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

RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
12:11.96Noah NgenyKenya5 September 1999Rieti
22:12.18Sebastian CoeGreat Britain11 July 1981Oslo
32:12.88Steve CramGreat Britain9 August 1985Gateshead
42:13.08Taoufik MakhloufiAlgeria1 July 2015Nancy
52:13.49Ayanleh SouleimanDjibouti25 August 2016Lausanne
62:13.56Kennedy KimwetichKenya17 July 1999Nice
72:13.62Abubaker Kaki KhamisSudan3 July 2010Eugene
82:13.73Noureddine MorceliAlgeria2 July 1993Villeneuve-d'Ascq
92:13.89Robert BiwottKenya25 August 2016Lausanne
102:13.9 Rick WohlhuterUnited States30 July 1974Oslo
112:13.95:fr:Jonathan Kitilit|Jonathan KitilitKenya25 August 2016Lausanne
122:13.96Mehdi BaalaFrance26 June 2003Strasbourg
132:14.09Joaquim CruzBrazil20 August 1984Nice
142:14.23Asbel KipropKenya25 August 2016Lausanne
152:14.28Japheth KimutaiKenya1 August 2000Stockholm
162:14.30Marcin LewandowskiPoland25 August 2016Lausanne
172:14.41William YiampoyKenya5 September 1999Rieti
182:14.43Laban RotichKenya16 July 1997Nice
192:14.50Abdi BileSomalia13 September 1989Jerez de la Frontera
202:14.52Djabir Said-GuerniAlgeria5 September 1999Rieti
212:14.53Willi WülbeckWest Germany1 July 1980Oslo
222:14.69El-Mahjoub HaïdaMorocco12 July 1995Nice
232:14.72Yusuf Saad KamelBahrain22 July 2008Stockholm
242:14.73Joseph TengeleiKenya12 July 1995Nice
242:14.73Patrick KonchellahKenya1 August 2000Stockholm

Women

RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
12:28.98Svetlana MasterkovaRussia23 August 1996Brussels
22:29.34Maria MutolaMozambique25 August 1995Brussels
32:30.6 Tatyana ProvidokhinaSoviet Union20 August 1978Podolsk
42:30.67Christine WachtelEast Germany17 August 1990Berlin
52:30.70Caster SemenyaSouth Africa2 September 2018Berlin
62:30.85Martina SteukEast Germany9 July 1980Berlin
72:31.5 AMaricica PuicaRomania1 June 1986Poiana Brasov
82:31.50Natalya ArtyomovaSoviet Union10 September 1991Berlin
92:31.51Sandra GasserSwitzerland13 September 1989Jerez de la Frontera
102:31.6Beate LiebichEast Germany9 July 1980Berlin
112:31.65Olga DvirnaSoviet Union1 September 1982Athens
122:31.66Jolanda BatageljSlovenia28 August 2002Rovereto
132:31.74Anita WeißEast Germany13 July 1980Potsdam
142:31.77Sigrun Wodars-grauEast Germany17 August 1990Berlin
152:31.80Regina JacobsUnited States3 July 1999Brunswick
162:31.85Doina MelinteRomania17 August 1990Berlin
172:31.93Patricia Djaté-TaillardFrance25 August 1995Brussels
172:31.93 iLaura MuirGreat Britain18 February 2017Birmingham
192:31.95Ulrike BrunsEast Germany18 August 1978Berlin
202:32.16 iYuliya Chizhenko-FomenkoRussia25 January 2006Moscow
212:32.21 iOksana ZbrozhekRussia28 January 2007Moscow
222:32.25Letitia VriesdeSurinam10 September 1991Berlin
232:32.29Christiane WartenbergEast Germany13 July 1980Potsdam
242:32.40Ella KovácsRomania2 July 1993Villeneuve-d'Ascq
242:32.40 iYelena SobolevaRussia25 January 2006Moscow