AthleticsAthletics world record
1000 m, women
2 min 28.98 s
- Holder
- Svetlana Masterkova
- Date
- Place
- Brussels
- Standing since
- 1996 (30 years)
How the record evolved
The last record set in each decade, up to the current record (highlighted).
| Year | Record | Holder |
|---|---|---|
| 2 min 28.98 s | Svetlana Masterkova | |
| 2 min 29.34 s | Maria Mutola | |
| 2 min 33.8 s | Nikolina Shtereva | |
| 3 min 00.6 s | Gladys Lunn | |
| 3 min 08.2 s | Edith Trickey |
Put them in order
Sort these records from the oldest to the most recent.
- 3 min 00.6 sGladys Lunn
- 2 min 29.34 sMaria Mutola
- 2 min 28.98 sSvetlana Masterkova
- 3 min 08.2 sEdith Trickey
What to remember
Two and a half laps of an outdoor track: longer than the 800 m but shorter than the 1500 m, the 1000 m is seldom run in competition. At the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on August 23, 1996, Svetlana Masterkova covered it in 2 min 28.98 s, an average of 24.164 km/h.
The same year, at the 1996 Olympic Games, the Russian won gold in both the 800 m and the 1500 m. She also held the women's world record for the mile.
In 1924, the record stood at 3 min 08.2 s, set by Edith Trickey. Gladys Lunn reached 3 min 00.6 s in 1934, Nikolina Shtereva 2 min 33.8 s in 1976 and Maria Mutola 2 min 29.34 s in 1995. Over 72 years the time fell by 20.8%. Indoors, on a 200 m track, the distance takes five laps, and an imperial cousin, the 1000 yards (914.4 m), was sometimes run as well.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of world records in athletics” (revision used 1378411308). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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