Progression of Official World Record
Men, 1000m
Result | Name | Country | DOB | Comp | Date | Age | Record life | |
2:11.96 | Noah Ngeny | KEN | 2 Nov 1978 | GP II | Rieti | 5 Sep 1999 | 20 years 307 days | 24 years 227 days |
2:12.18 | Sebastian Coe | GBR | 29 Sep 1956 | Bislett | Oslo | 11 Jul 1981 | 24 years 285 days | 18 years 56 days |
2:13.40 | Sebastian Coe | GBR | 29 Sep 1956 | Bislett | Oslo | 1 Jul 1980 | 23 years 276 days | 1 year 10 days |
2:13.9h | Rick Wohlhuter | USA | 23 Dec 1948 | Bislett | Oslo | 30 Jul 1974 | 25 years 219 days | 5 years 337 days |
2:16.00 | Danie Malan | RSA | 26 Jun 1949 | München | 24 Jun 1973 | 23 years 363 days | 1 year 36 days | |
2:16.2h | Franz-Josef Kemper | GER | 30 Sep 1945 | Hannover | 21 Sep 1966 | 20 years 356 days | 6 years 276 days | |
2:16.2h | Jürgen May | GER | 18 Jun 1942 | Erfurt | 20 Jul 1965 | 23 years 32 days | 7 years 339 days | |
2:16.6h | Peter Snell | NZL | 17 Dec 1938 | Auckland | 12 Nov 1964 | 25 years 331 days | 250 days | |
2:16.7h | Siegfried Valentin | GER | 23 Feb 1936 | Potsdam | 19 Jul 1960 | 24 years 147 days | 4 years 116 days | |
2:17.8h | Dan Waern | SWE | 17 Jan 1933 | Karlstad | 21 Aug 1959 | 26 years 216 days | 333 days | |
2:18.1h | Dan Waern | SWE | 17 Jan 1933 | Turku | 19 Sep 1958 | 25 years 245 days | 336 days | |
2:19.0h | István Rózsavölgyi | HUN | 30 Mar 1929 | Tatabánya | 21 Sep 1955 | 26 years 175 days | 2 years 363 days | |
2:19.0h | Audun Boysen | NOR | 10 May 1929 | Göteborg | 30 Aug 1955 | 26 years 112 days | 3 years 20 days | |
2:19.5h | Audun Boysen | NOR | 10 May 1929 | Gävle | 18 Aug 1954 | 25 years 100 days | 1 year 12 days | |
2:20.4h | Audun Boysen | NOR | 10 May 1929 | Oslo | 17 Sep 1953 | 24 years 130 days | 335 days | |
2:20.8h | Mal Whitfield | USA | 11 Oct 1924 | Eskilstuna | 16 Aug 1953 | 28 years 309 days | 32 days | |
2:21.2h | Stanislav Jungwirth | CZE | 15 Aug 1930 | Stará Boleslav | 27 Oct 1952 | 22 years 73 days | 293 days | |
2:21.3h | Olle Åberg | SWE | 24 Jan 1925 | København | 10 Aug 1952 | 27 years 199 days | 78 days | |
2:21.4h | Marcel Hansenne | FRA | 24 Jan 1917 | Göteborg | 27 Aug 1948 | 31 years 216 days | 3 years 349 days | |
2:21.4h | Rune Gustafsson | SWE | 1 Dec 1919 | Borås | 4 Sep 1946 | 26 years 277 days | 5 years 341 days | |
2:21.5h | Rudolf Harbig | GER | 8 Nov 1913 | Dresden | 24 May 1941 | 27 years 197 days | 5 years 103 days | |
2:23 3/5 (2:23.6h) | Jules Ladoumègue | FRA | 10 Dec 1906 | Paris | 19 Oct 1930 | 23 years 313 days | 10 years 217 days | |
2:25 4/5 (2:25.8h) | Otto Peltzer | GER | 8 Mar 1900 | Colombes | 18 Sep 1927 | 27 years 194 days | 3 years 31 days | |
2:26 4/5 (2:26.8h) | Séra Martin | FRA | 2 Jul 1906 | Colombes | 30 Sep 1926 | 20 years 90 days | 353 days | |
2:28.6h | Sven Lundgren | SWE | 29 Sep 1896 | Stockholm | 27 Sep 1922 | 25 years 363 days | 4 years 3 days | |
2:29.1h | Anatole Bolin | SWE | 28 Sep 1893 | Stockholm | 22 Sep 1918 | 24 years 359 days | 4 years 5 days | |
2:32.3h | Georg Mickler | GER | 7 Sep 1892 | Hannover | 22 Jun 1913 | 20 years 288 days | 5 years 92 days |