereto
19 2:31.74 Anita Weiß  East Germany 13 July 1980 Potsdam
20 2:31.77 Sigrun Wodars-Grau  East Germany 17 August 1990 Berlin
21 2:31.80 Regina Jacobs  United States 3 July 1999 Brunswick
22 2:31.85 Doina Melinte  Romania 17 August 1990 Berlin
23 2:31.93 Patricia Djaté-Taillard  France 25 August 1995 Brussels
24 2:31.95 Ulrike Bruns  East Germany 18 August 1978 Berlin
25 2:32.12 Halimah Nakaayi  Uganda 14 August 2020 Monaco [18]

Notes

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Women (indoor)

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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 [24]
10 2:33.93 Inna Yevseyeva  Ukraine 7 February 1992 Moscow
11 2:34.09 OT Nikki Hiltz  United States 26 January 2024 Seattle [25]
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 [25]
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

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See also

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References

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