Athletics
2000 metres
World records
MenNorway Jakob Ingebrigtsen 4:43:13 (2023)
WomenBurundi Francine Niyonsaba 5:21.56 (2021)

The 2000 metres or 2000-metre run is a track running event where five laps are completed around an outdoor 400 m track, or ten laps around a 200 m indoor track - the distance is 11.68 meters short of 1¼ miles.

The global governing body World Athletics recognises official world records for the distance, and it is also recorded in continental and national record settings. The men's world record is held by Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who ran a time of 4:43.13 in 2023, while the women's world record is held by Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba who ran a time of 5:21.56 in 2021.[1]

The distance sparsely features on event programmes of professional one-day track and field meetings, serving as a comparatively novel event with greater scope for record-breaking performances.[2] It is also used at lower-level competitions, such as school and youth tournaments. Since 2017, a 2000-metre run is one of the events held to test the fitness of potential draftees at the AFL Draft Combine.[3]

Despite its world record status, it has not yet featured as a world championship level event indoors or outdoors; however, the event was briefly held at national level in the mid-1960s at the Spanish Indoor and Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships.[4][5]

Records

World records

Division Time Athlete Nation Date Place
Men4:43.13Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway8 September 2023Brussels
Women5:21.56Francine Niyonsaba Burundi14 September 2021Zagreb

Continental records

Area Men's time Men's athlete Men's nationality Women's time Women's athlete Women's nationality
African4:44.79Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco5:21.56Francine Niyonsaba Burundi
Asian4:55.57Mohamed Suleiman Qatar5:29.41Wang Junxia China
European4:43.13Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway5:25.36Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland
North, Central American and Caribbean4:51.54Charles Philibert-Thiboutot Canada5:32.7Mary Slaney United States
Oceanian4:50.76Craig Mottram Australia5:37.71Benita Willis Australia
South American5:03.34Hudson de Souza Brazil5:59.96Niusha Mancilla Bolivia

All-time top 25

Men

  • Correct as of December 2023.[6]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 1 4:43.13 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
2 2 4:44.79 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 7 September 1999 Berlin
3 3 4:46.88 Ali Saïdi-Sief  Algeria 19 June 2001 Strasbourg
4 4 4:47.88 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 3 July 1995 Paris
5 5 4:48.14 Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot  Kenya 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
6 4:48.36 El Guerrouj #2 19 July 1998 Gateshead
6 7 4:48.69 Vénuste Niyongabo  Burundi 12 July 1995 Nice
7 8 4:48.74 John Kibowen  Kenya 1 August 1998 Hechtel
8 9 4:48.77 Stewart McSweyn  Australia 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
10 4:49.00 Niyongabo #2 3 September 1997 Rieti
11 4:49.55 Morceli #2 10 July 1996 Nice
9 12 4:49.68 Niels Laros  Netherlands 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
10 13 4:49.85 Mario García  Spain 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
11 14 4:49.99 Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 17 February 2007 Birmingham
15 4:50.01 Ingebrigsten #2 11 June 2020 Oslo
12 16 4:50.08 Noah Ngeny  Kenya 30 July 1999 Stockholm
13 17 4:50.64 Narve Gilje Nordås  Norway 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
14 18 4:50.68 Abel Kipsang  Kenya 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
15 19 4:50.76 Craig Mottram  Australia 9 March 2006 Melbourne
16 20 4:50.81 Saïd Aouita  Morocco 16 July 1987 Paris
21 4:51:17 El Guerrouj #3 31 August 2001 Berlin
17 22 4:51.30 Daniel Komen  Kenya 5 June 1998 Milan
18 23 4:51.39 Steve Cram  Great Britain 4 August 1985 Budapest
19 24 4:51.52 John Walker  New Zealand 30 June 1976 Oslo
20 25 4:51.54 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot  Canada 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
21 4:52.20 Thomas Wessinghage  West Germany 31 August 1982 Ingelheim
22 4:52.37 Ruben Verheyden  Belgium 8 September 2023 Brussels [7]
23 4:52.40 José Manuel Abascal  Spain 7 September 1986 Santander
24 4:52.44 Jim Spivey  United States 15 September 1987 Lausanne
25 4:52.53 Moses Kiptanui  Kenya 21 August 1992 Berlin

Women

  • Correct as of December 2023.[8]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 1 5:21.56 Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi 14 September 2021 Zagreb [9]
2 2 5:23.75i Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 7 February 2017 Sabadell
3 3 5:25.36 Sonia O'Sullivan  Ireland 8 July 1994 Edinburgh
4 4 5:25.86 Freweyni Hailu  Ethiopia 14 September 2021 Zagreb [10]
5 5 5:26.93 Yvonne Murray  Great Britain 8 July 1994 Edinburgh
6 5:27.50 Dibaba #2 17 June 2014 Ostrava
7 5:27.73 Dibaba #3 19 June 2018 Montreuil
7 8 5:28.69 Maricica Puică  Romania 11 July 1986 London
8 9 5:28.72 Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union 4 August 1984 Moscow
10 5:29.42 Dibaba #4 26 June 2014 Sollentuna
11 5:29.58 Murray #2 11 July 1986 London
9 12 5:29.64 Tatyana Pozdnyakova  Soviet Union 4 August 1984 Moscow
10 13 5:30.19 Zola Budd  Great Britain 11 July 1986 London
11 14 5:30.19 Gelete Burka  Ethiopia 4 September 2009 Brussels
15 5:30.39 Puică #2 4 September 1985 Rieti
12 16 5:30.53i Gabriela Szabo  Romania 8 March 1998 Sindelfingen
13 17 5:30.92 Galina Zakharova  Soviet Union 4 August 1984 Moscow
14 18 5:31.03 Gulnara Samitova-Galkina  Russia 27 May 2007 Sochi
15 19 5:31.52 Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya 7 June 2009 Eugene
16 20 5:31.88 Maryam Yusuf Jamal  Bahrain 7 June 2009 Eugene
17 21 5:32.40 Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia 14 September 2021 Zagreb [11]
18 22 5:32.7h Mary Decker  United States 3 August 1984 Eugene
19 23 5:32.83 Roberta Brunet  Italy 14 September 1996 Turin
24 5:33.15 Budd #2 13 July 1984 London
20 25 5:33.43 Linet Masai  Kenya 7 June 2009 Eugene
21 5:33.83 Elvan Abeylegesse  Turkey 7 June 2003 Istanbul
22 5:33.85 Christina Boxer  Great Britain 13 July 1984 London
23 5:34.27 Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia 17 June 2014 Ostrava
24 5:34.49 Angela Chalmers  Canada 4 September 1994 Sheffield
25 5:34.53 Konstanze Klosterhalfen  Germany 17 September 2021 Trier [12]

References

  1. World Records. World Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  2. . World Athletics. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  3. "Running machine takes out Combine 2km trial". afl.com.au. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  4. Spanish Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  5. Soviet Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  6. "2000 Metres - men - senior - all". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "2000m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  8. "2000 Metres - women - senior - all". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  9. Chris Broadbent (14 September 2021). "Niyonsaba breaks world 2000m record in Zagreb". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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  12. "Klosterhalfen knackt Uralt-Rekord". sport1.de (in German). 17 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
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