2000 metres
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.
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. 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.
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.
Records
World records
Short track world bests
Continental records
All-time top 25
Men (outdoor)
- Correct as of January 2025.
| Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | |||
| 1 | 1 | 4:43.13 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | 8 September 2023 | Brussels | ||
| 2 | 2 | 4:44.79 | Hicham El Guerrouj | 7 September 1999 | Berlin | ||
| 3 | 3 | 4:46.88 | Ali Saïdi-Sief | 19 June 2001 | Strasbourg | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4:47.88 | Noureddine Morceli | 3 July 1995 | Paris | ||
| 5 | 5 | 4:48.14 | Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot | 8 September 2023 | Brussels | ||
| 6 | 4:48.36 | El Guerrouj #2 | 19 July 1998 | Gateshead | |||
| 6 | 7 | 4:48.69 | Vénuste Niyongabo | 12 July 1995 | Nice | ||
| 7 | 8 | 4:48.74 | John Kibowen | 1 August 1998 | Hechtel | ||
| 8 | 9 | 4:48.77 | Stewart McSweyn | 8 September 2023 | Brussels | ||
| 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 | 8 September 2023 | Brussels | ||
| 10 | 13 | 4:49.85 | Mario García | 8 September 2023 | Brussels | ||
| 14 | 4:50.01 | Ingebrigsten #2 | 11 June 2020 | Oslo | |||
| 11 | 15 | 4:50.08 | Noah Ngeny | 30 July 1999 | Stockholm | ||
| 12 | 16 | 4:50.64 | Narve Gilje Nordås | 8 September 2023 | Brussels | ||
| 13 | 17 | 4:50.68 | Abel Kipsang | 8 September 2023 | Brussels | ||
| 14 | 18 | 4:50.76 | Craig Mottram | 9 March 2006 | Melbourne | ||
| 15 | 19 | 4:50.81 | Saïd Aouita | 16 July 1987 | Paris | ||
| 20 | 4:51.17 | El Guerrouj #3 | 31 August 2001 | Berlin | |||
| 16 | 21 | 4:51.30 | Daniel Komen | 5 June 1998 | Milan | ||
| 17 | 22 | 4:51.39 | Steve Cram | 4 August 1985 | Budapest | ||
| 18 | 23 | 4:51.52 | John Walker | 30 June 1976 | Oslo | ||
| 19 | 24 | 4:51.54 | Charles Philibert-Thiboutot | 8 September 2023 | Brussels | ||
| 20 | 25 | 4:52.20 | Thomas Wessinghage | 31 August 1982 | Ingelheim | ||
| 21 | 4:52.37 | Ruben Verheyden | 8 September 2023 | Brussels | |||
| 22 | 4:52.40 | José Manuel Abascal | 7 September 1986 | Santander | |||
| 23 | 4:52.44 | Jim Spivey | 15 September 1987 | Lausanne | |||
| 24 | 4:52.53 | Moses Kiptanui | 21 August 1992 | Berlin | |||
| 25 | 4:52.82 | Peter Elliott | 15 September 1987 | Lausanne |
Men (indoor)
- Correct as of January 2026.
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| 1 | 1 | 4:48.79 | Hobbs Kessler |  United StatesWomen (outdoor)
Women (indoor)
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