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1000 metres

Running race

Field	Value
event	1000 metres
WRmen	Noah Ngeny 2:11.96 (1999)
WRwomen	Svetlana Masterkova 2:28.98 (1996)
ShWRmen	Ayanleh Souleiman 2:14.20 (2016)	ShWRwomen=Maria Mutola 2:30.94 (1999)	WU20Rmen=Niels Laros 2:14.37 (2024)	WU20Rwomen=Audrey Werro 2:34.89 (2023)

Note

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.

Records

World records

Correct as of 7 September 2024. Source: World Athletics

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

Correct as of 7 September 2024. Source: World Athletics

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

Correct as of 27 April 2025. Source: World Athletics

Area	Men	Women	Time	Athlete	Nationality	Time
African	2:11.96 ****	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 ****	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	2:32.94	Abbey Caldwell	Australia
South American	2:14.09	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	2:32.25	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname

All-time top 25

- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes* who fall outside the top 25* 1000m times

Men (outdoor)

Correct as of September 2025.

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
1	1	2:11.96	Noah Ngeny		5 September 1999	Rieti
2	2	2:12.18	Sebastian Coe		11 July 1981	Oslo
3	3	2:12.25	Mohamed Attaoui		2 September 2025	Trier
	4	2:12.66	Ngeny #2		17 July 1999	Nice
4	5	2:12.88	Steve Cram		9 August 1985	Gateshead
5	6	2:12.96	Festus Lagat		2 September 2025	Trier
6	7	2:13.08	Taoufik Makhloufi		1 July 2015	Nancy
7	8	2:13.13	Marco Arop		8 September 2024	Zagreb
	9	2:13.40	Coe #2		1 July 1980	Oslo
8	10	2:13.49	Ayanleh Souleiman		25 August 2016	Lausanne
9	11	2:13.56	Kennedy Kimwetich		17 July 1999	Nice
10	12	2:13.62	Abubaker Kaki Khamis		3 July 2010	Eugene
11	13	2:13.73	Noureddine Morceli		2 July 1993	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
12	14	2:13.88	Jake Wightman		10 August 2022	Monaco
13	15	2:13.89	Robert Biwott		25 August 2016	Lausanne
14	16	2:13.9	Rick Wohlhuter		30 July 1974	Oslo
	17	2:13.93	Kaki #2		22 July 2008	Stockholm
15	18	2:13.95	Jonathan Kitilit		25 August 2016	Lausanne
16	19	2:13.96	Mehdi Baala		26 June 2003	Strasbourg
17	20	2:13.97	Djamel Sedjati		5 March 2024	Potchefstroom
18	21	2:14.09	Joaquim Cruz		20 August 1984	Nice
19	22	2:14.23	Asbel Kiprop		25 August 2016	Lausanne
20	23	2:14.28	Japheth Kimutai		1 August 2000	Stockholm
21	24	2:14.30	Marcin Lewandowski		25 August 2016	Lausanne
	25	2:14.35	Arop #2		10 August 2022	Monaco
22		2:14.37	Niels Laros		7 July 2024	Hengelo
23	2:14.41	William Yiampoy		5 September 1999	Rieti
24	2:14.43	Laban Rotich		16 July 1997	Nice
25	2:14.49	Moad Zahafi		9 August 2025	Oordegem

Men (indoor)

Correct as of February 2025.

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
1	1	2:14.20	Ayanleh Souleiman		17 February 2016	Stockholm
2	2	2:14.48	Josh Hoey		18 January 2025	Philadelphia
3	3	2:14.74	Marco Arop		4 February 2024	Boston
4	4	2:14.96	Wilson Kipketer		20 February 2000	Birmingham
	5	2:15.25	Kipketer #2		6 February 2000	Stuttgart
5	6	2:15.26	Noureddine Morceli		22 February 1992	Birmingham
6	7	2:15.50	Kennedy Kimwetich		6 February 2000	Stuttgart
7	8	2:15.62	Vénuste Niyongabo	Burundi	27 February 1995	Stockholm
8	9	2:15.77	Abubaker Kaki Khamis		21 February 2008	Stockholm
9	10	2:15.96	Ilham Tanui Özbilen		20 February 2014	Istanbul
10	11	2:16.09	Samuel Chapple		15 February 2025	Birmingham
	12	2:16.15	Kaki #2		24 February 2008	Ghent
11	13	2:16.16	Shane Streich		12 February 2022	Louisville
	14	2:16.23	Kaki #3		7 February 2009	Stuttgart
12	15	2:16.25	Mariano García		25 January 2025	Antequera
13	16	2:16.27	Bryce Hoppel		13 February 2021	New York
14	17	2:16.4	Rob Druppers		20 February 1988	The Hague
	18	2:16.47	Kipketer #3		17 February 2000	Stockholm
15	19	2:16.67	Benjamin Allen		23 February 2024	New York
16	20	2:16.71	Johan Botha		3 February 1999	Erfurt
17	21	2:16.74	Luciano Fiore		14 February 2025	Boston
Neil Gourley		15 February 2025	Birmingham	date=15 February 2025	title=1000m Result	url=https://keelyklassic2025.microplustimingservices.com/assets/export/ATH3/pdf/ATM0100401_73G%201.0.PDF	access-date=21 February 2025	work=Microplus Informatica}}
19	23	2:16.76	Haron Keitany		1 February 2009	Moscow
David Torrence		2 March 2014	Boston
21	25	2:16.84	Tinoda Matsatsa		18 January 2025	State College
22		2:16.87	Nathan Brannen		2 March 2014	Boston
23	2:16.95	Jack Anstey		10 February 2024	Boston	date=10 February 2024	title=1000m Results	url=https://www.tfrrs.org/results/81789/5044288/Boston_University_David_Hemery_Valentine_Invitational/Mens-1000-Meters?printable=1	access-date=11 February 2024	work=Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS)}}
24	2:16.96	Richard Kiplagat		21 February 2008	Stockholm
25	2:16.99	Joaquim Cruz		12 February 1989	Stuttgart

Women (outdoor)

Correct as of July 2025.

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
1	1	2:28.98	Svetlana Masterkova		23 August 1996	Brussels
2	2	2:29.15	Faith Kipyegon		14 August 2020	Monaco
	3	2:29.21	Kipyegon #2		26 April 2025	Xiamen
3	4	2:29.34	Maria Mutola		25 August 1995	Brussels
	5	2:29.66	Mutola #2		23 August 1996	Brussels
4	6	2:29.77	Nelly Chepchirchir		11 July 2025	Monaco
	7	2:29.92	Kipyegon #3		4 September 2020	Brussels
8	2:30.12	Mutola #3	30 August 2002	Brussels
5	9	2:30.6	Tatyana Providokhina		20 August 1978	Podolsk
6	10	2:30.67	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	17 August 1990	Berlin
7	11	2:30.70	Caster Semenya		2 September 2018	Berlin
8	12	2:30.71	Addison Wiley		11 July 2025	Monaco
	13	2:30.72	Mutola #4		10 July 1995	Stockholm
9	14	2:30.82	Laura Muir		14 August 2020	Monaco
10	15	2:30.85	Martina Steuk	East Germany	9 July 1980	Berlin
11	16	2:30.96	Jessica Hull		11 July 2025	Monaco
	17	2:31.01	Semenya #2		13 July 2018	Rabat
12	18	2:31.06	Ciara Mageean		14 August 2020	Monaco
13	19	2:31.11	Jemma Reekie		14 August 2020	Monaco
	20	2:31.18	Masterkova #2		17 July 1999	Nice
21	2:31.24	Chepchirchir #2	25 August 2024	Chorzów
14	22	2:31.30	Sinclaire Johnson		11 July 2025	Monaco
	23	2:31.44	Reekie #2		11 July 2025	Monaco
	24	2:31.49	Wiley #2		31 August 2024	Białystok
15	25	2:31.5	Maricica Puică		1 June 1986	Poiana Brasov
2:31.50	Natalya Artyomova		10 September 1991	Berlin
17		2:31.51	Sandra Gasser		13 September 1989	Jerez de la Frontera
18	2:31.6	Beate Liebich	East Germany	9 July 1980	Berlin
19	2:31.65	Olga Dvirna		1 September 1982	Athens
20	2:31.66	Jolanda Batagelj		28 August 2002	Rovereto
21	2:31.67	Halimah Nakaayi		11 July 2025	Monaco
22	2:31.74	Anita Weiß	East Germany	13 July 1980	Potsdam
23	2:31.77	Sigrun Wodars-Grau	East Germany	17 August 1990	Berlin
24	2:31.80	Regina Jacobs		3 July 1999	Brunswick
25	2:31.85	Doina Melinte		17 August 1990	Berlin

Women (indoor)

Correct as of January 2024.

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
1	1	2:30.94	Maria Mutola		15 February 1999	Stockholm
	2	2:31.23	Mutola #2		25 February 1996	Stockholm
2	3	2:31.93	Laura Muir		18 February 2017	Birmingham
	4	2:32.08	Mutola #3		10 February 1996	Birmingham
3	5	2:32.16	Yuliya Chizhenko-Fomenko		25 January 2006	Moscow
4	6	2:32.21	Oksana Zbrozhek		28 January 2007	Moscow
5	7	2:32.40	Yelene Soboleva		25 January 2006	Moscow
6	8	2:32.91	Yelena Kanales		25 January 2006	Moscow
7	9	2:32.96	Kelly Holmes		20 February 2004	Birmingham
8	10	2:33.06	Genzebe Dibaba		24 February 2017	Madrid
	11	2:33.47	Muir #2		15 February 2020	Glasgow
9	12	2:33.75	Lucia Stafford		28 January 2023	Boston
10	13	2:33.93	Inna Yevseyeva		7 February 1992	Moscow
11	14	2:34.09	Nikki Hiltz		26 January 2024	Seattle
12	15	2:34.19	Jennifer Toomey		20 February 2004	Birmingham
13	16	2:34.30	Anna Alminova		1 February 2009	Moscow
	17	2:34.53	Muir #3		25 February 2023	Birmingham
14	18	2:34.56	Mariya Savinova		1 February 2009	Moscow
	19	2:34.61	Mutola #4		23 February 2003	Liévin
15	20	2:34.64	Danielle Jones		10 February 2023	Boston
16	21	2:34.67	Liliya Nurutdinova		1 February 1992	Moscow
	21	2:34.67	Nurutdinova #2		7 February 1992	Moscow
17	23	2:34.68	Olga Raspopova		1 February 2004	Moscow
18	24	2:34.71	Ajee Wilson		24 February 2019	New York
2:34.71	Jessica Hull		27 January 2024	Seattle
20		2:34.73	Joanne Fenn		20 February 2004	Birmingham
21	2:34.76	Tatyana Petlyuk		28 January 2007	Moscow
22	2:34.8	Brigitte Kraus	West Germany	19 February 1978	Dortmund
23	2:34.84	Lyubov Kremlyova		13 February 1993	Liévin
24	2:35.03	Heather Maclean		10 February 2023	Boston
25	2:35.21	Yelena Arzhakova		6 February 2011	Moscow

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