1000 metres world record progression

The following tables show the world record progression in the men's and women's 1000 metres as ratified by World Athletics.

Men

The first world record in the men's 1000 metres was recognised by the IAAF in 1913. 27 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.

Time	Athlete	Country	Venue	Date
2:32.3	Georg Mickler	Germany	Hanover	1913-06-22
2:29.1	Anatole Bolin	Sweden	Stockholm	1918-09-22
2:28.6	Sven Lundgren	Sweden	Stockholm	1922-09-27
2:26.8	Séra Martin	France	Colombes	1926-09-30
2:25.8	Otto Peltzer	Germany	Colombes	1927-09-18
2:23.6	Jules Ladoumègue	France	Paris	1930-10-19
2:21.5	Rudolf Harbig	Germany	Dresden	1941-05-24
2:21.4	Rune Gustafsson	Sweden	Borås	1946-09-04
2:21.4	Marcel Hansenne	France	Gothenburg	1948-08-27
2:21.3	Olle Åberg	Sweden	Copenhagen	1952-08-10
2:21.2	Stanislav Jungwirth	Czechoslovakia	Stará Boleslav	1952-10-27
2:20.8	Mal Whitfield	United States	Eskilstuna	1953-08-16
2:20.4	Audun Boysen	Norway	Oslo	1953-09-17
2:19.5	Audun Boysen	Norway	Gävle	1954-08-18
2:19.0	Audun Boysen	Norway	Gothenburg	1955-08-30
2:19.0	István Rózsavölgyi	Hungary	Tata	1955-09-21
2:18.1	Dan Waern	Sweden	Turku	1958-09-19
2:17.8	Dan Waern	Sweden	Karlstad	1959-08-21
2:16.7	Siegfried Valentin	East Germany	Potsdam	1960-07-19
2:16.6	Peter Snell	New Zealand	Auckland	1964-11-12
2:16.2	Jürgen May	East Germany	Erfurt	1965-07-20
2:16.2	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	Hanover	1966-09-21
2:16.0	Danie Malan	South Africa	Munich	1973-06-24
2:13.9	Rick Wohlhuter	United States	Oslo	1974-07-30
2:13.40	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	Oslo	1980-07-01
2:12.18	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	Oslo	1981-07-11
2:11.96	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	Rieti	1999-09-05^[1]

Women

The first world record in the women's 1000 metres was recognised by the IAAF in 1922. 13 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.

Time	Athlete	Country	Venue	Date
3:17.4	Georgette Lenoir	France	Paris	1922-08-06
3:12.0	Lucie Bréard	France	Paris	1922-08-20
3:08.2	Edith Trickey	Great Britain	London	1924-08-04
3:06.6	Lina Radke	Germany	Brzeg	1930-08-24
3:04.4	Gladys Lunn	Great Britain	London	1931-05-16
3:02.5	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	Katowice	1933-10-08
3:00.6	Gladys Lunn	Great Britain	Birmingham	1934-06-23
2:35.9	Gunhild Hoffmeister	East Germany	Potsdam	1972-08-20
2:35.0	Karin Krebs	East Germany	Potsdam	1974-08-28
2:33.8	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	Sofia	1976-07-04
2:30.67	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	West Berlin	1990-08-17
2:29.34	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	Brussels	1995-08-05
2:28.98	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	Brussels	1996-08-23