1000 metres

For lengths on the order of magnitude of 1000 metres, see 1 kilometre. For the Chicago apartment complex, see 1000M.

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.

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

Records

See also: 1000 metres world record progression

World records

• Correct as of 7 September 2024. Source: World Athletics^[3]

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^[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

• Correct as of 27 April 2025. 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	2:32.94	Abbey Caldwell	Australia
South American	2:14.09	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	2:32.25	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname

All-time top 25

Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 1000m times and the top 25 athletes:

- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 1000m times

- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 1000m times, by repeat athletes

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

Men (outdoor)

• Correct as of September 2025.^[4][5]

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

Men (indoor)

• Correct as of February 2025.^[14][15]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	2:14.20	Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti	17 February 2016	Stockholm
2	2	2:14.48	Josh Hoey	United States	18 January 2025	Philadelphia	[16]
3	3	2:14.74	Marco Arop	Canada	4 February 2024	Boston	[17]
4	4	2:14.96	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	20 February 2000	Birmingham
	5	2:15.25	Kipketer #2		6 February 2000	Stuttgart
5	6	2:15.26	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	22 February 1992	Birmingham
6	7	2:15.50	Kennedy Kimwetich	Kenya	6 February 2000	Stuttgart
7	8	2:15.62	Vénuste Niyongabo	Burundi	27 February 1995	Stockholm
8	9	2:15.77	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	Sudan	21 February 2008	Stockholm
9	10	2:15.96	Ilham Tanui Özbilen	Turkey	20 February 2014	Istanbul
10	11	2:16.09	Samuel Chapple	Netherlands	15 February 2025	Birmingham	[18]
	12	2:16.15	Kaki #2		24 February 2008	Ghent
11	13	2:16.16	Shane Streich	United States	12 February 2022	Louisville
	14	2:16.23	Kaki #3		7 February 2009	Stuttgart
12	15	2:16.25	Mariano García	Spain	25 January 2025	Antequera	[19]
13	16	2:16.27	Bryce Hoppel	United States	13 February 2021	New York
14	17	2:16.4 h	Rob Druppers	Netherlands	20 February 1988	The Hague
	18	2:16.47	Kipketer #3		17 February 2000	Stockholm
15	19	2:16.67	Benjamin Allen	United States	23 February 2024	New York
16	20	2:16.71	Johan Botha	South Africa	3 February 1999	Erfurt
17	21	2:16.74	Luciano Fiore	United States	14 February 2025	Boston	[20]
			Neil Gourley	Great Britain	15 February 2025	Birmingham	[21]
19	23	2:16.76	Haron Keitany	Kenya	1 February 2009	Moscow
			David Torrence	United States	2 March 2014	Boston
21	25	2:16.84	Tinoda Matsatsa	United States	18 January 2025	State College	[22]
22		2:16.87	Nathan Brannen	Canada	2 March 2014	Boston
23		2:16.95	Jack Anstey	Australia	10 February 2024	Boston	[23]
24		2:16.96	Richard Kiplagat	Kenya	21 February 2008	Stockholm
25		2:16.99	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	12 February 1989	Stuttgart

Women (outdoor)

• Correct as of July 2025.^[24]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	2:28.98	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	23 August 1996	Brussels
2	2	2:29.15	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	14 August 2020	Monaco	[25]
	3	2:29.21	Kipyegon #2		26 April 2025	Xiamen	[26]
3	4	2:29.34	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	25 August 1995	Brussels
	5	2:29.66	Mutola #2		23 August 1996	Brussels
4	6	2:29.77	Nelly Chepchirchir	Kenya	11 July 2025	Monaco	[27]
	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 h	Tatyana Providokhina	Soviet Union	20 August 1978	Podolsk
6	10	2:30.67	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	17 August 1990	Berlin
7	11	2:30.70	Caster Semenya	South Africa	2 September 2018	Berlin	[28]
8	12	2:30.71	Addison Wiley	United States	11 July 2025	Monaco	[27]
	13	2:30.72	Mutola #4		10 July 1995	Stockholm
9	14	2:30.82	Laura Muir	Great Britain	14 August 2020	Monaco	[25]
10	15	2:30.85	Martina Steuk	East Germany	9 July 1980	Berlin
11	16	2:30.96	Jessica Hull	Australia	11 July 2025	Monaco	[27]
	17	2:31.01	Semenya #2		13 July 2018	Rabat
12	18	2:31.06	Ciara Mageean	Ireland	14 August 2020	Monaco	[25]
13	19	2:31.11	Jemma Reekie	Great Britain	14 August 2020	Monaco	[25]
	20	2:31.18	Masterkova #2		17 July 1999	Nice
	21	2:31.24	Chepchirchir #2		25 August 2024	Chorzów	[29]
14	22	2:31.30	Sinclaire Johnson	United States	11 July 2025	Monaco	[27]
	23	2:31.44	Reekie #2		11 July 2025	Monaco	[27]
	24	2:31.49	Wiley #2		31 August 2024	Białystok	[30]
15	25	2:31.5 h A	Maricica Puică	Romania	1 June 1986	Poiana Brasov
		2:31.50	Natalya Artyomova	Soviet Union	10 September 1991	Berlin
17		2:31.51	Sandra Gasser	Switzerland	13 September 1989	Jerez de la Frontera
18		2:31.6 h	Beate Liebich	East Germany	9 July 1980	Berlin	[citation needed]
19		2:31.65	Olga Dvirna	Soviet Union	1 September 1982	Athens
20		2:31.66	Jolanda Batagelj	Slovenia	28 August 2002	Rovereto
21		2:31.67	Halimah Nakaayi	Uganda	11 July 2025	Monaco	[27]
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	United States	3 July 1999	Brunswick
25		2:31.85	Doina Melinte	Romania	17 August 1990	Berlin

Women (indoor)

• Correct as of January 2024.^[31][32]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	2:30.94	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	15 February 1999	Stockholm
	2	2:31.23	Mutola #2		25 February 1996	Stockholm
2	3	2:31.93	Laura Muir	Great Britain	18 February 2017	Birmingham
	4	2:32.08	Mutola #3		10 February 1996	Birmingham
3	5	2:32.16	Yuliya Chizhenko-Fomenko	Russia	25 January 2006	Moscow
4	6	2:32.21	Oksana Zbrozhek	Russia	28 January 2007	Moscow
5	7	2:32.40	Yelene Soboleva	Russia	25 January 2006	Moscow
6	8	2:32.91	Yelena Kanales	Russia	25 January 2006	Moscow
7	9	2:32.96	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	20 February 2004	Birmingham
8	10	2:33.06	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	24 February 2017	Madrid
	11	2:33.47	Muir #2		15 February 2020	Glasgow
9	12	2:33.75	Lucia Stafford	Canada	28 January 2023	Boston	[33]
10	13	2:33.93	Inna Yevseyeva	Ukraine	7 February 1992	Moscow
11	14	2:34.09 OT	Nikki Hiltz	United States	26 January 2024	Seattle	[34]
12	15	2:34.19	Jennifer Toomey	United States	20 February 2004	Birmingham
13	16	2:34.30	Anna Alminova	Russia	1 February 2009	Moscow
	17	2:34.53	Muir #3		25 February 2023	Birmingham
14	18	2:34.56	Mariya Savinova	Russia	1 February 2009	Moscow
	19	2:34.61	Mutola #4		23 February 2003	Liévin
15	20	2:34.64	Danielle Jones	United States	10 February 2023	Boston
16	21	2:34.67	Liliya Nurutdinova	Russia	1 February 1992	Moscow
	21	2:34.67	Nurutdinova #2		7 February 1992	Moscow
17	23	2:34.68	Olga Raspopova	Russia	1 February 2004	Moscow
18	24	2:34.71	Ajee Wilson	United States	24 February 2019	New York
		2:34.71 OT	Jessica Hull	Australia	27 January 2024	Seattle	[34]
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

See also

• 1000 metres world record progression