| men's national records 1000m as at 31.12.2022 | |||||||||
| Kenya | Noah Ngeny | 2:11,96 | (1.) | Rieti | 05.09.99 | International | Africa | ||
| Great Britain | Sebastian Coe | 2:12,18 | (1.) | Oslo | 11.07.81 | Oslo Games | Europe | ||
| Algeria | Taoufik Makhloufi | 2:13,08 | (1.) | Tomblaine (FRA) | 01.07.15 | Meeting Stanislas Nancy | Africa | ||
| Djibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | 2:13,49 | (1.) | Lausanne | 25.08.16 | Athlétissima | Africa | ||
| Sudan | Abubaker Kaki Khamis | 2:13,62 | (1.) | Eugene | 03.07.10 | Prefontaine Classic / Diamond League | Africa | ||
| France | Mehdi Baala | 2:13,96 | (1.) | Strasbourg | 26.06.03 | Europe | |||
| United States of America | Rick Wohlhuter | 2:13,9h | (1.) | Oslo | 30.07.74 | Martin-Luther-King Memorial | America | ||
| Brazil | Joaquim Cruz | 2:14,09 | (1.) | Nice | 20.08.84 | NIKAIA | America | ||
| Poland | Marcin Lewandowski | 2:14,30 | (5.) | Lausanne | 25.08.16 | Athlétissima | Europe | ||
| Canada | Marco Arop | 2:14,35 | (2.) | Monaco | 10.08.22 | Herculis / Diamond League | America | ||
| Somalia | Abdi Bile | 2:14,50 | (1.) | Jerez de la Frontera | 13.09.89 | Africa | |||
| FR Germany | Willi Wülbeck | 2:14,53 | (2.) | Oslo | 01.07.80 | Bislett Games | Europe | ||
| Morocco | Mahjoub Haida | 2:14,69 | (1.) | Nice | 12.07.95 | NIKAIA | Africa | ||
| Denmark | Wilson Kipketer | 2:14,96 | (1.) | Birmingham | 20.02.00 | indoor | WIR | ||
| Netherlands | Marko Koers | 2:15,05 | (3.) | Nice | 16.07.97 | NIKAIA | Europe | ||
| Turkey | İlham Tanui Özbilen (1) | 2:15,08 | (2.) | Ostrava | 17.06.14 | Golden Spike | Asia | ||
| Bahrain | Belal Mansoor Ali (3) | 2:15,23 | (1.) | Stockholm | 07.08.07 | Dagens Nyheter Galan / GP | Asia | ||
| German DR | Andreas Busse | 2:15,25 | (1.) | Berlin, Ost | 31.07.83 | Europe | |||
| Burundi | Arthémon Hatungimana | 2:15,48 | (3.) | Nice | 12.07.95 | NIKAIA | Africa | ||
| Russia | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | 2:15,50 | (3.) | Stockholm | 22.07.08 | Dagens Nyheter Galan / GP | Europe | ||
| Ireland | James McIlroy | 2:15,57 | (4.) | Rieti | 05.09.99 | International | Europe | ||
| Belgium | Ivo Van Damme | 2:15,5h | (1.) | Namur (BEL) | 14.07.76 | Europe | |||
| Switzerland | André Bucher | 2:15,63 | (1.) | Langenthal (SUI) | 24.05.01 | Europe | |||
| Ethiopia | Mohammed Aman | 2:15,75 | (2.) | Bruxelles | 05.09.14 | Memorial Van Damme / Diamond League | Africa | ||
| Italy | Andrea Benvenuti | 2:15,76 | (1.) | Nuoro (ITA) | 12.09.92 | Europe | |||
| Kuwait | Mohamed Khalaf Al-Azemi | 2:15,84 | (3.) | Rabat | 05.06.11 | Asia | |||
| South Africa | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | 2:15,86 | (2.) | Stockholm | 07.08.07 | Dagens Nyheter Galan / Diamond League | Africa | ||
| Spain | Jesús Gómez | 2:15,99 | (1.) | Nerja (ESP) | 12.05.21 | Desafío Nerja | Europe | ||
| Australia | Jeffrey Riseley | 2:16,09 | (3.) | Ostrava | 17.06.14 | Golden Spike | Oceania | ||
| Soviet Union | Vladimir Malozyemlin | 2:16,0h | (1.) | Kiyev | 10.06.81 | Asia | |||
| Denmark | Wilson Kipketer (2) | 2:16,29 | (1.) | København | 23.08.95 | Copenhagen Games | Europe | ||
| Portugal | Rui Silva | 2:16,30 | (9.) | Nice | 17.07.99 | NIKAIA | Europe | ||
| Norway | Filip Ingebrigtsen | 2:16,46 | (1.) | Oslo | 11.06.20 | Impossible Games | Europe | ||
| Venezuela | William Wuycke | 2:16,56 | (3.) | Bern | 29.07.83 | America | |||
| Czech Republic | Lukás Vydrá | 2:16,56 | (6.) | Stockholm | 05.08.98 | Dagens Nyheter Galan / GP | Europe | ||
| Tunisia | Ali Hakimi | 2:16,71 | (6.) | Stockholm | 30.07.99 | Dagens Nyheter Galan / GP | America | ||
| Finland | Ari Suhonen | 2:16,88 | (1.) | Lahti | 11.08.87 | Europe | |||
| Ukrain | Vitaliy Tyshchenko | 2:16,8h | (3.) | Kiyev | 11.06.81 | for USSR | Europe | ||
| Jamaika | Byron Dyce | 2:17,0h | (2.) | København | 15.08.73 | America | |||
| Uganda | Julius Achon | 2:17,10 | (2.) | Rhede (GER) | 30.07.95 | Internationales Leichtathletik Meeting | Africa | ||
| Hungary | Tamás Kazi | 2:17,19 | (7.) | Székesfehérvár (HUN) | 02.07.18 | Gyulai István Memorial Hungarian GP | Europe | ||
| Kazakhstan | Vladimir Volkov | 2:17,2h | (1.) | Kiev | 15.06.81 | for USSR | Asia | ||
| Qatar | Mohamed Al Garni | 2:17,32 | (8.) | Linz (AUT) | 20.08.12 | Gugl-Meeting | Asia | ||
| Luxemburg | David Fiegen | 2:17,51 | (2.) | Longeville-les-Metz | 02.07.06 | Meeting de Metz Moselle Athlelor | Europe | ||
| Sweden | Johan Rogestedt | 2:17,67 | (2.) | Göteborg | 15.07.16 | Folksam Grand Prix | Europe | ||
| Zimbabwe | Pasmore Furusa | 2:17,68 | (2.) | Lindau (GER) | 28.07.95 | Africa | |||
| Tchechoslovakia | Jozef Plachý | 2:17,6h | (1.) | Karlstad (SWE) | 10.08.77 | Europe | |||
| Slovakia | Jozef Repcik | 2:17,76 | (9.) | Ostrava | 17.06.14 | Golden Spike | Europe | ||
| Switzerland | Rolf Gysin | 2:17,7h | (2.) | Stuttgart | 26.08.75 | Europe | |||
| Tansania | Samwel Mwera | 2:17,85 | (1.) | Oristano (ITA) | 06.09.03 | Meeting Terra Sarda | Africa | ||
| Irland | Enda Fitzpatrick | 2:17,87 | (3.) | Budapest | 11.08.86 | Europe | |||
| Yugoslavia | Milovan Savić | 2:17,9h | (2.) | Karlstad | 10.08.77 | Europe | |||
| Botsuana | Glody Dube | 2:18,02 | (2.) | Stuttgart | 02.02.03 | indoor | Africa | ||
| Latvia | Einars Tupuritis | 2:18,03 | (10.) | Nice | 16.07.97 | NIKAIA | Europe | ||
| Senegal | Babacar Niang | 2:18,06 | (2.) | Grosseto | 18.08.83 | International | Africa | ||
| Austria | Andreas Vojta | 2:18,06 | (11.) | Ostrava | 17.06.14 | Golden Spike | Europe | ||
| Bulgaria | Miroslav Chochkov | 2:18,22 | (1.) | Stara Zagora (BUL) | 20.08.88 | Europe | |||
| Croatia | Branko Zorko | 2:18,62 | (3.) | Parma (ITA) | 23.07.92 | Europe | |||
| Japan | Kentaro Usuda | 2:18,69 | (1.) | Kobe (JPN) | 15.10.22 | Asia | |||
| Liechtenstein | Günther Hasler | 2:18,6h | (5.) | Nice | 20.08.78 | NIKAIA | Europe | ||
| Angola | João Babtista N'Tyamba | 2:18,82 | (2.) | Hamburg | 27.07.94 | Africa | |||
| Serbia | Slobodan Popović | 2:18,88 | (6.) | London | 14.07.89 | London Grand Prix - for Yugoslavia | Europe | ||
| Barbados | Milton Browne | 2:18,90 | (6.) | Sydney | 14.09.00 | America | |||
| Qatar | Mohamed Suleiman (*) | 2:18,91 | (3.) | Lindau (GER) | 28.07.95 | Asia | |||
| Greece | Pavlos Farougias | 2:18,94 | (10.) | Athína | 28.06.00 | Europe | |||
| Guyana | Quamel Prince | 2:19,01 | (1.) | Boston | 12.02.22 | David Hemery Valentine Invitational | America | ||
| Botsuana | Mbiganyi Thee | 2:19,19 | (4.) | Auckland | 20.01.90 | Africa | |||
| Belarus | Ivan Komar | 2:19,22 | (11.) | Stockholm | 30.07.99 | Dagens Nyheter Galan / GP | Europe | ||
| Ukrain | Oleksandr Osmolovych | 2:19,76 | (1.) | Vijandi (EST) | 02.07.13 | Europe | |||
| Cuba | Jorge Felix Liranzo | 2:19,8h | (1.) | La Habana | 25.04.14 | America | |||
| Puerto Rico | Wesley Vázquez | 2:19,94 | (11.) | Linz (AUT) | 14.07.14 | Gugl-Meeting | America | ||
| Lithuania | Egidijus Petrikas | 2:20,1h | (?.) | Podolsk | 13.09.78 | for USSR | Europe | ||
| Estonia | Urmet Uusorg | 2:20,49 | (?.) | Florø | 23.05.98 | Friidrettsfestival | Europe | ||
| Iceland | Jón Diðriksson | 2:21,1h | (?.) | Minden (FRG) | 15.06.80 | Europe | |||
| Lebanon | Peter Khoury | 2:24,68 | (?.) | Beirut | 20.08.20 | Inter-Lebanon Meeting | Asia | ||
| North Macedonia | Dario Ivanovski | 2:25,14 | (?.) | Skopje | 08.06.16 | Europe | |||
| New Caledonia | Adrien Kela | 2:26,08 | (?.) | Nouméa (NewCaled) | 26.10.10 | Nouméa International Meeting | Oceania | ||
| Seychelles | Selwyn Bonne | 2:26,75 | (?.) | Seychelles | 22.01.05 | Africa | |||
| Bolivia | Evans Pinto | 2:29,4h | (?.) | Santa Cruz de la Sierra (BOL) | 04.05.03 | America | |||
| Tonga | Paea Funaki | 2:31,05 | (?.) | Victoria (AUS) | 19.08.94 | Oceania | |||
| Vanuatu | Tavakalo Kailes | 2:32,55 | (?.) | Flein (GER) | 26.07.95 | Oceania | |||
| Monaco | Antoine Berlin | 2:35,70 | (?.) | Monaco | 29.07.08 | Herculis / IAAF Super Grand Prix | Europe | ||
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Woodens Corvil | 2:51,08 | (?.) | Basseterre (StKitts a Nevis) | 05.04.15 | CARIFTA Games | America | ||
| North Mariana Islands | Glen Núñez | 2:57,2h | (?.) | Tereora (CookIsl) | 03.05.95 | Oceania | |||
| Palau | Leon Mengloi | 3:05,15 | (?.) | Apia (Samoa) | 15.12.06 | Oceania Youth Athletics Championships | Oceania | ||
| Gabon | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Gambia | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Chad | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Comoros | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Malawi | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Mali | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Cameroon | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Cape Verde | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Ivory Coast | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Lesotho | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Liberia | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Burkina Faso | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Benin | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Eritrea | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| South Sudan | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Mozambique | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Libya | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Mauritania | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Egypt | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Sierra Leone | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Zambia | no mark | Africa | |||||||
| Azerbaijan | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Georgia | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Colombia | no mark | America | |||||||
| Panama | no mark | America | |||||||
| Paraguay | no mark | America | |||||||
| Peru | no mark | America | |||||||
| Suriname | no mark | America | |||||||
| Uruguay | no mark | America | |||||||
| China | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| South Korea | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| North Korea | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Mongolia | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Indonesia | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Iran | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Iraq | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Jordan | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Laos | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Macau | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Malaysia | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Maldives | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Myanmar | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Nepal | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Oman | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Pakistan | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Palestine | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Philippines | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Saudi Arabia | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Singapore | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Sri Lanka | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Syria | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Tajikistan | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Thailand | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Turmnenistan | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| United Arab Emirates | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Uzbekistan | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Vietnam | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Yemen | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Hong Kong | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| East Timor | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Taipe | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Cambodia | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Brunei | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Bhutan | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Bangladesh | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Afghanistan | no mark | Asia | |||||||
| Togo | Africa | ||||||||
| Ecuador | America | ||||||||
| Chile | America | ||||||||
| India | Asia | ||||||||
| (1) born as İlham Tanui Özbilen in Kenya; came to Turkey in 2011 at age 21 | |||||||||
| (2) born in Kenya; came to Denmark at age 18 | |||||||||
| (3) born in Kenya as John Kipkorir Yego | |||||||||