# 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

| 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 | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Area | 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.
| Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place |
| 1 | 1 | 4:43.13 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 8 September 2023 | Brussels |
| 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| 10 | 13 | 4:49.85 | Mario García | Spain | 8 September 2023 | Brussels |
| | 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 |
| 13 | 17 | 4:50.68 | Abel Kipsang | Kenya | 8 September 2023 | Brussels |
| 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 |
| 20 | 25 | 4:52.20 | Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany | 31 August 1982 | Ingelheim |
| 21 | | 4:52.37 | Ruben Verheyden | Belgium | 8 September 2023 | Brussels |
| 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.
| Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place |
| 1 | 1 | 4:49.99 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 17 February 2007 | Birmingham |
| 2 | 2 | 4:51.23 | Lamecha Girma | Ethiopia | 10 February 2024 | Liévin |
| 3 | 3 | 4:52.86 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 15 February 1998 | Birmingham |
| 4 | 4 | 4:52.90 | Sergio Sánchez | Spain | 23 January 2010 | Oviedo |
| 5 | 5 | 4:54.07 | Eamonn Coghlan | Ireland | 20 February 1987 | Inglewood |
| 6 | 6 | 4:54.74 | Bernard Lagat | United States | 15 February 2014 | New York City |
| 7 | 7 | 4:54.76 | Vénuste Niyongabo | Burundi | 18 February 1996 | Liévin |
| 8 | 8 | 4:55.35 | Cameron Levins | Canada | 15 February 2014 | New York City |
| 9 | 9 | 4:55.72 | Shadrack Korir | Kenya | 17 February 2007 | Birmingham |
| 10 | 10 | 4:56.09 | Laban Rotich | Kenya | 14 February 1999 | Birmingham |
| 11 | 11 | 4:56.23 | Jens-Peter Herold | Germany | 6 March 1993 | Karlsruhe |
| 12 | 12 | 4:56.30 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | Kenya | 9 February 2007 | Aubiére |
| 13 | 13 | 4:56.40 | Noah Ngeny | Kenya | 25 February 2001 | Liévin |
| 14 | 14 | 4:56.87 | Andrés Manuel Díaz | Spain | 14 February 1999 | Birmingham |
| 15 | 15 | 4:56.99 | David Torrence | United States | 15 February 2014 | New York City |
| 16 | 16 | 4:57.00 | Samuel Zeleke | Ethiopia | 17 February 2022 | Liévin |
| 17 | 17 | 4:57.09 | John Mayock | Great Britain | 25 February 2001 | Liévin |
| 18 | 18 | 4:57.17 | Abiyote Abinet | Ethiopia | 28 February 2014 | Metz |
| 19 | 19 | 4:57.21 | Abel Kipsang | Kenya | 17 February 2022 | Liévin |
| 20 | 20 | 4:57.22 | Azeddine Habz | France | 17 February 2022 | Liévin |
| 21 | 21 | 4:57.31 | William Tanui | Kenya | 28 February 1999 | Sindelfingen |
| 22 | 22 | 4:57.35 | Andrew Bumbalough | United States | 15 February 2014 | New York City |
| 23 | 23 | 4:57.56 | Evan Jager | United States | 15 February 2014 | New York City |
| 24 | 24 | 4:57.74 | Yomif Kejelcha | Ethiopia | 28 February 2014 | Metz |
| 25 | 25 | 4:57.97 | Jimmy Gressier | France | 17 February 2022 | Liévin |

### Women (outdoor)

* Correct as of July 2024.
| Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place |
| 1 | 1 | 5:19.70 | Jessica Hull | Australia | 12 July 2024 | Monaco |
| 2 | 2 | 5:21.56 | Francine Niyonsaba | Burundi | 14 September 2021 | Zagreb |
| 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 |
| 5 | 5 | 5:26.08 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | Great Britain | 12 July 2024 | Monaco |
| 6 | 6 | 5:26.09 | Edinah Jebitok | Kenya | 12 July 2024 | Monaco |
| 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 |
| 12 | 13 | 5:28.82 | Georgia Griffith | Australia | 12 July 2024 | Monaco |
| | 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 |
| 14 | 17 | 5:30.19 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 22 | | 5:32.63 | Agathe Guillemot | France | 12 July 2024 | Monaco |
| 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 |

### Women (indoor)

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