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.

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 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 December 2023.^[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]
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	[8]
14	18	4:50.68	Abel Kipsang	Kenya	8 September 2023	Brussels	[8]
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	[8]
21		4:52.20	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	31 August 1982	Ingelheim
22		4:52.37	Ruben Verheyden	Belgium	8 September 2023	Brussels	[8]
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

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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General

• Records by Event 2000 metres. World Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.