AthleticsAthletics world record
2000 m, women
5 min 19.70 s
- Holder
- Jessica Hull
- Date
- Place
- Monaco
- Standing since
- 2024 (2 years)
How the record evolved
The last record set in each decade, up to the current record (highlighted).
| Year | Record | Holder |
|---|---|---|
| 5 min 19.70 s | Jessica Hull | |
| 5 min 21.56 s | Francine Niyonsaba | |
| 5 min 23.75 s | Genzebe Dibaba | |
| 5 min 25.36 s | Sonia O'Sullivan | |
| 5 min 28.69 s | Maricica Puică |
Put them in order
Sort these records from the oldest to the most recent.
- 5 min 19.70 sJessica Hull
- 5 min 28.69 sMaricica Puică
- 5 min 21.56 sFrancine Niyonsaba
- 5 min 25.36 sSonia O'Sullivan
What to remember
Five laps of the track, and a distance missing from both the World Championships and the Olympics: the 2000 m lives at one-day meetings, a comparatively novel event with more room for records. In Monaco on July 12, 2024, at the Herculis meeting, Australia's Jessica Hull ran it in 5 min 19.70 s.
In 1986, the record stood at 5 min 28.69 s (Maricica Puică). It then passed to Sonia O'Sullivan in 1994, Genzebe Dibaba in 2017 and Francine Niyonsaba in 2021. Over 38 years the time fell by only 2.7%.
A 1500 m specialist, Hull won the Olympic silver medal over that distance in Paris, the same year as this record. On the men's side the record was set by Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen, with 4:43.13 in 2023.
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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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