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 | |
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World records | |
Men | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 4:43.13 (2023) |
Women | Francine Niyonsaba (BDI) 5:21.56 (2021) |
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 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba who ran a time of 5:21.56 in 2021.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4][5]
Records
editWorld records
editDivision | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place |
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Men | 4:43.13 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 8 September 2023 | Brussels |
Women | 5:21.56 | Francine Niyonsaba | Burundi | 14 September 2021 | Zagreb |
Continental records
editArea | Men's time | Men's athlete | Men's nationality | Women's time | Women's athlete | Women's nationality |
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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 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 5:25.36 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland |
North, Central American and Caribbean | 4:51.54 | Charles Philibert-Thiboutot | Canada | 5:32.7 | Mary Slaney | United States |
Oceanian | 4:50.76 | Craig Mottram | Australia | 5:37.71 | Benita Willis | Australia |
South American | 5:03.34 | Hudson de Souza | Brazil | 5:59.96 | Niusha Mancilla | Bolivia |
All-time top 25
editMen (outdoor)
edit- Correct as of December 2023.[6]
Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 4:43.13 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 8 September 2023 | Brussels | [7] |
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 | [7] |
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 | [7] |
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 | [7] |
10 | 13 | 4:49.85 | Mario García | Spain | 8 September 2023 | Brussels | [7] |
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 | [7] |
14 | 18 | 4:50.68 | Abel Kipsang | Kenya | 8 September 2023 | Brussels | [7] |
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 | [7] |
21 | 4:52.20 | Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany | 31 August 1982 | Ingelheim | ||
22 | 4:52.37 | Ruben Verheyden | Belgium | 8 September 2023 | Brussels | [7] | |
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)
edit- Correct as of February 2024.[8]
Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 4:49.99 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 17 February 2007 | Birmingham | |
2 | 2 | 4:51.23 | Lamecha Girma | Ethiopia | 10 February 2024 | Liévin | [9] |
Women (outdoor)
edit- Correct as of March 2024.[10]
Women (indoor)
edit- Correct as of March 2024.[15]
Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | [16] |
6 | 6 | 5:35.99+ | Jessica Hull | Australia | 2 March 2024 | Glasgow | [17] |
References
edit- ^ World Records. World Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ [1]. World Athletics. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ "Running machine takes out Combine 2km trial". afl.com.au. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ Spanish Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ Soviet Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ "2000 Metres - men - senior - all". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "2000m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "2000m short track - men - senior - all". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ Jon Mulkeen (10 February 2024). "Tsegay, Girma and Holloway threaten world indoor records in Lievin". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "2000 Metres - women - senior - all". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ Chris Broadbent (14 September 2021). "Niyonsaba breaks world 2000m record in Zagreb". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ Chris Broadbent (14 September 2021). "Niyonsaba breaks world 2000m record in Zagreb". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "2000m Result" (PDF). online.atletika.cz. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Klosterhalfen knackt Uralt-Rekord". sport1.de (in German). 17 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "2000m short track - women - senior - all". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "3000m Final Race Analysis". World Athletics. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "3000m Final Race Analysis". World Athletics. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- General
- Records by Event 2000 metres. World Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.