The 2000 metres or 2000-metre run is a track running 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 1¼ miles.
The global governing body World Athletics 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 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba who ran a time of 5:21.56 in 2021.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4][5]
^World Records. World Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
^[1]. World Athletics. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
^"Running machine takes out Combine 2km trial". afl.com.au. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 4:43.13 (2023)
Francine Niyonsaba (BDI) 5:21.56 (2021)