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1000 m, men

Record

2 min 11.83 s

Holder
Emmanuel Wanyonyi
Date
Place
Monaco
Standing since
2026

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1000 m, men
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How the record evolved

Chart of the 1000 m, men record, from 1918 to 2026 1918 2026 2 min 29.1 s 2 min 11.83 s

The last record set in each decade, up to the current record (highlighted).

YearRecordHolder
2 min 11.83 sEmmanuel Wanyonyi
2 min 11.96 sNoah Ngeny
2 min 12.18 sSebastian Coe
2 min 13.9 sRick Wohlhuter
2 min 16.2 sFranz-Josef Kemper
2 min 17.8 sDan Waern
2 min 21.4 sMarcel Hansenne
2 min 23.6 sJules Ladoumègue
2 min 25.8 sOtto Peltzer
2 min 29.1 sAnatole Bolin

Put them in order

Sort these records from the oldest to the most recent.

  1. 2 min 21.4 sMarcel Hansenne
  2. 2 min 29.1 sAnatole Bolin
  3. 2 min 13.9 sRick Wohlhuter
  4. 2 min 11.83 sEmmanuel Wanyonyi

What to remember

Two and a half laps of the track, an uncommon distance between the 800 m and the 1500 m: in Monaco on July 10, 2026, at the Herculis meeting, Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi ran the 1000 m in 2 min 11.83 s, an average of 27.308 km/h (16.968 mph).

The record has more than a century of history. In 1918 it stood at 2 min 29.1 s, for Anatole Bolin, then it went through several well-known names: Otto Peltzer in 1927, Jules Ladoumègue in 1930 and Marcel Hansenne in 1948, then Sebastian Coe with 2 min 12.18 s in 1981. Noah Ngeny held it in 1999 with 2 min 11.96 s. Over 108 years the time fell by 11.6%.

Wanyonyi is an 800 m specialist, a distance he ran in Lausanne in 2024. He had also briefly held the road mile world record in 2024.

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