1000 m

World and Japan records, men and women — the progressions, the gap between them, and the full timeline.

Men · World

2:11.83

Emmanuel Wanyonyi

Kenya · Monaco · 10 Jul 2026

Women · World

2:28.98

Svetlana Masterkova

Russia · Brussels · 23 Aug 1996

Men · Japan

2:15.24

Ko Ochiai

Japan · Monaco · 10 Jul 2026

Women · Japan

2:37.33

Nozomi Tanaka

Japan · Fukagawa · 22 Jun 2022

World Record

Men · World Record

Current2:11.83Emmanuel Wanyonyi· 2026

Date	Time	Athlete	Country	Location
10 Jul 2026	2:11.83	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	Kenya	Monaco
5 Sept 1999	2:11.96	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	Rieti
11 Jul 1981	2:12.18	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	Oslo
1 Jul 1980	2:13.40	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	Oslo

Japan Record

Men · Japan Record

Current2:15.24Ko Ochiai· 2026

Date	Time	Athlete	Location
10 Jul 2026	2:15.24	Ko Ochiai	Monaco
15 Oct 2022	2:18.69	Kentaro Usuda	Kobe
19 Jun 2005	2:19.65	Fumikazu Kobayashi	Abashiri

World vs Japan

Men · Current Gap

+3.41

World2:11.83Emmanuel Wanyonyi

Japan2:15.24Ko Ochiai

Record progressions

Current

WR2:11.83Emmanuel Wanyonyi· 2026

JPN2:15.24Ko Ochiai· 2026

The gap over time

+3.41Current

WR2:11.83Emmanuel Wanyonyi· 2026

JPN2:15.24Ko Ochiai· 2026

The closer the line gets to zero, the closer Japan is to the world record; when it rises, the world record is pulling away. The gap is plotted at every record change — world or national — so the line always reflects the gap at that moment.

Record Timeline

Date	Time	Athlete	Country	Location	Type
10 Jul 2026	2:11.83	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	Kenya	Monaco	World Record
10 Jul 2026	2:15.24	Ko Ochiai	Japan	Monaco	Japan Record
15 Oct 2022	2:18.69	Kentaro Usuda	Japan	Kobe	Japan Record
22 Jun 2022	2:37.33	Nozomi Tanaka	Japan	Fukagawa	Japan Record
20 Aug 2021	2:37.72	Nozomi Tanaka	Japan	Osaka	Japan Record
19 Jun 2005	2:19.65	Fumikazu Kobayashi	Japan	Abashiri	Japan Record
19 Jun 2002	2:41.08	Miho Sugimori	Japan	Yokohama	Japan Record
5 Sept 1999	2:11.96	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	Rieti	World Record
23 Aug 1996	2:28.98	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	Brussels	World Record
5 Aug 1995	2:29.34	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	Brussels	World Record
17 Aug 1990	2:30.67	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	West Berlin	World Record
11 Jul 1981	2:12.18	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	Oslo	World Record
1 Jul 1980	2:13.40	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	Oslo	World Record

Exhibit notes

The story of the record

The record, step by step

The 1000m sits between the 800m and 1500m. Sebastian Coe ran 2:12.18 in 1981, and Noah Ngeny lowered the men's world record to 2:11.96 in 1999. That mark stood for nearly 27 years before Emmanuel Wanyonyi ran 2:11.83 in Monaco in 2026 (pending ratification). The women's world record is Svetlana Masterkova's 2:28.98 from 1996.

Japan's progression

The men's Japanese record moved from Fumikazu Kobayashi's 2:19.65 in 2005 to Kentaro Usuda's 2:18.69 in 2022, before Ko Ochiai ran 2:15.24 in Monaco in 2026. On the women's side, Nozomi Tanaka improved Miho Sugimori's 2:41.08 from 2002 twice, running 2:37.72 in 2021 and 2:37.33 in 2022.