2000 metres world record progression

The following tables show the world record progression in the men's and women's 2000 metres as ratified by World Athletics.

Men

World Athletics lists twenty-three progressive world records in the 2000 metres for men. The current world record is held by Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway, with his time of 4:43.13 set in September 2023.

Time	Athlete	Nationality	Location	Date
5:30.4h	John Zander	Sweden	Stockholm	16 June 1918
5:26.4h	Paavo Nurmi	Finland	Tampere	4 September 1922
5:26.0h	Edwin Wide	Sweden	Stockholm	11 June 1925
5:24.6h	Paavo Nurmi	Finland	Kuopio	18 June 1927
5:23.4h	Eino Borg	Finland	Viipuri	9 August 1927
5:21.8h	Jules Ladoumègue	France	Paris	2 July 1931
5:20.4h	Miklós Szabó	Hungary	Budapest	4 October 1936
5:18.4h	Henry Jonsson	Sweden	Stockholm	2 July 1937
5:16.8h	Archie San Romani	United States	Helsinki	26 August 1937
5:16.4h	Gunder Hägg	Sweden	Malmö	21 July 1942
5:11.8h	Gunder Hägg	Sweden	Östersund	23 August 1942
5:07.0h	Gaston Reiff	Belgium	Brussels	29 February 1948
5:02.2h	István Rózsavölgyi	Hungary	Budapest	2 October 1955
5:01.6h	Michel Jazy	France	Paris	14 June 1962
5:01.1h	Josef Odložil	Czech Republic	Stará Boleslav	8 September 1965
4:57.8h	Harald Norpoth	West Germany	Hagen	10 September 1966
4:56.2h	Michel Jazy	France	St-Maur	12 October 1966
4:51.52	John Walker	New Zealand	Oslo	30 June 1976
4:51.39	Steve Cram	Great Britain	Budapest	4 August 1985
4:50.81	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	Paris	16 July 1987
4:47.88	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	Paris	3 July 1995
4:44.79	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	Berlin	7 September 1999
4:43.13	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	Brussels	8 September 2023

Women

World Athletics lists six progressive world records in the 2000 metres for women. The current world record is held by Jessica Hull of Australia, with her time of 5:19.70 set in July 2024.

Time	Athlete	Nationality	Location	Date
5:28.72	Tatyana Kazankina	Soviet Union	Moskva	4 August 1984
5:28.69	Maricica Puică	Romania	London	11 July 1986
5:25.36	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	Edinburgh	8 July 1994
5:23.75	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	Sabadell	7 February 2017
5:21.56	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	Zagreb	14 September 2021
5:19.70	Jessica Hull	Australia	Monaco	12 July 2024