1000 metres world record progression

None 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 IAAF in 1913. 13th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Daegu 2011. (Part 5 of 5) https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/c36ff61e-f89f-4205-a873-8f3dff0fff67.pdf IAAF Media & Public Relations Department Monte Carlo 597, 598, 696 pdf 2011 2013-03-12 RatifiedNot ratifiedRatified but later rescindedPending ratification TimeAthleteCountryVenueDate2:32.3Georg MicklerGerman Empire GermanyHanover1913-06-222:29.1Anatole BolinStockholm1918-09-222:28.6Sven LundgrenStockholm1922-09-272:26.8Séra MartinColombes1926-09-302:25.8Otto PeltzerGermany WeimarColombes1927-09-182:23.6Jules LadoumègueParis1930-10-192:21.5Rudolf HarbigNazi GermanyDresden1941-05-242:21.4Rune GustafssonBorås1946-09-042:21.4Marcel HansenneGothenburg1948-08-272:21.3Olle ÅbergCopenhagen1952-08-102:21.2Stanislav JungwirthStará Boleslav1952-10-272:20.8Mal WhitfieldUnited States 1912Eskilstuna1953-08-162:20.4Audun BoysenOslo1953-09-172:19.5Audun BoysenGävle1954-08-182:19.0Audun BoysenGothenburg1955-08-302:19.0István RózsavölgyiHUN 1949Tata1955-09-212:18.1Dan WaernTurku1958-09-192:17.8Dan WaernKarlstad1959-08-212:16.7Siegfried ValentinPotsdam1960-07-192:16.6Peter SnellAuckland1964-11-122:16.2Jürgen MayErfurt1965-07-202:16.2Franz-Josef KemperHanover1966-09-212:16.0Danie MalanRSA 1928Munich1973-06-242:13.9Rick WohlhuterOslo1974-07-302:13.40Sebastian CoeOslo1980-07-012:12.18Sebastian CoeOslo1981-07-112:11.96Noah NgenyRieti1999-09-052:11.83Emmanuel WanyonyiFontvieille2026-07-10 Women The first world record in the women's 1000 metres was recognised by the IAAF in 1922. TimeAthleteCountryVenueDate3:17.4Georgette LenoirParis1922-08-063:12.0Lucie BréardParis1922-08-203:08.2Edith TrickeyLondon1924-08-043:06.6Lina RadkeGermany WeimarBrzeg1930-08-243:04.4Gladys LunnLondon1931-05-163:02.5Stanisława WalasiewiczPoland 1928Katowice1933-10-083:00.6Gladys LunnBirmingham1934-06-232:35.9Gunhild HoffmeisterPotsdam1972-08-202:35.0Karin KrebsPotsdam1974-08-282:33.8Nikolina ShterevaBUL 1971Sofia1976-07-042:30.67Christine WachtelWest Berlin1990-08-172:29.34Maria MutolaBrussels1995-08-052:28.98Svetlana MasterkovaBrussels1996-08-23 References 1000 Category:Middle-distance running