2000 metres

Athletics
2000 metres
World records
Men Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 4:43.13 (2023)
Women Jessica Hull (AUS) 5:19.70 (2024)
Short track world records
Men Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 4:49.99 (2007)
Women Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 5:23.75 (2017)

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 Australia's Jessica Hull, who ran a time of 5:19.70 in 2024.[1][2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5][6]

Records

See also: 2000 metres world record progression

World records

Division Time Athlete Nation Date Place
Men 4:43.13 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 8 September 2023 Brussels
Women 5:19.70 Jessica Hull  Australia 12 July 2024 Monaco

Short track world bests

Division Time Athlete Nation Date Place
Men 4:49.99 Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 17 February 2007 Birmingham
Women 5:23.75 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 7 February 2017 Sabadell

Continental records

Area Men Women
Time Athlete Nationality Time Athlete Nationality
African 4:44.79 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 5:21.56 Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi
Asian 4:55.57 Mohamed Suleiman  Qatar 5:29.41 Wang Junxia  China
European 4:43.13 WR Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 5:25.36 Sonia O'Sullivan  Ireland
North, Central American and Caribbean 4:51.54 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot  Canada 5:28.78 Cory McGee  United States
Oceanian 4:50.76 Craig Mottram  Australia 5:19.70 WR Jessica Hull  Australia
South American 5:03.34 Hudson de Souza  Brazil 5:50.21 María Pía Fernández  Uruguay

All-time top 25

Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 2000m times and the top 25 athletes:
- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 2000m times
- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 2000m times, by repeat athletes
- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 2000m times

Men (outdoor)

  • Correct as of January 2025.[7]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 1 4:43.13 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 8 September 2023 Brussels [8]
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 [8]
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 [8]
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 [8]
10 13 4:49.85 Mario García  Spain 8 September 2023 Brussels [8]
14 4:50.01 Ingebrigsten #2 11 June 2020 Oslo
11 15 4:50.08 Noah Ngeny  Kenya 30 July 1999 Stockholm
12 16 4:50.64 Narve Gilje Nordås  Norway 8 September 2023 Brussels [8]
13 17 4:50.68 Abel Kipsang  Kenya 8 September 2023 Brussels [8]
14 18 4:50.76 Craig Mottram  Australia 9 March 2006 Melbourne
15 19 4:50.81 Saïd Aouita  Morocco 16 July 1987 Paris
20 4:51.17 El Guerrouj #3 31 August 2001 Berlin
16 21 4:51.30 Daniel Komen  Kenya 5 June 1998 Milan
17 22 4:51.39 Steve Cram  Great Britain 4 August 1985 Budapest
18 23 4:51.52 John Walker  New Zealand 30 June 1976 Oslo
19 24 4:51.54 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot  Canada 8 September 2023 Brussels [8]
20 25 4:52.20 Thomas Wessinghage  West Germany 31 August 1982 Ingelheim
21 4:52.37 Ruben Verheyden  Belgium 8 September 2023 Brussels [8]
22 4:52.40 José Manuel Abascal  Spain 7 September 1986 Santander
23 4:52.44 Jim Spivey  United States 15 September 1987 Lausanne
24 4:52.53 Moses Kiptanui  Kenya 21 August 1992 Berlin
25 4:52.82 Peter Elliott  Great Britain 15 September 1987 Lausanne

Men (indoor)

  • Correct as of February 2024.[9]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 4:49.99 Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 17 February 2007 Birmingham [10]
2 2 4:51.23 Lamecha Girma  Ethiopia 10 February 2024 Liévin [11]
3 3 4:52.86 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 15 February 1998 Birmingham [10]
4 4 4:52.90 Sergio Sánchez  Spain 23 January 2010 Oviedo [10]
5 5 4:54.07 Eamonn Coghlan  Ireland 20 February 1987 Inglewood [10]
6 6 4:54.74 Bernard Lagat  United States 15 February 2014 New York City [10]
7 7 4:54.76 Vénuste Niyongabo  Burundi 18 February 1996 Liévin [10]
8 8 4:55.35 Cameron Levins  Canada 15 February 2014 New York City [10]
9 9 4:55.72 Shadrack Korir  Kenya 17 February 2007 Birmingham [10]
10 10 4:56.09 Laban Rotich  Kenya 14 February 1999 Birmingham [10]
11 11 4:56.23 Jens-Peter Herold  Germany 6 March 1993 Karlsruhe [10]
12 12 4:56.30 Augustine Kiprono Choge  Kenya 9 February 2007 Aubiére [10]
13 13 4:56.40 Noah Ngeny  Kenya 25 February 2001 Liévin [10]
14 14 4:56.87 Andrés Manuel Díaz  Spain 14 February 1999 Birmingham [10]
15 15 4:56.99 David Torrence  United States 15 February 2014 New York City [10]
16 16 4:57.00 Samuel Zeleke  Ethiopia 17 February 2022 Liévin [10]
17 17 4:57.09 John Mayock  Great Britain 25 February 2001 Liévin [10]
18 18 4:57.17 Abiyote Abinet  Ethiopia 28 February 2014 Metz [10]
19 19 4:57.21 Abel Kipsang  Kenya 17 February 2022 Liévin [10]
20 20 4:57.22 Azeddine Habz  France 17 February 2022 Liévin [10]
21 21 4:57.31 William Tanui  Kenya 28 February 1999 Sindelfingen [10]
22 22 4:57.35 Andrew Bumbalough  United States 15 February 2014 New York City [10]
23 23 4:57.56 Evan Jager  United States 15 February 2014 New York City [10]
24 24 4:57.74 Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia 28 February 2014 Metz [10]
25 25 4:57.97 Jimmy Gressier  France 17 February 2022 Liévin [10]

Women (outdoor)

  • Correct as of July 2024.[12]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 1 5:19.70 Jessica Hull  Australia 12 July 2024 Monaco [13]
2 2 5:21.56 Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi 14 September 2021 Zagreb [14]
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 [15]
5 5 5:26.08 Melissa Courtney-Bryant  Great Britain 12 July 2024 Monaco [16]
6 6 5:26.09 Edinah Jebitok  Kenya 12 July 2024 Monaco [17]
7 7 5:26.93 Yvonne Murray  Great Britain 8 July 1994 Edinburgh
8 8 5:27.50 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 17 June 2014 Ostrava
9 5:27.73 Dibaba #2 19 June 2018 Montreuil
9 10 5:28.69 Maricica Puică  Romania 11 July 1986 London
10 11 5:28.72 Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union 4 August 1984 Moscow
11 12 5:28.78 Cory McGee  United States 12 July 2024 Monaco [18]
12 13 5:28.82 Georgia Griffith  Australia 12 July 2024 Monaco [19]
14 5:29.42 Dibaba #3 26 June 2014 Sollentuna
15 5:29.58 Murray #2 11 July 1986 London
13 16 5:29.64 Tatyana Pozdnyakova  Soviet Union 4 August 1984 Moscow
14 17 5:30.19 Zola Budd  Great Britain 11 July 1986 London
Gelete Burka  Ethiopia 4 September 2009 Brussels
19 5:30.39 Puică #2 4 September 1985 Rieti
16 20 5:30.92 Galina Zakharova  Soviet Union 4 August 1984 Moscow
17 21 5:31.03 Gulnara Samitova-Galkina  Russia 27 May 2007 Sochi
18 22 5:31.18 Lucia Stafford  Canada 12 July 2024 Monaco [20]
19 23 5:31.52 Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya 7 June 2009 Eugene
20 24 5:31.88 Maryam Yusuf Jamal  Bahrain 7 June 2009 Eugene
21 25 5:32.40 Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia 14 September 2021 Zagreb [21]
22 5:32.63 Agathe Guillemot  France 12 July 2024 Monaco [22]
23 5:32.7h Mary Decker  United States 3 August 1984 Eugene
24 5:32.83 Roberta Brunet  Italy 14 September 1996 Turin
25 5:32.86 Marta García  Spain 12 July 2024 Monaco [23]

Women (indoor)

  • Correct as of March 2024.[24]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 5:23.75 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 7 February 2017 Sabadell [25]
2 2 5:30.53 Gabriela Szabo  Romania 8 March 1998 Sindelfingen [25]
3 3 5:34.52 Mary Slaney  United States 18 January 1985 Los Angeles [25]
4 4 5:35.46 Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia 7 February 2015 Boston [25]
5 5 5:35.78+ Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia 2 March 2024 Glasgow [26]
6 6 5:35.99+ Jessica Hull  Australia 2 March 2024 Glasgow [27]
7 7 5:37.34 Fernanda Ribeiro  Portugal 28 February 1996 Valencia [25]
8 8 5:39.15 Yelena Kanales  Russia 7 January 2006 Yekaterinburg [25]
9 9 5:39.30 Olga Yegorova  Russia 13 February 2000 Liévin [25]
10 10 5:39.36 Violeta Beclea-Szekely  Romania 13 February 2000 Liévin [25]
11 11 5:39.47 Berhane Adere  Ethiopia 22 February 2002 Chemnitz [25]
12 12 5:40.26 Mariya Konovalova  Russia 7 January 2008 Yekaterinburg [25]
13 13 5:40.35 Sally Kipyego  Kenya 7 February 2015 Boston [25]
14 14 5:40.75 Yelena Soboleva  Russia 7 January 2006 Yekaterinburg [25]
15 15 5:40.86 Yvonne Murray  Great Britain 20 February 1993 Birmingham [25]
16 16 5:40.95 Yelena Zadorozhnaya  Russia 7 January 2008 Yekaterinburg [25]
17 17 5:41.10 Kim Conley  United States 8 February 2014 Boston [25]
Yelena Korobkina  Russia 7 January 2018 Yekaterinburg [25]
19 19 5:41.11 Emma Coburn  United States 7 February 2015 Boston [25]
20 20 5:42.12 Aleksandra Gulyayeva  Russia 7 January 2018 Yekaterinburg [25]
21 21 5:42.55 Kathleen Friedrich  Germany 22 February 2002 Chemnitz [25]
22 22 5:43.30 Yekaterina Podkopayeva  Soviet Union 12 February 1983 Moskva [25]
23 23 5:43.53 Svetlana Popova [25]
24 24 5:43.62 Wioletta Frankiewicz  Poland 12 February 2006 Leipzig [25]
25 25 5:43.82 Heidi See  Australia 7 February 2015 Boston [25]

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