1000 metres

Continental records

• Correct as of 27 April 2025. Source: World Athletics

  All-time top 25

Men (outdoor)

• Correct as of September 2025.

Men (indoor)

• Correct as of February 2025.

		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	BurundiSUDTURNEDUSAESPUSAAthAbbr|hNEDUSARSAUSAGBR2KENUSAUSACANAUSKENBRA Women (outdoor) Correct as of July 2025. 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 GermanyRSAUSAGBR2 Women (indoor) Correct as of January 2024. 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 18 24 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 GermanyRUSUSARUS