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1000 metres world record progression

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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 the IAAF in 1913. 27 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.

Time	Athlete	Country	Venue	Date
2:32.3	Georg Mickler	{{flag	German Empire	name=Germany}}	Hanover
2:29.1	Anatole Bolin		Stockholm	1918-09-22
2:28.6	Sven Lundgren		Stockholm	1922-09-27
2:26.8	Séra Martin		Colombes	1926-09-30
2:25.8	Otto Peltzer	Germany	Colombes	1927-09-18
2:23.6	Jules Ladoumègue		Paris	1930-10-19
2:21.5	Rudolf Harbig	Nazi Germany	Dresden	1941-05-24
2:21.4	Rune Gustafsson		Borås	1946-09-04
2:21.4	Marcel Hansenne		Gothenburg	1948-08-27
2:21.3	Olle Åberg		Copenhagen	1952-08-10
2:21.2	Stanislav Jungwirth		Stará Boleslav	1952-10-27
2:20.8	Mal Whitfield	United States	Eskilstuna	1953-08-16
2:20.4	Audun Boysen		Oslo	1953-09-17
2:19.5	Audun Boysen		Gävle	1954-08-18
2:19.0	Audun Boysen		Gothenburg	1955-08-30
2:19.0	István Rózsavölgyi	HUN	Tata	1955-09-21
2:18.1	Dan Waern		Turku	1958-09-19
2:17.8	Dan Waern		Karlstad	1959-08-21
2:16.7	Siegfried Valentin		Potsdam	1960-07-19
2:16.6	Peter Snell		Auckland	1964-11-12
2:16.2	Jürgen May		Erfurt	1965-07-20
2:16.2	Franz-Josef Kemper		Hanover	1966-09-21
2:16.0	Danie Malan	RSA	Munich	1973-06-24
2:13.9	Rick Wohlhuter		Oslo	1974-07-30
2:13.40	Sebastian Coe		Oslo	1980-07-01
2:12.18	Sebastian Coe		Oslo	1981-07-11
2:11.96	Noah Ngeny		Rieti	1999-09-05
title = 13th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Daegu 2011. (Part 5 of 5)	url = https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/c36ff61e-f89f-4205-a873-8f3dff0fff67.pdf	publisher = IAAF Media & Public Relations Department	location = Monte Carlo	pages = 597, 598, 696

Women

The first world record in the women's 1000 metres was recognised by the IAAF in 1922. 13 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.

Time	Athlete	Country	Venue	Date
3:17.4	Georgette Lenoir		Paris	1922-08-06
3:12.0	Lucie Bréard		Paris	1922-08-20
3:08.2	Edith Trickey		London	1924-08-04
3:06.6	Lina Radke	Germany	Brzeg	1930-08-24
3:04.4	Gladys Lunn		London	1931-05-16
3:02.5	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	Katowice	1933-10-08
3:00.6	Gladys Lunn		Birmingham	1934-06-23
2:35.9	Gunhild Hoffmeister		Potsdam	1972-08-20
2:35.0	Karin Krebs		Potsdam	1974-08-28
2:33.8	Nikolina Shtereva	BUL	Sofia	1976-07-04
2:30.67	Christine Wachtel		West Berlin	1990-08-17
2:29.34	Maria Mutola		Brussels	1995-08-05
2:28.98	Svetlana Masterkova		Brussels	1996-08-23

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