The 2000 metres or 2000-metre run is a
track running
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event where five laps are completed around an outdoor 400 m track, or ten laps around a 200 m indoor track - the distance is 11.68 meters short of 1ΒΌ miles.
The global governing body
World Athletics
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recognises official
world records for the distance, and it is also recorded in continental and national record settings. The men's world record is held by Norway's
Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who ran a time of 4:43.13 in 2023, while the women's world record is held by Australia's
Jessica Hull, who ran a time of 5:19.70 in 2024.
The distance sparsely features on event programmes of professional one-day track and field meetings, serving as a comparatively novel event with greater scope for record-breaking performances. It is also used at lower-level competitions, such as school and youth tournaments. Since 2017, a 2000-metre run is one of the events held to test the fitness of potential draftees at the
AFL Draft Combine.
Despite its world record status, it has not yet featured as a world championship level event indoors or outdoors; however, the event was briefly held at national level in the mid-1960s at the
Spanish Indoor and
Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships.
Records
World records
Short track world bests
Continental records
All-time top 25
Men (outdoor)
*Correct as of January 2025.
Men (indoor)
*Correct as of February 2024.
Women (outdoor)
*Correct as of July 2024.
Women (indoor)
* Correct as of March 2024.
*
References
;General
Records by Event 2000 metres World Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
Events in track and field
Middle-distance running disciplines
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